Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Zach Bryan, one of the most commercially successful artists in music today, is nowhere to be found on the massive ballot that just went out to Grammy voters, according to industry sources who’ve confirmed his name is MIA.
A search of the online ballot, which is available only to Recording Academy members and not the general public, reveals that Bryan’s name does not appear among the thousands of contestants whose work has been submitted for record of the year, album of the year or song of the year.
Nor are his albums or songs entered for any rock, country or Americana categories, the fields where the genre-crossing superstar would most likely compete.
Reps for Bryan’s label, Warner Records, did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment. Presumably, the singer’s absence is by his own choice and not an oversight.
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