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Grammy awards rename world music category to avoid 'connotations of colonialism' | Musique Non Stop

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Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Grammy awards rename world music category to avoid 'connotations of colonialism'

Category to be renamed best global music album, described as ‘a more relevant, modern, and inclusive term’ by Recording Academy

The Grammys are changing the name of their “best world music” album category to “best global music” album, to avoid “connotations of colonialism”.

In a statement, the Recording Academy said the change came “as we continue to embrace a truly global mindset … Over the summer we held discussions with artists, ethnomusicologists, and linguists from around the world who determined that there was an opportunity to update the best world music album category toward a more relevant, modern, and inclusive term ... The change symbolises a departure from the connotations of colonialism, folk, and ‘non-American’ that the former term embodied while adapting to current listening trends and cultural evolution among the diverse communities it may represent.”

Related: 'So flawed and problematic': why the term 'world music' is dead

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by Ben Beaumont-Thomas via Electronic music | The Guardian

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