Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus

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Grammy Award choral music award music award

The Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus was a former Grammy category recognizing outstanding vocal ensemble recordings by choral groups.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance	3
Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus canonical	2
Best Performance by a Chorus	1
Choir of the Year	1
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus	1
Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus 1963	1
Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T814961 — 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 Performance by a Chorus
Context triple: [The New Christy Minstrels, awardReceived, Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus]

A. Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance is a prestigious classical music honor presented to recognize outstanding recordings by orchestras and their conductors.
B. Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals was a Grammy category honoring outstanding vocal pop performances by duos or groups before it was discontinued.
C. 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.
D. Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
The Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals was a now-discontinued Grammy category that honored outstanding collaborative vocal performances in the R&B genre.
E. Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album was a music industry honor recognizing excellence in traditional soul gospel recordings.
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 Performance by a Chorus
Target entity description: The Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus was a former Grammy category recognizing outstanding vocal ensemble recordings by choral groups.

A. Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance is a prestigious classical music honor presented to recognize outstanding recordings by orchestras and their conductors.
B. Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals was a Grammy category honoring outstanding vocal pop performances by duos or groups before it was discontinued.
C. 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.
D. Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
The Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals was a now-discontinued Grammy category that honored outstanding collaborative vocal performances in the R&B genre.
E. Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album was a music industry honor recognizing excellence in traditional soul gospel recordings.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grammy Award ⓘ choral music award ⓘ music award ⓘ
award category	Grammy Awards ⓘ linked to: Grammy Awards ceremony
awardCategoryType	performance category ⓘ
awardFor	best performance by a chorus ⓘ outstanding vocal ensemble recordings by choral groups ⓘ
categoryStatus	discontinued ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dissolvedAbolished	1968 ⓘ
eligiblePerformers	choral groups ⓘ vocal ensembles ⓘ
endTime	1968 ⓘ
field	recorded music industry ⓘ
followedBy	other choral-related Grammy categories ⓘ
follows	early informal recognition of choral recordings by the Grammys ⓘ
formerName	Best Performance by a Chorus ⓘ linked to: Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus
genre	choral music ⓘ vocal ensemble music ⓘ
hasAwardedFor	live choral recordings ⓘ studio choral recordings ⓘ
inception	1961 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
location	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
partOf	Grammy Award categories discontinued in the 1960s ⓘ
presentedAtEvent	Grammy Awards ceremony ⓘ
presentedBy	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ⓘ linked to: Recording Academy The Recording Academy ⓘ linked to: Recording Academy
selectionProcess	voting by members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ⓘ
startTime	1961 ⓘ

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