BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music | |
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Awarded for | World music |
Sponsored by | BBC Radio 3 |
Venue | Various |
Country | United Kingdom |
First awarded | 2003 |
Last awarded | 2008 |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | BBC Radio 3 |
The BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music was an award given to world music artists between 2002 and 2008, sponsored by BBC Radio 3. The award was thought up by fRoots magazine's editor Ian Anderson, inspired by the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Until 2006, the awards panel was chaired by Charlie Gillett and the awards shows co-ordinated by Alex Webb.
Award categories included: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Americas, Europe, Mid East and North Africa, Newcomer, Culture Crossing, Club Global, Album of the Year, and Audience Award. Initial lists of nominees in each category were selected annually by a panel of several thousand industry experts. Shortlisted nominees were voted on by a twelve-member jury, which selected the winners in every category except for the Audience Award category. These jury members were appointed and presided over by the BBC. [1]
The annual awards ceremony was held at various venues including the Ocean in Hackney, Sage in Gateshead, the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, the Brixton Academy and finally at the BBC Proms. Winners were given an award called a "Planet," designed by Croatian sculptor Anita Sulimanovic in 2003. [2]
In March 2009, the BBC made a decision to axe the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music. [3] [4]
The Awards concert took place on 24 March 2003. The award recipients were as follows:
Source: 2004 winners and nominees
The hosts for the BBC Awards for World Music 2005 Poll Winners' Concert were Eliza Carthy and Benjamin Zephaniah. The award recipients were as follows:
Source: 2005 winners and nominees
Source: 2006 winners and nominees
Source: 2007 winners, 2007 nominees
Source: 2008 nominees, 2008 winners
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