Overview
- The inaugural field features Willie Nelson, Lukas Nelson, Charley Crockett, Margo Price, and Zach Top.
- Willie’s Oh What a Beautiful World, a set of Rodney Crowell songs, goes up against Lukas’s American Romance, his first release under his own name.
- The Recording Academy created the Traditional and Contemporary album prizes after Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter won Best Country Album in 2025.
- Willie also received a nomination for Best Americana Album for Last Leaf on the Tree, produced by his son Micah.
- The 2026 Grammys air live from Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 1, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+.