Recipients
For the 46th Grammy Awards (2004), Best Contemporary World Music Album nominees included Cesária Évora for Voz d'Amor, Bill Frisell for The Intercontinentals, Youssou N'Dour for Nothing's in Vain (Coono du Reer), Orchestra Baobab for Specialist in All Styles, and Caetano Veloso for Live in Bahia. The award was presented to Évora.
2005 nominees included Paco de Lucía for Cositas Buenas, Bebel Gilberto for Bebel Gilberto, the Gipsy Kings for Roots, Angélique Kidjo for Oyaya!, and Youssou N'Dour for Egypt. The award was presented to N'Dour.
Nominees for the 48th Grammy Awards in 2006 included Amadou & Mariam for Dimanche à Bamako, Gilberto Gil for Eletracústico, Kronos Quartet and Asha Bhosle for You've Stolen My Heart: Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the Strings of the English Chamber Orchestra for No Boundaries, and Anoushka Shankar for Rise. The honor was presented to Gil.
For the 49th Grammy Awards (2007), the nominees were Richard Bona for Tiki, Salif Keita for M'Bemba, The Klezmatics for Wonder Wheel, Ladysmith Black Mambazo for Long Walk to Freedom, and Ali Farka Touré for Savane. The Klezmatics earned the award for Best Contemporary World Music Album.
Nominees for the 50th Grammy Awards (2008) included Céu for CéU, Gilberto Gil for Gil Luminoso, Bebel Gilberto for Momento, Angélique Kidjo for Djin Djin, and Loreena McKennitt for An Ancient Muse. The award was presented to Kidjo.
2009 nominees for Best Contemporary World Music Album included Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo for Global Drum Project.
For the 52nd Grammy Awards, nominees included Bela Fleck for Throw Down Your Heart: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 - Africa Sessions.
2011 nominees included Bela Fleck for Throw Down Your Heart: Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks.
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