WOMEX Awards
The WOMEX Awards also known as World Music Expo Award is an established award for World music. It was first introduced in 1999 to honor the high points of world music on an international level and to acknowledge musical excellence, social importance, commercial success, political impact and lifetime achievement.[1][2] Every October at the WOMEX event, the award figurine - an ancient mother goddess statue dating back about 6000 years to the Neolithic age - is presented in an award ceremony to a worthy member of the world music community.
In 2008 the Award concept was refined and two awards were offered: one for Artists and one for Professional Excellence.
The WOMEX Top Label Award was created in 2006 as a joint project with World Music Charts Europe (WMCE). The selection for the WOMEX Top Label Award is made using the charts of 45 radio broadcasters from 25 countries collected over 12 months from October to September.[3]
Awards
| Year | WOMEX Awards (from 2008 WOMEX Awards for Artists) | WOMEX Award for Professional Excellence | WOMEX Top Label Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Juan de Marcos González & Nick Gold | | |
| 2000 | Mahotella Queens | ||
| 2001 | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | ||
| 2002 | Djivan Gasparyan | ||
| 2003 | Freemuse | ||
| 2004 | Marc Hollander & Crammed Discs | ||
| 2005 | Bi Kidude | ||
| 2006 | Totó La Momposina | World Circuit (UK) | |
| 2007 | Andy Palacio & Ivan Duran | Stern’s (UK) | |
| 2008 | Muzsikás | Folk Music Department of the Sibelius Academy | Cumbancha (USA) |
| 2009 | Staff Benda Bilili | Christian Mousset | Crammed Discs (Belgium) |
| 2010 | Danyel Waro | Ian A. Anderson | World Village (France / USA / UK / Spain) (of Harmonia Mundi) |
| 2011[4] | Hugh Masekela | Francis Falceto | World Village Le Chant du Monde Harmonia Mundi |
| 2012[5] | Värttinä | Alexander "Sasha" Cheparukhin | Lusafrica[6] |
| 2013[7] | Los Van Van | Festival au Désert | Riverboat Records[8] World Music Network |
| 2014[9] | Mariza | Mário Lúcio Sousa (Cabo Verde) | Glitterbeat |
| 2015[10] | Cheikh Lô | Ramin Sadighi (Hermes Records) | Glitterbeat |
See also
References
- ↑ WOMEX Awards
- ↑ "WOMEX Awards Archive". www.womex.com. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
- ↑ "WOMEX - the World Music Expo". www.womex.com. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- ↑ "WOMEX 11 Awards". womex.com. 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ↑ "WOMEX 12 Awards". womex.com. 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ↑ LUSAFRICA - World music label: Cap-Verde, Africa, Latine America, Caraïbes... - Lusafrica
- ↑ "WOMEX 13 Awards". womex.com. 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ↑ Riverboat - World Music Network’s original premium artist label founded in 1989
- ↑ "WOMEX 14 AWARDS * Award winners". womex.com. 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ↑ "WOMEX 15 AWARDS * Award winners". womex.com. 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.