Grammy Award for Best World Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best World Music Album , in German "Grammy award for the best world music album", is a music prize that has been awarded by the American Recording Academy in the field of world music since 1992 .
History and background
Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall outstanding performance regardless of album sales or chart position.
One of these categories is the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album. The award was first given to Mickey Hart in 1992 for his album Planet Drum . As of 2001, the award winners include not only the artists but also the producers and sound engineers associated with the nominated work. After the 45th Grammy Award ceremony in 2003, the award was split into two separate categories: Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album and Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album . In 2012 the two categories were merged again to form the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album .
Ry Cooder and Ravi Shankar are the only artists to have won the award more than once: Cooder won the award in 1994 with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and 1995 with Ali Farka Touré ; Shankar won in 2002 and posthumously in 2013. Brazilian artists have received the most awards to date, followed by musicians or groups from the United States. The Cape Verdean singer Cesária Évora , the Gipsy Kings and Anoushka Shankar share the record of most nominations with five nominations each, none of which has won the award so far.
Award winners and nominees
| year | Artist | nationality | album | Nominees | Picture of the winner (s) |
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| 1992 | Mickey Hart |
 United States
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Planet Drum |
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| 1993 | Sérgio Mendes |
 Brazil
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Brasileiro |
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| 1994 | Ry Cooder and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt |
United States
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A meeting by the river |
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| 1995 | Ry Cooder and Ali Farka Touré |
United States
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Talking Timbuktu |
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| 1996 | Deep Forest |
 France
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Bohemian |
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| 1997 | The Chieftains |
 Ireland
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Santiago |
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| 1998 | Milton Nascimento |
Brazil
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Nascimento |
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| 1999 | Gilberto Gil |
Brazil
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Quanta Live |
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| 2000 | Caetano Veloso |
Brazil
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Livro |
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| 2001 | João Gilberto |
Brazil
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João Voz e Violão |
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| 2002 | Ravi Shankar |
 India
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Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000 |
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| 2003 | Rubén Blades |
 Panama
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Mundo |
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| 2004 - 2011 | The award was presented in the two categories Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album and Album Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music award | ||||
| 2012 | Tinariwen |
 Mali
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Tassili |
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| 2013 | Ravi Shankar |
India
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The Living Room Sessions Part 1 |
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| 2014 | Gipsy Kings |
France
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Savor flamenco |
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| Ladysmith Black Mambazo |
 South Africa
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Live: Singing for Peace Around the World | |||
| 2015 | Angelique Kidjo |
 Benin
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Eve |
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| 2016 | Angelique Kidjo |
Benin
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Sings |
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| 2017 | Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble |
United States
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Sing Me Home |
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| 2018 | Ladysmith Black Mambazo |
South Africa
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Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration |
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| 2019 | Soweto Gospel Choir |
South Africa
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Freedom |
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2020 January 26th, 2020 |
Angélique Kidjo |
Benin
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Celia |
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Web links
- Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
- Winner of the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album (English) at grammy.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
- ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
- ^ Winners Best World Music Album. Retrieved March 22, 2019 .