gramophone

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In 1887 German-American inventor Emile Berliner invented the flat shellac disk, quickly saw its advantage for mass production, and patented a device to play them, the gramophone, that same year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

Bad Bunny is in the running for six prizes at the Grammy Awards, including the night's most prestigious Album of the Year gramophone.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

Gilded gramophone in hand or not, Montenegro views the nomination alone as a symbol of the group’s personal growth.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2025

Nigerian Afrobeats giant Burna Boy was nominated in a total of four categories but did not walk away with a single golden gramophone.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024

Through the wall, Helmuth hears a sonata from Opa's gramophone, a somber cello, warm and penetrating.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti