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When did the Grammy Awards introduce the world music category?

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In 1991 the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences added a world music category to its Grammy Awards. Among the artists who benefited most from this new visibility were the Gipsy Kings, Cesaria Evora, and several “ambient-global,” or “ethnotechno,” projects, including Enigma (from Germany) and Deep Forest. In 2020 the Best World Music Album award was replaced with one called the Best Global Music Album.