Grammy Award for Best Folk Album
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The Grammy Award for Best Folk Album is a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the genre of folk music.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2092993 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grammy Award for Best Folk Album Context triple: [The Goat Rodeo Sessions, award, Grammy Award for Best Folk Album]
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A.
Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance was a former Grammy category that honored outstanding vocal or instrumental folk music recordings.
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B.
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album is a music industry honor recognizing outstanding albums in the contemporary folk and Americana genres.
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C.
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album is a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize excellence in albums featuring traditional pop vocal performances, often in the style of classic pop standards and vocal jazz.
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D.
Grammy Award for Best World Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best World Music Album is a prestigious music industry honor recognizing outstanding albums that showcase traditional, contemporary, or cross-cultural sounds from around the globe.
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E.
Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album
The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is a prestigious music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in bluegrass music recording.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grammy Award for Best Folk Album Target entity description: The Grammy Award for Best Folk Album is a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the genre of folk music.
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A.
Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance was a former Grammy category that honored outstanding vocal or instrumental folk music recordings.
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B.
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album is a music industry honor recognizing outstanding albums in the contemporary folk and Americana genres.
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C.
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album is a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize excellence in albums featuring traditional pop vocal performances, often in the style of classic pop standards and vocal jazz.
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D.
Grammy Award for Best World Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best World Music Album is a prestigious music industry honor recognizing outstanding albums that showcase traditional, contemporary, or cross-cultural sounds from around the globe.
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E.
Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album
The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is a prestigious music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in bluegrass music recording.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Grammy Award category
ⓘ
music award ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Recording Academy
ⓘ
surface form:
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
|
| alsoKnownAs |
Grammy Award for Best Folk Album
ⓘ
surface form:
Best Folk Album Grammy
|
| awardCeremonyLocation | various cities in the United States ⓘ |
| awardFor | outstanding achievement in folk music ⓘ |
| categoryChangeReason | Grammy Awards category restructuring in 2012 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| field | folk ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 2012 Grammy Awards ⓘ |
| follows |
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
ⓘ
surface form:
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | folk music ⓘ |
| hasAwardedWorkType | albums ⓘ |
| hasAwardType | genre-specific award ⓘ |
| hasEligibilityCriteria |
commercially released recordings
ⓘ
qualifying release period defined by the Recording Academy ⓘ |
| hasParentAward | Grammy Award for Best Album in a genre field ⓘ |
| inception | 2012 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| notableChange | merged contemporary and traditional folk categories into a single folk album category in 2012 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Grammy Award
ⓘ
surface form:
Grammy Awards
|
| presentedBy | Recording Academy ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voted on by members of the Recording Academy ⓘ |
| shortName | Best Folk Album ⓘ |
| website | https://www.grammy.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Grammy Award for Best Folk Album Description of subject: The Grammy Award for Best Folk Album is a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the genre of folk music.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Goat Rodeo Sessions
this entity surface form:
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album
this entity surface form:
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album
this entity surface form:
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album
subject surface form:
All Ashore
this entity surface form:
Grammy Award for Best Folk Album for the album "Mental Illness"
this entity surface form:
Best Folk Album Grammy
this entity surface form:
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording