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 The Audience Award
 One of the main awards was decided by you the audience and the winners of this category are TerraFolk. A huge thanks to all those who contributed to this award. See the wide-ranging list of nominations and comments on the left below.
Visit the Awards for World Music homepage to discover the best music on the planet in 8 other categories.
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YOUR NOMINEES |
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TOP FOUR NOMINATIONS |
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 A.R.Rahman Alka Yagnik Amadou et Mariam Anouar Brahem Baaba Maal Badmarsh and Shri Baka Beyond Bembeya Jazz Bob Brozman Cachaito Lopez Cara Dillon Cheikh Lo Dhafer Youssef Djelimady Tounkara Djivan Gasparyan Eddie Palmieri Edith Lefel Eliseo Parra Eliza Carthy Ellika and Solo Faiz Ali Faiz Femi Kuti Gaiteiros de Lisboa Ghalia & Timnaa Gjallarhorn Gotan Project Issa Bagayogo Hukwe Zawose Iva Bittova Javier Ruibal Kamel Nitrate Kando Bongo Man Kimmo Pohjonen Kim Young-Ja Khaled Kristi Stassinopoulou La Bottine Souriante Lila Downs Los de Abajo Madredeus Mahotella Queens Manu Chao Mari Boyne Mariza Martin Carthy Mary Gauthier Natasha Atlas Oi Va Voi Ojos de Brujo Oliver Mtukudzi Omar Faruk Tekbilek One Giant Leap Orchestra Baobab Oysterband Papa Noel & Papi Oviedo Praying For The Rain Rachid Taha Rokia Traoré Sahotas Sainkho Namtchylak Salif Keita Sekouba Bambino Seize The Day Sergey Starostin Souad Massi Susana Baca Tarkan Tarika Tata Pound Te Vaka TerraFolk The Be Good Tanyas Trilok Gurtu U-cef Vardos Värttinä Yair Dalal Youssou N'Dour Zakir Hussain
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 Here are the bands who were voted onto the final shortlist. Click on each name to read more about them and click on the 'listen' icon to hear a selected track from each band. A large selection of your comments can be found by clicking on the list to the left.
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 Prize winners:
The following names were chosen at random from all of you who entered the first round of nominations in the Audience Award. Each of these people will receive their choice of a pair of tickets to the Poll Winners' Concert on March 24th or a two-volume set of The Rough Guide to World Music.
Lyz Cooper
Antoinette Fawcett
Joy Gladstone
Laura Hall
Ashley Harrington
Terence Long
Laura Mereseger
Kate Secker-Walker
Robert Yule
Peter Bacon
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