The audience for the awards falls by about 6 percent from 2025.

The 68th annual Grammys drew an average of 14.4 million viewers on Sunday night, which marked the ceremony’s last time airing on CBS before its upcoming move to ABC. Measured by Nielsen, that total represents a 6% decrease from the 15.

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Going into the 2026 Grammys, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga and Bad Bunny led the list of nominees. Lamar led with the most nominations at nine, followed by Gaga, Cirkut and Jack Antonoff with seven nominations apiece. Also nominated are Sabrina Carpenter, Bad Bunny, Leon Thomas and Serban Ghenea.

Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar swept a Grammys marked by political moments, emotional tributes, a fair bit of nudity and one confusing appearance from Cher.

Ricky Gervais appeared to laugh at this year’s crop of Grammy winners for their politically-charged speeches, taking to X after the 2026 ceremony to share an excerpt from his 2020 Golden Globes monologue in which he told the actors in the room not to turn their acceptance speeches into political calls to action.

Cher went viral for accidentally declaring Luther Vandross as the Record of the Year winner instead of SZA and Kendrick Lamar.

Per Nielsen Big Data + Panel, 14.4M people tuned in for Sunday night’s 2026 ceremony, down about 6.5% from last year’s telecast. It marks the second year of decline after the 2024 show’s years-long high note of 16.9M viewers. To be fair, it’s still the most-watched awards ceremony since last year’s Oscars.