The Grammys are introducing some modifications to its classes, together with new guidelines for Finest New Artist and a few breakdowns of the nation style.
The Recording Academy introduced on Thursday (June 12) that some guidelines for the 2026 Grammy Awards are getting tweaked, together with carving out a brand new stand-alone class for Finest Album Cowl.
One of many largest modifications is the creation of two separate classes for nation music: Finest Conventional Nation Album and Finest Modern Nation Album. Beforehand, there had solely been one Finest Nation Album class, which was received by Beyoncé on this 12 months’s awards.
One other change is increasing the Finest New Artist class to now permit acts who had been featured on earlier album of the 12 months nominees, so long as their contributions fall under 20 per cent of the album’s music.
Moreover, the Finest Recording Bundle and the Finest Boxed or Particular Restricted Version Bundle classes will now be mixed right into a single Finest Recording Bundle class. This permits for the creation of the stand-alone Finest Album Cowl class.
The Recording Academy has additionally introduced that the 68th Grammy Awards will happen on February 1, 2026.
In 2025’s version, comic Trevor Noah returned to host the occasion for the fifth consecutive 12 months as Beyoncé led the way in which with 11 nominations, making her probably the most nominated artist within the awards’ historical past – she received the most important award of the night time, Album Of The 12 months, for ‘Cowboy Carter’ marking her first win within the class.
Kendrick Lamar walked away as the most important winner of the night time, clinching 5 awards together with Report of The 12 months and Track Of The 12 months for ‘Not Like Us’. He additionally took dwelling the Grammys for Finest Rap Efficiency and Finest Rap Track for ‘Not Like Us’, which has additionally received Finest Music Video.
Charli XCX received for Finest Dance Pop Recording for ‘Von Dutch’ and Finest Dance/Digital Album for ‘Brat’. Sabrina Carpenter has received Finest Pop Solo Efficiency for ‘Espresso’, whereas Justice and Tame Impala took dwelling the Grammy for Finest Dance/Digital Recording with ‘Neverender’.
