Following Beyonce's win for Best Country Album with "Cowboy Carter", the Recording Academy is restructuring the country music ...

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More than a year after its release, “Cowboy Carter” is still sparking conversations and upending perceptions about genre, ...

The Grammy Awards have added a Best Traditional Country Album category and renamed the Best Country Album category to Best Contemporary Country Album. The Recording Academy defines traditional country ...

Beyonce won the 2025 Best Country Album Grammy. Going forward, the country album category will be split into traditional and contemporary awards.

Mason said the additional Grammy category for country music allows for more inclusion in the genre. "When it comes to creativity, we don't want to exclude, we want to include," Mason said.

The 2026 Grammy Awards will introduce a significant change: Best country album category has been renamed best contemporary country album, and a new category, best traditional country album, has ...

The GRAMMY Awards are getting a refresh in 2026, with the Recording Academy introducing two brand new categories: Best ...

Months after Beyoncé won "Best Country Album" for "Cowboy Carter," the Grammys has added a new category to honor country ...

Just a few months after Beyoncé made history with her country record, the Grammys just made a major change to their country ...

Five months ahead of nominations for the 2026 Grammys, the Recording Academy has retuned the rulebook. While some of the ...