Country United States Official website grammy.com Instituted 2004 Category of Grammy Awards | First awarded 2004 Presented by The Recording Academy Last awarded 2011 | |
Winners & Nominees Ali and ToumaniAli Farka Touré - Toumani Diabaté - Nick Gold -, Ali and Toumani, Winner, GraceSoweto Gospel Choir, Grace, Nominee, I Speak FulaBassekou Kouyate, I Speak Fula, Nominee, Pure SoundsGyuto Monks of Tibet, Pure Sounds, Nominee, Tango UniversalVayo, Tango Universal, Nominee, Douga MansaMamadou Diabaté, Douga Mansa, Winner, Ilembe: Honoring Shaka ZuluLadysmith Black Mambazo - John Lindemann - Martin Walters, Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu, Winner, Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide-Guitar OdysseyDebashish Bhattacharya, Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide-Guitar Odyssey, Nominee, Dancing In The LightLakshmi Shankar, Dancing In The Light, Nominee, The Mandé VariationsToumani Diabaté, The Mandé Variations, Nominee, African SpiritSoweto Gospel Choir - Robin Hogarth - Darryl Torr, African Spirit, Winner, BlessedSoweto Gospel Choir - Robin Hogarth - Fernando Perdigao, Blessed, Winner | ||
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album was an honor presented to recording artists between 2004 and 2011 for quality traditional 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 Best Traditional World Music Album and Best Contemporary World Music Album. The first award for Best Traditional World Music Album was presented to the Sherab Ling Monastery at the 46th Grammy Awards for the album Sacred Tibetan Chant. 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.