Grammy Awards Add Asian Pop and Latin Song Categories
The Grammy Awards will introduce five additional categories in 2024, enhancing recognition for diverse musical genres. New categories will include Best Asian Pop Music Performance and Best Latin Song, reflecting the rising success of artists such as Bad Bunny, who made history as the first to win Album of the Year with a Spanish-language project. Moreover, the K-pop track "Golden" by the fictional group Huntr/x achieved a landmark win for Best Song for Visual Media. Harvey Mason Jr., the CEO of the Recording Academy, emphasized that these adjustments aim to foster inclusivity within the music industry.
Key facts
- Five new categories added: best Asian pop music performance, best Latin song, best R&B collaboration or duo/group performance, best traditional pop vocal performance, best traditional folk album.
- Bad Bunny won album of the year for a Spanish-language record, the first artist to do so.
- Golden from KPop Demon Hunters won best song for visual media, first K-pop song to win a Grammy.
- Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr cited inclusivity as reason for expansion.
- The academy added Korean and Latino artists to its voting panel in 2024.
- Best Latin song requires predominantly Spanish language; Asian pop includes K-pop, J-pop, C-pop.
- Bad Bunny also won best música urbana album and best global music performance in February 2025.
- Eligibility for best new artist increased from three to four submissions.
Entities
Artists
- Bad Bunny
- Harvey Mason Jr
- Ravyn Lenae
- Ella Langley
- Mark Savage
Institutions
- Recording Academy
- Grammy Awards
- Spotify
- BBC
Locations
- United States