Renowned Cuban singer Omara Portuondo won the Best Contemporary Tropical Album or “Mejor Álbum Tropical Contemporáneo” Latin Grammy award with her latest release Gracias produced by Montuno Productions and released on World Village.
 
 Although Portuondo is a four-time Latin Grammy nominee, and won a "Prémio Música Brasileira" Brazilian Music Award last year for her duets album with Maria Bethania, as well as a Billboard Latin Music Award in 2005, this is her first Grammy award. Gracias was also awarded the Cubadisco 2009 Gran Premio (Grand Award)  in May.

One Movement for Music Perth (OMFM) announced the final winner of the Australian Indigenous Music Scholarship (AIMS). Victoria’s Lee Morgan was proclaimed the winner in front of 7,500 festival-goers at last weekend’s One Movement Showcase Music Festival. Department of Indigenous Affairs Director-General Patrick Walker also congratulated Morgan on his selection as the scholarship recipient.
 
 “The opportunities the One Movement for Music scholarship brings are the sort most musicians can only dream about. I wish Lee the very best of luck making the most of this brilliant kick-start to his career,” Mr Walker said.

The Roskilde Festival World Music Award worth 30,000 euros goes to Rokia Traoré's organization that works on professionalizing  Malian music culture. The Roskilde Festival Charity Society founded the Roskilde Festival World Music Award in 2009.
 
 Fondation Passerelle (footbridge foundation), the first winner, was founded by Malian musician Rokia Traoré . An obvious choice, according to Peter Hvalkof who is Roskilde Festival's booker of world music. "Rokia Traoré performed at Roskilde in 2001 and 2009, and she is well on her way to become the next big star from the African continent. Besides reaping excellent reviews for her music, she is a socially aware and engaged artist. Back-stage at this year's festival, we witnessed her commitment to the trainees from Mali who worked there," says Peter Hvalkof.

On Saturday October 3, 2009 the Eleventh Annual Native American Music Awards (N.A.M.A.) was held at the Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino in Niagara Falls in front of a packed house that featured consistently outstanding live music performances along with an emotionally charged Hall of Fame induction in honor of the late Ritchie Valenz.
 
 Taking this year's top honors are; Joanne Shenandoah & Michael Bucher's Bitter Tears Sacred Ground for Best Compilation, Jana Mashonee's rendition of Sam Cooke's, A Change Is Gonna Come with Derek Miller for Song/Single of the Year, Jan Michael Looking Wolf for Artist of the Year, Skylar Wolf for Debut Artist of the Year, Will and Lil Jess for Debut Duo/Group of the Year, Kevin Locke's Earth Gift for Record of the Year, and American Idol Semi-finalist Charly Lowry for Best Video for her long form video featuring her song, Movin On.

Cuba’s legendary diva Omara Portuondo has been honored with a nomination from the 10th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards for her latest album, Gracias (World Village, released December 9, 2008). Portuondo is a 4-time Latin GRAMMY nominee: She also won a "Prémio Música Brasileira" Brasilian Music Award last year for her duets album with Maria Bethania, and a Billboard Latin Music Award in 2005. Gracias, which was awarded the Cubadisco 2009 Grand Prix in May, is nominated for Best Contemporary Tropical Album or “Mejor Álbum Tropical Contemporáneo”.

Gracias is Portuondo’s most recent solo album in a professional musical career spanning 60 years. She first found fame in her home country with Las D’Aida quartet, and in the 1970s and ‘80s became a highly acclaimed solo vocalist in Cuba.

Candido Camero, Beth Carvalho, Charly García, Tania Libertad, Marco Antonio Muñiz, and Juan Romero will receive the 2009 Latin Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. José Antonio Abreu and Roberto Cantoral will be honored with the Latin Recording Academy Trustees Award. The award recipients will be acknowledged at a special ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas. The 10th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live on the Univision Network from 8 – 11 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central) from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Nov. 5, 2009.
 
 "As we celebrate a decade of the Latin GRAMMY Awards, recognizing extraordinary music and its makers, it is only fitting that we pay homage to these exceptional individuals who have contributed their rich, dynamic talents to Latin music," said Gabriel Abaroa, President of The Latin Recording Academy. "The Board of Trustees of The Latin Recording Academy is humbled to salute these diverse performers and humanitarians who have made prolific contributions to Latin culture, both musically and socially."

WOMEX, the leading international world music organization, announced today the list of top world music CDs in 2009. The number one spot goes to Oumou Sangare's Seya (World Circuit, UK).

The results were compiled by Johannes Theurer and surveyed from the 47 DJs from 24 countries that comprise the World Music Charts Europe.

Top 10 CDs:

WOMEX, the leading international world music organization, announced today the winner of the WOMEX Top Label Award. The award in 2009 goes to Crammed Discs (Belgium).

Together with the award, Crammed Discs will receive a CD painted by Frank de la Barrera (Cuba/Germany), whose work can be seen under Artists at: http://www.siguaraya-galerie.de.

Runner ups include: