Juno Award for Global Music Album of the Year

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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]

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Winners

Best World Beat Recording (1992 - 1993)

YearWinnerAlbumNomineesRef.
1992 Various Artists (Billy Bryans, producer) The Gathering
1993 Jane Bunnett Spirits of Havana
  • All Over the WorldSattalites
  • Invisible Minority — Salvador Ferreras
  • Listen to the World — Kaleefah
  • The Prodigal Son — Show-Do-Man

Best Global Recording (1994 - 1995)

YearWinnerAlbumNomineesRef.
1994 Ancient CulturesEl Camino Real
1995 Eval ManigatAfrica +

Best Global Album (1996 - 2002)

YearWinnerAlbumNomineesRef.
1996 TakadjaMusic From Africa
1997 Paulo Ramos GroupAfrica Do Brasil
1998 Lhasa La Llorona
1999 Alpha Yaya Diallo The Message
  • Endless — Silk Road Music
  • Karsilama — Karsilama
  • Por El Sol — Diego Marulanda & Pacande
  • VertigoJesse Cook
2000 Madagascar Slim Omnisource
2001 Jane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana Ritmo + Soul
  • Dancing on Water — Finjan
  • Esprit — Quartango
  • Free FallJesse Cook
  • Morumba Cubana — Puentes Brothers
2002 Alpha Yaya Diallo The Journey

World Music Album of the Year (2003 - 2021)

YearWinnerAlbumNomineesRef.
2003 Jeszcze RazBalagane
  • la fiesta mondiale de percussion — The Beat
  • Cuban OdysseyJane Bunnett
  • Raphael Geronimo's Rumba Calzada Vol. 3 — Raphael Geronimo
  • Hypnotika — Maza Mezé
2004 Kiran Ahluwalia Beyond Boundaries
2005 Mighty Popo, Madagascar Slim, Donné Robert, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Adam Solomon, Pa Joe African Guitar Summit
2006 Alex Cuba Humo De Tabaco
2007 Lubo AlexandrovKaba Horo
2008 Alex Cuba Agua del Pozo
2009 Jayme Stone and Mansa SissokoAfrica to Appalachia
  • The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun — George Dimitri Sawa
  • Cairo to TorontoMaryem & Ernie Tollar
  • Contrabanda — Lubo and Kaba Horo
  • ShivaboomEccodek
2010 Dominic MancusoComfortably Mine
2011 Élage DioufAksil
2012 Kiran Ahluwalia Aam Zameen: Common Ground
  • From Night to the Edge of DayAzam Ali
  • Afo Gné — Aboulaye Kone and Bolo Kan
  • Flores, Tambores e Amores — Aline Morales
  • SleepoverSocalled
2013 Lorraine Klaasen Tribute to Miriam Makeba
2014 David Buchbinder & Odessa/HavanaWalk to the Sea
2015 Quique Escamilla 500 Years of Night
2016 Boogat Neo-Reconquista
2017 Okavango African Orchestra Okavango African Orchestra
2018 Kobo Town When the Galleon Sank
2019 Wesli Rapadou Kreyol [2]
2020 Djely Tapa Barokan [3]
2021 Okan Espiral [4]

Global Music Album of the Year (2022 - present)

YearWinnerAlbumNomineesRef.
2022 Afrikana Soul Sister Kalasö
  • MendóAlex Cuba
  • Northside Kuisi: A New Tradition, Vol. 3 — Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Music
  • OYA — Donné Roberts
  • SMS for Location, Vol. 4 — Moonshine
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2023 Lenka Lichtenberg Thieves of Dreams [5]
2024 Okan Okantomi [6]
2025 TBA [7]

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