The 2026 Grammys Will be broadcast on Sunday, February 1 next year, and the broadcast will bring a lot of updates and new categories.
Recording Academy announced Thursday morning that the 68th annual Grammy Awards will split the best country album category in the best contemporary country album and best traditional country album, while adding the best album cover.
Another change includes extended justification for the best new artist award. By proceeding, artists who have previously been nominated in the category of the album will be eligible for the best new artist, as long as their contribution to the album in question does not exceed a 20% playing time threshold. This change is designed to allow artists who have been credited in previous price cycles that presented actions on Grammy-nominated albums of the Year challenges to still be eligible for the best new artist for their own work.
At the same time, the existing best recording package and the best boxed or special categories for a limited edition categories have been combined into a single category: best recording package.
In addition, Recording Academy has announced that composers and lyricists/librettists will be eligible from this point for recognition in the categories of classical music.
“The highest priority of the academy is to represent the music people we earn every year,” Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of Recording Academy, said in a statement on Thursday. This means that you listen carefully to our members to ensure that our rules and guidelines reflect today’s music and allow us to exactly recognize as many deserving creators as possible. When we start another exciting Grammy season, we look forward to celebrating the amazing power of music and its ability to unite so many people. “
All musical products released from August 31, 2024, until August 30, 2025, will be eligible for 2026 Grammys. The first vote, which determines the nominees of the year, will open October 3 and will be closed on October 15. After the nominees were announced on November 7, the last round of Grammy voting, which determines the winner of the year, will open on December 12 and will be closed on 5, 2026, 2026 Grammys will then take place on Crypto.com Ana in Los Angeles on January 1.
The 2025 Grammys Aired this year on February 2 and saw Beyoncé Win Album of the Year and Best Country Album for “Cowboy Carter” while the rapper Kendrick Lamar took home five prizesIncluding this year’s record and this year’s song, for his hit Diss track, “Not like us.”
