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• Mirchi Music Awards 2009 Prize India

  Annual awards given by India's Radio Mirchi since 2009 to Hindi film music, each ceremony honouring the previous year's music; among its categories is the song representing the Sufi tradition, won by A. R. Rahman's qawwali 'Kun Faya Kun' at the 4th ceremony on 21 March 2012.

• BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2003 Prize United Kingdom

  British world-music awards sponsored by BBC Radio 3 from 2003 to 2008, conceived by Ian Anderson, editor of fRoots, with winners chosen by a twelve-member jury; the BBC axed them in March 2009. Youssou N'Dour won the Critics Award in 2005, for the album Egypt.

• Islamic Personality of the Year (Dubai International Holy Quran Award) 1997 Title United Arab Emirates

  An annual honour within the Dubai International Holy Quran Award for a person or institution with a distinguished contribution in the religious, intellectual and scientific fields; the first recipient was Muhammad Mutawalli al-Sha'rawi at the first session in 1418 AH.

• Dubai International Holy Quran Award 1997 Competition

  An annual international award and competition for memorising the Qur'an in Dubai, launched in 1418 AH (1997) by order of Muhammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum; it runs an international competition for men, another for women and local competitions, honours an Islamic Personality of the Year, and publishes books in Qur'anic studies.

• MOBO Awards 1996 Prize United Kingdom

  Annual British awards for 'music of Black origin', from hip-hop, R&B and soul to reggae, jazz and gospel, founded by Kanya King and Andy Ruffell in 1996; the Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour won its Best African Act award in 2005.

• Italian Albums Chart (FIMI) 1995 Chart Italy

  Italy's official albums chart, compiled by FIMI, the music industry federation founded in 1992, and first issued on 7 March 1995 to replace earlier charts the federation considered unreliable; Yusuf Islam's An Other Cup peaked at number 22 there in 2006.

• Screen Awards 1995 Prize India

  An annual Indian film-award ceremony launched by Screen magazine of the Indian Express Group in 1995, its winners chosen by industry insiders; it continued under Star India after Star acquired the magazine in 2015, until the ceremony of 8 December 2019. A. R. Rahman's 'Khwaja Mere Khwaja' was nominated there in 2009.

• Ultratop Albums (Belgium) 1995 Chart Belgium

  Belgium's official albums charts, published since 1995 by Ultratop, a non-profit body created by the Belgian Entertainment Association, in parallel charts for Flanders and Wallonia; the museum records an album's peak in each.

• Anugerah Industri Muzik 1993 Prize Malaysia

  The Malaysian music-industry awards ceremony; its 18th edition in 2011 nominated Maher Zain in the category of best Malay song performed by a foreign artist for the Malay version of 'Insha Allah'.

• African Footballer of the Year 1992 Prize

  The Confederation of African Football's annual award for the best African footballer, conferred since 1992 and part of the CAF Awards ceremony since 2000; France Football magazine gave a predecessor award from 1970 to 1994.

• Official Finnish Charts 1991 Chart Finland

  Finland's official national record charts, compiled and published by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland; Youssou N'Dour's Egypt peaked at number 35 there in 2004.

• Fukuoka Prize 1989 Prize Japan

  An award of the city of Fukuoka and the Fukuoka City International Foundation honouring outstanding work in preserving and creating Asian cultures, with an arts-and-culture category.

• Swiss Albums Chart (Swiss Hitparade) 1983 Chart Switzerland

  Switzerland's Albums Top 100 within the Swiss Hitparade, published since late 1983; the museum records an album's peak, such as number 14 for Yusuf's An Other Cup in 2006.

• King Faisal Prize 1979 Prize Saudi Arabia

  An annual prize of the King Faisal Foundation in Riyadh, awarded since 1979 in five categories: Service to Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Medicine and Science; it consists of a certificate, a gold medal and SAR 750,000.

• Muslim World League Sira Competition 1976 Competition prize Saudi Arabia

  A worldwide competition for writing the Prophet's biography, announced by the Muslim World League at a conference in Pakistan in 1396 AH, with results announced in Shaban 1398 AH and prizes handed over at the League's conference in Mecca in 1399 AH (1979); 171 studies were entered, and al-Raheeq al-Makhtum took first place.

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