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The Carolina Chocolate Drops

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The Carolina Chocolate Drops

Summary

The Carolina Chocolate Drops is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (509 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops received the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album[3].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops's instance of is recorded as musical group[4].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops's genre is old-time music[5].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops's genre is Americana[6].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops's genre is bluegrass music[7].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops's genre is country music[8].
  • North Carolina is named after The Carolina Chocolate Drops[9].
  • chocolate drops is named after The Carolina Chocolate Drops[10].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops's record label is recorded as Nonesuch Records[11].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[12].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops's record label is recorded as Elektra[13].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops's Commons category is recorded as Carolina Chocolate Drops[14].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops's country of origin is recorded as United States[15].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops comprises Rhiannon Giddens[16].
  • 2005 marks the founding of The Carolina Chocolate Drops[17].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops's location of formation is recorded as Durham[18].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops's official website is recorded as http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com/[19].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album[20].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Best Folk Album[21].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops's start of work period is recorded as 2005[22].
  • The Carolina Chocolate Drops's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[23].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Group[24]

  • Country: US[25]

  • Began / founded: 2005-04[26]

  • Genre(s): old-time[27]

  • Community tags: old-time[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9278d5f4-993d-403a-8dd8-eb61139274cf[29]

Body

Founding

2005 marks the founding of The Carolina Chocolate Drops[17]. Its location of formation is recorded as Durham[18].

Recognition

The Carolina Chocolate Drops received the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album[3].

Why It Matters

The Carolina Chocolate Drops ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (509 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did The Carolina Chocolate Drops receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album[3].

Related Entities

Atlantic Records Elektra North Carolina United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . theconcertdatabase.com. theconcertdatabase.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . cdbaby.com. cdbaby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . chordify.net. chordify.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . bbc.co.uk. bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Sanremofilo · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com/
    Aliases → —
    Has part(s) → Rhiannon Giddens
    Country of origin → United States
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P1953]]: 1779806"
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