The Recording Academy, presenter of the Grammys, hasn’t paid all that much attention to Asian Pop music throughout its history, but K-pop has been selling out arenas, topping charts, and generating billions — all without a dedicated category on Music’s Biggest Night. Now there’s a category set to be introduced at the 2027 Grammys to fix all that — if we can figure out who’ll be eligible. On Tuesday (June 16), the Recording Academy announced the Best Asian Pop Music Performance category as one of five new additions for the 69th Grammy Awards , set to air February 7, 2027. This will bring the total number of Grammy categories to 100. The Best Asian Pop category promises to award excellence in Asian pop music performances, covering K-pop, J-pop, and C-pop [Korean, Japanese, and Chinese pop, respectively], with two eligibility requirements: the work must originate from or be widely recognized within Asian markets, and it must feature meaningful use of one or more Asian languages.…