Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance

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Grammy Award category music award

The Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance was a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding recordings by Mexican-American artists.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance canonical	5
Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance	2
Best Mexican-American Performance	1
Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Album	1
Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance (vocal or instrumental)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T825105 — 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 Mexican-American Performance
Context triple: [Sheena Easton, awardReceived, Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance]

A. Latin Grammy Award
The Latin Grammy Award is an annual international music award that honors outstanding achievements in Latin music across a wide range of genres and categories.
B. 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.
C. Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
The Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration is a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize standout recordings that creatively blend rap and sung vocals.
D. 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.
E. 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.
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 Mexican-American Performance
Target entity description: The Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance was a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding recordings by Mexican-American artists.

A. Latin Grammy Award
The Latin Grammy Award is an annual international music award that honors outstanding achievements in Latin music across a wide range of genres and categories.
B. 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.
C. Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
The Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration is a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize standout recordings that creatively blend rap and sung vocals.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grammy Award category ⓘ music award ⓘ
awardedFor	outstanding recordings by Mexican-American artists ⓘ
awardNameLanguage	English ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
discontinued	1991 ⓘ
eligibility	Mexican-American artists ⓘ
field	music ⓘ
firstAwarded	1984 ⓘ
genreFocus	Mexican-American music ⓘ
hasCategoryType	performance category ⓘ
inception	1984 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lastAwarded	1991 ⓘ
medium	recorded music ⓘ
notableChange	category later broadened to include Tejano music ⓘ
organizer	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ⓘ linked to: Recording Academy
partOf	Grammy Award categories for Latin music ⓘ
presentedAt	Grammy Awards ⓘ linked to: Grammy Award
presentedBy	The Recording Academy ⓘ linked to: Recording Academy
replacedBy	Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance (vocal or instrumental) ⓘ linked to: Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance ⓘ linked to: Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance
scope	recordings released in the United States ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by members of The Recording Academy ⓘ
shortName	Best Mexican-American Performance ⓘ linked to: Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance

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Referenced by (10)

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

Sheena Easton → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance ⓘ

Los Lobos → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance ⓘ

Los Lobos → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance ⓘ