Juno Award for Global Music Album of the Year

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."Gala des prix JUNO 2022 | Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!". sorstu.ca, March 1, 2022.

Winners

Best World Beat Recording (1992 - 1993) Year Winner Album Nominees Ref.1992Various 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 Armstrong1993Jane BunnettSpirits 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 Tongue1995 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 Angstones1997 Paulo Ramos Group Africa Do Brasil Anhata — Randev Pandit Asza — Asza Futur — Alpha Yaya Diallo Gravity — Jesse Cook1998 Lhasa La LloronaArc — Thomas Handy Trio Chamalongo — Jane Bunnett Diye — Takadja Varal — Celso Machado1999 Alpha Yaya Diallo The Message Endless — Silk Road Music Karsilama — Karsilama Por El Sol — Diego Marulanda & Pacande Vertigo — Jesse Cook2000 Madagascar Slim Omnisource Bambatulu — Lilison Di Kinara Entente Cordiale — Show-Do-Man Firedance — Toronto Tabla Ensemble Jongo Le — Celso Machado2001 Jane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana Ritmo + SoulDancing on Water — Finjan Esprit — Quartango Free Fall — Jesse Cook Morumba Cubana — Puentes Brothers2002 Alpha Yaya Diallo The JourneyAlma 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 Balaganela fiesta mondiale de percussion — The Beat Cuban Odyssey — Jane Bunnett Raphael Geronimo's Rumba Calzada Vol. 3 — Raphael Geronimo Hypnotika — Maza Mezé2004 Kiran Ahluwalia Beyond BoundariesNomad — Jesse Cook Sweet Return — Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band Intakto — Intakto The Living Road — Lhasa2005 Mighty Popo, Madagascar Slim, Donné Robert, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Adam Solomon, Pa Joe African Guitar SummitDho-Mach (Sacred Gift) — Achilla Orru En Voyage — Les Gitans de Sarajevo Four Higher — Autorickshaw Road to Kashgar — Orchid Ensemble2006 Alex Cuba Humo De Tabaco Capivara — Celso Machado Djama — Alpha Yaya Diallo Fusion — Adham Shaikh Gaïa — Gaïa2007 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 Something2008 Alex Cuba Agua del Pozo Frontiers — Jesse Cook Jogo da Vida — Celso Machado So the Journey Goes — Autorickshaw Wanderlust — Kiran Ahluwalia2009 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 — Eccodek2010 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 Road2011 Élage Diouf Aksil Gakondo — Mighty Popo The Rumba Foundation — Jesse Cook Soy Panamericano — Roberto López Project Supermagique — Pacifika2012 Kiran Ahluwalia Aam Zameen: Common GroundFrom Night to the Edge of Day — Azam Ali Afo Gné — Aboulaye Kone and Bolo Kan Flores, Tambores e Amores — Aline Morales Sleepover — Socalled2013 Lorraine Klaasen Tribute to Miriam MakebaRuido en el Sistema — Alex Cuba Where the Light Gets In — Jaffa Road Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me — Danny Michel Solidarity — The Souljazz Orchestra2014 David Buchbinder & Odessa/Havana Walk to the SeaSabor 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 Orkestra2015 Quique Escamilla500 Years of NightAyrad — Ayrad Singing in Tongues — Eccodek The Key — Emmanuel Jal Le dernier empereur bantou — Pierre Kwenders2016 Boogat Neo-ReconquistaHealer — Alex Cuba Revuelta Danza Party — Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra Moorka — The Lemon Bucket Orkestra Resistance — The Souljazz Orchestra2017 Okavango African Orchestra Okavango African OrchestraNouvelle Journée — Lorraine Klaasen Subcontinental Drift — Sultans of String Nazar — Turkwaz Dance of the Infidels — Nomadica2018 Kobo Town When the Galleon SankMeter — Autorickshaw La Migra — The Battle of Santiago A New Tradition Vol. 2: Return of the KUISi — Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Femme — Briga2019WesliRapadou KreyolZoubida — Ayrad San Cristóbal Baile Inn — Boogat Naath — Emmanuel Jal and Nyaruach Fuerza Arara — Telmary y Habana Sana"Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.2020Djely Tapa BarokanRisorgimento — Romina Di Gasbarro Sombras — Okan Africa Without Borders — Okavango African Orchestra Galactic Gala — Silla + RiseMelody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.2021OkanEspiralVelkomBak — Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra The Gold Diggers — Lengaïa Salsa Brava Patria — Mazacote Kora Flamenca — Zal SissokhoHolly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.

Global Music Album of the Year (2022 - present) Year Winner Album Nominees Ref.2022 Afrikana Soul SisterKalasöMendó — Alex Cuba Northside Kuisi: A New Tradition, Vol. 3 — Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Music OYA — Donné Roberts SMS for Location, Vol. 4 — Moonshine2023Lenka LichtenbergThieves of DreamsIn 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 Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.2024 Okan OkantomiBel and Quinn, Donte sann yo Kizaba, Kizavibe Moonshine, SMS for Location Vol. 5 Waahli, Soap Box "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.2025 Djely Tapa DankorobaRamon Chicharron, Niebla Didon, Malak Ahmed Moneka, Kanzafula Abby V, Aarambh "Junos 2025: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 30, 2025.2026 Kazdoura Ghoyoum Didon, Bab El Mdina Kizaba, Future Village PIQSIQ, Legends Salin, Rammana Natalie Harmsen, Melody Lau, Holly Gordon and Kelsey Adams, "Here are all the 2026 Juno nominees". CBC Music, March 28, 2026.

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