# Juno Award for Global Music Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Global Music Album of the Year has been awarded since 1992, as recognition each year for the best world music album in Canada. It has previously been known as other names including "Best World Best Recording" and "Best World Music Album", with the current name being established in 2022.

## Winners
### Best World Beat Recording (1992 - 1993)

| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees | Ref. |
| 1992 | Various Artists (Billy Bryans, producer) | The Gathering | Haï Musik — Anoosh Innu — Kashtin The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band — Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band Till the Bars Break — Jeannette Armstrong | |
| 1993 | Jane Bunnett | Spirits of Havana | All Over the World — Sattalites Invisible Minority — Salvador Ferreras Listen to the World — Kaleefah The Prodigal Son — Show-Do-Man | |

### Best Global Recording (1994 - 1995)

| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees | Ref. |
| 1994 | Ancient Cultures | El Camino Real | Agada: Tales from Our Ancestors — Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band Condor Meets the Eagle — Kanatan Aski with Pura Fé Crossing Selkirk Avenue — Finjan Enat — Mother Tongue | |
| 1995 | Eval Manigat | Africa + | Dancing on the Moon Contigo — Oscar Lopez Indiscretion — Djole Nene — Alpha Yaya Diallo Nine-Fold Heart — Lee Pui Ming | |

### Best Global Album (1996 - 2002)

| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees |
| 1996 | Takadja | Music From Africa | Alegria — Cirque du Soleil Jmpn for Joy — Punjabi by Nature Vamo a Pambicha — Papo Ross and Orquesta Pambiche When Ahab Met Moishe — The Angstones |
| 1997 | Paulo Ramos Group | Africa Do Brasil | Anhata — Randev Pandit Asza — Asza Futur — Alpha Yaya Diallo Gravity — Jesse Cook |
| 1998 | Lhasa | La Llorona | Arc — Thomas Handy Trio Chamalongo — Jane Bunnett Diye — Takadja Varal — Celso Machado |
| 1999 | Alpha Yaya Diallo | The Message | Endless — Silk Road Music Karsilama — Karsilama Por El Sol — Diego Marulanda & Pacande Vertigo — Jesse Cook |
| 2000 | Madagascar Slim | Omnisource | Bambatulu — Lilison Di Kinara Entente Cordiale — Show-Do-Man Firedance — Toronto Tabla Ensemble Jongo Le — Celso Machado |
| 2001 | Jane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana | Ritmo + Soul | Dancing on Water — Finjan Esprit — Quartango Free Fall — Jesse Cook Morumba Cubana — Puentes Brothers |
| 2002 | Alpha Yaya Diallo | The Journey | Alma De Santiago — Jane Bunnett Distant Wind — Mei Han and Randy Raine-Reusch Havana Remembered — Hilario Durán Kashish Attraction — Kiran Ahluwalia |

### World Music Album of the Year (2003 - 2021)

| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees |
| 2003 | Jeszcze Raz | Balagane | la fiesta mondiale de percussion — The Beat Cuban Odyssey — Jane Bunnett Raphael Geronimo's Rumba Calzada Vol. 3 — Raphael Geronimo Hypnotika — Maza Mezé |
| 2004 | Kiran Ahluwalia | Beyond Boundaries | Nomad — Jesse Cook Sweet Return — Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band Intakto — Intakto The Living Road — Lhasa |
| 2005 | Mighty Popo, Madagascar Slim, Donné Robert, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Adam Solomon, Pa Joe | African Guitar Summit | Dho-Mach (Sacred Gift) — Achilla Orru En Voyage — Les Gitans de Sarajevo Four Higher — Autorickshaw Road to Kashgar — Orchid Ensemble |
| 2006 | Alex Cuba | Humo De Tabaco | Capivara — Celso Machado Djama — Alpha Yaya Diallo Fusion — Adham Shaikh Gaïa — Gaïa |
| 2007 | Lubo Alexandrov | Kaba Horo | African Guitar Summit II — Alpha Yaya Diallo, Mighty Popo, Adam Solomon, Pa Joe, Madagascar Slim and Donné Robert Bahiatronica — Monica Freire Coeur vagabond — Bïa The Edge — Mr. Something Something |
| 2008 | Alex Cuba | Agua del Pozo | Frontiers — Jesse Cook Jogo da Vida — Celso Machado So the Journey Goes — Autorickshaw Wanderlust — Kiran Ahluwalia |
| 2009 | Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko | Africa to Appalachia | The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun — George Dimitri Sawa Cairo to Toronto — Maryem & Ernie Tollar Contrabanda — Lubo and Kaba Horo Shivaboom — Eccodek |
| 2010 | Dominic Mancuso | Comfortably Mine | Alex Cuba — Alex Cuba La danse de l’exilé — Karim Saada Slide to Freedom 2: Make a Better World — Doug Cox and Salil Bhatt Sunplace — Jaffa Road |
| 2011 | Élage Diouf | Aksil | Gakondo — Mighty Popo The Rumba Foundation — Jesse Cook Soy Panamericano — Roberto López Project Supermagique — Pacifika |
| 2012 | Kiran Ahluwalia | Aam Zameen: Common Ground | From Night to the Edge of Day — Azam Ali Afo Gné — Aboulaye Kone and Bolo Kan Flores, Tambores e Amores — Aline Morales Sleepover — Socalled |
| 2013 | Lorraine Klaasen | Tribute to Miriam Makeba | Ruido en el Sistema — Alex Cuba Where the Light Gets In — Jaffa Road Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me — Danny Michel Solidarity — The Souljazz Orchestra |
| 2014 | David Buchbinder & Odessa/Havana | Walk to the Sea | Sabor A Café — Adonis Puentes Lamentation of Swans: A Journey Towards Silence — Azam Ali and Loga R. Torkian Jumbie in the Jukebox — Kobo Town Lume, Lume — The Lemon Bucket Orkestra |
| 2015 | Quique Escamilla | 500 Years of Night | Ayrad — Ayrad Singing in Tongues — Eccodek The Key — Emmanuel Jal Le dernier empereur bantou — Pierre Kwenders |
| 2016 | Boogat | Neo-Reconquista | Healer — Alex Cuba Revuelta Danza Party — Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra Moorka — The Lemon Bucket Orkestra Resistance — The Souljazz Orchestra |
| 2017 | Okavango African Orchestra | Okavango African Orchestra | Nouvelle Journée — Lorraine Klaasen Subcontinental Drift — Sultans of String Nazar — Turkwaz Dance of the Infidels — Nomadica |
| 2018 | Kobo Town | When the Galleon Sank | Meter — Autorickshaw La Migra — The Battle of Santiago A New Tradition Vol. 2: Return of the KUISi — Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Femme — Briga |
| 2019 | Wesli | Rapadou Kreyol | Zoubida — Ayrad San Cristóbal Baile Inn — Boogat Naath — Emmanuel Jal and Nyaruach Fuerza Arara — Telmary y Habana Sana |
| 2020 | Djely Tapa | Barokan | Risorgimento — Romina Di Gasbarro Sombras — Okan Africa Without Borders — Okavango African Orchestra Galactic Gala — Silla + Rise |
| 2021 | Okan | Espiral | VelkomBak — Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra The Gold Diggers — Lengaïa Salsa Brava Patria — Mazacote Kora Flamenca — Zal Sissokho |

### Global Music Album of the Year (2022 - present)

| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees |
| 2022 | Afrikana Soul Sister | Kalasö | Mendó — Alex Cuba Northside Kuisi: A New Tradition, Vol. 3 — Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Music OYA — Donné Roberts SMS for Location, Vol. 4 — Moonshine |
| 2023 | Lenka Lichtenberg | Thieves of Dreams | In the Footsteps of Rumi — Ghalia Benali, Constantinople and Kiya Tabassian José Louis and the Paradox of Love — Pierre Kwenders Tradisyon — Wesli Vox.Infold — Ruby Singh |
| 2024 | Okan | Okantomi | Bel and Quinn, Donte sann yo Kizaba, Kizavibe Moonshine, SMS for Location Vol. 5 Waahli, Soap Box |
| 2025 | TBA | TBA | Ramon Chicharron, Niebla Didon, Malak Ahmed Moneka, Kanzafula Djely Tapa, Dankoroba Abby V, Aarambh |