Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album

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Grammy Award category music award

The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album is a music industry honor recognizing outstanding albums in the contemporary folk and Americana genres.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album	13
Grammy Award for Best Americana Album	12
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album canonical	2
Best Americana Album	1
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album	1
Grammy Award for Best Americana Album (posthumous)	1
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album (2003)	1
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album nomination	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T835266 — 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 Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
Context triple: [Modern Times, awardReceived, Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana 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 Bluegrass Album
The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is a prestigious music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in bluegrass music recording.
C. Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album is a prestigious music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding albums in the alternative music genre.
D. 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.
E. Grammy Award for Best Rock Song
The Grammy Award for Best Rock Song is a prestigious music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to songwriters for outstanding achievement in rock music composition.
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 Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
Target entity description: The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album is a music industry honor recognizing outstanding albums in the contemporary folk and Americana genres.

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 Bluegrass Album
The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is a prestigious music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in bluegrass music recording.
C. Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album is a prestigious music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding albums in the alternative music genre.
D. 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.
E. Grammy Award for Best Rock Song
The Grammy Award for Best Rock Song is a prestigious music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to songwriters for outstanding achievement in rock music composition.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grammy Award category ⓘ music award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album ⓘ linked to: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
awardCategoryOf	Grammy Award ⓘ
awardFor	outstanding Americana albums ⓘ outstanding contemporary folk albums ⓘ
awardLevel	national ⓘ
belongsToSeries	Grammy contemporary music album categories ⓘ
categoryType	genre-specific album award ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
field	music ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	Americana ⓘ contemporary folk ⓘ
givenFor	artistic achievement in contemporary folk and Americana ⓘ overall excellence in contemporary folk and Americana albums ⓘ technical proficiency in album production ⓘ
hasAwardedWorkType	live album ⓘ studio album ⓘ
hasEvaluationAspect	performance ⓘ production quality ⓘ songwriting ⓘ
hasLanguage	English (award title) ⓘ
hasOfficialNameLanguage	English ⓘ
hasSubfield	Americana music ⓘ linked to: Americana contemporary folk music ⓘ
inception	1990s ⓘ
industry	music industry ⓘ
isSubsetOf	American music awards ⓘ linked to: American Music Award
locationOfCeremony	various cities in the United States ⓘ
medium	recorded music ⓘ
notableCriterion	album must predominantly feature contemporary folk or Americana styles ⓘ
organizer	The Recording Academy ⓘ linked to: Recording Academy
partOf	Grammy Awards ⓘ linked to: Grammy Awards ceremony
presentedBy	The Recording Academy ⓘ linked to: Recording Academy
replaces	earlier contemporary folk-related Grammy categories ⓘ
scope	full-length albums ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by members of The Recording Academy ⓘ
status	active award category ⓘ
symbolizes	recognition of excellence in contemporary folk and Americana music ⓘ
targetCommunity	Americana musicians ⓘ contemporary folk musicians ⓘ

How these facts were elicited