The last Awards from March 2003 was presented by some surprise guests including Mica Paris, Manu Dibango and Jon Snow.
Read profiles from all this year's nominees. View a slide show of action pictures from this year's show.
Download our new Awards screensaver. A wonderful new featuring all the nominees is now available. Read a review of this compilation.
The shortlist was voted on by delegates to WOMEX, the annual world music expo, held Oct 24-27th in Essen. Winners will be chosen by a jury of world-music experts from Radio 3 & our partner organisations.
The Critics Award for Album of the Year is run by using an international . The shortlist features Eliza Carthy, Youssou n'Dour, Salif Keita and Orchestra Baobab:
