Sabrina Carpenter Announced as Performer for 2026 Grammy Awards

Sabrina Carpenter has been tapped to perform at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 1 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. She’s an apt choice, having received six nominations this year. Carpenter is up for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Man’s Best Friend, with its single “Manchild” garnering nods in the Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, and Best Music Video categories. More from Rolling Stone Patrón Tequila Will Serve Up the Official Cocktail of the 2026 Grammys Trevor Noah to Host the 2026 Grammy Awards for the 'Final Time' Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Bad Bunny Lead 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards Nominations She will be gracing the Grammy stage for a second consecutive year. Last year, she performed “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” from her breakthrough album, Short n’ Sweet, and also received six nods in 2025. She took home two: Short n’ Sweet won Best Pop Vocal Album, while “Espresso” received the trophy for Best Pop Solo Performance. Man’s Best Friend topped the Billboard 200 albums chart, her second Number One album following Short n’ Sweet. “Thank you for listening (top to bottom!!!),” Carpenter said following Man’s Best Friend hitting the top spot. “And thank you for bringing this album into your lives and having such a damn good time with it, I’m having fun too.” In a Rolling Stone cover story from last summer, Carpenter said the album contains “some of the most honest work I’ve ever had,” adding it “wasn’t written from a place of ‘How do I one-up myself?’ or ‘How do I re-create something else?’” Last month, Carpenter gifted fans with the Man’s Best Friend bonus track, “Such a Funny Way.” Carpenter is the first performer the Recording Academy has announced, with more to follow soon. Best of Rolling Stone Ben E. King’s ‘Stand by Me’: 21 Must-Hear Covers 25 Songs That Are Truly Terrifying All 286 of Taylor Swift’s Songs, Ranked