The nominated artists for the BBC "Awards for World Music" were announced on October, 27 2006 at WOMEX in Sevilla, Spain. The Album of the Year category is decided by a world panel of critics organized by fRoots Magazine and voting for the final category, the Audience Award, opens on January 1, 2007. The winners will be announced on March 31, 2007 on Radio 3's World Routes program and the Winners' Concert will be held on May 27, 2007 at the Barbican in London, when the winner of the Audience Award will also be announced.
The 2007 nominations:
Americas
Ben Harper (US)
Fonseca (Colombia)
Gogol Bordello (US)
Lila Downs (Mexico/US)
Africa
Ali Farka Toure (Mali)
Bongo Maffin (SA)
Mahmoud Ahmed (Ethiopia)
Toumani Diabate (Mali)
Middle East / North Africa
Les Boukakes (Algeria/France)
Ghada Shbeir (Lebanon)
Natacha Atlas (UK/Egypt)
Yasmin Levy (Israel)
Asia-Pacific
Anoushka Shankar (India)
Dadawa (China)
Debashish Bhattacharya (India)
Fat Freddy's Drop (NZ)
Europe
Camille (France)
Lo'jo (France)
Mariza (Portugal)
Ojos de Brujo (Spain)
Culture Crossing
Aida Nadeem (Iraq/Denmark)
Maurice el Medioni and Roberto Rodriguez (Algeria-France/Cuba-US)
Ska Cubano (UK/Cuba/Jamaica)
Think Of One (Belgium)
Newcomer
Etran Finatawa (Niger)
K'naan (Somalia)
Nuru Kane (Senegal)
Sara Tavares (Portugal)
Club Global
Balkan Beat Box (US)
Cheb I Sabbah (Algeria/US)
Gotan Project (France/Argentina)
Mercan Dede (Turkey/Canada)
