Aug 18, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
BTS's decision to boycott the Grammys' new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category prompted the Recording Academy to reconsider it within weeks — a reversal in progress that raises the question of who a genre category is actually for.
Aug 17, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
The Recording Academy is reconsidering its new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category after BTS refused to submit music in protest, with the Grammy entry deadline closing August 21.
Aug 10, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
Stray Kids repeatedly declined to say whether they'll submit music for the Grammys' new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category, three weeks after BTS announced it would boycott the same category entirely.
Jul 30, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
All seven members of BTS announced they will not submit "ARIRANG" for Grammy consideration this year, in an apparent protest of the Recording Academy's new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category.
Jul 30, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
BTS's withdrawal from the 2027 Grammys exposes how closely the Recording Academy's new Asian Pop category mirrors the decades-old genre-ghetto complaint long made by Black artists in R&B and rap.
Sep 10, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
Sep 09, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
CONCERTS - Dec 31, 1969 PM EST - Hannah
