WOMEX Awards Archive

Here you can find a list of all the recipients of the coveted WOMEX Awards. From their beginnings as a single-award affair in 1999 to our now-standard Artist, Professional Excellence and Label Awards, you can browse this archive by selecting a year below.

1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014

2014 – Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

WOMEX 14 Artist Award
- Mariza (Portugal)

WOMEX 14 Professional Excellence Award
- Mario Lúcio Sousa (Cabo Verde)

WOMEX 14 Label Award
- Glitterbeat (Germany)

2013 – Cardiff, Wales, UK

WOMEX 13 Artist Award
- Los Van Van (Cuba)

WOMEX 13 Professional Excellence Award
- Festival au Désert (Mali)

WOMEX 13 Label Award
- Riverboat Records/World Music Network (UK)

2012 – Thessaloniki, Greece

WOMEX 12 Artist Award
- Värttinä (Finland)

WOMEX 12 Professional Excellence Award
- Alexander Cheparukhin (Russia)

WOMEX 12 Label Award
- Lusafrica (France)

2011 – Copenhagen, Denmark

WOMEX 11 Artist Award
- Hugh Masekela (South Africa)

WOMEX 11 Professional Excellence Award
- Francis Falceto (France)

WOMEX 11 Label Award
- world village / Le Chant du Monde / harmonia mundi (USA/France)

2010 – Copenhagen, Denmark

WOMEX 10 Award for Artists
- Danyèl Waro (Réunion)

WOMEX 10 Award for Professional Excellence
- Ian Anderson (UK)

WOMEX 10 Top Label Award
- world village / harmonia mundi

2009 – Copenhagen, Denmark

WOMEX 09 Artist Award for World Music
- Staff Benda Bilili (DR Congo)

WOMEX 09 Award for Professional Excellence in the Service of World Music
- Christian Mousset (France)

WOMEX 09 Top Label Award
- Crammed Discs (Belgium)

2008 – Sevilla, Spain

WOMEX Award for World Music
- Muzsikás (Hungary)

WOMEX Award for Professional Excellence
- The Folk Music Department of the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki (Finland)

WOMEX Top Label Award 08
- Cumbancha (USA)

2007 – Sevilla, Spain

The 2007 WOMEX Award
- Andy Palacio (Belize) and Ivan Duran (Belize)

WOMEX & WMCE Top Labels Award
- Stern's (UK)

2006 – Sevilla, Spain

WOMEX Award 2006
- Totó La Momposina (Colombia)

WOMEX & WMCE Top Labels Award
- World Circuit (UK)

2005 – Newcastle/Gateshead, UK

WOMEX Award 2005
- Bi Kidude (Zanzibar)

2004 – Essen, Germany

The WOMEX 2004 Award
- Marc Hollander & Crammed Discs (Belgium)

2003 – Sevilla, Spain

The WOMEX 2003 Award
- Freemuse - The World Forum on Music and Censorship (Denmark)

2002 – Essen, Germany

The WOMEX 2002 Award
- Djivan Gasparyan (Armenia)

2001 – Rotterdam, The Netherlands

The WOMEX 2001 Award
- The late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Pakistan)
  Received by Mohammad Ayyub of Oriental Star Agencies (UK)

2000 – Berlin, Germany

The WOMEX 2000 Award
- The Mahotella Queens (South Africa)

1999 – Berlin, Germany

The WOMEX 99 Award
- Juan de Marcos Gonzalez (Cuba) and Nick Gold (UK)