Because of You
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"Because of You" is a Grammy-winning R&B song by American singer Ne-Yo, known for its smooth vocals, emotional lyrics, and widespread commercial success.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Because of You canonical | 5 |
| Because of You (album) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6349803 — 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: Because of You Context triple: [Ne-Yo, notableWork, Because of You]
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A.
Because of You
"Because of You" is a popular traditional pop song closely associated with Tony Bennett that became one of his early signature hits.
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B.
Because of You
"Because of You" is a popular late-1990s R&B/pop ballad by American boy band 98 Degrees that became one of their signature hits.
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C.
Because of You
"Because of You" is a 2005 pop ballad by Kelly Clarkson that became one of her signature hits, noted for its emotional lyrics about family trauma and its strong commercial success worldwide.
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D.
All Because of You
"All Because of You" is a rock song by the Irish band U2, released as a single from their 2004 album "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb."
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E.
Always You
"Always You" is an R&B song by American singer James Ingram, known for its smooth vocals and romantic, soulful style.
- 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: Because of You Target entity description: "Because of You" is a Grammy-winning R&B song by American singer Ne-Yo, known for its smooth vocals, emotional lyrics, and widespread commercial success.
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A.
Because of You
"Because of You" is a 2005 pop ballad by Kelly Clarkson that became one of her signature hits, noted for its emotional lyrics about family trauma and its strong commercial success worldwide.
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B.
Because of You
"Because of You" is a popular traditional pop song closely associated with Tony Bennett that became one of his early signature hits.
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C.
Because of You
"Because of You" is a popular late-1990s R&B/pop ballad by American boy band 98 Degrees that became one of their signature hits.
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D.
All Because of You
"All Because of You" is a rock song by the Irish band U2, released as a single from their 2004 album "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb."
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E.
Always You
"Always You" is an R&B song by American singer James Ingram, known for its smooth vocals and romantic, soulful style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Ne-Yo ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Stargate (production duo) ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album (for the parent album)
ⓘ
linked to:
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album
|
| chronology |
follows Ne-Yo single "Sexy Love"
ⓘ
precedes Ne-Yo single "Do You" ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
contemporary R&B ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
R&B listeners
ⓘ
mainstream pop listeners ⓘ |
| hasChartSuccess |
U.S. Billboard charts
ⓘ
linked to:
Billboard
international charts ⓘ |
| hasEra | late 2000s R&B ⓘ |
| hasHook | repetitive chorus line "Because of you" ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
drum programming
ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ synthesizers ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Because of You (music video) ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
emotional lyrics
ⓘ
mid-tempo groove ⓘ romantic theme ⓘ |
| isHitSingle | true ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Ne-Yo ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Melina Matsoukas ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commercial success
ⓘ
critical acclaim ⓘ |
| partOf | Because of You (album) ⓘ |
| performer | Ne-Yo ⓘ |
| performerOccupation | American singer ⓘ |
| producer | Stargate ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Compound Entertainment
ⓘ
Def Jam Recordings ⓘ |
| releaseType | lead single ⓘ |
| rhythmStyle | R&B slow jam ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional dependence
ⓘ
romantic conflict ⓘ |
| vocalRange | tenor ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | melismatic ⓘ |
| vocalType | smooth vocals ⓘ |
| writer |
Mikkel S. Eriksen
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Ne-Yo ⓘ Shaffer Chimere Smith ⓘ Tor Erik Hermansen ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Because of You Description of subject: "Because of You" is a Grammy-winning R&B song by American singer Ne-Yo, known for its smooth vocals, emotional lyrics, and widespread commercial success.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.