2026 Grammys Unveil In Memoriam Lineup

The Recording Academy has unveiled a star-studded lineup for the In Memoriam segment at the 2026 Grammy Awards, with Lauryn Hill, Post Malone and Reba McEntire leading tributes to several music icons who died in 2025. The ceremony, set for February 1 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, will honor figures including Roberta Flack, D'Angelo and Ozzy Osbourne, alongside other losses in the creative community.

Lauryn Hill, the former Fugees frontwoman, will perform in remembrance of Flack, who died on February 24 at age 88 after a prolonged battle with ALS, and D'Angelo, who succumbed to pancreatic cancer on October 14 at age 51. Hill's ties to both artists trace back to pivotal collaborations that shaped her career. In 1996, the Fugees covered Flack's 1973 hit "Killing Me Softly With His Song" on their Grammy-winning album The Score, reintroducing the track to a new generation and peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. The following year, Flack joined the Fugees onstage at the MTV Movie Awards for a live rendition. Hill also worked directly with D'Angelo on "Nothing Even Matters," an intimate duet from her 1998 breakthrough album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, where he...