Grammys add 5 new categories, including 1st Asian pop award

Key Points:

• The 2027 Grammy Awards will introduce five new categories, including best Asian pop music performance, best Latin song, best traditional pop vocal performance, best R&B collaboration or duo/group performance, and best traditional folk album, reflecting the evolving diversity of the music industry.
• The best Asian pop music performance category will honor artistic excellence in Asian pop music from markets such as K-pop, J-pop, and C-pop, emphasizing meaningful use of Asian languages.
• Changes to existing categories include renaming best folk album to best contemporary folk album and best R&B performance to best solo R&B performance, alongside the creation of new collaboration categories.
• The Recording Academy updated voting and eligibility rules, introducing Ballot Plus for multi-genre voting, increasing the submission limit for best new artist from three to four times, and lowering the new recordings requirement for albums from 75% to 66%.
• Songwriters and composers of new material on winning albums will now receive Grammy statuettes and certificates, and internet-only releases are eligible for best album notes and best historical album categories if accompanied by supporting materials.