Why Was Kacey Musgraves’ Album Disqualified From Grammy Country Nominations? Insiders Weigh In

Chris Willman Music WriterTheoretically, the first Grammys ballot that comes out early in the voting process shouldn’t be so full of surprises.

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Kacey Musgraves was the musical guest on The Late Show on Monday night. She performed "Breadwinner," from new album star-crossed, for host Stephen Colbert.

Kacey Musgraves is speaking out after her new album was deemed ineligible for the GRAMMY Awards' best country album category.

Kacey Musgraves cannot submit her album “Star-Crossed” for country music categories at this year’s ceremony. Musgraves’ label wrote a letter protesting the ruling, arguing that “taking her out of the country category actually does harm to a format struggling with change and inclusivity overall.”According to Vulture, Burnham submitted “All Eyes On Me” for Best Song Written for Visual Media, Best Pop Solo Performance, Song of the Year and Record of the Year.

Kacey Musgraves has blasted the Grammy Awards for ruling her new album ineligible for the Best Country Album prize. The 33-year-old singer's latest record 'star-crossed' won't be on the shortlist in the country category for next year's ceremony, and she has hit out at the decision.

Kacey Musgraves‘ latest album, ‘Star-Crossed’, would be ineligible for consideration in the Best Country Album category at next year’s Grammys.

Kacey Musgraves’ latest album ‘Star-Crossed’ is ineligible for the Best Country Album award at the upcoming Grammys, the Recording Academy has decided.As Billboard reports, members of the academy convened last week for their annual screening committee meeting, where recordings are reviewed to make sure they are placed in the appropriate awards categories.

Vulture that her latest album “star-crossed” will compete in the Best Pop Vocal Album category at the Grammys.While Musgraves’ “Golden Hour” pushed the boundaries of her sound, Mabe rejected the notion that “star-crossed” isn’t country and argued that it sounds even more country than “Golden Hour,” adding that it’s consistently being played on country radio, has been classified as such and even topped the Billboard country charts upon its release in September.

Kacey Musgraves will not appear in the country music categories at the upcoming Grammys.

Kacey Musgraves‘ new album, star-crossed, is not eligible to be nominated for Best Country Album at the 2022 Grammys.

Chris Willman Music WriterKacey Musgraves’ “Star-Crossed” album has been ruled ineligible to compete in the Grammys’ country categories this year, according to a letter written to the Recording Academy by her record company president, who is vehemently protesting the decision.Musgraves was widely expected to contend in country categories again, as she has in the past, but a letter from Universal Music Group Nashville president Cindy Mabe to Recording Academy president-CEO Harvey Mason Jr.,

Saturday Night Live, which aired this weekend (October 2), received the lowest rating in the show’s history.The episode, which was hosted by Owen Wilson and with Kacey Musgraves performing as its musical guest, was the least-watched SNL season premiere episode of all-time.The audience figures saw a drop of 41% from the previous season’s opening episode, which was hosted by Chris Rock.However, the fact that Wilson’s episode was the first in the show’s history to be live-streamed is believed to

Kacey Musgraves‘ publicist has confirmed that the singer was completely nude during her recent Forrest Gump-inspired performance on Saturday Night Live.Musgraves was the first musical guest of the show’s 47th season over the weekend. Introduced by Owen Wilson, she performed ‘Justified’ from latest album ‘Star-Crossed’ naked, covered only by her acoustic guitar.The performance echoed a scene from the 1994 film featuring Robin Wright’s character.

Kacey Musgraves made headlines over the weekend when she appeared to go naked during her performance for Saturday Night Live and now her publicist has confirmed she really was wearing nothing.

Chris Willman Music WriterIt’s official: everything was real about Kacey Musgraves’ performance of “Justified” on “Saturday Night Live” — no lip-synching, no miming and certainly no feigned nudity. Her appearance on the first number of Saturday’s show was achieved just as it looked: completely in the buff, boots excepted.“She was nude,” Musgraves’ publicist confirms to Variety.

Kacey Musgraves is baring it all.

kicked off the show’s 47th season over the weekend with little fanfare, drawing sharply lower ratings than last year’s season debut.Ratings for the live sketch-comedy show on Saturday plummeted 35 percent from last season’s opener, bringing in just 3.5 million viewers, according to ratings agency Nielsen, which released early data drawn from 44 media markets.

Saturday Night Live kicked off season 47 with a bang!