• The 2026 Grammys are taking place tonight, and despite a stacked nominations list, Taylor Swift isn’t nominated this year.
  • Rumors swirled that Taylor might still attend or perform, but Grammys executive producer Ben Winston (pretty much) shut that down.
  • Taylor isn’t eligible this year because her album The Life of a Showgirl dropped outside the eligibility window.

The Grammys are going down tonight, and the nominations this year are stacked. And while Taylor Swift isn’t up for any awards this year, fans are still wondering: Will she be in attendance? Sad to say that all signs point to no.

After rumors starting circulating that the 14-time Grammy winner might make a special appearance (or perhaps even perform during the show...), Grammy Awards executive producer Ben Winston decided to set the record straight. When asked by HITS about the possibility of Taylor going to the 2026 Grammys, Ben all but shut the rumors down.

“The only reason people think Taylor might be performing or coming is because HITS decided to print it this week and put it in their HITS List, and it was picked up globally. But HITS just totally made that up,” he said.

All this ^^ happened last week, when HITS Daily Double claimed that Ben was trying to get Taylor to the Grammys. “The countdown to showtime continues as Grammy producer puts the puzzle together ahead of another blockbuster night,” the tip read. “Does he have a plan for Benito and Taylor?”

So basically, that rumor was all made up. Which is why, to HITS, Ben jokingly said, “And now I am getting asked about it by you, as if it’s a real thing, when it was made up in your office! That really is a full-circle rumor!”

That said, Ben never straight-up said that Taylor wouldn’t be attending, so...you never know!

As a reminder: Taylor wasn’t up for any awards this year because she dropped her twelfth studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, on October 3, 2025, outside of the Recording Academy’s eligibility period (which falls between August 31, 2024, and August 30, 2025).

However! This means that TLOAS will be eligible for the 2027 Grammys, so there’s still a chance for Taylor to receive her flowers then (and, once again, there’s also a chance that she could pop up at this year’s show just for fun...).