{"id":18965,"date":"2026-08-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/recording-academy-reconsiders-asian-pop-grammy-category-after-bts-decision\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T00:00:00","slug":"recording-academy-reconsiders-asian-pop-grammy-category-after-bts-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/recording-academy-reconsiders-asian-pop-grammy-category-after-bts-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording Academy Reconsiders Asian Pop Grammy Category After BTS Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/cici-joins-recording-academy-class-of-2026-gains-grammy-voting-rights\/\"><strong>Recording Academy<\/strong><\/a> is reviewing its newly introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bts-will-not-submit-music-for-2027-grammys-citing-new-asian-pop-category\/\"><strong>Best Asian Pop Music Performance<\/strong><\/a> category after <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/3Nrfpe0tUJi4K4DXYWgMUX\"><strong>BTS<\/strong><\/a> said the group would not submit music for the 2027 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\">Grammy Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The category was announced in June and drew a mixed response. In July, BTS posted a statement across each member\u2019s social media accounts:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI hope that music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Academy response<\/h2>\n<p>On Friday August 14, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recordingacademy.com\">Recording Academy<\/a> CEO <strong>Harvey Mason jr.<\/strong> issued a statement addressing the concerns.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear from our numerous conversations with many stakeholders over the past two weeks that, regardless of our intent and desire to be even more inclusive, there are some artists in this space who feel that this category isn\u2019t representing the music they work so hard to create, in the way they wish. As a musician myself, I take that to heart.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOver the past six years, the Academy has shown that it can act decisively and move swiftly to meet the needs of our music community. 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