The 68th Annual Grammy Awards are an upcoming music awards show set to honor the best recordings, compositions, and artists from August 31, 2024, to August 30, 2025, as chosen by the members of the Recording Academy, on February 1, 2026. In its 23rd year at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and for the very last time, the ceremony will be broadcast on CBS and available to stream on Paramount+.[1][2] A host for the ceremony is yet to be announced.
On June 12, 2025, the Recording Academy announced several changes for different categories and updates on eligibility rules for the 2026 ceremony.[3][4][5]
Artists who were previously featured on a record nominated for Album of the Year are now eligible to be nominated for Best New Artist if their contributions to the album were 20 percent or less.
The maximum number of principal vocalist(s) who may be awarded in the Best Musical Theater Album category is increased from four to six.
The physical product eligibility requirement for Best Recording Package, Best Album Notes, and Best Historical Album has been expanded to be more representative of today’s marketplace to ensure that physical album packages sold directly to fans through an artist’s or label’s website are now eligible for Grammy consideration.
The Craft Committee serving the Package, Notes & Historical field is switching from a regional to a national model.
The 2026 Grammy ballots will be presented in a randomized order for the first time, rather than in alphabetical order. Of the change, chief awards and global industry officer for the Recording Academy Ruby Marchand stated, “this ballot update brings our process in line with standard voting best practices ... and further ensures the process is fair and equitable for all entries.” It was speculated that the change was implemented to encourage voters to familiarize themselves with the entire ballot rather than defaulting to favorite artists/work, and to prevent artists who are listed first alphabetically from having an unfair advantage.[6]
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