The Grammys are introducing new guidelines for Greatest New Artist classes beginning in 2026 and new Nation classes
The Grammys are introducing some adjustments to its classes, together with new guidelines for Greatest 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 Greatest Album Cowl.
One of many largest adjustments is the creation of two separate classes for nation music: Greatest Conventional Nation Album and Greatest Up to date Nation Album. Beforehand, there had solely been one Greatest Nation Album class, which was received by Beyoncé on this 12 months’s awards.
One other change is increasing the Greatest 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 beneath 20 per cent of the album’s music.
Moreover, the Greatest Recording Bundle and the Greatest Boxed or Particular Restricted Version Bundle classes will now be mixed right into a single Greatest Recording Bundle class. This enables for the creation of the stand-alone Greatest Album Cowl class.
The Recording Academy has additionally announced 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 best way with 11 nominations, making her probably the most nominated artist within the awards’ historical past – she received the largest award of the night time, Album Of The Yr, for ‘Cowboy Carter’ marking her first win within the class.
Kendrick Lamar walked away as the largest winner of the night time, clinching 5 awards together with Document of The Yr and Track Of The Yr for ‘Not Like Us’. He additionally took house the Grammys for Greatest Rap Efficiency and Greatest Rap Track for ‘Not Like Us’, which has additionally received Greatest Music Video.
Charli XCX received for Greatest Dance Pop Recording for ‘Von Dutch’ and Greatest Dance/Digital Album for ‘Brat’. Sabrina Carpenter has received Greatest Pop Solo Efficiency for ‘Espresso’, whereas Justice and Tame Impala took house the Grammy for Greatest Dance/Digital Recording with ‘Neverender’.