{"id":2076212,"date":"2026-08-04T01:09:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T22:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2076212"},"modified":"2026-08-04T01:09:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T22:09:59","slug":"bts-grammy-decision-sparks-debate-about-new-asian-pop-category-but-who-wins-who-loses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2076212","title":{"rendered":"BTS Grammy Decision Sparks Debate About New Asian Pop Category, But Who Wins & Who Loses?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tWithout even mentioning it by name, BTS sparked a major debate about the new best Asian pop music performance category at the 2027 Grammys with their bombshell decision last week not to submit music from their latest album, ARIRANG<\/em>, for next year\u2019s awards show.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith take a closer look at that decision and at the category, and what it will look like without BTS in it. <\/p>\n

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\n\tWe also discuss Madonna\u2019s new \u201cLove Sensation\u201d remix with Kylie Minogue, which the pair previewed with a WorldPride Amsterdam 2026 performance over the weekend before the song\u2019s arrival later this week. Plus: Ariana Grande\u2019s rep announced over the weekend that the pop star\/actress plans to step back following the end of her Eternal Sunshine Tour, after Friday\u2019s release of her latest album, Petal<\/em>. Listen to our full conversation below:<\/p>\n\n

\n\tAlso on the show, we\u2019ve got chart news on how Morgan Wallen\u2019s I\u2019m the Problem<\/em> is back at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the first time in nearly seventh months. Plus, Charli xcx\u2019s new Music, Fashion, Film<\/em> debuts in the top three, and on the Billboard Hot 100, the entire top five are country songs for the first time ever, as Wallen\u2019s new single \u201cBeen by Now\u201d debuts in the top five, joining four other country carryovers.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/em>Billboard\u00a0Pop Shop Podcast<\/em>\u00a0is your one-stop shop for all things pop on\u00a0<\/em>Billboard\u2018s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and folks from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear\u00a0<\/em>Billboard\u2018s executive digital director, West Coast, Katie Atkinson and\u00a0<\/em>Billboard\u2019s managing director, charts and data operations, Keith Caulfield every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0or\u00a0<\/em>downloaded in Apple\u00a0<\/em>Podcasts\u00a0or your favorite podcast provider.\u00a0(Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show\u00a0on\u00a0Billboard.com.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P115PL91-e1785804598849.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Without even mentioning it by name, BTS sparked a major debate about the new best Asian pop music performance category at the 2027 Grammys with their bombshell decision last week not to submit music from their latest album, ARIRANG, for next year\u2019s awards show. On the new Billboard Pop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2076212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2076212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2076212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2076212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2076212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}