Los Angeles, June 12 -- Grammy Awards are getting some changes. Yes, you read it right.

On Thursday, the Recording Academy revealed the key dates for this 2026 ceremony and also announced a few updates to its rules and categories, as per The Hollywood Reporter.

The 68th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Feb. 1, 2026, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, with nominations set to be announced on November 7, 2025.

Perhaps most interesting among these new awards is best album cover, which, like the introduction of a best songwriter award three years ago, was a surprisingly long-time omission, especially considering the longtime presence of best liner notes and "packaging" awards (the two separate packaging awards have been combined into o...