IFPI Global Album of the Year

E760993

annual award music award

The IFPI Global Album of the Year is an annual music industry award presented by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry to the best-selling album worldwide.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
IFPI Global Album Award	1
IFPI Global Album of the Year canonical	1
IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year 2013 (contributed to One Direction’s ranking)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8842258 — 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: IFPI Global Album of the Year
Context triple: [25, awardReceived, IFPI Global Album of the Year]

A. International Album of the Year
International Album of the Year is a Juno Award category that honors the most outstanding album released by a non-Canadian artist within the eligibility year.
B. World Music Award
The World Music Award is an international music awards ceremony that honors the best-selling recording artists from around the globe based on worldwide sales figures.
C. Album of the Year
Album of the Year is a major BRIT Awards honor recognizing the most outstanding full-length music release by a British or international artist in a given year.
D. Album of the Year
Album of the Year is a major Grammy Award that honors the overall artistic achievement, technical proficiency, and excellence of a full album across all genres.
E. Album of the Year award
The Album of the Year award is a top honor at the Billboard Latin Music Awards recognizing the most outstanding Latin music album released during the eligibility period.
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: IFPI Global Album of the Year
Target entity description: The IFPI Global Album of the Year is an annual music industry award presented by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry to the best-selling album worldwide.

A. International Album of the Year
International Album of the Year is a Juno Award category that honors the most outstanding album released by a non-Canadian artist within the eligibility year.
B. World Music Award
The World Music Award is an international music awards ceremony that honors the best-selling recording artists from around the globe based on worldwide sales figures.
C. Album of the Year
Album of the Year is a major BRIT Awards honor recognizing the most outstanding full-length music release by a British or international artist in a given year.
D. Album of the Year
Album of the Year is a major Grammy Award that honors the overall artistic achievement, technical proficiency, and excellence of a full album across all genres.
E. Album of the Year award
The Album of the Year award is a top honor at the Billboard Latin Music Awards recognizing the most outstanding Latin music album released during the eligibility period.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual award ⓘ music award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	IFPI Global Album Award ⓘ linked to: IFPI Global Album of the Year
awardFor	best-selling album worldwide ⓘ
basedOn	global album sales data ⓘ
category	album sales ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	International ⓘ
field	music industry ⓘ
firstAwarded	2013 ⓘ
firstWinner	Adele – 21 ⓘ linked to: Adele album 21
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasWinner	Adele ⓘ Adele – 21 ⓘ linked to: Adele album 21 Adele – 21 (2011 sales year) ⓘ linked to: Adele album 21 Adele – 25 ⓘ linked to: 25 (Adele album) Adele – 25 (2015 sales year) ⓘ linked to: 25 (Adele album) Adele – 30 ⓘ linked to: Adele album 30 Adele – 30 (2021 sales year) ⓘ BTS – Map of the Soul: 7 ⓘ linked to: album Map of the Soul: 7 BTS – Map of the Soul: 7 (2020 sales year) ⓘ linked to: album Map of the Soul: 7 BTS – Map of the Soul: Persona ⓘ linked to: album Map of the Soul: Persona Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ⓘ linked to: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019 sales year) ⓘ linked to: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Drake ⓘ Drake – Scorpion ⓘ Drake – Scorpion (2018 sales year) ⓘ linked to: Drake Ed Sheeran ⓘ Ed Sheeran – ÷ ⓘ linked to: Ed Sheeran Ed Sheeran – ÷ (2017 sales year) ⓘ linked to: Ed Sheeran discography Taylor Swift ⓘ Taylor Swift – 1989 ⓘ linked to: 1989 (2014 Taylor Swift album) Taylor Swift – 1989 (2014 sales year) ⓘ linked to: 1989 (2014 Taylor Swift album) Taylor Swift – Midnights ⓘ linked to: Midnights The Weeknd – After Hours ⓘ The Weeknd – After Hours (2020–2021 period) ⓘ
inception	2013 ⓘ
organizer	IFPI ⓘ
presentedBy	International Federation of the Phonographic Industry ⓘ
scope	global ⓘ
selectionCriteria	commercial performance ⓘ worldwide sales ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

25 → awardReceived → IFPI Global Album of the Year ⓘ

Midnight Memories → awardReceived → IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year 2013 (contributed to One Direction’s ranking) ⓘ

linked to: IFPI Global Album of the Year

IFPI Global Album of the Year → alsoKnownAs → IFPI Global Album Award ⓘ