Worldwide Winners
Radio and club DJ Gilles Peterson every three months or so does an All Winners Special in which he replays what he considers the previous few months' best new tracks—both singles/individual album tracks as well as whole albums—he has either played out when DJing or played on his BBC Radio 1 show Worldwide. At the end of the year, these winners, plus a few further favourites that may have been overlooked, get compiled into a longlist. Listeners of the show then get to vote this longlist down to a shortlist of ten Worldwide Winners in each section, via the Radio 1 website, which Peterson then plays over the last couple of editions of his radioshow at the end of the year. It has been compiled in various forms at the end of every year since 1998 to present, though the first few years did not involve any public vote.
In recent years, from 2004 onwards, this has been expanded into the Worldwide Winners Awards with an event held at a London club venue during the very end of December or beginning of January, with outside broadcast recording by Radio 1, edited highlights of which are broadcast on a further one or two editions of the radio show at the start of January.
Also further sections were added, like "Best Clubnight", "Best Recordshop", "Best Compilation Album", and a special award called "The John Peel
1999: 1st Year
- 1. The Cinematic Orchestra – Motion
- 2. Mos Def – Umi Says
- 3. The Underwolves – Under Your Sky
- 4. Nitin Sawhney – Tides
- 5. London Elektricity – Rewind
- 6. Ian Pooley – What's Your Number
- 7. Spacek – Eve
- 8. Peshay – Miles From Home
- 9. Terry Callier – Lifetime
- 10. Innerzone Orchestra – Programmed
2000: 2nd Year
- 1. Jill Scott – Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1
- 2. Saint Germain – Rose Rouge
- 3. Hefner – Residue
- 4. MJ Cole – Sincere
- 5. George Benson – The Ghetto / El Barrio
- 6. Gotan Project – El Capitalismo Foráneo/Triptico
- 7. Jimi Tenor – Out Of Nowhere
- 8. Lambchop – Up With People
- 9. Yonderboi – Pabadam
- 10. Kelis – Suspended
2001: 3rd Year
- 1. Zero 7 – Simple Things
- 2. 4 Hero – Les Fleurs
- 3. Roots Manuva – Run Come Save Me
- 4. Herbert – Bodily Functions
- 5. Gotan Project – La Revancha del Tango
- 6. Jazzanova – That Night
- 7. The Cinematic Orchestra – Evolution
- 8. Bugge Wesseltoft – Yellow is the Colour
- 9. Suba – Samba Do Gringo Paulista
- 10. The Streets – Has It Come To This?
2002: 4th Year
- 1. The Cinematic Orchestra – Every Day
- 2. Jazzanova – In Between
- 3. Drumagick – Easy Boom
- 4. Irfane – Just A Little Lovin
- 5. Raphael Saadiq – Skyy Can You Feel Me
- 6. Mr. Scruff – Trouser Jazz
- 7. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
- 8. Seiji – Loose Lips
- 9. MAW – Our Time Is Coming
- 10. Vikter Duplaix – Looking for Love ''
2003: 5th Year
Tracks of the Year- 1. RSL – Wesley Music
- 2. Cesária Évora – Angola
- 3. Alison Crockett – Like Rain
- 4. Pharrell – Frontin
- 5. The Rebirth – This Journey In
- 1. Ty – Upwards
- 2. Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
- 3. Matthew Herbert Big Band – Goodbye Swingtime
- 4. Madlib – Shades of Blue
- 5. Erykah Badu – Worldwide Underground
2004: 6th Year
- 1. Bugz in the Attic – Booty La La
- 2. Sa-Ra – Glorious
- 3. Recloose – Dust
- 4. Sébastien Tellier – La Ritournelle
- 5. Sleep Walker – The Voyage
- 1. Plant Life – The Return Of Jack Splash
- 2. Troubleman – Time Out Of Mind
- 3. Kanye West – The College Dropout
- 4. Jill Scott –
- 5. Nicola Conte – Other Directions
2005: 7th Year
- 1. Amerie – 1 Thing
- 2. Steve Spacek – Dollar
- 3. Soil & "Pimp" Sessions – Waltz For Goddess
- 4. Switch – A Bit Patchy
- 5. Ben Westbeech – So Good Today
- 1. Fat Freddy's Drop – Based On A True Story
- 2. Common – Be
- 3. Platinum Pied Pipers – Triple P
- 4. Mark De Clive-Lowe – Tide's Arising
- 5. Alice Russell – My Favourite Letters
2006: 8th Year
- 1. Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators – Feeling Free
- 2. Bugz In The Attic – Sounds Like
- 3. Simbad – Soul Fever
- 4. J Dilla – Love
- 5. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
- 1. Bonobo – Days To Come
- 2. J Dilla – The Shining
- 3. Bugz In The Attic – Back in the Doghouse
- 4. Paul Murphy – The Trip
- 5. Marc Mac – Presents The Visioneers: Dirty Old Hip Hop
2007: 9th Year
- 1. Benga and Coki – Night
- 2. Tawiah – Watch Out
- 3. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – 100 Days, 100 Nights
- 4. José James – Equinox
- 5. United Legends – Thank You
- 1. Theo Parrish – Sound Sculptures
- 2. Little Dragon – Little Dragon
- 3. Burial – Untrue
- 4. The Cinematic Orchestra – Ma Fleur
- 5. Radiohead – In Rainbows
2008: 10th Year
- 1. Q-Tip – Life Is Better
- 2. Black Pocket – U're A Sta
- 3. Afefe Iku – Mirror Dance
- 4. Morgan Zarate – Sticks & Stones
- 5. Stacy Epps – Floatin
- 1. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah: Part One
- 2. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
- 3. Seun Kuti + Egypt 80 – Many Things
- 4. José James – The Dreamer
- 5. Benga – Diary of an Afro Warrior
2009: 11th Year
- 1. Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo
- 2. Floating Points – Vacuum Boogie
- 3. Maddslinky – Further Away
- 4. Shafiq Husayn – Lil’ Girl
- 5. Darkstar – Aidy's Girl Is A Computer
- 1. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics – Inspiration Information Vol. 3
- 2. Martyn – Great Lengths
- 3. Lee Fields – My World
- 4. Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro – Tradition in Transition
- 5. Mos Def – The Ecstatic
2010: 12th Year
- 1. James Blake – CMYK
- 2. Jay Electronica – Exhibit C
- 3. Quest – Smooth Skin
- 4. Cee-Lo Green – I Want You
- 5. Jamie Woon – Night Air
- 1. Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
- 2. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two
- 3. Four Tet – There Is Love In You
- 4. Darkstar – North
- 5. Gil Scott-Heron – I'm New Here''
2011: 13th Year
- 1. Adele – Rolling In The Deep
- 2. Africa Hitech – Out In The Streets
- 3. Julio Bashmore – Battle for Middle You
- 4. Lovebirds – Want You In My Soul
- 5. Björk – Crystalline
- 1. SBTRKT – SBTRKT
- 2. Dimlite – Grimm Reality
- 3. Thundercat – The Golden Age Of Apocalypse
- 4. James Blake – James Blake
- 5. The Stepkids – The Stepkids
2012: 14th Year
- 1. Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish – Flowers
- 2. Ultraísta – Smalltalk
- 3. Todd Terje – Inspector Norse
- 4. Hackman – Forgotten Notes
- 5. TNGHT – Higher Ground
- 1. Stubborn Heart – Stubborn Heart
- 2. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
- 3. Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
- 4. The Invisible – Rispah
- 5. Flying Lotus – Until the Quiet Comes
2013: 15th Year
- 1. Lone – Airglow Fires
- 2. Mount Kimbie – Made to Stray
- 3. James Blake – Retrograde
- 4. Chvrches – Recover
- 5. Philip Owusu – Goodnight
- 6. Osunlade – Dionne
- 7. Grandbrothers – Ezra Was Right
- 8. Tigran Hamasyan & LV - Road Song
- 9. Omar – The Man
- 10. DJ Rashad – Drums Please
- 1. Jonwayne – Rap Album One
- 2. King Krule – 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
- 3. Myron & E – Broadway
- 4. Thundercat – Apocalypse
- 5. John Wizards – John Wizards
2014: 16th Year
- 1. Flying Lotus – Never Catch Me
- 2. Detroit Swindle – 64 Ways
- 3. Little Dragon – Klapp Klapp
- 4. Theo Parrish – Footwork
- 5. Clap! Clap! – Viajero
- 6. Martyn & Four Tet – Glassbeadgames
- 7. Karol Conka – Boa Noite
- 8. Jane Weaver – Don't Take My Soul
- 9. Nikitch – Radiated Light
- 10. Ibibio Sound Machine – Let's Dance
- 1. Fatima – Yellow Memories
- 2. Jarrod Lawson – Jarrod Lawson
- 3. Chassol – Indiamore
- 4. Taylor McFerrin – Early Riser
- 5. BadBadNotGood – III
2015: 17th Year
- 1. DJ Khalab + Baba Sissoko – Tata
- 2. Pete Josef – The Travelling Song
- 3. Axel Boman – Nokturn
- 4. DJ Spinn + Rashad – Dubby
- 5. Kendrick Lamar – Alright
- 6. Ihsan Al Munzer – Jamileh
- 7. Floating Points & Maalem Mahmoud Guinia – Mimoun Marhaba
- 8. NxWorries – Suede
- 9. Point Point – Morning BJ
- 10. DVA & Addison Groove – Allyallrecords
- 1. Kamasi Washington – The Epic
- 2. Hiatus Kaiyote - Choose Your Weapon
- 3. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
- 4. Jamie XX - In Colour
- 5. Matthew Halsall + The Gondwana Orchestra – Into Forever
2016: 18th Year
- 1. Mélanie De Biasio – Blackened Cities
- 2. Moses Boyd – Rye Lane Shuffle
- 3. Yussef Kamaal – Strings of Light
- 4. Sir Spyro – Topper Top
- 5. Minor Science – Naturally Spineless
- 6. Gabriel Garzon Montano – Sour Mango
- 7. Jimetta Rose – Skyscrapers
- 8. Shafiq Husayn – On Our Way Home
- 9. Kalbata – Al Shark
- 10. Kaytranada – Lite Spots
- 1. Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
- 2. Gogo Penguin – Man Made Object
- 3. Yussef Kamaal – Black Focus
- 4. Jameszoo – Fool
- 5. Sarathy Korwar – Day To Day
- 6. Anderson.Paak – Malibu
- 7. Gregory Porter – Take Me to the Alley
- 8. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
- 9. BADBADNOTGOOD – IV
- 10. Carleen Anderson – Cage Street Memorial, The Pilgrimage
- Breakthrough Act: Noname
- Session of the Year: Lee Fields
- Label of the Year: Soundway Records
- Lifetime Achievement: Carleen Anderson
- Lifetime Achievement: Matthew Herbert
- John Peel Play More Jazz Award: Jameszoo
Worldwide Winners Awards
2004: date unknown at Cargo in Shoreditch, London.
2005: Monday 12 December 2007 at Koko in Camden, London.
2006: unknown
2007: Saturday 5 January 2008 at Cargo in Shoreditch, London.
2008: Saturday 23 January 2009 at Cargo in Shoreditch, London.
2009: Saturday 6 February 2010 at The Garage in Islington, London.
2010: Saturday 22 January 2011 at Koko in Camden, London.
2011: Saturday 21 January 2012 at Koko in Camden, London.
2012: Saturday 19 January 2013 at Koko in Camden, London.
2013: Saturday 18 January 2014 at Koko in Camden, London.
2014: Saturday 17 January 2015 at Koko in Camden, London.
2015: Saturday 16 January 2016 at Koko in Camden, London.
2016: Saturday 21 January 2017 at Koko in Camden, London.