Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album

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Grammy Award category defunct award category music award

The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album was a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize excellence in traditional folk music recordings.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording	3

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grammy Award category ⓘ defunct award category ⓘ music award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Best Traditional Folk Recording NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardedFor	excellence in traditional folk music recordings ⓘ
awardType	album award ⓘ
categoryChange	merged into Best Folk Album category in 2012 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
discontinued	2011 ⓘ
eligibility	commercially released recordings ⓘ traditional folk music genre ⓘ
field	folk music ⓘ
firstAwarded	1987 ⓘ
genre	traditional folk ⓘ
hasAwardCycle	annual ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
inception	1987 ⓘ
lastAwarded	2011 ⓘ
notableWinner	Bill Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ Doc Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack NERFINISHED ⓘ The Chieftains NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizer	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Grammy Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentedAt	annual Grammy Awards ceremony ⓘ
presentedBy	Recording Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	primarily United States market ⓘ
replacedBy	Grammy Award for Best Folk Album NERFINISHED ⓘ
scope	traditional folk albums ⓘ traditional folk music performances ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by members of the Recording Academy ⓘ
timePeriod	early 21st century ⓘ late 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Clifton Chenier → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

Loudon Wainwright III → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album ⓘ

Muddy Waters → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

Ramblin' Jack Elliott → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album ⓘ

Sonny Terry → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

Grammy Award for Best Folk Album → follows → Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album ⓘ