The Recording Academy Has Unveiled Its Updated Rulebook for the 2026 Grammy Awards. Key Changes Include The Division of the Best Country Album Category into Two Awards: The Original Category Is Now Called Contemporary Country Album, and a New One, Best Traditional Country, Has Been Added. Notably, Beyoncé won the 2025 Best Country Grammy Album in Her First Year of Nomination in The Category; time Lemonade Song “Daddy lessons” was Controversily clin by the Country Music Committee in 2016.
A Shakeup in the Packaging Field Has LED to the Creation of a New Category, Best Album Cover, As well as the Merging of the Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package Category- Albums SOLD Directly to Fans Will Also Qualify for Packaging Grammys From Now on.
Elsewhere, Best New Artist Eligibility Has Expanded. In the past, controls to records nominated for album of the year to be ineligible for best new artist in the futures. That Remains the case, with some exceptions. In 2023, The Recording Academy Tightened Its Album of the Year Eligibility Criteria to Exclude Contributors Who Feature on Less than 20 Percent of the Album. If your prior album of the year nomination WOULD swimming have been eligible under the new, tighter parameters, you are now, once again, eligible for best artist.
The Overall Changes, Said Harvey Mason Jr., in A Press Release, Are the Result of “Listening Carefully to (Recorting Academy) Members to Make Sure Our Rules Reflect Today’s Music.” The Next Grammy Awards Take Place on Sunday, February 1, 2026. Nominees are announed on Friday, November 7, 2025.
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