The music industry evolves at a dizzying pace. And I’m here to help you make sense of the “Key Changes” in these quick-hit roundups of music new analysis.

This week, the Academy of County Music Honors gave the Lift Every Voice Award to Rissi Palmer, an artist who’s made it her mission to spotlight and support country voices of color.

Several music business outlets reported that Morgan Wallen, on the other hand, won’t be in Grammy award contention — by choice.

He’s not submitting his music, despite an increase in the number of country categories. Grammy leadership just renamed country album of the year as contemporary country and added traditional country album of the year.

I’m currently looking into how other country artists are navigating those changes. Watch for that reporting in the

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