{"id":891073,"date":"2026-02-08T04:18:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/08\/giants-miranda-lambert-george-strait-and-morgan-wallen-to-skip-grammys-over-country-music-diss\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T04:18:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:18:57","slug":"giants-miranda-lambert-george-strait-and-morgan-wallen-to-skip-grammys-over-country-music-diss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/08\/giants-miranda-lambert-george-strait-and-morgan-wallen-to-skip-grammys-over-country-music-diss\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants Miranda Lambert, George Strait and Morgan Wallen to skip Grammys over country music diss"},"content":{"rendered":"

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They\u2019re staying home, home on the range.<\/p>\n

After crowning Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s debut country album, \u201cCowboy Carter,\u201d as album of the year in 2025<\/a>, the awards show snubbed the genre this year, giving not a single nominations to a country artist in the four main categories: Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist.<\/p>\n

The diss is not sitting well with country stars, and we\u2019re told giants Miranda Lambert, George Strait and Morgan Wallen are planning to cool their boots on the sofa rather than show up for the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n

Sources tell Page Six that all three are skipping this year\u2019s show<\/a>, despite two of them being nominated in country categories.<\/p>\n

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Miranda Lambert earned four Grammy nods this year including Best Contemporary Country Album. Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cA lot of country artists are not going\u2026 They think the Grammys don\u2019t give a f\u2013k about country music,\u201d one source said.<\/p>\n

Wallen comes as no surprise, as he did not submit his \u201cI\u2019m the Problem\u201d album for consideration.<\/p>\n

We hear the snub is all the buzz in country music capital Nashville, Tn. <\/p>\n

Recording Academy CEO, Harvey Mason Jr., addressed the lack of country music representation in an interview with Variety\u2019s Jem Aswad<\/a> ahead of Sunday night\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

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Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said it\u2019s \u2018heartbreaking\u2019 when someone\u2019s not represented. Getty Images for The Recording Academy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Beyonc\u00e9 won Album of the Year in 2025 for her country album \u201cCowboy Carter.\u201d CBS via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to Mason Jr., it pretty much boils down to voter representation, which he says, he feels is currently \u201cvery well balanced.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the moment is changing, and it continues to change every week, every month, all year long, and we\u2019re going to keep an eye on how we can make sure we\u2019re being reflective of what\u2019s going on in music,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

He further told the trade, \u201cIt\u2019s hard to predict why we get the results that we do. All I know is, it\u2019s heartbreaking for me when somebody\u2019s not represented, whether that\u2019s an individual artist or a genre, because I know how hard people work in this business.\u201d <\/p>\n

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George Strait is nominated for Best Country Duo\/Group Performance for his duet with Chris Stapleton. WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI want us to make sure we\u2019re getting it right, so we continue to do everything we can as an organization, along with our elected leaders, to make sure we\u2019re positioning our voters to make the best decisions they can,\u201d he continued. <\/p>\n

Lambert is nominated for Best Contemporary Country Album, Best Country Song, and twice in the Best Country Duo\/Group Performance category. Strait is also nominated in Best Country Duo\/Group Performance for his song \u201cHonky Tonk Hall of Fame,\u201d with Chris Stapleton.<\/p>\n

Reps for the Recording Academy, Lambert, Strait and Wallen did not comment. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, back in LA, Grammys fever is in full swing \u2013 with too many parties to bop around too.<\/p>\n

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Morgan Wallen did not submit his album for Grammy consideration. Getty Images for ABA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Warner Music hosted its annual pre-Grammy bash on Thursday. The Black Music Collective honored Brandy, Pharrell and Kirk Franklin. MusiCares will honor Mariah Carey with their prestigious Person of the Year Award on Friday. Pioneers music executive and former Epic Records chief, Sylvia Rhone, will be inducted into the Grammy Board of Trustees on Saturday, following the label\u2019s Friday pre-Grammy bash. And Clive Davis\u2019 annual soiree will be the pre-Grammy party finale before Sunday night\u2019s big show. New Yorkers Lion Babe were also on the scene, performing at Legendary Damon\u2019s pre-Grammy bash at the Edition.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Music They\u2019re staying home, home on the range. After crowning Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s debut country album, \u201cCowboy Carter,\u201d as album of the year in 2025, the awards show snubbed the genre this year, giving not a single nominations to a country artist in the four main categories: Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":891074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[131522],"class_list":["post-891073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-news","tag-podcast-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}