Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album

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Grammy Award category music award spoken word award

The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album is a prestigious music industry honor recognizing excellence in spoken word recordings, including audiobooks, poetry, and storytelling performances.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children	2
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording	2
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)	1
Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording	1
Grammy Award for Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word	1
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)	1
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album (family acceptance for "Why We Can’t Wait")	1
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Recording	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grammy Award category ⓘ music award ⓘ spoken word award ⓘ
administeredBy	Recording Academy ⓘ surface form: The Recording Academy Awards Department
alsoKnownAs	Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ surface form: Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
associatedEvent	Grammy Award ⓘ surface form: Grammy Awards ceremony
awardFor	excellence in spoken word recordings ⓘ
categoryType	non-musical category ⓘ
ceremonyFrequency	annual ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibility	commercially released recordings ⓘ recordings released within the eligibility year ⓘ
field	Spoken Word Field ⓘ
firstAwarded	1959 Grammy Awards ⓘ
formerName	Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Recording Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording
genreScope	spoken word ⓘ
hasAwardedFormat	CD ⓘ digital audio ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ
hasTrophyShape	gold-plated gramophone ⓘ
inception	1959 ⓘ
includes	audiobooks ⓘ poetry recordings ⓘ storytelling performances ⓘ
industry	music industry ⓘ
language	primarily English ⓘ
medium	audio recordings ⓘ
notableWinner	Barack Obama ⓘ Bill Clinton ⓘ Hillary Clinton ⓘ surface form: Hillary Rodham Clinton Jimmy Carter ⓘ Jon Stewart ⓘ Maya Angelou ⓘ Michelle Obama ⓘ Stephen Colbert ⓘ
organizer	Recording Academy ⓘ surface form: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
partOf	Grammy Award ⓘ surface form: Grammy Awards
presentedBy	Recording Academy ⓘ surface form: The Recording Academy
recognizes	narration ⓘ performance ⓘ production quality ⓘ
selectionProcess	voted on by members of The Recording Academy ⓘ
status	active ⓘ

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Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album → alsoKnownAs → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ

this entity surface form: Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

The Audacity of Hope → award → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ

Albert Gore, Jr. → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ

subject surface form: Albert Gore Jr.

Audrey Hepburn → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children

Betty White → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ

Gilda Radner → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording

Hillary Clinton → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ

It Takes a Village → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ

Kate Winslet → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children

Viola Davis → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording

Jefferson → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ

subject surface form: William Jefferson Clinton

Becoming → awarded → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ

Living History → awarded → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ

Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album → formerName → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word

Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album → formerName → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Recording

Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album → formerName → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording

Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album → formerName → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

Bill Clinton → hasHonor → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ

Martin Luther King III → hasHonor → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album (family acceptance for "Why We Can’t Wait")

Springsteen on Broadway → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album ⓘ