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A visual history · Grammys

The winners who defined Global Performance.

4 ceremonies, 2022–2025. 4 different winners.

Who won most recently?
Sheila E. featuring Gloria Estefan and Mimy Succar in 2025 for "Bemba Colorá".
  1. "Bemba Colorá"Sheila E. featuring Gloria Estefan and Mimy Succar
  2. "Pashto"Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain featuring Rakesh Chaurasia
  3. "Bayethe"Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode
  4. "Mohabbat"Arooj Aftab
Years explored
2022–2025
Different winners
4
Category leader
No leader
About this record

Best Global Music Performance was first awarded in 2022, so it does not run the full 1959–2025 window.

2022–2025

4 ceremonies

20222025

01 / The reigns

4 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2022–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited label.

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by label; scroll sideways for the full run.
Arooj Aftab'22
Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode'23
"Pashto"'24
Sheila E. featuring Gloria Estefan and Mimy Succar'25

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2022–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Burna Boy
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Burna Boy
    2L · 0W
  2. 02
    Arooj Aftab
    1L · 1W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2022–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerLabel
2025Sheila E. featuring Gloria Estefan and Mimy Succar ("Bemba Colorá")
beat 5 others
  • Arooj Aftab ("Raat Ki Rani")
  • Jacob Collier featuring Anoushka Shankar and Varijashree Venugopal ("A Rock Somewhere")
  • Rocky Dawuni ("Rise")
  • Angélique Kidjo featuring Soweto Gospel Choir ("Sunlight to My Soul")
  • Masa Takumi featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody and Dale Edward Chung ("Kashira")
Not listed
2024Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain featuring Rakesh Chaurasia ("Pashto")
beat 6 others
  • Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily ("Shadow Forces")
  • Burna Boy ("Alone")
  • Davido ("Feel")
  • Silvana Estrada ("Milagro y Desastre")
  • Falu and Gaurav Shah featuring PM Narendra Modi ("Abundance in Millets")
  • Ibrahim Maalouf featuring Cimafunk and Tank and the Bangas ("Todo Colores")
Not listed
2023Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode ("Bayethe")
beat 4 others
  • Arooj Aftab featuring Anoushka Shankar ("Udhero Na")
  • Matt B featuring Eddy Kenzo ("Gimme Love")
  • Burna Boy ("Last Last")
  • Rocky Dawuni featuring Blck H3ro ("Neva Bow Down")
Not listed
2022Arooj Aftab ("Mohabbat")
beat 4 others
  • Angélique Kidjo and Burna Boy ("Do Yourself")
  • Femi Kuti ("Pà Pá Pà")
  • Yo-Yo Ma and Angélique Kidjo ("Blewu")
  • Wizkid featuring Tems ("Essence")
Not listed