Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album

Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album
Awarded for	quality traditional world music albums
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	2004
Last awarded	2011
Website	grammy.com

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,^[1] 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".^[2]

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.

Recipients

Year^[I]	Performing artist(s)	Nationality	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2004	Jon Mark/Monks of Sherab Ling Monastery	New Zealand	Sacred Tibetan Chant	Ecos de Borinquen – Jibaro Hasta El Hueso: Mountain Music of Puerto Rico Ghazal – The Rain Grupo de Capoeira Angola Pelourinho – Capoeira Angola 2: Brincando Na Roda, Kassé Mady Diabaté – Kassi Kasse Masters of Persian Music – Without You	[3]
2005	Ladysmith Black Mambazo	South Africa	Raise Your Spirit Higher	El Grupo Cimarron – Si, Soy Llanero: Joropo Music from the Orinoco Plains of Colombia Sandra Luna – Tango Varon Perú Negro – Jolgorio Various artists – Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda	[4]
2006	Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté	Mali	In the Heart of the Moon	Mamadou Diabaté – Behmanka Los Pleneros de la 21 – Para Todos Ustedes Masters of Persian Music – Faryad Lama Tashi – Tibetan Master Chants	[5]
2007	Soweto Gospel Choir	South Africa	Blessed	Academy of Maqâm – Music of Central Asia, Vol. 2: Invisible Face of the Beloved: Classical Music of the Tajiks and Uzbeks Hossein Alizadeh and Djivan Gasparyan – Endless Vision Andrea Hoag, Loretta Kelley and Charlie Pilzer – Hambo in the Snow Aashish Khan, Zakir Hussain – Golden Strings of the Sarode	[6]
2008	Soweto Gospel Choir	South Africa	African Spirit	Rahim AlHaj with Souhail Kaspar – When The Soul Is Settled: Music of Iraq Cheick Hamala Diabaté and Bob Carlin – From Mali to America Konono Nº1 – Live at Couleur Café Various artists – Singing for Life: Songs of Hope, Healing, and HIV/AIDS in Uganda	[7]
2009	Ladysmith Black Mambazo	South Africa	Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu	Debashish Bhattacharya – Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey Toumani Diabaté – The Mandé Variations Lakshmi Shankar – Dancing In The Light	[8]
2010	Mamadou Diabate	Mali	Douga Mansa	Rahim Alhaj and Amjad Ali Khan – Ancient Sounds Liz Carroll & John Doyle – Double Play John Santos y El Coro Folklórico Kindembo – La Guerra No Ten Drum Art Percussion Group – Drum Music Land	^[citation needed]
2011	Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté	Mali	Ali and Toumani	Gyuto Monks of Tibet – Pure Sounds Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – I Speak Fula Soweto Gospel Choir – Grace Vayo – Tango Universal	^[citation needed]

References

1. "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
2. "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
3. "Complete list of Grammy Award nominations". East Valley Tribune. December 4, 2003. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
4. "Complete list of Grammy nominees". San Francisco Chronicle. December 7, 2004. p. 8. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
5. "Complete List Of Grammy Nominees". San Francisco Chronicle. December 9, 2005. p. 8. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
6. "Complete list of Grammy nominees". San Francisco Chronicle. December 8, 2006. p. 8. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
7. "The Complete List of Grammy Nominees". The New York Times. December 6, 2007. p. 3. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
8. "51st annual Grammy nominations". 4 December 2008.