Grammys include Asian pop and Latin pop: How new categories signal a shift in music recognition | Music News
4 min readJun 17, 2026 07:41 PM IST When South Korean superstar boy band BTS was nominated at the Grammys in 2021 for their song, ‘Dynamite’, the seven-member group became the first Korean pop act to ever receive a Grammy nomination. Earlier this year, at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards and five years later, New-Zealand-based South Korean singer Rosé became the first K-pop artist nominated for Record of the Year, while ‘Golden’, a K-pop tune from Pop Demon Hunters took home a Grammy for the first time. While the 2021 breakthrough was treated as a watershed moment, many industry observers and musicians since then have called attention to the fact that some of the most significant and globally successful music markets largely remained outside the gambit of the Grammys – considered the most monumental music awards in the world. The Recording Academy decided to address the matter and on Tuesday announced the inclusion of five new music categories bringing the final count of the categories to 100. The Academy also added a number of Korean …
