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

"I want to dedicate this award to all the people who had to leave their homeland, their country to follow their dreams," Bad Bunny said as he accepted his groundbreaking gramophone.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 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

There’s a gramophone in Mrs. O’Connor’s playing an Irish jig or a reel and boys and girls are dancing around kicking their legs out and keeping their hands to their sides.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt