Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album

Template:Short description Template:Infobox award 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,<ref name=Grammy>Template:Cite news</ref> 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".<ref name=Overview>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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

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2004	Cesária Évora	Cape Verde	Voz d'Amor	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=EVT>Template:Cite news</ref>
2005	Fathy Salama	Egypt	Egypt	Template:Smalldiv	[2]
2006	Gilberto Gil	Brazil	Eletracústico	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007	The Klezmatics	USA	Wonder Wheel	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2008	Angélique Kidjo	Benin	Djin Djin	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2009	Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo	USA	Global Drum Project	Template:Smalldiv	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2010	Bela Fleck	USA	Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3: Africa Sessions	Template:Smalldiv	Template:Citation needed
2011	Bela Fleck	USA	Throw Down Your Heart: Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks	Template:Smalldiv	Template:Citation needed

References

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