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Morgan Wallen declines to submit music for 2026 Grammys

Morgan Wallen will not be submitting his music for consideration at the 2026 Grammy Awards.

Wallen's team confirmed the decision to The Hollywood Reporter, thus removing one of the biggest acts in the business from contention.

His team has not provided any further comment as to the reason why.

Wallen hasn't exactly been embraced by the Recording Academy's voter base since he became the biggest country act in the business in the early 2020s.

He only received his first Grammy nomination last year thanks to his appearance on Post Malone's country smash I Had Some Help.

Despite that, Wallen has become the biggest country artist in the world. He has the best-selling album of the year, I'm The Problem, which has spent 11 weeks atop Billboard's 200 Albums chart since its May release.

It became the most-streamed country album of the year in less than a day, and songs from the album have lined the Hot 100 throughout the summer.

This isn't the first time the Grammys has been given the cold shoulder by a major artist. The Weeknd famously boycotted the Awards back in 2021, citing a lack of transparency on how the awards are decided. He made up with the Grammys at this year's show, making a surprise appearance.

Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr introduced him and acknowledged the controversy.

"Criticism is OK. I heard him. I felt his conviction," Mason Jr said at the time.

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