Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album
# Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album

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, 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".

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 | Performing artist(s) | Nationality | Work | Nominees |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| 2005 | Fathy Salama | Egypt | Egypt | Paco de Lucía - Cositas Buenas Bebel Gilberto - Bebel Gilberto Gipsy Kings - Roots Angélique Kidjo - Oyaya! |
| 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 |
| 2007 | The Klezmatics | USA | Wonder Wheel | Richard Bona - Tiki Salif Keita - M'Bemba Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Long Walk to Freedom Ali Farka Touré- Savane |
| 2008 | Angélique Kidjo | Benin | Djin Djin | Céu - CéU Gilberto Gil - Gil Luminoso Bebel Gilberto - Momento Loreena McKennitt - An Ancient Muse |
| 2009 | Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo | USA | Global Drum Project | Lila Downs - “Shake Away” Gilberto Gil - “Banda Larga Cordel” Youssou N'Dour - “Rokku Mi Rokka (Give And Take)” Soweto Gospel Choir - “Live At The Nelson Mandela Theater” |
| 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" |
