BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music
# 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. Until 2006, the awards panel was chaired by Charlie Gillett and the awards shows co-ordinated by Alex Webb.

## Categories

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.

## Award ceremonies

The annual awards ceremony was held at various venues including the Ocean in Hackney, Sage in Gateshead, the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, the Brixton Academy and finally at the BBC Proms. Winners were given an award called a "Planet," designed by Croatian sculptor Anita Sulimanovic in 2003.

In March 2009, the BBC made a decision to axe the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music.

### 2003 winners

The Awards concert took place on 24 March 2003. The award recipients were as follows:

**Africa**


    Winner: Orchestra Baobab
    Runners-up: Bembeya Jazz, Kassé Mady Diabaté, Tony Allen

**Asia/Pacific**


    Winner: Mahwash & Ensemble Kaboul
    Runners-up: Te Vaka, Trilok Gurtu, Alka Yagnik

**Americas**


    Winner: Los de Abajo
    Runners-up: Susana Baca, Yusa, Lila Downs

**Europe**


    Winner: Mariza
    Runners-up: Ojos de Brujo, Kimmo Pohjonen, Sergey Starostin

**Middle East and North Africa**


    Winner: Samira Said.
    Runners-up: Kayhan Kalhor, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Yair Dalal

**Newcomer**


    Winner: Gotan Project
    Runners-up: DuOuD, Mariza, Yusa

**Boundary Crossing**


    Winner: Ellika & Solo
    Runners-up: Papa Noel & Papi Oviedo, Oi Va Voi, Gotan Project

**Critics Award**


    Winner: Orchestra Baobab
    Runners-up: Eliza Carthy, Salif Keita, Youssou N'Dour

Sources: 2003 nominees and winners

### 2004 winners

**Africa**


    Winner: Daara J
    Runners-up: Cesária Évora, Oumou Sangaré, Rokia Traoré

**Asia/Pacific**


    Winner: Sevara Nazarkhan
    Runners-up: Huun-Huur-Tu, Trilok Gurtu, Munojot Yo‘lchiyeva

**Americas**


    Winner: Ibrahim Ferrer
    Runners-up: Omar Sosa, Caetano Veloso, Tribalistas

**Europe**


    Winner: Ojos de Brujo
    Runners-up: Kroke, Radio Tarifa, Tamara Obrovac

**Middle East and North Africa**


    Winner: Kadim Al Sahir
    Runners-up: Mercan Dede, Khaled, Souad Massi

**Newcomer**


    Winner: Warsaw Village Band
    Runners-up: Ojos de Brujo, Cibelle, Sevara Nazarkhan

**Boundary Crossing**


    Winner: Think Of One
    Runners-up: Bob Brozman, Manu Chao, DuOud

**Club Global**


    Winner: DJ Dolores and Orchestra Santa Massa
    Runners-up: Mercan Dede, Panjabi MC, Zuco 103

**Critics Award**


    Winner: Rokia Traoré
    Runners-up: Abyssinia Infinite, John Spiers and Jon Boden, Oi Va Voi

**Audience Award**


    Winner: Kadim Al Sahir
    Runners-up: Cesária Évora, Sevara Nazarkhan, Tamara Obrovac

Source: 2004 winners and 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

**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

**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

Source: 2005 winners and nominees

### 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

**Audience Award**


    Winner: Armenian Navy Band - How Much is Your’s

Source: 2006 winners and nominees

### 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, Bole2Harlem, 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

