\t\taespa, \u201cLemonade\u201d\t<\/p>\n
\n\tThe K-pop quartet spent this eligibility year building its U.S. profile with a Lollapalooza debut, a North American arena tour through the fall, plus collaborations with Anderson .Paak, Becky\u00a0G and Ty Dolla $ign. This pulsating electronic-pop track sung in both English and Korean peaks in a bridge showcasing Winter and Ningning\u2019s harmonies before the production drops out ahead of a run of Winter\u2019s belts.<\/p>\n
\t\tKenshi Yonezu, \u201cIris Out\u201d\t<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tKenshi Yonezu<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYohji Uchida<\/p>\n
\n\tA genuinely experimental piece that threads flashes of piano, brass and drum\u2019n\u2019bass under Yonezu\u2019s theatrical vocal attack (the 35-year-old is the sole writer, composer, producer, arranger and programmer), the opening theme to Japanese blockbuster Chainsaw Man \u2013 The Movie: Reze Arc hit No.\u00a05 on the Billboard Global\u00a0200<\/a>, the highest peak for a Japanese-language song to date, and spent 14 weeks atop the Japan Hot\u00a0100<\/a>. \u201cJane Doe,\u201d Yonezu\u2019s duet with J-pop legend and Kingdom Hearts singer Hikaru Utada for the film\u2019s closing theme, could be a second strong submission option.<\/p>\n \t\tMiist & Narada Michael Walden, \u201cIt\u2019s Too Late To Love You (Chinese & English Edition)\u201d\t<\/p>\n \n\tMiist is a Chinese-born former \u00adbookkeeper who reached the top\u00a025 of Billboard\u2019s Adult Contemporary<\/a> chart with this song\u2019s original version; Walden is a three-time Grammy winner and legendary producer known for his work with Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, among others. But on this \u00adpower-pop ballad, the generationally \u00addifferent \u00adartists (Walden also sings) are perfect \u00adcomplements, carrying the same melody in Mandarin and English. Miist has announced this submission and explained her support for the new category in a guest column for Billboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\tSB19, \u201cVisa\u201d\t<\/p>\n \n\tThe breakout pop act became the first Filipino group to play Lollapalooza this summer, months after \u201cVisa\u201d debuted in the top 10 of Billboard\u2018s World Digital Song Sales chart. Written and co-produced by leader Pablo, the percussive track was inspired by visa denials the group faced on its world tour and takes on the obstacles Filipinos confront working and performing abroad (it also name-checks Olivia Rodrigo and Bruno Mars, both of whom have Filipino heritage). Sony Music Philippines confirms the submission.<\/p>\n \t\tStray Kids, \u201cSTAY\u201d\t<\/p>\n \n\tEven though Stray Kids is refraining from submitting for 2027, here\u2019s why Billboard originally considered the group a contender: While its bigger hits \u201cThis\u00a0& That\u201d and \u201cDo It\u201d would be eligible (they peaked at Nos.\u00a038 and 68 on the Billboard Hot\u00a0100<\/a>, \u00adrespectively), Stray Kids\u2019 March release, \u201cSTAY,\u201d would\u2019ve been the more moving choice as a Grammy submission. The harmony-heavy track is dedicated to the Stray Kids fandom of the same name \u2014 who\u2019d likely find a win for it especially sweet.<\/p>\n \n\tThis story appears in the Oct. 3, 2026, issue of Billboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With several of K-pop\u2019s biggest names out of the running \u2014 in addition to BTS, BLACKPINK\u2019s four all-English…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,27340,497,40286,366301,65662,1766],"class_list":["post-868705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-kpop","tag-genre-pop","tag-grammy-awards","tag-grammy-preview","tag-grammys","tag-magazine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}