Grammy Award for Best World Music Album

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Grammy Award category music award

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Grammy Award for Best World Music Album canonical	9
Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album	5
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album	2
Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album	1
World Music Grammy	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1524374 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Grammy Award for Best World Music Album
Context triple: [Silk Road Ensemble, awardReceived, Grammy Award for Best World Music Album]

A. 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.
B. Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance was a music industry honor recognizing innovative, genre-blending tracks that fused elements of R&B, hip hop, soul, and alternative music.
C. 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.
D. Grammy Award for Album of the Year
The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is one of the most prestigious honors in the music industry, recognizing the overall artistic achievement and production excellence of a full album across all genres.
E. Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album is a major music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding quality in pop vocal albums.
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 World Music Album
Target entity description: 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.

A. 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.
B. Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance was a music industry honor recognizing innovative, genre-blending tracks that fused elements of R&B, hip hop, soul, and alternative music.
C. 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.
D. Grammy Award for Album of the Year
The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is one of the most prestigious honors in the music industry, recognizing the overall artistic achievement and production excellence of a full album across all genres.
E. Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album is a major music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding quality in pop vocal albums.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grammy Award category ⓘ music award ⓘ
administeredBy	The Recording Academy Awards Department ⓘ linked to: Recording Academy
alsoKnownAs	World Music Grammy ⓘ linked to: Grammy Award for Best World Music Album
awardCeremonyLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ New York City ⓘ
awardedFor	contemporary world music albums ⓘ cross-cultural world music albums ⓘ outstanding world music albums ⓘ traditional world music albums ⓘ
awardType	peer-recognized industry award ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
discontinuedIn	2020 ceremony ⓘ
excludes	EPs ⓘ singles ⓘ
field	world music ⓘ
firstAwarded	1992 ⓘ
formerName	Best World Music Album ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	world music ⓘ
hasAwardCriteria	artistic achievement in world music ⓘ overall excellence in world music albums ⓘ technical proficiency in world music recording ⓘ
hasCategoryType	album category ⓘ
hasEligibilityPeriod	one-year release period prior to the ceremony ⓘ
hasFocus	fusion of Western and non-Western musical traditions ⓘ traditional non-Western music ⓘ
hasSuccessorCategory	Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album ⓘ linked to: Grammy Award for Best Global Music Performance
inception	1992 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lastAwarded	2019 ⓘ
mediaType	music album ⓘ
notableChange	renamed to Best Global Music Album in 2020 ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.grammy.com ⓘ
organizer	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ⓘ linked to: Recording Academy
partOf	Grammy Awards ⓘ linked to: Grammy Awards ceremony
presentedBy	The Recording Academy ⓘ linked to: Recording Academy
replacedBy	Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album ⓘ linked to: Grammy Award for Best Global Music Performance
scope	international ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by members of The Recording Academy ⓘ
status	discontinued ⓘ

How these facts were elicited