"(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Luther" was named record of the year at Sunday night's 68th Grammy Awards, giving Lamar his second straight win in the category after he took it in 2025 with his smash-hit Drake diss, "Not Like Us." The Compton-born rapper is one of only four acts in Grammy history who've gone back to back in record of the year, along with Billie Eilish, U2 and Roberta Flack."
""Luther Vandross," Lamar said, laughing with others on stage and the crowd, "is one of my favorite artists of all time. They granted us the privilege to do our version of it. When we got that clearance, I promise you we damn near all dropped a tear because we know how much him and Cheryl Lynn poured into that record and being able to put our vocals in it. It proves we were somewhat worthy to be just as great as them individuals." The only catch was they couldn't curse, he added jokingly."
Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Luther" won Record of the Year at the 68th Grammy Awards, giving Lamar his second straight win after 2025's "Not Like Us." The song is built on a prominent sample of Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn's 1982 duet "If This World Were Mine" and appears on Lamar's sixth studio album, GNX, released in November 2024. Cher presented the award; Lamar thanked Vandross and Cheryl Lynn and reflected on the emotional clearance process. The track was produced by Jack Antonoff, Bridgeway, M-Tech, Roselilah, Sounwave and Kamasi Washington, spent 13 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, and has over 1.3 billion Spotify streams. SZA asked the audience not to fall into despair.
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