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, who won the Album of the Year prize a week ago, presented the child -- perhaps a younger version of himself -- with a golden gramophone.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 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

We listened to the gramophone instead, and longed every day for the war to be over, for Papi to be home again with us.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo