Juno Award for Global Music Album of the Year explained

The Juno Award for Global Music Album of the Year has been awarded since 1992, as recognition each year for the best world music album in Canada. It has previously been known as other names including "Best World Best Recording" and "Best World Music Album", with the current name being established in 2022.^[1]

Winners

Best World Beat Recording (1992 - 1993)

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
1992	Various Artists (Billy Bryans, producer)	The Gathering	Haï Musik — Anoosh Innu — Kashtin The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band — Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band Till the Bars Break — Jeannette Armstrong
1993	Jane Bunnett	Spirits of Havana	All Over the World — Sattalites Invisible Minority — Salvador Ferreras Listen to the World — Kaleefah The Prodigal Son — Show-Do-Man

Best Global Recording (1994 - 1995)

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
1994	Ancient Cultures	El Camino Real	Agada: Tales from Our Ancestors — Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band Condor Meets the Eagle — Kanatan Aski with Pura Fé Crossing Selkirk Avenue — Finjan Enat — Mother Tongue
1995	Eval Manigat	Africa +	Dancing on the Moon Contigo — Oscar Lopez Indiscretion — Djole Nene — Alpha Yaya Diallo Nine-Fold Heart — Lee Pui Ming

Best Global Album (1996 - 2002)

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
1996	Takadja	Music From Africa	Alegria — Cirque du Soleil Jmpn for Joy — Punjabi by Nature Vamo a Pambicha — Papo Ross and Orquesta Pambiche When Ahab Met Moishe — The Angstones
1997	Paulo Ramos Group	Africa Do Brasil	Anhata — Randev Pandit Asza — Asza Futur — Alpha Yaya Diallo Gravity — Jesse Cook
1998	Lhasa	La Llorona	Arc — Thomas Handy Trio Chamalongo — Jane Bunnett Diye — Takadja Varal — Celso Machado
1999	Alpha Yaya Diallo	The Message	Endless — Silk Road Music Karsilama — Karsilama Por El Sol — Diego Marulanda & Pacande Vertigo — Jesse Cook
2000	Madagascar Slim	Omnisource	Bambatulu — Lilison Di Kinara Entente Cordiale — Show-Do-Man Firedance — Toronto Tabla Ensemble Jongo Le — Celso Machado
2001	Jane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana	Ritmo + Soul	Dancing on Water — Finjan Esprit — Quartango Free Fall — Jesse Cook Morumba Cubana — Puentes Brothers
2002	Alpha Yaya Diallo	The Journey	Alma De Santiago — Jane Bunnett Distant Wind — Mei Han and Randy Raine-Reusch Havana Remembered — Hilario Durán Kashish Attraction — Kiran Ahluwalia

World Music Album of the Year (2003 - 2021)

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2003	Jeszcze Raz	Balagane	la fiesta mondiale de percussion — The Beat Cuban Odyssey — Jane Bunnett Raphael Geronimo's Rumba Calzada Vol. 3 — Raphael Geronimo Hypnotika — Maza Mezé
2004	Kiran Ahluwalia	Beyond Boundaries	Nomad — Jesse Cook Sweet Return — Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band Intakto — Intakto The Living Road — Lhasa
2005	Mighty Popo, Madagascar Slim, Donné Robert, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Adam Solomon, Pa Joe	African Guitar Summit	Dho-Mach (Sacred Gift) — Achilla Orru En Voyage — Les Gitans de Sarajevo Four Higher — Autorickshaw Road to Kashgar — Orchid Ensemble
2006	Alex Cuba	Humo De Tabaco	Capivara — Celso Machado Djama — Alpha Yaya Diallo Fusion — Adham Shaikh Gaïa — Gaïa
2007	Lubo Alexandrov	Kaba Horo	African Guitar Summit II — Alpha Yaya Diallo, Mighty Popo, Adam Solomon, Pa Joe, Madagascar Slim and Donné Robert Bahiatronica — Monica Freire Coeur vagabond — Bïa The Edge — Mr. Something Something
2008	Alex Cuba	Agua del Pozo	Frontiers — Jesse Cook Jogo da Vida — Celso Machado So the Journey Goes — Autorickshaw Wanderlust — Kiran Ahluwalia
2009	Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko	Africa to Appalachia	The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun — George Dimitri Sawa Cairo to Toronto — Maryem & Ernie Tollar Contrabanda — Lubo and Kaba Horo Shivaboom — Eccodek
2010	Dominic Mancuso	Comfortably Mine	Alex Cuba — Alex Cuba La danse de l’exilé — Karim Saada Slide to Freedom 2: Make a Better World — Doug Cox and Salil Bhatt Sunplace — Jaffa Road
2011	Élage Diouf	Aksil	Gakondo — Mighty Popo The Rumba Foundation — Jesse Cook Soy Panamericano — Roberto López Project Supermagique — Pacifika
2012	Kiran Ahluwalia	Aam Zameen: Common Ground	From Night to the Edge of Day — Azam Ali Afo Gné — Aboulaye Kone and Bolo Kan Flores, Tambores e Amores — Aline Morales Sleepover — Socalled
2013	Lorraine Klaasen	Tribute to Miriam Makeba	Ruido en el Sistema — Alex Cuba Where the Light Gets In — Jaffa Road Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me — Danny Michel Solidarity — The Souljazz Orchestra
2014	David Buchbinder & Odessa/Havana	Walk to the Sea	Sabor A Café — Adonis Puentes Lamentation of Swans: A Journey Towards Silence — Azam Ali and Loga R. Torkian Jumbie in the Jukebox — Kobo Town Lume, Lume — The Lemon Bucket Orkestra
2015	Quique Escamilla	500 Years of Night	Ayrad — Ayrad Singing in Tongues — Eccodek The Key — Emmanuel Jal Le dernier empereur bantou — Pierre Kwenders
2016	Boogat	Neo-Reconquista	Healer — Alex Cuba Revuelta Danza Party — Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra Moorka — The Lemon Bucket Orkestra Resistance — The Souljazz Orchestra
2017	Okavango African Orchestra	Okavango African Orchestra	Nouvelle Journée — Lorraine Klaasen Subcontinental Drift — Sultans of String Nazar — Turkwaz Dance of the Infidels — Nomadica
2018	Kobo Town	When the Galleon Sank	Meter — Autorickshaw La Migra — The Battle of Santiago A New Tradition Vol. 2: Return of the KUISi — Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Femme — Briga
2019	Wesli	Rapadou Kreyol	Zoubida — Ayrad San Cristóbal Baile Inn — Boogat Naath — Emmanuel Jal and Nyaruach Fuerza Arara — Telmary y Habana Sana	^[2]
2020	Djely Tapa	Barokan	Risorgimento — Romina Di Gasbarro Sombras — Okan Africa Without Borders — Okavango African Orchestra Galactic Gala — Silla + Rise	^[3]
2021	Okan	Espiral	VelkomBak — Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra The Gold Diggers — Lengaïa Salsa Brava Patria — Mazacote Kora Flamenca — Zal Sissokho	^[4]

Global Music Album of the Year (2022 - present)

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2022	Afrikana Soul Sister	Kalasö	Mendó — Alex Cuba Northside Kuisi: A New Tradition, Vol. 3 — Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Music OYA — Donné Roberts SMS for Location, Vol. 4 — Moonshine
2023	Lenka Lichtenberg	Thieves of Dreams	In the Footsteps of Rumi — Ghalia Benali, Constantinople and Kiya Tabassian José Louis and the Paradox of Love — Pierre Kwenders Tradisyon — Wesli Vox.Infold — Ruby Singh	^[5]
2024	Okan	Okantomi	Bel and Quinn, Donte sann yo Kizaba, Kizavibe Moonshine, SMS for Location Vol. 5 Waahli, Soap Box	^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://sorstu.ca/gala-des-prix-juno-2022-charlotte-cardin-devance-justin-bieber-et-the-weeknd-dans-les-nominations/ "Gala des prix JUNO 2022 | Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!"
2. https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/shawn-mendes-and-the-weeknd-lead-the-2019-juno-nominations-1.4992669 "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations"
3. Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.
4. Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
5. Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
6. https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-full-list-winners-1.7149545 "Junos 2024: full list of winners"