Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album

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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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instanceOf Grammy Award category
music award
alsoKnownAs Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
surface form: Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
awardCategoryOf Grammy Award
awardFor outstanding Americana albums
outstanding contemporary folk albums
awardLevel national
belongsToSeries Grammy contemporary music album categories
categoryType genre-specific album award
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
field music
frequency annual
genre Americana
contemporary folk
givenFor artistic achievement in contemporary folk and Americana
overall excellence in contemporary folk and Americana albums
technical proficiency in album production
hasAwardedWorkType live album
studio album
hasEvaluationAspect performance
production quality
songwriting
hasLanguage English (award title)
hasOfficialNameLanguage English
hasSubfield Americana
surface form: Americana music

contemporary folk music
inception 1990s
industry music industry
isSubsetOf American Music Award
surface form: American music awards
locationOfCeremony various cities in the United States
medium recorded music
notableCriterion album must predominantly feature contemporary folk or Americana styles
organizer Recording Academy
surface form: The Recording Academy
partOf Grammy Awards ceremony
surface form: Grammy Awards
presentedBy Recording Academy
surface form: The Recording Academy
replaces earlier contemporary folk-related Grammy categories
scope full-length albums
selectionProcess voting by members of The Recording Academy
status active award category
symbolizes recognition of excellence in contemporary folk and Americana music
targetCommunity Americana musicians
contemporary folk musicians

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