Clipse and Pharrell Williams to Perform at 2026 Grammy Awards

In the third Grammy performer announcement of the week, the Recording Academy has announced that multiple 2026 Grammy nominees Clipse and Pharrell Williams — captured above in a vintage photo from 2003 — will take the stage at the show on Sunday, Feb. 1.

Clipse are up for five Grammy Awards this year: Album of the Year (“Let God Sort Em Out”), Best Rap Performance (“Chains & Whips”), Best Rap Song (“The Birds Don’t Sing”), Best Rap Album (“Let God Sort Em Out”), and Best Music Video (“So Be It”).

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Thirteen-time Grammy winner Pharrell Williams, who produced the Clipse album, is up for three of the above awards as well as Best Music Film (“Piece By Piece”).

Previously announced performers include Addison Rae, Alex Warren, Katseye, Leon Thomas, Lola Young, Olivia Dean, Sabrina Carpenter, Sombr, and the Marías. Additional performers will be announced in the coming days.

Kendrick Lamar leads the list of 2026 Grammy nominees with nine nods, followed by Lady Gaga and producers Jack Antonoff and Cirkut with seven; Thomas, Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, and engineer Serban Ghenea with six; and Clipse, Doechii, SZA, Turnstile, and Tyler, the Creator and producers Souwave and Andrew Watt with five.

The show will be hosted by Trevor Noah and broadcast live on at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT. The Grammys will air one last time on the CBS Television Network and will be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ Premium subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the special airs). The show has aired on CBS every year since 1973; the Grammys’ 10-year deal with Disney, announced in 2024, begins next year.

Prior to the big show, the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony will be broadcast live from the Peacock Theater at 12:30 p.m. PT and will be streamed live on live.Grammy.com.

The 2026 Grammy Awards will be produced by Fulwell Entertainment for the Recording Academy.  Ben Winston, Raj Kapoor, Jesse Collins, and Trevor Noah are executive producers.