| The Grammy Award for Best World Music Album is an honor presented to recording artists for quality albums in the world music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". The award for Best World Music Album, reserved for international performers exhibiting "non-European, indigenous traditions", was first presented to Mickey Hart in 1992 for the album Planet Drum. In 1996, Academy trustees attempted to solve the problem of "compressing 75% or more of the world's music into a single award category" by broadening the definition of "world music" to include non-Western classical music. Beginning in 2001, award recipients included the producers, engineers, and/or mixers associated with the nominated work in addition to the recording artists. Following the 45th Grammy Awards, the award was split into two separate categories for Best Traditional World Music Album and Best Contemporary World Music Album. In 2012, the two categories were merged back to Best World Music Album. |
Check all the winners of Grammy Award for Best World Music Album presented under Grammy Awards since 1991 .
Gipsy KingsHonored for : Savor FlamencoNominations 2013 »
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Ladysmith Black MambazoHonored for : Live: Singing for Peace Around The WorldNominations 2013 »
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Ravi Shankar, Barry PhillipsHonored for : The Living Room Sessions Part 1(Ravi Shankar, artist. Barry Phillips, engineer/mixer & producer.)Nominations 2012 »
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TinariwenHonored for : TassiliNominations 2011 »
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Walter Flores, Rubén Blades, Oscar Marin, Edin SolisHonored for : MundoNominations 2002 »
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Hans Wendl, Ravi Shankar, Tom LazarusHonored for : Full Circle - Carnegie Hall 2000Nominations 2001 »
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Caetano Veloso, João Gilberto, Moogie CanazioHonored for : João Voz E ViolãoNominations 2000 »
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Caetano VelosoHonored for : LivroNominations 1999 »
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Gilberto GilHonored for : Quanta LiveNominations 1998 »
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Milton NascimentoHonored for : NascimentoNominations 1997 »
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The ChieftainsHonored for : SantiagoNominations 1996 »
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Deep ForestHonored for : BohemeNominations 1995 »
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Ali Farka Touré, Ry CooderHonored for : Talking TimbuktuNominations 1994 »
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Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Ry CooderHonored for : A Meeting by the River(Artists)Nominations 1993 »
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Sérgio MendesHonored for : BrasileiroNominations 1992 »
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Mickey HartHonored for : Planet DrumNominations 1991 »
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