The academy confirmed its intention to include a best Asian pop music performance recognition on 1 October 2026. This development follows BTS announcing its boycott in July after the addition of a best Asian pop music performance category.
Bad Bunny's album DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS ( DTMF ) propelled him to the top of the Billboard 200. Furthermore, Bad Bunny secured album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards for DTMF.
Stray Kids achieved the top spot on the Billboard 200 on two separate occasions within the last year. In other news, Charli xcx headlined Lollapalooza in Chicago while promoting her album Music, Fashion, Film.
The artwork for Music, Fashion, Film features John Cale, Marc Jacobs, and Martin Scorsese. Luminate’s 2026 midyear report indicated that nearly one in ten streams in the United States today originates from Spanish-language music.
BTS previously became the first K-pop act to receive a Grammy nomination in 2021.
