{"id":733839,"date":"2026-06-17T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/grammys-introduce-new-category-best-asian-pop-music-performance\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T09:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:00:44","slug":"grammys-introduce-new-category-best-asian-pop-music-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/grammys-introduce-new-category-best-asian-pop-music-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammys introduce new category Best Asian Pop Music Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c33811f67c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/grammys-introduce-new-category-best-asian-pop-music-performance\/#The_announcement_is_already_stirring_up_discourse\" >The announcement is already stirring up discourse.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_announcement_is_already_stirring_up_discourse\"><\/span>The announcement is already stirring up discourse.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-281535\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2259474124_l3tcfg\/grammys-new-category-best-asian-pop-music-performance.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2259474124_l3tcfg\/grammys-new-category-best-asian-pop-music-performance.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2259474124_l3tcfg\/grammys-new-category-best-asian-pop-music-performance.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2259474124_l3tcfg\/grammys-new-category-best-asian-pop-music-performance.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2259474124_l3tcfg\/grammys-new-category-best-asian-pop-music-performance.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2259474124_l3tcfg\/grammys-new-category-best-asian-pop-music-performance.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2259474124_l3tcfg\/grammys-new-category-best-asian-pop-music-performance.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2259474124_l3tcfg\/grammys-new-category-best-asian-pop-music-performance.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2259474124_l3tcfg\/grammys-new-category-best-asian-pop-music-performance.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2259474124_l3tcfg\/grammys-new-category-best-asian-pop-music-performance.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2259474124_l3tcfg\/grammys-new-category-best-asian-pop-music-performance.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"Grammys introduce new category Best Asian Pop Music Performance\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Photo by Neilson Barnard\/Getty Images for The Recording Academy<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-281530\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Pop music coming out of Asia is gaining more traction in the U.S. every year, but it has yet to receive any outstanding recognition at the Grammys. In an attempt to seemingly rectify that, the Recording Academy has announced the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/news\/2027-grammys-new-categories-rule-updates\/\">addition of \u201cBest Asian Pop Music Performance\u201d<\/a> among four other new award categories taking the stage at the 2027 Grammys in February.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            According to the Record Academy, the new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category will recognize &#8220;Asian pop&#8221; including but not limited to K-pop, J-pop, and C-pop \u201cwith meaningful use of one or more Asian languages.\u201d It joins other new categories Best R&amp;B Collaboration or Duo\/Group Performance, Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, Best Traditional Folk Album, and Best Latin Song. The complete information on the changes can be found <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/news\/2027-grammys-new-categories-rule-updates\/\">here<\/a>.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-281531\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            For years, the Grammys&#8217; engagement with K-pop has felt indifferent and possibly out of touch with each cycle, amounting to hopeful nominations followed by heartbreaking losses. Most notable is how BTS went 0 for 3 in Best Pop Duo\/Group Performance nominations from 2021 to 2023.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The group\u2019s hit &#8220;Dynamite,&#8221; with its engineered catchiness, got BTS nominated for Best Pop Duo\/Group Performance at the 2021 ceremony, their first nomination and the first for any K-pop act. They lost the trophy to Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande&#8217;s &#8220;Rain on Me.&#8221; The next year, &#8220;Butter&#8221; was nominated in the same category and lost to Doja Cat and SZA&#8217;s &#8220;Kiss Me More.&#8221; Then, &#8220;My Universe,&#8221; their English-and-Korean collaboration with Coldplay, was nominated in the same category at the 2023 Grammys for their third straight year, and they lost again. ARMYs also expected nods in the 2025 cycle for Jung Kook, RM, and Jimin with their solo releases, yet all three were passed over before the group reunited for their 2026 comeback tour.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-281536\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GOLDEN [FROM &quot;KPOP DEMON HUNTERS&quot;] Wins SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA | 2026 GRAMMYs\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YNJicfFVRuM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-281532\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            At the most recent ceremony in February, K-pop nominations broke through with HUNTR\/X for &#8220;Golden&#8221; (from <i>KPop Demon Hunters<\/i>), Ros\u00e9 for &#8220;APT.,&#8221; and KATSEYE for &#8220;Gabriela.&#8221; &#8220;APT.&#8221; pulled three nominations, including Record and Song of the Year, to become the most-nominated song by any Korean or K-pop artist in Grammy history, and the first time a K-pop lead artist landed a Big Four nomination. But the only act that left a winner that night was HUNTR\/X, who took home for Best Song Written for Visual <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a>.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Retrospectively, with the new category only considering music that \u201cmeaningfully\u201d uses of one or more Asian languages, songs like \u201cDynamite\u201d or \u201cAPT.Apt,,\u201d despite their undeniable crossover success, wouldn\u2019t have qualified anyway.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The new category raises some interesting questions of how it will ultimately affect K-pop, J-pop, and C-pop representation at the award show moving forward. Perhaps an optimistic look at the category is that it will give room to Asian pop without pandering to music that simply draws inspiration from Asian culture. Netizens online, however, are <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kookyun\/status\/2066873238207209525?s=20\">pointing<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thvchapters\/status\/2066867113256521775?s=20\">out<\/a> that the category could, on the other hand, further silo K-pop and J-pop from &#8220;western&#8221; music and only serve to segregate them out of consideration in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> categories entirely. Only time will tell how things will shake out.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Drew Neiman<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Photo by Neilson Barnard\/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Pop music coming out of Asia is gaining more traction in the U.S. every year, but it has yet to receive any outstanding recognition at the Grammys. 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