Who is going to be the winner for the 2021 Grammys Best Global Music Album? MandyNews predicted the winner for the Best Global Music Album nominees at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards, which include albums by Antibalas, Burna Boy, Bebel Gilberto, Anoushka Shankar and Tinariwen.
Nigerian singer Burna Boy’s album, ‘Twice as Tall’ has been nominated for Best Global Music Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards.
The self-acclaimed ‘Odogwu’ album, African Giant was nominated in the same category for 2020 Grammys but lost to four-time Grammy award winner Angelique Kidjo.
The Port-Harcourt Born Star faces difficult competition from the 63rd GRAMMY Awards, which include albums by Antibalas, Bebel Gilberto, Anoushka Shankar and Tinariwen.
Will Burna Boy win 2021 Grammys for Best Global Music Album?
Yes, Burna Boy will win. I think he will make history with this Grammy Awards.
Let’s take a look at his competitors;
Antibalas is an American, Brooklyn-based afrobeat band that is modelled after Fela Kuti’s Africa 70 band and Eddie Palmieri’s Harlem River Drive Orchestra.
Bebel Gilberto, is a Brazilian-American popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle is singer/composer Chico Buarque. Gilberto has been performing since her youth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Anoushka Shankar is a British Indian sitar player and composer. She is the daughter of Pandit Ravi Shankar and Sukanya Rajan, and the half-sister of Norah Jones.
Tinariwen is a group of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. The band was formed in 1979 in Tamanrasset, Algeria, but returned to Mali after a 1990-95 peace accord.
Bebel Gilberto’s Awards and nominations
BEST CONTEMPORARY WORLD MUSIC ALBUM Momento 47TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2004)
BEST CONTEMPORARY WORLD MUSIC ALBUM All In One 50TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2007)
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM Agora 53RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2010)
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM Bebel Gilberto 63RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2020)
Burna Boy’s Awards and nominations
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM ‘‘Twice as Tall’’ 63RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2020)
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM ‘Africa Giant’ 63RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2019)
Antibalas Awards and nominations
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM ‘Fu Chronicles’ 63RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2020)
Anoushka Shankar Awards and nominations
Anoushka Shankar
63RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2020)
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM
Love Letters
59TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2016)
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Land Of Gold
58TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2015)
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Home
57TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2014)
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Traces Of You
55TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2012)
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Traveller
48TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2005)
BEST CONTEMPORARY WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Rise
45TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2002)
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Anoushka Shankar: Live At Carnegie Hall
Tinariwen Awards and nominations
63RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2020)
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM
Amadjar
60TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2017)
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Elwan
54TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2011)
Wins
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Tassili
The Best Global Music Album Nominees
Antibalas, Burna Boy, Bebel Gilberto, Anoushka Shankar and Tinariwen
Our Prediction: Burna Boy
Burna Boy is the Odogwu that everyone keeps rooting for. His fifth studio album, ‘Twice as Tall’ was impressive and it’s not hard picturing him winning Best Global Music Album.
