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 — Anoosh 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 — 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 Tongue
1995	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
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 Angstones
1997	Paulo Ramos Group	Africa Do Brasil	Anhata — Randev Pandit Asza — Asza Futur — Alpha Yaya Diallo Gravity — Jesse Cook
1998	Lhasa	La Llorona	Arc — Thomas Handy Trio Chamalongo — Jane Bunnett Diye — Takadja Varal — Celso Machado
1999	Alpha Yaya Diallo	The Message	Endless — Silk Road Music Karsilama — Karsilama Por El Sol — Diego Marulanda & Pacande Vertigo — Jesse Cook
2000	Madagascar Slim	Omnisource	Bambatulu — Lilison Di Kinara Entente Cordiale — Show-Do-Man Firedance — Toronto Tabla Ensemble Jongo Le — Celso Machado
2001	Jane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana	Ritmo + Soul	Dancing on Water — Finjan Esprit — Quartango Free Fall — Jesse Cook Morumba Cubana — Puentes Brothers
2002	Alpha Yaya Diallo	The Journey	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	Jeszcze Raz	Balagane	la fiesta mondiale de percussion — The Beat Cuban Odyssey — Jane Bunnett Raphael Geronimo's Rumba Calzada Vol. 3 — Raphael Geronimo Hypnotika — Maza Mezé
2004	Kiran Ahluwalia	Beyond Boundaries	Nomad — Jesse Cook Sweet Return — Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band Intakto — Intakto The Living Road — Lhasa
2005	Mighty Popo, Madagascar Slim, Donné Robert, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Adam Solomon, Pa Joe	African Guitar Summit	Dho-Mach (Sacred Gift) — Achilla Orru En Voyage — Les Gitans de Sarajevo Four Higher — Autorickshaw Road to Kashgar — Orchid Ensemble
2006	Alex Cuba	Humo De Tabaco	Capivara — Celso Machado Djama — Alpha Yaya Diallo Fusion — Adham Shaikh Gaïa — Gaïa
2007	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 Something
2008	Alex Cuba	Agua del Pozo	Frontiers — Jesse Cook Jogo da Vida — Celso Machado So the Journey Goes — Autorickshaw Wanderlust — Kiran Ahluwalia
2009	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 — Eccodek
2010	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 Road
2011	Élage Diouf	Aksil	Gakondo — Mighty Popo The Rumba Foundation — Jesse Cook Soy Panamericano — Roberto López Project Supermagique — Pacifika
2012	Kiran Ahluwalia	Aam Zameen: Common Ground	From Night to the Edge of Day — Azam Ali Afo Gné — Aboulaye Kone and Bolo Kan Flores, Tambores e Amores — Aline Morales 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	David Buchbinder & Odessa/Havana	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 — Turkwaz Dance of the Infidels — Nomadica
2018	Kobo Town	When the Galleon Sank	Meter — Autorickshaw La Migra — The Battle of Santiago A New Tradition Vol. 2: Return of the KUISi — Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Femme — Briga
2019	Wesli	Rapadou Kreyol	Zoubida — Ayrad San Cristóbal Baile Inn — Boogat Naath — Emmanuel Jal and Nyaruach Fuerza Arara — Telmary y Habana Sana	^[2]
2020	Djely Tapa	Barokan	Risorgimento — Romina Di Gasbarro Sombras — Okan Africa Without Borders — Okavango African Orchestra Galactic Gala — Silla + Rise	^[3]
2021	Okan	Espiral	VelkomBak — Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra The Gold Diggers — Lengaïa Salsa Brava Patria — Mazacote Kora Flamenca — Zal Sissokho	^[4]

Global Music Album of the Year (2022 - present)

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2022	Afrikana Soul Sister	Kalasö	Mendó — Alex Cuba Northside Kuisi: A New Tradition, Vol. 3 — Beny Esguerra and New Tradition Music OYA — Donné Roberts SMS for Location, Vol. 4 — Moonshine	^[1]
2023	Lenka Lichtenberg	Thieves of Dreams	In 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	^[5]
2024	Okan	Okantomi	Bel and Quinn, Donte sann yo Kizaba, Kizavibe Moonshine, SMS for Location Vol. 5 Waahli, Soap Box	^[6]
2025	Djely Tapa	Dankoroba	Ramon Chicharron, Niebla Didon, Malak Ahmed Moneka, Kanzafula Abby V, Aarambh	^[7]

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.
^ Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
^ "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.
^ "Junos 2025: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 30, 2025.

[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.

[5] Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.

[6] "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.

[7] "Junos 2025: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 30, 2025.

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Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter Songwriter (Non-Performer)
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Small Ensemble Classical – Solo Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Heavy Metal Instrumental Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year South Asian Music Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Breakthrough Artist of the Year (1974–2024) Breakthrough Group of the Year (1974–2024) Classical Album of the Year (1977–1985) Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble (1985–2021) Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance (1994–2021) Indigenous Artist or Group (1994–2021) International (1975–2024) Jazz Album (1977–1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994–2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994–2014) Rap Recording (1991–2021) R&B/Soul Recording (1985–2020) 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 2023 2024 2025
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