Every Grammys Best Global Music Album winner

14 ceremonies, 2012–2025. 11 different winners. The longest run was Angélique Kidjo, 2 years straight (2015–2016).

Best Global Music Album was first awarded in 2012, so it does not run the full 2000–2025 window.

It ran as Best World Music Album from 2012 through 2020, when it merged the Traditional and Contemporary categories back into one award, and took the Global name for the 2021 ceremony.

It took over from Best Traditional World Music Album and Best Contemporary World Music Album.

Angélique Kidjo ×4

Each band is one winner’s reign. Wider means a longer run. Colored by label; hover for details.

Tinariwen'12

Ravi Shankar'13

Gipsy Kings'14

Angélique Kidjo'15–'16×2

Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble'17

Ladysmith Black Mambazo'18

Soweto Gospel Choir'19

Angélique Kidjo'20

Burna Boy'21

Angélique Kidjo'22

Masa Takumi'23

Shakti'24

Matt B featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra'25

Wins by label

429 Records214%
Universal214%
Abstract Logix17%
Anti17%
East Meets West17%
Knitting Factory17%
Other643%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2012–2025. Excludes 1 nominations credited to Various Artists, which names a compilation rather than an act.

Most nominated, never won

Anoushka Shankar5 noms
Femi Kuti2 noms

Most losses

Anoushka Shankar5L · 0W
Burna Boy3L · 1W
Ladysmith Black Mambazo3L · 1W
Femi Kuti2L · 0W
Tinariwen2L · 1W
Ravi Shankar1L · 1W

The full list

Year	Winner	Label
2025	Matt B featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Alkebulan II) beat 4 others Tems (Born in the Wild) Rema (Heis) Antonio Rey (Historias de un Flamenco) Ciro Hurtado (Paisajes)	Vitae Records
2024	Shakti (This Moment) beat 4 others Susana Baca (Epifanías) Bokanté (History) Burna Boy (I Told Them) Davido (Timeless)	Abstract Logix
2023	Masa Takumi (Sakura) beat 4 others Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest and Jules Buckley featuring Manu Delago (Between Us... (Live)) Burna Boy (Love, Damini) Angélique Kidjo and Ibrahim Maalouf (Queen of Sheba) Berklee Indian Ensemble (Shuruaat)	フジパシフィックミュージック
2022	Angélique Kidjo (Mother Nature) beat 4 others Daniel Ho and Friends (East West Players Presents: Daniel Ho & Friends Live in Concert) Femi Kuti and Made Kuti (Legacy+) Wizkid (Made in Lagos: Deluxe Edition) Rocky Dawuni (Voice of Bunbon (Vol. 1))	Decca Records
2021	Burna Boy (Twice as Tall) beat 4 others Bebel Gilberto (Agora) Tinariwen (Amadjar) Antibalas (Fu Chronicles) Anoushka Shankar (Love Letters)	Spaceship/Bad Habit
2020	Angélique Kidjo (Celia) beat 4 others Burna Boy (African Giant) Nathalie Joachim and the Spektral Quartet (Fanm d'Ayiti) Altin Gün (Gece) Bokanté and Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley (What Heat)	Verve
2019	Soweto Gospel Choir (Freedom) beat 4 others Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 (Black Times) Bombino (Deran) Fatoumata Diawara (Fenfo) Various Artists (Yiddish Glory – The Lost Songs of World War II)	Shanachie
2018	Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration) beat 4 others Tinariwen (Elwan) Vicente Amigo (Memoria de los Sentidos) Buika (Para Mi) Anat Cohen and Trio Brasileiro (Rosa Dos Ventos)	Warner Bros.
2017	Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble (Sing Me Home) beat 4 others Celtic Woman (Destiny) Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil (Dois Amigos, Um Século de Música: Multishow Live) Anoushka Shankar (Land of Gold) Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Walking in the Footsteps of Our Fathers)	Masterworks
2016	Angélique Kidjo (Sings)repeat beat 4 others Gilberto Gil (Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo) Anoushka Shankar (Home) Zomba Prison Project (I Have No Everything Here) Ladysmith Black Mambazo with Ella Spira and the Inala Ensemble (Music from Inala)	429 Records
2015	Angélique Kidjo (Eve) beat 4 others Sérgio Mendes (Magic) Wu Man, Luis Conte and Daniel Ho (Our World in Song) Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté (Toumani & Sidiki) Anoushka Shankar (Traces of You)	429 Records
2014	Gipsy Kings (Savor Flamenco) beat 3 others Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Live: Singing for Peace Around the World) Ravi Shankar (The Living Room Sessions Part 2) Femi Kuti (No Place for My Dream)	Knitting Factory
2013	Ravi Shankar (The Living Room Sessions Part 1) beat 4 others Daniel Ho (On a Gentle Island Breeze) Amadou & Mariam (Folila) Hugh Masekela (Jabulani) Anoushka Shankar (Traveller)	East Meets West
2012	Tinariwen (Tassili) beat 3 others Femi Kuti (Africa for Africa) AfroCubism (AfroCubism) Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Songs from a Zulu Farm)	Anti

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