The Grammys are changing the name of their “best world music” album category to “best global music” album, to avoid “connotations of colonialism”. The Grammys created the best world music album category in 1992, with winners since including Ravi Shankar, Gilberto Gil and three-time recipient Angélique Kidjo. Our world music album of the month column was, like the Grammys, renamed global album of the month. “We understand ‘world music’ is ghettoising for a lot of the artists,” festival director Chris Smith told the Guardian. Tyler, the Creator, who won best rap album at the 2020 Grammy awards, said: “I don’t like that ‘urban’ word.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2020 10:30 UTC