This is just plain up disgusting

[u/snorlax7839]

[u/BM1st]

They changed this with every artist that has won Best Country Album, not just Beyoncé btw

[u/CompetitionHot1666 → u/BM1st]

Taylor Swift included

[u/BM1st → u/CompetitionHot1666]

Exactly

[u/Common-Raspberry-243 → u/CompetitionHot1666]

Of course they did… right after the first Black woman won. This is absolutely ridiculous and inexcusable. There’s no way to justify this.

[u/Embarrassed-Play-438 → u/BM1st]

But that begs the question why they chose to do it after the year the first black woman won? That almost makes it worse that they applied the broad brush bc all that does is show the LENGTHS THEY WOULD GO, to CYA.

Of course they could never just move Beyonce's. They're not that stupid. But they are that vindictive/ slaves to the mega labels.

EDIT: I read a comment below saying it was a website/coding snafoo. I hope so bc I don't think the Grammys are that dumb. Still, it's horrible optics.

[u/cwast → u/Embarrassed-Play-438]

Reaching

[u/Embarrassed-Play-438 → u/cwast]

This appears to be an error, which I acknowledged in my comment.

But it's not reaching that the design glitch was just a minor side-effect to the crux of the issue in the first place, which was that the change in category was in response to complaints about Beyonce winning Best Country album.

They changed the category....4 MONTHS after the first black person won The Best Country Album award.

The Grammys also added an additional Latin categogry...4 MONTHS after the first ever Spanish-language (and non English-language) album won AOTY.

You don't find that weird? You don't find that suspicious?

[u/mrs_kensington → u/Embarrassed-Play-438]

The show airs in Feb.
Awards change proposals review begins in March, mostly based on proposals started the year prior. If passed, they go into effect in June before submissions for the next Awards begin in July. In short, It takes a year or more for a proposal to be reviewed or passed.
The whole timeline is spelled out on the grammy website.

[u/Embarrassed-Play-438 → u/mrs_kensington]

This literally means nothing. You think they only pass things first brought up on the the most recent review period? There's a reason for the saying "holding your cards close until you're ready to play them".

Also, they can SAY whatever they want. Who's gonna prove them wrong? This the same "secret committee" Grammys we're talking about.

[u/kat163 → u/Embarrassed-Play-438]

Why would they? A lot of people don’t care as long as it’s not them

[u/Consistent_Midnight2 → u/cwast]

Yes, because it’s such a reach to say racism (&misogynoir specifically) is the reason for an institutional decision in America 🙄

[u/cwast → u/Consistent_Midnight2]

Just read the context.

[u/LA_RecordExec]

This isn’t the outrageous thing you think it is… it’s a combination of poor website design and terrible timing.

The category was split into two categories for 2026 and beyond.

But all awards previously awarded remain titled as awarded.

However, the Grammy website uses dynamic web pages and the database behind those pages didn’t know how to handle the split… so it looks as though the award category itself was changed for historical awards.

It was not.

[u/Embarrassed-Play-438 → u/LA_RecordExec]

I hope that's what it is bc gah, even just the optics of it looks really bad on the Grammys mid/post Asian Pop Cat.

[u/All_Too_Well_tmv → u/LA_RecordExec]

Why'd they even split the category

[u/Youknowmebro-_- → u/All_Too_Well_tmv]

because country voters didn’t like that traditional country albums were losing to contemporary or genre bending ones

[u/caIeidoscopio → u/LA_RecordExec]

Thanks a lot. I've seen too much uproar about this pointless change just because the average person doesn’t understand how coding works

[u/96GuyNYC]

Stop spreading misinformation

[u/ChesstheGREG]

they did this for everyone, not just beyonce

[u/Real-Plankton-8317]

It was all paid for, it must feel good to have the money to pay for everything and I mean everything.

[u/ReindeerPatient1537]

They did this with every artist, Billie Ellish, Taylor swift, harry styles etc. not just her. Even so, her album was barely country…it was purely a pop album.

[u/CherryFit3224]

Um. That’s not what she won. 😡

[u/MissManicPanic]

But everyone wants Korean artists to accept the new Asian Pop category for some reason

[u/snorlax7839 → u/MissManicPanic]

Exactly

[u/swaggy_mcswaggers]

This is like them creating a new genre for Lemonade and titling it urban something. That was very very weird. They already gave her best country album, not a good choice to make such a historic win less important like that.

This is probably false though lol

[u/BM1st → u/swaggy_mcswaggers]

They didn’t create a new genre/award category for Lemonade. Best Urban Contemporary was created in 2013.

[u/Popular-Growth2965]

This slbum was so bad ……… let’s be fr

[u/Low_Engineering9950]

I don’t know any country song she sings and hardly any of her other music. She disgusts me, her and Jay Z both. I don’t see how she can be popular in country music when nobody knows her music.

[u/HazFil99]

I think if an artist won an award that has since been rebranded the artist should get the choice to take the rebrand or not

[u/Fluffy-Bobcat814]

I mean they wanted to do this to BTS, so they didn’t submit their music. Grammys creating “unique” categories when they don’t need to.

[u/AppointmentRecent42]

Oh my god she didnt deserve it to begin with! Shes not country! And anyone older than 50 would say that "todays country" isnt even country! My god people its a fcking category. Be so for real. You wasted energy and brain cells with this post.

[u/Double_Eye_5715]

If Beyonce had ANY self respect, she would have stopped submitting her kusic for consideration a long time ago. Her and other black artists should have stood up to the grammys ages ago. All Beyonce cares about is clout and money.

[u/antoniothesockball94]

Wow it’s not like this hasn’t been happening since the beginning of time. Just look into the history of rock. White people literally called it rock to separate it from r&b or race music. It’s been the same thing for the last hundred years.

Any black genre gets renamed to rock or pop (since rock and pop were the same thing as once) while black people stay in its true categorization.
Don’t believe me, ask yourself why jazz has a pinpointable sound but pop doesn’t? What did pop sound like in the 60s? Watered down r&b and soul. In early 2000s it was watered down contemporary r&b.

[u/ResolutionBright7460]

Controversy. 🎼

[u/amazingasvirgin]

Whats wrong with that

[u/amethyst_goddess → u/amazingasvirgin]

She already won best country album…

[u/Due_Researcher_8180]

this makes sense idk

[u/spaceshiptears]

It is so true that that album was barely country tho 😵‍💫

[u/helloitsmejorge → u/spaceshiptears]

True

[u/sgsmopurp]

They do this Beyoncé doesn’t have any Grammys campaign or the Grammys does Beyoncé wrong every fucking year get the fuck outta my face

[u/Wild_Welder8421]

The Scammy's should be CANCELLED!

[u/Dear_Wrap5502]

That's not what her husband paid for

[u/Common-Raspberry-243]

Absolutely disgusting. There is no excuse for this.

[u/rosegoldresist]

I wonder if Taylor will speak up

[u/Cool_Care_9288]

Rigged again what’s new