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Taylor Swift's Album Misses 2026 Grammys, Disney Promises Promotional Blitz

7 Nov

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Summary

Taylor Swift's latest album ineligible for 2026 Grammys
Disney to air 2027 Grammys, plans promotional push on its networks
Several popular 2024 releases competing for Album of the Year

Taylor Swift's Album Misses 2026 Grammys, Disney Promises Promotional Blitz

As the music industry eagerly awaits the 2026 Grammy Awards, one notable absence stands out: Taylor Swift, the artist with the most Album of the Year awards, is not nominated this year. Swift's latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, was released on October 3, 2025, just outside the eligibility period for the 2026 ceremony, which ran from August 31, 2024, to August 30, 2025.

This timing quirk has opened the door for a slew of surprise releases to dominate the 2026 Grammy nominations. Artists like Leon Thomas, with his album Mutt, and Sabrina Carpenter, whose Man's Best Friend is up for Album of the Year, are set to compete against each other. Interestingly, Carpenter's previous Grammy-winning album, Short n' Sweet, came out just a month before Mutt.