Best World Music Album

54th Annual Grammy Awards • 2012

Honoring recordings released between October 1, 2010 – September 30, 2011

Tinariwen won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album with "Tassili"

Winner

Nominees

Year	Winner	Title
2020	Angélique Kidjo	Celia	All Nominees
2019	Soweto Gospel Choir	Freedom	All Nominees
2018	Ladysmith Black Mambazo	Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration	All Nominees
2017	Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road Ensemble	Sing Me Home	All Nominees
2016	Angélique Kidjo	Sings	All Nominees
2015	Angélique Kidjo	Eve	All Nominees
2014	Gipsy Kings	Savor Flamenco	All Nominees
2014	Ladysmith Black Mambazo	Live: Singing For Peace Around The World	All Nominees
2013	Ravi Shankar	The Living Room Sessions Part 1	All Nominees
2012	Tinariwen	Tassili	All Nominees
2003	Rubén Blades	Mundo	All Nominees
2002	Ravi Shankar	Full Circle - Carnegie Hall 2000	All Nominees
2001	João Gilberto	João Voz E Violão	All Nominees
2000	Caetano Veloso	Livro	All Nominees
1999	Gilberto Gil	Quanta Live	All Nominees
1998	Milton Nascimento	Nascimento	All Nominees
1997	The Chieftains	Santiago	All Nominees
1996	Deep Forest	Boheme	All Nominees
1995	Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder	Talking Timbuktu	All Nominees
1994	Ry Cooder, V.M. Bhatt	A Meeting By The River	All Nominees
1993	Sergio Mendes	Brasileiro	All Nominees
1992	Mickey Hart	Planet Drum	All Nominees