Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song

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Grammy Award category music award

The Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song is a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize excellence in songwriting within the American roots music genres, such as folk, blues, bluegrass, Americana, and regional roots.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song canonical	8
Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song for the song Just Like That	1
Grammy Awards for American roots music	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2835460 — 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 American Roots Song
Context triple: [Edie Brickell, awardReceived, Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song]

A. Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance was a former Grammy category that honored outstanding vocal or instrumental folk music recordings.
B. Grammy Award for Best Folk Album
The Grammy Award for Best Folk Album is a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the genre of folk music.
C. Grammy Award for Best Country Song
The Grammy Award for Best Country Song is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding songwriting achievement in the country music genre.
D. 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.
E. 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.
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 American Roots Song
Target entity description: The Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song is a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize excellence in songwriting within the American roots music genres, such as folk, blues, bluegrass, Americana, and regional roots.

A. Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance was a former Grammy category that honored outstanding vocal or instrumental folk music recordings.
B. Grammy Award for Best Folk Album
The Grammy Award for Best Folk Album is a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the genre of folk music.
C. Grammy Award for Best Country Song
The Grammy Award for Best Country Song is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding songwriting achievement in the country music genre.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grammy Award category ⓘ music award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Best American Roots Song ⓘ
awardedFor	excellence in American roots music songwriting ⓘ songwriting ⓘ
categoryType	songwriting category ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibleWorkType	song ⓘ
field	American Roots Music Field ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	American roots music ⓘ Americana ⓘ bluegrass ⓘ blues ⓘ folk music ⓘ regional roots music ⓘ
hasAspect	genre-specific songwriting recognition ⓘ
hasAwardType	peer-recognized award ⓘ
hasComponent	nominations list ⓘ winner selection ⓘ
hasCriterion	song must be newly written or first released within the eligibility year ⓘ song must belong to American roots genres ⓘ
isSubcategoryOf	Grammy Awards for American roots music ⓘ linked to: Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song
language	English ⓘ
medium	recorded music ⓘ
organizer	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ⓘ linked to: Recording Academy
partOf	Grammy Awards ⓘ linked to: Grammy Award
presentedBy	Recording Academy ⓘ
recognizes	songwriters rather than performers ⓘ
scope	international but focused on American roots genres ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by Recording Academy members ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edie Brickell → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song ⓘ

Punch Brothers → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song ⓘ

In These Silent Days → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song ⓘ

The Joke → awarded → Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song ⓘ

Edie Arlisa Brickell → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song ⓘ

Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song → isSubcategoryOf → Grammy Awards for American roots music ⓘ

linked to: Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song

Jason Isbell → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song ⓘ

Just Like That... → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song for the song Just Like That ⓘ

linked to: Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song

The Joke → hasAward → Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song ⓘ

subject linked to: The Joke (songwriting and performance with Brandi Carlile)

The Joke → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song ⓘ