Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording

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Grammy Award category comedy award music award

The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording was a music industry honor recognizing outstanding comedic performances on recorded media, often awarded to influential stand-up comedians like Richard Pryor.

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Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album 11
Best Comedy Recording 2
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Performance 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grammy Award category ⓘ
comedy award ⓘ
music award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Best Comedy Album ⓘ
Best Comedy Performance ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
surface form: Best Comedy Recording
award for recorded comedy performance},{ Grammy Award ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Awards
awardedForPeriod annual eligibility year ⓘ
awardFor best comedy recording ⓘ
outstanding comedy performance on record ⓘ
awardFrequency annual ⓘ
categoryType genre-specific Grammy category ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
field comedy ⓘ
spoken word recording ⓘ
firstAwarded 1959 ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
hasRecipientType comedy duo ⓘ
comedy group ⓘ
individual comedian ⓘ
inception 1959 ⓘ
industry music industry ⓘ
language primarily English ⓘ
medium audio recording ⓘ
recorded media ⓘ
notableFor honoring recorded comedy performances ⓘ
recognizing influential stand-up comedians ⓘ
notableWinner Ray Stevens ⓘ
surface form: Allan Sherman

Bill Cosby ⓘ
Bob Newhart ⓘ
George Carlin ⓘ
Jonathan Winters ⓘ
Lily Tomlin ⓘ
Richard Pryor ⓘ
Robin Williams ⓘ
Shelley Berman ⓘ
Steve Martin ⓘ
Woody Allen ⓘ
organizer Recording Academy ⓘ
partOf Grammy Awards ceremony ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Awards
presentedBy Recording Academy ⓘ
surface form: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
replacedBy Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
selectionProcess voted on by NARAS members ⓘ
status discontinued ⓘ
typicalFormat spoken comedy performance ⓘ
stand-up comedy album ⓘ

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Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording → alsoKnownAs → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Comedy Recording
Bicentennial Nigger → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
Bill Cosby → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
Bob Newhart → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Performance
C. Adam Schlesinger → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
Chris Rock → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
FM & AM → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
George Carlin → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
Carlin → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
subject surface form: George Carlin
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
Lewis Black → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
Mort Sahl → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Performance
Richard Pryor → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
Pryor → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Pryor
Steve Martin → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
Sticks & Stones → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
That Nigger's Crazy → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
Best Comedy Album → formerName → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Comedy Recording
Equanimity → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording → replacedBy → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
Louis C.K. → wonAward → Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album