Awards for world music
Various awards have been presented in recent years to musical artists for their contributions to the genre of world music. This article provides a partial list of these awards and their recipients.
BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music
The BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music was an award given to world music artists between 2002 and 2008, sponsored by BBC Radio 3. The award was thought up by fRoots magazine's editor Ian Anderson, inspired by the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Award categories included: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Americas, Europe, Mid East and North Africa, Newcomer, Culture Crossing, Club Global, Album of the Year, and Audience Award. Initial lists of nominees in each category were selected annually by a panel of several thousand industry experts. Shortlisted nominees were voted on by a twelve-member jury, which selected the winners in every category except for the Audience Award category. These jury members were appointed and presided over by the BBC.[1]
The annual awards ceremony was held at the BBC Proms and winners were given an award called a "Planet," designed by Croatian sculptor Anita Sulimanovic in 2003.[2]
In March 2009, the BBC made a decision to axe the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music.[3][4]
2003 winners
The Awards concert took place on the 24th March 2003. The award recipients were as follows:
- Africa
- Winner: Orchestra Baobab
- Runners-up: Orchestra Baobab, Bembeya Jazz, Kasse Mady Diabate, Tony Allen
- Asia/Pacific
- Winner: Mahwash & Ensemble Kaboul
- Runners-up: Mahwash & Ensemble Kaboul, Te Vaka, Trilok Gurtu, Alka Yagnik
- Americas
- Winner: Los de Abajo
- Runners-up: Los de Abajo, Susana Baca, Yusa, Lila Downs
- Europe
- Winner: Mariza
- Runners-up: Mariza, Ojos de Brujo, Kimmo Pohjonen, Sergey Starostin
- Middle East and North Africa
- Winner: Samira Said.[5]
- Runners-up: Samira Said, Kayhan Kalhor, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Yair Dalal
- Newcomer
- Winner: Gotan Project
- Runners-up: Gotan Project, DuOuD, Mariza, Yusa
Source: 2003 winners, 2003 nominees
2005 winners
The hosts for the BBC Awards for World Music 2005 Poll Winners' Concert were Eliza Carthy and Benjamin Zephaniah. The award recipients were as follows:
- Africa
- Winner: Tinariwen
- Runners-up: Thandiswa Mazwai, Rokia Traore, Youssou N'Dour, Amr Diab
- Asia/Pacific
- Winner: Kaushiki Chakrabarty
- Runners-up: Faiz Ali Faiz, Sainkho Namtchylak, Sevara Nazarkhan
- Americas
- Winner: Lhasa
- Runners-up: Bebel Gilberto, Bajofondo Tango Club, Lila Downs
- Europe
- Winner: Amparanoia
- Runners-up: Enzo Avitabile & Bottari, Ivo Papasov, Ojos de Brujo
- Middle East and North Africa
- Winner: Khaled
- Runners-up: The Chehade Brothers, Mercan Dede, Souad Massi
- Newcomer
- Winner: Chango Spasiuk
- Runners-up: Ba Cissoko, Amparanoia, Yasmin Levy, Amr Diab
- Boundary Crossing
- Winner: Bebo Valdés and Diego El Cigala
- Runners-up: Björk, Clotaire K, Lhasa
- Club Global
- Winner: Clotaire K
- Runners-up: Gilles Peterson, Gotan Project, Mercan Dede
- Critics Award
- Winner: Youssou N'Dour
- Runners-up: Lhasa, Tinariwen, Andrew Cronshaw
- Audience Award
- Winner: Ivo Papasov
- Runners-up: The Chehade Brothers, Enzo Avitabile & Bottari, Mercan Dede
2006 winners
- Africa
- Winner: Amadou & Mariam
- Runners-up: Emmanuel Jal, Ali Farka Toure, Lura
- The Americas
- Winner: Ry Cooder
- Runners-up: Omar Sosa, Carlos Vives, Seu Jorge
- Middle East and North Africa
- Winner: Souad Massi
- Runners-up: Ilham al-Madfai, Rachid Taha, Dhafer Youssef
- Asia/Pacific
- Winner: Sain Zahoor
- Runners-up: Faiz Ali Faiz, Susheela Raman, Yat-Kha
- Europe
- Winner: Fanfare Ciocarlia
- Runners-up: Armenian Navy Band, Enzo Avitabile and Bottari, Mariza
- Club Global
- Winner: DJ Shantel
- Runners-up: M.I.A, Cheb i Sabbah, Mercan Dede
- Boundary Crossing
- Winners: Nitin Sawhney
- Runners-up: Asha Bhosle and Kronos Quartet, Kimmo Pohjonen, Yasmin Levy
- Newcomer
- Winner: Konono N°1
- Runners-up: Dobet Gnahore, Daby Toure, Lura
- Album of the Year
- Winner: Amadou and Mariam - Dimanche à Bamako
- Runners-up: Thione Seck - Orientation, Salif Keita - M'Bemba, Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate - In the Heart of the Moon
2007 winners
- Africa
- Winner: Mahmoud Ahmed
- Runners-up: Ali Farka Toure, Bongo Maffin, Toumani Diabate
- The Americas
- Winner: Gogol Bordello
- Runners-up: Ben Harper, Fonseca, Lila Downs
- Middle East and North Africa
- Winner: Ghada Shbeir
- Runners-up: Les Boukakes, Natacha Atlas, Yasmin Levy
- Asia/Pacific
- Winner: Debashish Bhattacharya
- Runners-up: Anoushka Shankar, Dadawa, Fat Freddy's Drop
- Europe
- Winner: Camille
- Runners-up: Lo'Jo, Mariza, Ojos de Brujo
- Club Global
- Winner: Gotan Project
- Runners-up: Balkan Beat Box, Cheb i Sabbah, Mercan Dede
- Culture Crossing
- Winner: Maurice el Medioni & Roberto Rodriguez
- Runners-up: Aida Nadeem, Ska Cubano, Think of One
- Newcomer
- Winner: K'naan
- Runners-up: Etran Finatawa, Nuru Kane, Sara Tavares
- Album of the Year
- Winner: Ali Farka Touré - Savane
- Runners-up: Bellowhead - Burlesque, Lila Downs - La Cantina Narada, Toumani Diabaté and the Symmetric Orchestra - Boulevard de l'Independance
- Audience Award
- Winner: Ghada Shbeir
Source: 2007 winners, 2007 nominees
2008 winners
- Africa
- Winner: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
- Runners-up: Simphiwe Dana, Tinariwen, Toumani Diabaté and the Symmetric Orchestra
- The Americas
- Winner: Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective
- Runners-up: Bajofondo Tango Club, Hazmat Modine, Maria Rita
- Middle East and North Africa
- Winner: Rachid Taha
- Runners-up: Malouma, Nass El Ghiwane, The Idan Raichel Project
- Asia/Pacific
- Winner: Sa Dingding
- Runners-up: Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale, Faiz Ali Faiz, Huun Huur Tu
- Europe
- Winner: Son de la Frontera
- Runners-up: Manu Chao, Ojos de Brujo, Thierry 'Titi' Robin
- Club Global
- Winner: Transglobal Underground
- Runners-up: Balkan Beat Box, Bajofondo Tango Club, Gaudi & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Culture Crossing
- Winner: Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara
- Runners-up: Balkan Beat Box, Bole 2 Harlem, The Idan Raichel Project
- Newcomer
- Winner: Mayra Andrade
- Runners-up: Balkan Beat Box, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Vieux Farka Touré
- Album of the Year
- Winner: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Segu Blue
- Runners-up: Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective - Wátina, Orchestra Baobab - Made In Dakar, Tinariwen - Aman Iman
Source: 2008 nominees, 2008 winners
Songlines Music Awards
In response to the BBC's decision to end its awards program, the British world music magazine Songlines launched the Songlines Music Awards in 2009 "to recognise outstanding talent in world music".[6]
WOMEX Awards
The WOMEX Award was first introduced in 1999 to honour the high points of world music on an international level and to acknowledge musical excellence, social importance, commercial success, political impact and lifetime achievement.[7]
Every October at the WOMEX event, the award figurine - an ancient mother goddess statue dating back about 6000 years to the Neolithic age - is presented in an award ceremony to a worthy member of the world music community.
WOMEX Awards 99 - 10
In 2008 the Award concept was refined and two awards were offered: one for Artists and one for Professional Excellence.
- 2010 winners
- Danyel Waro - WOMEX Award for Artists
- Ian A. Anderson - WOMEX Award for Professional Excellence
- 2009 winners
- Staff Benda Bilili - WOMEX Award for Artists
- Christian Mousset - WOMEX Award for Professional Excellence
- 2008 winners
- Muszikás - WOMEX Award for Artists
- Folk Music Department of the Sibelius Academy - WOMEX Award for Professional Excellence
- 2007 winner
- Andy Palacio & Ivan Duran
- 2006 winner
- Totó La Momposina
- 2005 winner
- Bi Kidude
- 2004 winner
- Marc Hollander & Crammed Discs
- 2003 winner
- Freemuse
- 2002 winner
- Jivan Gasparyan
- 2001 winner
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- 2000 winner
- Mahotella Queens
- 1999 winner
- Juan de Marcos & Nick Gold
WOMEX Top Label Award
The WOMEX Top Label Award was created as a joint project with World Music Charts Europe (WMCE) in 2006. The selection for the WOMEX Top Label Award is made using the charts of 47 radio broadcasters from 24 countries collected over 12 months from October to September.
- 2010 winner
- world village / harmonia mundi (France/USA/UK/Spain)
- 2009 winner
- Crammed Discs (Belgium)
- 2008 winner
- Cumbancha (USA)
- 2007 winner
- Stern’s (UK)
- 2006 winner
- World Circuit (UK)
Spin the Globe Best World Music CDs
Spin the Globe, a radio program on KAOS 89.3 FM in Olympia, Washington, compiles awards for the best global music releases each year since 2002:
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