Which Jelly Roll album won Best Contemporary Country Album at the 2026 Grammys?

“Beautifully Broken” won Best Contemporary Country Album for Jelly Roll at the 2026 Grammy Awards.

The award recognized Jelly Roll’s album in the contemporary-country field, which covers albums containing more than 75 percent new contemporary country recordings. The 2026 nominees also included Kelsea Ballerini’s Patterns, Tyler Childers’ Snipe Hunter, Eric Church’s Evangeline Vs. The Machine, and Miranda Lambert’s Postcards From Texas.

A common mix-up is confusing this category with Best Traditional Country Album. Beginning with the 2025 Grammy cycle, the Recording Academy separated the former broad country-album field into contemporary and traditional categories. That means an album’s placement depends on the Academy’s genre classification, not simply on whether its artist is generally called a country performer.

The win was also notable because Jelly Roll’s 2026 Grammy night included recognition in other categories for collaborations. However, Beautifully Broken was his solo album victory in the contemporary-country album race, while the other awards involved separate recordings and categories.