Beauty and the Beat

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debut album studio album

"Beauty and the Beat" is the 1981 debut studio album by the Go-Go's, widely regarded as a landmark pop-punk/new wave record that helped bring all-female bands into the mainstream.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Beauty and the Beat canonical	10
Beauty and the Beat (album)	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5269583 — 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: Beauty and the Beat
Context triple: [Belinda Carlisle, notableWork, Beauty and the Beat]

A. Beauty and a Beat
"Beauty and a Beat" is a 2012 dance-pop single by Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj, known for its party-themed lyrics and energetic electronic production.
B. Nothing but the Beat
Nothing but the Beat is a 2011 electronic dance music album by French DJ and producer David Guetta that features numerous collaborations with prominent pop and hip-hop artists.
C. But Beautiful
"But Beautiful" is a popular jazz standard and romantic ballad composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Burke, widely recorded by vocalists and instrumentalists since the 1940s.
D. Jump to the Beat
"Jump to the Beat" is an early-1980s dance-pop/R&B song by American singer Stacy Lattisaw that became one of her signature hits.
E. You Can’t Stop the Beat
"You Can’t Stop the Beat" is the high-energy, show-stopping finale number from the musical *Hairspray*, celebrated for its upbeat tempo and themes of joy, inclusion, and social change.
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: Beauty and the Beat
Target entity description: "Beauty and the Beat" is the 1981 debut studio album by the Go-Go's, widely regarded as a landmark pop-punk/new wave record that helped bring all-female bands into the mainstream.

A. Beauty and a Beat
"Beauty and a Beat" is a 2012 dance-pop single by Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj, known for its party-themed lyrics and energetic electronic production.
B. Nothing but the Beat
Nothing but the Beat is a 2011 electronic dance music album by French DJ and producer David Guetta that features numerous collaborations with prominent pop and hip-hop artists.
C. But Beautiful
"But Beautiful" is a popular jazz standard and romantic ballad composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Burke, widely recorded by vocalists and instrumentalists since the 1940s.
D. Jump to the Beat
"Jump to the Beat" is an early-1980s dance-pop/R&B song by American singer Stacy Lattisaw that became one of her signature hits.
E. You Can’t Stop the Beat
"You Can’t Stop the Beat" is the high-energy, show-stopping finale number from the musical *Hairspray*, celebrated for its upbeat tempo and themes of joy, inclusion, and social change.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	debut album ⓘ studio album ⓘ
artist	The Go-Go's ⓘ linked to: The Go-Go’s
certification	RIAA double platinum ⓘ
chartPosition	US Billboard 200 number-one album ⓘ
chronology	The Go-Go's albums ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
coverArt	Beauty and the Beat (The Go-Go's album) cover ⓘ
criticalReception	widely acclaimed by music critics ⓘ
followedBy	Vacation ⓘ linked to: Vacation (album)
genre	new wave ⓘ pop punk ⓘ pop rock ⓘ
hasPart	Automatic ⓘ linked to: "Automatic" Can't Stop the World ⓘ Fading Fast ⓘ How Much More ⓘ Lust to Love ⓘ Our Lips Are Sealed ⓘ Skidmarks on My Heart ⓘ This Town ⓘ Tonite ⓘ We Got the Beat ⓘ You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep) ⓘ
hasSingle	Our Lips Are Sealed ⓘ We Got the Beat ⓘ
includedIn	lists of greatest albums of the 1980s ⓘ lists of greatest debut albums ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
length	approximately 35 minutes ⓘ
mainSubject	Los Angeles new wave scene ⓘ relationships ⓘ youth culture ⓘ
musicBrainzType	Album ⓘ
notableFor	being a landmark all-female band rock album ⓘ bringing all-female bands into the mainstream rock market ⓘ combining punk energy with pop melodies ⓘ
peakChartPosition	1 on US Billboard 200 ⓘ
performer	The Go-Go's ⓘ linked to: The Go-Go’s
producer	Richard Gottehrer ⓘ Rob Freeman ⓘ
recordedAt	Soundmixers ⓘ Sunset Sound Recorders ⓘ linked to: Sunset Sound Studios
recordedIn	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
recordLabel	I.R.S. Records ⓘ
releaseDate	1981-07-08 ⓘ
releaseYear	1981 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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

Belinda Carlisle → notableWork → Beauty and the Beat ⓘ

The Go-Go’s → notableWork → Beauty and the Beat ⓘ

The Go-Go’s → debutAlbum → Beauty and the Beat ⓘ

I.R.S. Records → notableRelease → Beauty and the Beat ⓘ

Gina Schock → notableWork → Beauty and the Beat ⓘ

We Got the Beat → album → Beauty and the Beat ⓘ

We Got the Beat → partOf → Beauty and the Beat ⓘ

Our Lips Are Sealed → includedOn → Beauty and the Beat ⓘ

Our Lips Are Sealed → album → Beauty and the Beat ⓘ

Our Lips Are Sealed → isDebutAlbumLeadSingleOf → Beauty and the Beat ⓘ

Vacation (album) → follows → Beauty and the Beat (album) ⓘ

linked to: Beauty and the Beat

Kathy Valentine → notableWork → Beauty and the Beat (album) ⓘ