Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
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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.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T471432 — 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 Alternative Music Album Context triple: [Brittany Howard, awardReceived, Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album]
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A.
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.
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B.
Grammy Award for Album of the Year
The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is one of the most prestigious honors in the music industry, recognizing the overall artistic achievement and production excellence of a full album across all genres.
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C.
Grammy Award for Record of the Year
The Grammy Award for Record of the Year is a major annual music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the overall production and performance of a single song.
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D.
Grammy Award for Best New Artist
The Grammy Award for Best New Artist is a prestigious music industry honor presented annually by the Recording Academy to recognize the most outstanding emerging recording artist or group of the year.
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E.
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.
- 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 Alternative Music Album Target entity description: 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.
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A.
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.
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B.
Grammy Award for Album of the Year
The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is one of the most prestigious honors in the music industry, recognizing the overall artistic achievement and production excellence of a full album across all genres.
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C.
Grammy Award for Record of the Year
The Grammy Award for Record of the Year is a major annual music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the overall production and performance of a single song.
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D.
Grammy Award for Best New Artist
The Grammy Award for Best New Artist is a prestigious music industry honor presented annually by the Recording Academy to recognize the most outstanding emerging recording artist or group of the year.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Grammy Award category
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music award ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Recording Academy
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surface form:
Recording Academy Awards Department
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| alsoKnownAs |
Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
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surface form:
Best Alternative Music Album Grammy
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| awardCategoryType | genre-specific album category ⓘ |
| awardedFor | outstanding alternative music albums ⓘ |
| awardLevel | national ⓘ |
| awardStatus | active ⓘ |
| awardType | album award ⓘ |
| ceremonyFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field | recorded music ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1991 ⓘ |
| formerName |
Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance
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| genre | alternative music ⓘ |
| hasCategoryGroup | Alternative music field ⓘ |
| hasCeremonyLocation | various cities in the United States ⓘ |
| hasEligibilityRegion | primarily United States-based releases with some international eligibility ⓘ |
| hasMedium | recorded music ⓘ |
| hasSubcategoryCriterion |
album must be commercially released
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album must be primarily alternative in style ⓘ album must meet Recording Academy eligibility period ⓘ |
| hasVotingBody | voting members of the Recording Academy ⓘ |
| inception | 1991 ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | English ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Arcade Fire
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Beck ⓘ Coldplay ⓘ Radiohead ⓘ St. Vincent ⓘ The White Stripes ⓘ Vampire Weekend ⓘ Wilco ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | https://www.grammy.com ⓘ |
| organizer |
Recording Academy
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surface form:
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
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| partOf |
Grammy Award
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surface form:
Grammy Awards
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| presentedAtEvent | Grammy Awards ceremony ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Recording Academy ⓘ |
| relatedAward |
Grammy Award for Album of the Year
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Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance ⓘ Grammy Award for Best Rock Album ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | peer recognition ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voting by Recording Academy members ⓘ |
| significance | major recognition for alternative music artists ⓘ |
| trophyShape | gold-plated gramophone ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album Description of subject: 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.
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this entity surface form:
Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance
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Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance
Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
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Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
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Best Alternative Music Album Grammy
this entity surface form:
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this entity surface form:
Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album (Currents)
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this entity surface form:
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