TL;DR
- Lady Gaga earns seven Grammy nominations for Mayhem
- Tied for second-most nominations, behind Kendrick Lamar
- Nominated in all three top categories: Album, Song, and Record of the Year
- “Abracadabra” dominates pop and dance categories
- Gaga continues her reign as a queer icon and creative powerhouse
Gaga’s Mayhem Brings the Grammys to Their Knees
Put your paws up — Lady Gaga is back at the top, and she’s not here to play nice. The pop titan behind The Fame, Born This Way, and Chromatica just dropped another bombshell on the music industry, scoring seven Grammy nominations for her latest album, Mayhem.
At the 68th Annual Grammy Awards, Gaga stands as one of the second most-nominated artists, tied with producers Cirkut and Jack Antonoff — both major forces in the industry — and trailing just behind Kendrick Lamar. But let’s be real: no one turns the Grammys into theater quite like Gaga.
Mayhem — a glittering mix of chaos, confessions, and unapologetic dance pop — earned her fifth nomination for Album of the Year, adding to her long list of career-defining nods that already includes The Fame, The Fame Monster, Born This Way, and Love for Sale (her jazzy collab with Tony Bennett).
This year, Gaga made it a clean sweep across the big three categories — Album of the Year (Mayhem), Song of the Year (“Abracadabra”), and Record of the Year (“Abracadabra”) — proving she’s still the queen of reinvention, with a little help from her monsters.
Breaking Records and Bending Genres
The Mayhem era has been Gaga at her most experimental and her most personal. Critics have called it a spiritual cousin to Born This Way — fierce, political, and drenched in camp — while fans see it as a love letter to queer resilience in turbulent times.
Her nominations list reads like a domination checklist:
- Album of the Year — Mayhem
- Record of the Year — “Abracadabra”
- Song of the Year — “Abracadabra”
- Best Pop Solo Performance — “Disease”
- Best Pop Vocal Album — Mayhem
- Best Dance Pop Recording — “Abracadabra”
- Best Remixed Recording (Non-Classical) — “Abracadabra (Gesaffelstein Remix)”
And while the Grammys have a long history of snubbing pop’s more daring queens, this time it feels like the Recording Academy finally remembered who built the dance floor.
Why Gaga Still Matters to the Queer Community
Beyond her accolades, Lady Gaga remains one of the most enduring allies to the LGBTQ community. Her work, from “Born This Way” to Mayhem, has consistently blurred the line between performance and protest — celebrating queer expression while challenging conformity.
In an industry that often rewards silence, Gaga’s loud, theatrical, and defiantly queer persona is more than just pop culture. It’s survival art. Every nomination she gets, every chaotic performance she unleashes, is a reminder that queerness isn’t a trend — it’s a revolution.
When Mayhem sweeps the stage this February on CBS and Paramount+, expect one thing: Gaga won’t just collect trophies — she’ll make history, once again, on her own glitter-soaked terms.