At last: The Cure win their first two Grammys
Songs of a Lost World and “Alone” give the band two victories at the 68th Grammy Awards—their first wins after more than three decades of nominations.
The Cure left the 68th Grammy Awards with two victories and a new line in their history. Songs of a Lost World won Best Alternative Music Album, while “Alone” took Best Alternative Music Performance.
They were the band’s first Grammy wins. Earlier nominations had come for Wish in 1993 and Bloodflowers in 2001, but neither converted. The 2026 result therefore recognised both the strength of the 2024 comeback and a catalogue that had spent decades shaping alternative music without collecting this particular prize.
The band were not at the ceremony. They were together at the private funeral of Perry Bamonte, their friend and bandmate, who died in December 2025 after a short illness. That made the timing inseparable from loss: a first-ever Grammy night arriving on a day reserved for saying goodbye.
A shared acknowledgement
In the band’s official message the following day, Robert Smith thanked Simon Gallup, Jason Cooper, Roger O’Donnell and Reeves Gabrels, as well as co-producer Paul Corkett, the album team, the touring crew and Cure listeners around the world. It was a characteristically collective response to awards attached to an intensely personal record.
The pairing of album and performance prizes feels apt. “Alone” was the song that introduced the record’s scale and atmosphere; Songs of a Lost World then sustained that emotional world across a complete album. More than a lifetime-achievement gesture, the Grammys rewarded the work that placed The Cure back at the centre of the present tense.
Sources and further reading: Grammy.com: The Cure awards record · The Cure: official thank-you · Pitchfork: ceremony report