When the 2026 GRAMMY nominations are announced on November 7, 2025, one name you won’t see is Taylor Swift’s — and it’s not because of a snub. It’s simple timing.

According to the Recording Academy, the eligibility window for the 68th Annual GRAMMY Awards runs from August 31, 2024 through August 30, 2025. The Life of a Showgirl came out on October 3, 2025, more than a month after the cutoff, making it ineligible for this year’s awards.

Swift also didn’t release any other music in that window. Her previous album, The Tortured Poets Department, dropped in April 2024 and qualified for the 2025 GRAMMYs instead. As reported by Billboard and Variety, that leaves her with no eligible material for the 2026 cycle — a rare pause in her nearly two-decade streak of nominations.

The Recording Academy will reveal the 2026 GRAMMY nominees on November 7, 2025, ahead of the televised ceremony in early 2026. And while Swift won’t be part of that lineup, her October release means The Life of a Showgirl will headline the 2027 GRAMMY conversation instead.

According to the Recording Academy, it’s not a snub — just the calendar.