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What BTS’ Grammy boycott tells us about the problem with ‘Asian pop’ as a label

K-pop supergroup BTS has announced that they will not be entering their music for the 2027 Grammy awards. The decision seems to be a response to the addition for 2027 of the category “best Asian pop music performance”.

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The Recording Academy CEO responds to BTS decision not to submit to Grammys

Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. has responded to the news that BTS will not submit their music for consideration at the forthcoming 2027 Grammy Awards

The Independent UK

Did the Grammys' New Asian Pop Category Push BTS Away? Here's Why the Band Opted Out

BTS announced it will not submit music for the 2027 Grammy Awards after the Recording Academy introduced a new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category.

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Grammys CEO defends Asian pop award after BTS pulls out of 2027 consideration

Harvey Mason Jr says he is ‘saddened’ by K-pop group’s decision but understands and respects it

The Independent UK

BTS boycott Grammys after introduction of new Asian pop category

South Korean pop group BTS said Wednesday they will not enter the Grammys' contest next year in protest of the introduction of a new Asian pop category: Best Asian Pop Music Performance. The new category, introduced alongside four others, is slammed by critics for boxing regional artists into a separate…

France 24

BTS pulls out of Grammys amid ‘Asian pop’ dispute

SEOUL - The global K-pop superstars BTS say they will not submit their music for next year’s Grammy Awards, after the Recording Academy introduced a new Asian pop category that has been criticised for limiting the success of regional artists.

Bangkok Post

BTS Walks Away From the Grammys It Chased for Five Years — Puts the New Asian Pop Category on Trial

BTS is withdrawing from Grammy consideration after the Recording Academy's new Best Asian Pop category excluded English-language tracks, including much of the group's own comeback album.

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K-pop powerhouse BTS say they will not submit music for 2027 Grammys

K-pop powerhouse BTS said they will not submit their music for consideration at the forthcoming 2027 Grammy Awards

The Independent UK

BTS Boycott 2027 Grammys Over New Asian Pop Category, Call for Music Beyond 'Region or Language'

BTS will not submit their album ARIRANG for the 2027 Grammys, opposing new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category, advocating for music to be judged without geographical or linguistic boundaries

International Business Times UK

BTS shock fans as they pull out of the 2027 Grammy Awards race

The group say they will not submit any music for Grammy consideration, citing concerns over regional and language divisions.

BANG Premier

BTS pulls out of Grammys after creation of new ‘Asian Pop’ category

‘We hope music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language,’ K-pop group says

The Independent UK

New Asian pop and folk categories announced by music's Grammy Awards

LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Next year's Grammy Awards will feature five new categories, the Recording Academy announced Tuesday, along with redefined rules that could affect the future of the coveted Best New Artist prize.

Bangkok Post

Grammy Awards announce major changes for 2027 including five new categories

A new Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance category will honor artists whose work ‘cannot properly be intermingled with present forms of pop music’

The Independent UK

Rio’s Mayor Bans Chappell Roan From Major Music Festival Following Footballer’s Scathing Claims

Pro-footballer Jorginho Frello alleged that someone from Chappell Roan's security team spoke "aggressively" to his family (including his 11-year-old daughter) at a hotel in São Paulo.

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Evening Standard

Bad Bunny Super Bowl 2026: A reminder of the rapper's best looks

In the wake of an extremely stylish Super Bowl halftime show, we look back on some of the Puerto Rican rapper’s biggest fashion moments

Guitar World

“To place Anthony within a tribute centered on Ozzy Osbourne was a grave miscalculation of his musical identity”: Grammy Awards criticized over Anthony Jackson’s inclusion in rock/metal In Memorium section

Jackson’s longtime manager voiced her disappointment at how the Recording Academy’s tribute was categorized

The Independent UK

Bad Bunny won big at the 2026 Grammys. It’s a boost at a dark time for U.S. Latinos

Bad Bunny’s album “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, becoming the first all-Spanish language album to do so

The Mary Sue

This Year’s Grammys Celebrated Music (and Protested ICE)

Music's biggest night became a beautiful pro-immigration protest.

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The Independent UK

Fela Kuti’s Grammy lifetime achievement award is a major win for African music

Fela Kuti has become the first African to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards

Guitar World

“I want to dedicate it to everyone in the guitar shop I grew up in and everyone in a bedroom with a dream”: Guitar at the Grammys 2026 – Slash and Andrew Watt pay tribute to Ozzy, Bruno Mars takes a solo, but Brent Hinds excluded from In Memoriam segment

Guitar acts and guitar-driven records won big at music’s biggest night, across myriad different genres

The Guardian - UK

The Grammys riled Donald Trump – but the big winners were chosen for their music, not politics

The president called the ceremony ‘garbage’, but in reality it was a celebration of artists whose commercial success was matched by boundary-pushing boldness

The Guardian - UK

Anti-ICE protests, brilliance by Bieber and the Dalai Lama’s first win: the 10 biggest moments at the 2026 Grammys

From the Cure winning their first Grammys to a posthumous award for Chick Corea, it was a night of heartening wins and robust politics

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Ariana Grande Seemingly Ends Her Five-Year Long Beef With The Grammys With One Post

This feud runs deep.

Marie Claire

Every Can't-Miss Moment From the 2026 Grammys

We’re tracking all the buzzy performances and major wins.

Marie Claire

The Best-Dressed Stars at the 2026 Grammys Red Carpet Look Pitch-Perfect

From Bad Bunny's Schiaparelli menswear debut to Olivia Dean's star-making Chanel.

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