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He later also reimagined the Police catalog with a pair of releases, 2023’s “Police Deranged for Orchestra” and the world music exploration “Police Beyond Borders” with collaborator Ricky Kej, whom he also worked with on the 2021 album “Divine Tides,” which won a Grammy for new age album.

African artists became more of a feature after 1992, with the introduction of the Best World Music Album.

That category has gone through various guises over the years - including being split into traditional and contemporary world music awards - and is now known as Best Global Music Album.

"The UK remains a world music power, but this status cannot be taken for granted," said Dr Twist.

Lauded as “the greatest tabla player of his generation,” the statement said, Hussain throughout his decades-long career aimed to blend musical genres and came to be regarded as “a chief architect of the contemporary world music movement.”