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Alex Warren — For Your Consideration

Alex Warren spent 2025 turning heartbreak into one of the year's defining musical moments. His Best New Artist campaign was built on the strength of his debut album, You'll Be Alright, Kid, and his record-breaking single "Ordinary" — a song that became inescapable across radio, streaming, and social media alike.

What sets Warren apart isn't just the numbers. It's the arc: an artist who went from a single breakout hit to a fully realized debut album, proving he had the range and staying power to build a real career — not just a moment.

That resilience showed up in person, too. During the live Best New Artist performance segment at the 2026 Grammys, Warren's in-ear monitors failed just 30 seconds before he took the stage. He pushed through anyway, delivering the performance in front of music's biggest audience without missing a beat of the show. It's the kind of grace under pressure that doesn't show up in the charts but says everything about an artist's character.

Even his fellow nominees felt it — 2025 Best New Artist winner Chappell Roan sought him out afterward simply to tell him he sounded amazing. That's the mark of an artist earning respect not just from fans, but from the room.

Ordinary, this was not.

Presented since the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1960 (except in 1967), "for a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist." Eligible artists must have released at least five singles/tracks or one album. Since 2022, the award is presented by the previous year's winner during the televised ceremony

Grammy Award for Record of the Year

Presented to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to sales or chart position." It's one of the "Big Four" General Field categories, alongside Best New Artist, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year. It recognizes the artist, producer, recording engineer, mixer, and mastering engineer for best overall achievement on a single or track — evaluated on performance, production, and engineering.