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.^[1]

Winners[]

Best World Beat Recording (1992 - 1993)[]

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
1992	Various Artists (Billy Bryans, producer)	The Gathering	Haï Musik — Innu — Kashtin The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band — Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band Till the Bars Break — Jeannette Armstrong
1993	Jane Bunnett	Spirits of Havana	All Over the World — Sattalites Invisible Minority — Listen to the World — The Prodigal Son —

Best Global Recording (1994 - 1995)[]

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
1994			Agada: Tales from Our Ancestors — Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band Condor Meets the Eagle — with Pura Fé Crossing Selkirk Avenue — Enat —
1995			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
1996			Alegria — Cirque du Soleil Jmpn for Joy — Vamo a Pambicha — and When Ahab Met Moishe — The Angstones
1997			Anhata — Asza — Futur — Alpha Yaya Diallo Gravity — Jesse Cook
1998	Lhasa	La Llorona	Arc — Chamalongo — Jane Bunnett Diye — Varal — Celso Machado
1999	Alpha Yaya Diallo	The Message	Endless — Karsilama — Por El Sol — Vertigo — Jesse Cook
2000	Madagascar Slim		Bambatulu — Entente Cordiale — Firedance — Toronto Tabla Ensemble Jongo Le — Celso Machado
2001	Jane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana		Dancing on Water — Esprit — Free Fall — Jesse Cook Morumba Cubana —
2002	Alpha Yaya Diallo		Alma 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			la fiesta mondiale de percussion — The Beat Cuban Odyssey — Jane Bunnett Raphael Geronimo's Rumba Calzada Vol. 3 — Hypnotika —
2004	Kiran Ahluwalia	Beyond Boundaries	Nomad — Jesse Cook Sweet Return — Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band Intakto — The Living Road — Lhasa
2005	, Madagascar Slim, , Alpha Yaya Diallo, Adam Solomon,	African Guitar Summit	Dho-Mach (Sacred Gift) — Achilla Orru En Voyage — Four Higher — Autorickshaw Road to Kashgar — Orchid Ensemble
2006	Alex Cuba		Capivara — Celso Machado Djama — Alpha Yaya Diallo Fusion — Adham Shaikh Gaïa —
2007			— Alpha Ya Ya Diallo, , Adam Solomon, , Madagascar Slim and — — Bïa The Edge — Mr. Something Something
2008	Alex Cuba		Frontiers — Jesse Cook Jogo da Vida — Celso Machado — Autorickshaw — Kiran Ahluwalia
2009	Jayme Stone and		— — Maryem & Ernie Tollar — — Eccodek
2010		Comfortably Mine	Alex Cuba — Alex Cuba La danse de l’exilé — Slide to Freedom 2: Make a Better World — Doug Cox and Salil Bhatt Sunplace — Jaffa Road
2011			— The Rumba Foundation — Jesse Cook — Roberto López Project — Pacifika
2012	Kiran Ahluwalia	Aam Zameen: Common Ground	From Night to the Edge of Day — Azam Ali Afo Gné — and Flores, Tambores e Amores — Sleepover — Socalled
2013	Lorraine Klaasen	Tribute to Miriam Makeba	Ruido en el Sistema — Alex Cuba Where the Light Gets In — Jaffa Road Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me — Danny Michel Solidarity — The Souljazz Orchestra
2014	&	Walk to the Sea	Sabor 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 Orkestra
2015	Quique Escamilla	500 Years of Night	Ayrad — Ayrad Singing in Tongues — Eccodek The Key — Emmanuel Jal Le dernier empereur bantou — Pierre Kwenders
2016	Boogat	Neo-Reconquista	Healer — Alex Cuba Revuelta Danza Party — Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra Moorka — The Lemon Bucket Orkestra Resistance — The Souljazz Orchestra
2017	Okavango African Orchestra	Okavango African Orchestra	Nouvelle Journée — Lorraine Klaasen Subcontinental Drift — Sultans of String Nazar — Dance of the Infidels —
2018	Kobo Town	When the Galleon Sank	Meter — Autorickshaw La Migra — The Battle of Santiago A New Tradition Vol. 2: Return of the KUISi — Femme —
2019	Wesli	Rapadou Kreyol	Zoubida — Ayrad San Cristóbal Baile Inn — Boogat Naath — Emmanuel Jal and Fuerza Arara — Telmary y Habana Sana	^[2]
2020	Djely Tapa	Barokan	Risorgimento — Sombras — Okan Africa Without Borders — Okavango African Orchestra Galactic Gala — Silla + Rise	^[3]
2021	Okan	Espiral	VelkomBak — Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra The Gold Diggers — Patria — Kora Flamenca — Zal Sissokho	^[4]

Global Music Album of the Year (2022 - present)[]

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2022	TBA May 15, 2022		Kalasö — Afrikana Soul Sister Mendó — Alex Cuba Northside Kuisi: A New Tradition, Vol. 3 — OYA — SMS for Location, Vol. 4 —	^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Gala des prix JUNO 2022 | Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!". sorstu.ca, March 1, 2022.
^ "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
^ Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.
^ Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.

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

[2] "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.

[3] Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.

[4] Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

v t Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental International Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Indigenous Artist or Group (1994-2021) Best Jazz Album (1977-1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994-2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994-2014) Rap (1991-2021) R&B/Soul (1985-2020) Best Roots and Traditional Album (1989-1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996-2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996-2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989¹ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	¹ Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards