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Best Global Music Album

Dec 1st, 2025

Best Global Music Album

Best Global Music Album

Nominees for The GRAMMY Awards

2026

Previous Winner

Alkebulan II (Matt B featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

Field

Latin + Global + Reggae + New Age + Ambient or Chant

Criteria

Albums with >75% playing time of new global music recordings.

Albums with >75% playing time of new global music recordings.

The nominees for The GRAMMYs Best Global Music Album 2026 are Sounds Of Kumbha (Siddhant Bhatia), No Sign of Weakness (Burna Boy), Eclairer le monde - Light the World (Youssou N'Dour), Mind Explosion [50th Anniversary Tour Live] (Shakti), Chapter III: We Return To Light (Anoushka Shankar), Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo (Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethânia).

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Apr 4, 2025

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Eclairer le monde - Light the World

Youssou N'Dour

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Eclairer le monde - Light the World

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Mind Explosion [50th Anniversary Tour Live]

Shakti

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Mind Explosion [50th Anniversary Tour Live]

Shakti

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