• 2012 - Best World Music Album
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• Joseph Tawadros
• Concerto of the Greater Sea
• Other Nominees
• Dead Can Dance- Anastasis
• Nicky Bomba's Bustamento- Intrepid Adventures to the Lost Riddim Island
• Sarah Calderwood- As Night Falls
• Warren H Williams & the Warumungu Songmen- Winanjjara: The Song Peoples Sessions

• 2011 - Best World Music Album
• 
• Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
• Rrakala
• Other Nominees
• Saltwater Band- Malk
• Shaolin Afronauts- Flight Of The Ancients
• Slava & Leonard Grigoryan, Joseph & James Tawadros- Band of Brothers
• David Bridie, Hein Arumisore,Jacob Rumbiak,Ronny Kareni&Donny Roem- Strange Birds in Paradise: A West Papuan Soundtrack

• 2010 - Best World Music Album
• 
• Mamadou Diabate, Bobby Singh & Jeff Lang
• Djan Djan
• Other Nominees
• Archie Roach- Music Deli Presents Archie Roach - 1988
• Joseph Tawadros- The Prophet: Music Inspired By The Poetry of Kahlil Gibran
• Public Opinion Afro Orchestra The- Do Anything Go Anywhere
• Xavier Rudd- Koonyum Sun

• 2009 - Best World Music Album
• 
• Seaman Dan
• Sailing Home
• Other Nominees
• Fiona Joy Hawkins- Blue Dream
• Kamerunga- The Push
• Warren Fahey- Australia: Folk Songs & Bush Verse
• Wicked Beat Soundsystem- Dreaming

• 2008 - Best World Music Album
• 
• Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
• Gurrumul
• Other Nominees
• Archie Roach- Journey
• David Jones- Colours of the Drum
• Joseph Tawadros- Angel
• Watussi- Tequila Sangre Fuego

• 2007 - Best World Music Album
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• Zulya
• 3 Nights
• Other Nominees
• Coco's Lunch- Blueprint
• Coda- Calling Mission Mu
• Joseph Tawadros- Epiphany
• Not Drowning Waving- Maps for Sonic Adventurers

• 2006 - Best World Music Album
• 
• Cat Empire The
• Cities - The Cat Empire Project
• Other Nominees
• Joseph and James Tawadros- Visions
• Mara!- Sorella
• Pigram Brothers- Under The Mango Tree
• Seaman Dan- Island Way

• 2005 - Best World Music Album
• 
• Monsieur Camembert
• Monsieur Camembert
• Other Nominees
• Cosmo Cosmolino- Nektar
• Le Tuan Hung et al- On The Wings Of A Butterfly
• Southern Gospel Choir- Great Day
• Various- This Is The Place For A Song

• 2004 - Best World Music Album
• 
• Seaman Dan
• Perfect Pearl
• Other Nominees
• Jane Rutter & Slava Grigoryan- Brazil
• Joseph Tawadros- Storyteller
• Mohamed Bangoura- Djembe Kan
• Saltwater Band- Djarridjarri - Blue Flag

• 2003 - Best World Music Album
• 
• Monsieur Camembert
• Absynthe
• Other Nominees
• All India Radio- All India Radio
• David Bridie / Various- West Papua: Sound Of The Morning Star
• Kavisha Mazzella- Silverhook Tango
• Zulya- Elusive

• 2002 - Best World Music Album
• 
• Monsieur Camembert
• Live on Stage
• Other Nominees
• Coda- There Is A Way To Fly
• Kim Sanders- You Can't Get There From Here
• Nabarlek- Bininj Manborlh / Blackfella Road
• Various- Corroboration

• 2001 - Best World Music Album
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• Mara!
• Live In Europe
• Other Nominees
• Akin- Undercurrent
• Epizo Bangoura And African Express- Inchallah
• Telek- Serious Tam
• Xenos- Tutti Frutti

• 2000 - Best World Music Album
• 
• Chris Duncan
• Fyvies Embrace - The Golden Age Of The Scottish Fiddle
• Other Nominees
• Inka Marka- Auki Auki
• Riley Lee / Marshall McGuire- Spring Sea; Music For Shakuhachi And Harp
• Time Gibuma & The Storm- The Gaba - Gabamawi
• Timothy Kain / Virginia Taylor- Music Of The Americas

• 1999 - Best World Music Album
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• Habibis
• Intoxication
• Other Nominees
• Lajamanu Teenage Band- Vision
• Sirocco- Falling Leaf
• Voices From The Vacant Lot- Dance On Your Bones
• Xylouris Ensemble- Drakos

• 1998 - Best World Music Album
• 
• Kavisha Mazzella
• Fisherman's Daughter
• Other Nominees
• Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke- Duality
• Matt Walker- I Listen To The Night
• Tigramuna- Jazz Latino - Americano
• Tulipan- Manic Celeste
• Xylouris Ensemble- Antipodes

• 1997 - Best World Music Album
• 
• Telek
• Telek
• Other Nominees
• Ashok Roy- The Night Ragas
• Barkers The- The Black Joke
• Equa- Equa
• Mara! & Martenitsa Choir- Sezoni

• 1996 - Best World Music Album
• 
• Mara!
• Ruino Vino
• Other Nominees
• Cafe Of The Gate Of Salvation The- A Window In Heaven
• Dead Can Dance- Spiritchaser
• Sirocco- Stars And Fires
• Various- Womadelaide 1995

• 1995 - Best World Music Album
• 
• Yungchen Lhamo
• Tibetan Prayer
• Other Nominees
• Bu Baca- Stand
• Celts The- The Rocky Road
• Nomad- Nomad
• Sirocco- The Wetland Suite
• Various- Tribal Heart