Grammy Award for Best World Music Album
Recipients
Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

Grammy Award for Best World Music Album

Section Title: Recipients
Table Section Text: Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

Year	Performing artist(s)	Nationality	Work	Nominees	Ref.

1992	Mickey Hart	United States	Planet Drum	Dori Caymmi – Brazilian Serenata Gipsy Kings – Este Mundo Salif Keita – Amen Milton Nascimento – Txai

1993	Sérgio Mendes	Brazil	Brasileiro	Gipsy Kings – Gipsy Kings Live Ofra Haza – Kirya Youssou N'Dour – Eyes Open Strunz & Farah – Americas

1994	Ry Cooder and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt	United States India	A Meeting by the River	Johnny Clegg and Savuka – Heat, Dust and Dreams Deep Forest – Deep Forest Henry Kaiser and David Lindley – A World Out of Time, Vol.

1995	Ry Cooder and Ali Farka Touré	United States Mali	Talking Timbuktu	Gipsy Kings – Love and Liberté Milton Nascimento – Angelus Youssou N'Dour – The Guide (Wommat) Zap Mama – Sabsylma

1996	Deep Forest	France	Boheme	Cesária Évora – Cesária Baaba Maal – Firin' in Fouta Shankar with Zakir Hussain and Vikku Vinayakram – Raga Aberi The Splendid Master Gnawa Musicians of Morocco featuring Randy Weston – The Splendid Master Gnawa Musicians of Morocco

1997	The Chieftains	Ireland	Santiago	Béla Fleck, V.M. Bhatt and Jiebing Chen – Tabula Rasa Gipsy Kings – Tierra Gitana Ali Akbar Khan – Legacy Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Michael Brook – Night Song Joe Zawinul – My People

1998	Milton Nascimento	Brazil	Nascimento	Cesária Évora – Cabo Verde Gipsy Kings – Compas Ali Akbar Khan – Passing on the Tradition Babatunde Olatunji – Love Drum Talk

1999	Gilberto Gil	Brazil	Quanta Live	King Sunny Adé – Odu Cesária Évora – Miss Perfumado Angélique Kidjo – Oremi Robbie Robertson – Contact from the Underworld of Redboy

2000	Caetano Veloso	Brazil	Livro	Afro Celt Sound System – Volume 2: Release Cesária Évora – Café Atlantico Salif Keita – Papa Ali Farka Touré – Niafunke

2001	João Gilberto	Brazil	João Voz e Violão	Miriam Makeba – Homeland Youssou N'Dour – Joko (The Link) The Chieftains – Water from the Well Paul Winter and the Earth Band – Journey with the Sun

2002	Ravi Shankar	India	Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000	Afro Celt Sound System – Volume 3: Further in Time Cesária Évora – São Vicente di Longe Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento – Gil and Milton John McLaughlin and various artists – Saturday Night in Bombay: Remember Shakti

2003	Rubén Blades	Panama	Mundo	Salif Keita – Moffou Angélique Kidjo – Black Ivory Soul Femi Kuti – Fight to Win Anoushka Shankar – Live at Carnegie Hall

2012	Tinariwen	Mali	Tassili	AfroCubism – AfroCubism Femi Kuti – Africa for Africa Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Songs from a Zulu Farm Tinariwen – Tassili

2013	Ravi Shankar	India	The Living Room Sessions Part 1	Amadou & Mariam – Folila Daniel Ho – On a Gentle Island Breeze Hugh Masekela – Jabulani Anoushka Shankar – Traveller

2014	Gipsy Kings	France	Savor Flamenco	Femi Kuti – No Place for My Dream Ravi Shankar – The Living Room Sessions Part 2

Ladysmith Black Mambazo	South Africa	Live: Singing for Peace Around the World

2015	Angelique Kidjo	Benin	Eve	Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté – Toumani & Sidiki Sérgio Mendes – Magic Anoushka Shankar – Traces of You Wu Man, Luis Conte & Daniel Ho – Our World in Song

2016	Angelique Kidjo	Benin	Sings	Gilberto Gil – Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo Ladysmith Black Mambazo with Ella Spira and the Inala Ensemble – Music from Inala Anoushka Shankar – Home Zomba Prison Project – I Have No Everything Here

2017	Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble	United States	Sing Me Home	Celtic Woman – Destiny Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Walking in the Footsteps of Our Fathers Anoushka Shankar – Land of Gold Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil – Dois Amigos, Um Século de Música: Multishow Live

2018	Ladysmith Black Mambazo	South Africa	Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration	Vicente Amigo – Memoria de los Sentidos Buika – Para Mi Anat Cohen & Trio Brasileiro – Rosa Dos Ventos Tinariwen – Elwan

2019	Soweto Gospel Choir	South Africa	Freedom	Bombino – Deran Fatoumata Diawara – Fenfo Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Black Times Yiddish Glory – The Lost Songs of World War II, various artists

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The Grammy Award for Best World Music Album was first presented to Mickey Hart in 1992 for Planet Drum.

final_sentence: The Grammy Award for Best World Music Album was first presented to Mickey Hart in 1992 for Planet Drum.