Grammy® Nominees to Be Unveiled Monday, Nov. 16

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Recording Academy:

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WHO:
Grammys CEO Harvey Mason jr. and Chair of the Recording Academy ® Board of Trustees Dr. Chelsey Green will be joined by a star-studded lineup of Grammy ® -winning and -nominated artists, including Alan Menken, Amy Allen, Carly Pearce, David Guetta, FYÜTCH & Aura V, Herbie Hancock, Israel Houghton, Juanes, Kehlani, Linda Perry, Meghan Foley & Michelle Holme, Olivia Dean, Pharrell Williams, Renée Fleming, YUNGBLUD, and Ziggy Marley, to announce the 2027 Grammy nominees.

Hilton, the Official Hotel Partner of the 2027 Grammys ®, is a proud sponsor of the Grammy Nominations special presentation.

WHAT:
Nominees across all Categories for the 2027 Grammys will be revealed during a special presentation on Grammy.com and the Grammys YouTube channel, with special live coverage on Good Morning America. The complete list of nominees will be published on Grammy.com at 9:00 a.m. ET / 6:00 a.m. PT and will also be announced via press release.

The 2027 Grammys ® will celebrate the artistic excellence that defined the year in music. As music’s only peer-recognized accolade, the Academy’s nearly 16,000 Voting Members – made up of active music creators representing various music genres and disciplines, including songwriters, composers, producers, engineers, and more – are eligible to vote for the Grammys, ultimately determining the nominees and winners on Music’s Biggest Night ®.

The 2027 Grammys will air live at 7:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. PT from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on ABC, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2027, and stream on Disney+ and Hulu.

WHEN:
Monday, Nov. 16

7:45 a.m. ET / 4:45 a.m. PT*:

9:00 a.m. ET / 6:00 a.m. PT*:

*All times are approximate and subject to change.

WHERE:
Grammy.com / YouTube / Good Morning America

For the first time, the Grammy Nominations special presentation will be broadcast live at The Square in Times Square, presented by Hilton.

Follow @Grammys on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and LinkedIn, and use #Grammys to join the conversation as it unfolds on Nov. 16.

The Switch / Pool Port Info:
Event: 69th Grammy Awards Nominations
Date: Nov. 16, 2026
LA Switch Pool Port: LA Pool 1
Format: 1080i/59 (stereo audio channels 1/2)
Pool Start: 0430 PT/0730 ET
Program Start: 0445 PT/0745 ET
Program End: 0600 PT/0900 ET
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ABOUT THE GRAMMYS
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Grammy® Nominees to Be Unveiled Monday, Nov. 16

ATLANTA (AP) — Zoo Atlanta’s newest pandas munched bamboo and lounged Friday during their public debut as smiling visitors lined up to welcome them.

Ping Ping, a male, and Fu Shuang, a female, arrived in September from China under a 10-year loan agreement, bringing the cuddly black-and-white bears back to the zoo after a two-year absence. After spending the past weeks getting acclimated to their habitat, the 6-year-old pandas greeted visitors in the newly renovated Arthur M. Blank Panda Grove.

Eight-year-old Rachel Sutherland and her family were visiting from Sacramento, California, and extended their vacation by a day to see the pandas.

“They’re amazing,” said Rachel. She said she was partial to Ping Ping because the name reminds her of the color pink.

Ping Ping has distinctive dark circles around his eyes, while Fu Shuang has a protruding forehead, according to Xinhua News Agency. Both were born at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China.

The Atlanta zoo's panda enclosure had been empty since 2024, after four other pandas returned from the United States to China, ending a 25-year partnership amid strained relations between the two countries.

During a news conference Friday morning, Xie Feng, the Chinese ambassador to the U.S., said the pandas' arrival “marks the renewal of a decade-long bond between China and Zoo Atlanta.”

“We trust that under the loving care of Zoo Atlanta, the two pandas will eat happily, sleep soundly and grow healthy and strong in their new home, bringing twice the joy and happiness to everyone who loves them,” the ambassador said.

Georgia Tech student Kevin Wei, 18, said he'd been counting down until “panda day,” and felt especially connected to the animals because they are from his hometown of Chengdu.

“It's kind of like having a familiar bond,” Wei said. “Although I'm living in the U.S., I still can connect with myself and to China.”

China has long used pandas as part of its diplomacy globally, deploying the bears in loan programs as expressions of goodwill and letting loan agreements lapse when tensions arise.

Zoo Atlanta is one of three U.S. zoos that now house the popular bears.

The National Zoo in Washington returned three pandas to China in 2023 before accepting new arrivals Bao Li and Qing Bao in October 2024. The San Diego Zoo debuted two pandas in August 2024.

A decade ago, the International Union for Conservation of Nature reclassified giant pandas from endangered to vulnerable, reflecting pandas' growing numbers in the wild in China.

Resident Kim Herres, 76, said she has been visiting Zoo Atlanta ever since the city first received pandas in 1999. She said she sees pandas as a symbol of the world “doing the right thing” to protect animals.

“I'm just glad we've gotten them back,” she said. “Hopefully we won't make the Chinese mad, and they won't come get them.”

FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, vehicles carrying a pair of giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, leave the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, southwestern China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026.(Xu Bingjie/Xinhua via AP, file)