The first-ever winner of Best Contemporary Country Album was announced during the 2026 Grammy Awards. Jelly Roll took home ...

On Sunday, Zach Top won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Country Album, making him the first to score a golden ...

His debut album is still on the country charts. Luke Combs released his debut album This One’s for You nearly a decade ago in the summer of 2017, which quickly jumped to #1 on the Top Country Albums ...

It was Top's first Grammy win, for his sophomore album Ain't In It for My Health.

The culture wars that have defined country music in recent years seemed somewhat tamer this year. That doesn’t mean the issues that have divided households from Nashville to SoCal have been resolved.

In 2026, the Grammy Awards is splitting its Best Country Album Category into two: Best Contemporary Country Album and Best ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

The music world refused to stand still in 2025. This wasn’t a year for playing it safe. Across the globe and all over the stylistic map, music kept mutating in the weirdest, wildest ways. The artists ...