{"id":1772681,"date":"2026-02-01T22:40:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T19:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1772681"},"modified":"2026-02-01T22:40:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T19:40:36","slug":"kehlani-wins-best-rb-performance-for-folded-at-2026-grammys-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1772681","title":{"rendered":"Kehlani Wins Best R&B Performance for \u201cFolded\u201d at 2026 Grammys"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kehlani Wins Best R&B Performance for \u201cFolded\u201d at 2026 Grammys<\/h1>\n
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The singer won over songs by Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, Leon Thomas, and Summer Walker<\/div>\n
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Kehlani has won Best R&B Performance, for \u201cFolded,\u201d at the 2026 Grammy Awards. They won out over songs by Chris Brown and Bryson Tiller (\u201cIt Depends\u201d), Justin Bieber (\u201cYukon\u201d), Leon Thomas (\u201cMutt [Live from NPR\u2019s Tiny Desk]\u201d), and Summer Walker (\u201cHeart of a Woman\u201d). This is Kehlani\u2019s first Grammy win; she also won for Best R&B Song, again for \u201cFolded,\u201d later in the evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never won anything before, this is a really crazy feeling,\u201d said Kehlani while accepting the trophy. \u201cMy first time being nominated for a Grammy was 10 years ago. It\u2019s been a really long time and nobody who has ever come along this journey with me I take for granted.\u201d The singer also closed with a well-deserved \u201cFuck ICE.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the 2025 Grammys, Muni Long took home Best R&B Performance for \u201cMade for Me (Live on BET).\u201d Best R&B Song went to SZA\u2019s \u201cSaturn.\u201d<\/p>\n

See the full winners list and follow along with all of Pitchfork\u2019s coverage of the 2026 Grammys.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/media.pitchfork.com\/photos\/697fd5ac78f98c91e1eab027\/16:9\/w_1280,c_limit\/GettyImages-2259454693.jpg”] News Kehlani Wins Best R&B Performance for \u201cFolded\u201d at 2026 Grammys The singer won over songs by Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, Leon Thomas, and Summer Walker By Walden Green February 1, 2026 Kehlani (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images) Kehlani has won Best R&B Performance, for \u201cFolded,\u201d at the 2026 Grammy Awards. They […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,54],"class_list":["post-1772681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-pitchfork-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1772681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1772681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1772681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1772681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}