"Jelly Roll has won the inaugural award for Best Contemporary Country Album at the 2026 Grammys. His album Beautifully Broken beat out records by Eric Church ( Evangeline vs. the Machine), Kelsea Ballerini ( Patterns), Miranda Lambert ( Postcards From Texas), and Tyler Childers ( Snipe Hunter). This is Jelly Roll's third win of the night out of three nominations. He's also taking home Best Country Duo/Group Performance for the Shaboozey duet "Amen" and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for "Hard Fought Hallelujah" with Brandon Lake."
"Beyoncé was awarded the 2025 Best Country Album Grammy for Cowboy Carter. It was her first year being nominated in any country music categories. (Nearly a decade prior, the Grammys' country music committee had rejected her submission of "Daddy Lessons," from 2016's Lemonade.) The Recording Academy subsequently announced that it was splitting up the Best Country Album category into two awards: Best Contemporary Country Album and Best Traditional Country Album."
Jelly Roll won the inaugural Best Contemporary Country Album Grammy in 2026 for Beautifully Broken, beating records by Eric Church, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert, and Tyler Childers. He secured three wins from three nominations, also claiming Best Country Duo/Group Performance for the Shaboozey duet "Amen" and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for "Hard Fought Hallelujah" with Brandon Lake. Beyoncé won the 2025 Best Country Album Grammy for Cowboy Carter, marking her first country nominations. Nearly a decade earlier the Grammys' country committee rejected her submission of "Daddy Lessons." The Recording Academy split Best Country Album into Contemporary and Traditional categories.
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