Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album

Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album
Awarded for	quality contemporary world music albums
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	2004
Last awarded	2011
Official website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album was an honor presented to recording artists between 2004 and 2011 for quality contemporary world music albums. The Grammy Awards, an annual ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,^[1] are presented 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".^[2]

The Grammy Award for Best World Music Album was first presented at the 34th Grammy Awards in 1992. The category remained unchanged until 2004, when it was split into separate awards for Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album and Best Contemporary World Music Album. The first award for Best Contemporary World Music Album was presented to Cesária Évora at the 46th Grammy Awards for the album Voz d'Amor. In 2011, a major overhaul of the Grammy categories resulted in the merge of the two awards to a single Best World Music Album category beginning in 2012.

Recipients

Year^[I]	Performing artist(s)	Nationality	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2004	Cesária Évora	Cape Verde	Voz d'Amor	Bill Frisell - The Intercontinentals Youssou N'Dour - Nothing's in Vain (Coono du Reer) Orchestra Baobab - Specialist in All Styles Caetano Veloso - Live in Bahia	[3]
2005	Youssou N'Dour	Senegal	Egypt	Paco de Lucía - Cositas Buenas Bebel Gilberto - Bebel Gilberto Gipsy Kings - Roots Angélique Kidjo - Oyaya!	[4]
2006	Gilberto Gil	Brazil	Eletracústico	Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche à Bamako Kronos Quartet and Asha Bhosle - You've Stolen My Heart: Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the Strings of the English Chamber Orchestra - No Boundaries Anoushka Shankar - Rise	[5]
2007	The Klezmatics	USA	Wonder Wheel	Richard Bona - Tiki Salif Keita - M'Bemba Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Long Walk to Freedom Ali Farka Touré- Savane	[6]
2008	Angélique Kidjo	Benin	Djin Djin	Céu - CéU Gilberto Gil - Gil Luminoso Bebel Gilberto - Momento Loreena McKennitt - An Ancient Muse	[7]
2009	Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo	India	Global Drum Project
2010	Bela Fleck	USA	Throw Down Your Heart: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 - Africa Sessions	Amadou & Mariam - Welcome To Mali Femi Kuti - Day By Day Oumou Sangare - Seya Omar Sosa - Across the Divide: A Tale of Rhythm & Ancestry
2011	Bela Fleck	USA	Throw Down Your Heart: Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks	Bebel Gilberto - "All in One" Angelique Kidjo - "ÕŸÖ" Sérgio Mendes - "Bom Tempo" Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon- "Om Namo Narayanaya: Soul Call"

References

1. "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). Retrieved January 12, 2011.
2. "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
3. "Complete list of Grammy Award nominations". East Valley Tribune. December 4, 2003. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
4. "Complete list of Grammy nominees". San Francisco Chronicle. December 7, 2004. p. 8. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
5. "Complete List Of Grammy Nominees". San Francisco Chronicle. December 9, 2005. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
6. "Complete list of Grammy nominees". San Francisco Chronicle. December 8, 2006. p. 8. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
7. "The Complete List of Grammy Nominees". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). December 6, 2007. p. 3. Retrieved July 12, 2011.

External links

• Official site of the Grammy Awards