The 68th awards, scheduled for Feb. 1 at Crypto.com Arena, will now include prizes for album cover and traditional country album. The previous country album category has been renamed contemporary ...

Recording Academy reveals 2026 Grammy Awards will add Traditional Country Album category, implement new Best New Artist criteria, and more changes.

2026 GRAMMY Awards Will Now Include Best Album Cover and Best Traditional Country Album Categories The Recording Academy also announced the date of the 2026 ceremony. Music Jun 12, 2025 ...

A Grammy category is created for album covers just as Sabrina Carpenter’s takes the spotlight Other Grammy changes include the creation of a best traditional country album category, while the ...

The Recording Academy has added a new Country category and rule amendments for the 68th annual Grammy Awards. The 2026 Grammys will feature a new category, Best Traditional Country Album, and the ...

Charli XCX’s Brat, arguably the most impactful album artwork in recent memory, took home the Grammy earlier this year for Best Recording Package. That category recognizes the album cover design ...

The Recording Academy has tweaked some of its rules for the 2026 Grammy Awards, including carving out a stand-alone category for best album cover — a day after Sabrina Carpenter sparked ...