This week, the Recording Academy announced a big change to the way it honors country music at the Grammys. From 1995 through this year, it presented the Best Country Album trophy to the best release in the genre during the preceding year. Starting in 2026, however, the single award will become two separate ones: Best Contemporary Country Album and Best Traditional Country Album. It’s a much-anticipated change that comes at an auspicious time. The final honoree in the original category was, of course, Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter—a win back in February that shocked most of the industry (and Bey herself), given the star’s dearth of support in Nashville, country music’s center of power. She became the first Black artist to claim the award. Now, on the heels…
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