Grammy Award for Album of the Year

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Grammy Award category annual award music award

The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is one of the most prestigious honors in the music industry, recognizing the overall artistic achievement and production excellence of a full album across all genres.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grammy Award category → annual award → music award →
alsoKnownAs	Album of the Year →
awardCategoryOf	Grammy Awards →
awardedBy	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences →
awardedFor	best album of the year across all genres → overall artistic achievement of an album → production excellence of a full album →
awardingBodyType	professional music organization →
ceremonyHeldIn	various cities in the United States →
country	United States →
evaluationBasis	album as a complete work →
field	music →
firstAwarded	1959 →
frequency	annual →
genreScope	all music genres →
hasCategoryGroup	General Field (Big Four) Grammy categories →
hasCriterion	artistic merit → overall impact → technical excellence →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.grammy.com →
hasPrestigeLevel	flagship Grammy category →
hasSubcategoryRelation	distinct from Record of the Year → distinct from Song of the Year →
hasType	general field Grammy category →
hasVotingBody	voting members of The Recording Academy →
inception	1959 →
includesRecognitionOf	mastering engineers → mixers → performers → producers → recording engineers →
isConsidered	one of the most prestigious awards in the music industry →
language	English →
location	United States →
medium	recorded music →
notableFeature	cross-genre eligibility →
organizer	The Recording Academy →
partOf	Grammy Awards →
presentedAt	Grammy Awards ceremony →
presentedBy	The Recording Academy →
region	North America →
relatedAward	Grammy Award for Best New Artist → Grammy Award for Record of the Year → Grammy Award for Song of the Year →
scope	full-length albums →
selectionProcess	voting by members of The Recording Academy →
shortName	AOTY →

Referenced by (78)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Adele → André 3000 → Arcade Fire → Babyface ("Grammy Award for Album of the Year (as producer)") → Barbra Streisand → Beck → Big Boi → Bob Newhart → Can't Slow Down → Carlos Santana → Carole King → Clive Davis → Colbie Caillat → Emile Haynie → Fulfillingness' First Finale → Harry Styles → Herbie Hancock → How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb → Innervisions → Jon Batiste → Judy Garland → Lauryn Hill → Lionel Richie → Lou Adler → Marcus Mumford ("Grammy Award for Album of the Year (with Mumford & Sons for "Babel")") → Norah Jones → Outkast → Paul Simon → Rick Rubin → Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band → Simon & Garfunkel → Songs in the Key of Life → Speakerboxxx/The Love Below → Stevie Wonder → Tapestry → Taylor Swift → The Joshua Tree → Time Out of Mind → Tony Bennett →	awardReceived
All That You Can’t Leave Behind → Beerbongs & Bentleys → Brittany Howard → Burna Boy → Chaos and Creation in the Backyard → Control → Court and Spark → Doja Cat → Don't Be Cruel → Elton John → I Am... Sasha Fierce → Lemonade → Modern Times → My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy → Odelay ("Album of the Year Grammy Award") → Post Malone → Radiohead → Renaissance → Sara Bareilles → Songs in A Minor → Songs in A Minor → Sound & Color → The Beach Boys → The College Dropout → The Diary of Alicia Keys → The Emancipation of Mimi → The Rising → The Velvet Rope →	nominatedFor
Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album → Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical → Grammy Award for Song of the Year →	relatedAward
Thank U, Next →	awardNomination
Recording Academy →	awards
Grammy Award for Record of the Year →	BigFourPeer
Grammy Award for Record of the Year →	differsFrom
Grammy Award for Song of the Year →	distinctionFrom
Donda ("Grammy Award for Album of the Year nomination") →	hasAward
Grammy Award for Album of the Year ("General Field (Big Four) Grammy categories") →	hasCategoryGroup
Celine Dion →	notableAward