The Grammy Award for Best Global Music Performance is an honor presented to recording artists for influential music from around the globe at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
History The award for Best Global Music Performance, reserved for international performers exhibiting "non-European, indigenous traditions", was first presented at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, held on January 31, 2022. The new award category is an addition to the Global Music field, which also includes the Best Global Music Album category which was introduced in 1992 as Best World Music Album. (In 2020, its name was changed to Best Global Music Album)
Beginning with the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in 2024, a sister category, Best African Music Performance, was established to specifically honor the work of African artists.
Recipients 2020s Year Artist Work 2022 Arooj Aftab "Mohabbat" Angélique Kidjo and Burna Boy "Do Yourself" Femi Kuti "Pà Pá Pà" Yo-Yo Ma and Angélique Kidjo "Blewu" Wizkid featuring Tems "Essence" 2023 Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode "Bayethe" Arooj Aftab featuring Anoushka Shankar "Udhero Na" Matt B featuring Eddy Kenzo "Gimme Love" Burna Boy "Last Last" Rocky Dawuni featuring Blck H3ro "Neva Bow Down" 2024 Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain featuring Rakesh Chaurasia "Pashto" Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily "Shadow Forces" Burna Boy "Alone" Davido "Feel" Silvana Estrada "Milagro y Desastre" Falu and Gaurav Shah featuring PM Narendra Modi "Abundance in Millets" Ibrahim Maalouf featuring Cimafunk and Tank and the Bangas "Todo Colores" 2025 Sheila E. featuring Gloria Estefan and Mimy Succar "Bemba Colorá" Arooj Aftab "Raat Ki Rani" Jacob Collier featuring Anoushka Shankar and Varijashree Venugopal "A Rock Somewhere" Rocky Dawuni "Rise" Angélique Kidjo featuring Soweto Gospel Choir "Sunlight to My Soul" Masa Takumi featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody and Dale Edward Chung "Kashira" 2026 Bad Bunny "Eoo" Ciro Hurtado "Cantando en el Camino" Angélique Kidjo "Jerusalema" Yeisy Rojas "Inmigrante y Que?" Shakti "Shrini's Dream (Live)" Anoushka Shankar featuring Alam Khan and Sarathy Korwar "Daybreak"
Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
Artists with multiple nominations
4 nominations Arooj Aftab Angélique Kidjo
3 nominations Burna Boy Anoushka Shankar
2 nominations Rocky Dawuni
See also
Awards for world music List of cultural and regional genres of music List of Grammy Award categories
References
General Note: User must select the "World" category as the genre under the search feature.
Specific
External links Official site of the Grammy Awards