Angelique Kidjo accepting the award formerly known as Best World Music Album this year for 'Celia'. Photo credit: Timothy Norris/Getty Images The Grammy Awards have renamed the Best World Music Album ...

Music Grammys Change Best World Music Album Category Name as a 'Departure From the Connotations of Colonialism' The category's new name follows a series of discussions this summer with "artists, ...

After changing their “urban” category to “progressive” a few months ago, the Grammy Awards organization has just announced that it is renaming “Best World Music Album” to “Best Global Music Album” to ...

The GRAMMY Awards is changing the name of its Best World Music Album category to Best Global Music Album to avoid “connotations of colonialism”. The Recording Academy released a statement saying: ...

California post-hardcore act Slaves are the latest group to scrub their band name due to its racial connotations. The band — not to be confused by the U.K. duo of the same name — made the announcement ...

The Recording Academy has announced that the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album has been renamed, Billboard reports. The award will now be called Best Global Music Album. This year, the award ...

The "world" music tag has been problematic for ages, but finally the Grammy Awards are scrubbing their Best World Music category. Going forward, it will now be know as Best Global Music Album. This ...