Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

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Grammy Award category music award theatre award

The Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album is a prestigious music industry honor recognizing outstanding cast recordings of musical theater productions.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Grammy Award for Best Cast Show Album (1974–1975)	1
Grammy Award for Best Cast Show Album (Original Cast) (1976–1986)	1
Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Show Album (1987–1991)	1
Grammy Award for Best Original Cast Album	1
Grammy Award for Best Original Cast Album (1959–1961)	1
Grammy Award for Best Original Cast Show Album (1962–1963)	1
Grammy Award for Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album (1964–1973)	1
Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grammy Award category ⓘ music award ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
administeredBy	Recording Academy ⓘ surface form: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
alsoKnownAs	Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album ⓘ surface form: Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album
awardFor	best musical theater cast recording ⓘ outstanding musical theater album ⓘ
awardLevel	national ⓘ
ceremonyFrequency	annual ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentNameEffectiveFrom	2012 ⓘ
eligibility	commercially released recordings ⓘ recordings released within the Grammy eligibility year ⓘ
field	musical theatre ⓘ recorded music ⓘ
firstPresentedAt	2nd Annual Grammy Awards ⓘ
genreFocus	Broadway cast recordings ⓘ West End cast recordings ⓘ other professional musical theater recordings ⓘ
hasCategoryType	genre-specific recording award ⓘ
hasNameInPeriod	Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Cast Show Album (1974–1975) Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Cast Show Album (Original Cast) (1976–1986) Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Show Album (1987–1991) Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Original Cast Album (1959–1961) Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Original Cast Show Album (1962–1963) Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album (1964–1973)
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.grammy.com ⓘ
inception	1959 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	album ⓘ
notableWinner	Dear Evan Hansen ⓘ surface form: Dear Evan Hansen (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Hamilton (musical) ⓘ surface form: Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Les Misérables (Original Broadway Cast Recording) ⓘ The Lion King (stage musical) ⓘ surface form: The Lion King (Original Broadway Cast Recording) The Phantom of the Opera ⓘ surface form: The Phantom of the Opera (Original London Cast Recording) Wicked (musical) ⓘ surface form: Wicked (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
originalName	Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Original Cast Album
partOf	Grammy Award ⓘ surface form: Grammy Awards
presentedBy	Recording Academy ⓘ surface form: The Recording Academy
prestige	major American music award ⓘ
recordingType	cast recording ⓘ
relatedTo	Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
selectionProcess	voted on by members of The Recording Academy ⓘ
typicalRecipients	album producers ⓘ principal composer ⓘ principal lyricist ⓘ principal vocalists ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album → alsoKnownAs → Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album

Dear Evan Hansen → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album ⓘ

Jennifer Hudson → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album ⓘ

Josh Gad → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album ⓘ

The Book of Mormon (musical) → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album ⓘ