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Jelly Roll Wins New Country Album Grammy Category After Beyonce Controversy
Jelly Roll won the first Grammy for Best Contemporary Country Album after the Recording Academy split country categories to better represent diverse styles in the genre.
- On Sunday, February 1, Jelly Roll , a country artist, won the first-ever Best Contemporary Country Album for Beautifully Broken at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
- The Recording Academy this year split Best Country Album into Best Contemporary and Best Traditional after critics said Beyoncé's 2025 win did not fit the genre, but CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said the proposal was pitched over years.
- He beat records by Eric Church, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert and Tyler Childers for the contemporary prize and earlier won two other Grammys, bringing multiple wins that night.
- The split produced separate winners across country subgenres, with Zach Top taking Best Traditional Country Album as the categories yielded distinct honorees, and the Academy said it aims to give more space for varied country styles.
- Onstage, Jelly Roll used his acceptance speech to declare `Jesus is for everybody` and recounted turning to religion a few years ago after his daughter asked about baptism.
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Jelly Roll Wins New Country Album Grammy Category After Beyonce Controversy
The first-ever winner of Best Contemporary Country Album was announced during the 2026 Grammy Awards. Jelly Roll took home the accolade for Beautifully Broken during the Sunday, February 1, awards show at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. “First of all, Jesus, I hear you and I am listening, Lord. I am listening, Lord,” Jelly Roll, 41, began in his acceptance speech. “Second of all, I wanna thank my beautiful wife. I would have never changed my li…
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