Ry Cooder Awards

1972 
Edison Award for Into the purple valley Pop 

1982
Edison Award for The Border Musical/Film 

1993 
Grammy Award for Best World Music Album for A Meeting by the River 

1994
Grammy Award for Best World Music Album for Talking Timbuktu 

1997 
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album for Buena Vista Social Club 

1998 
Edison Award for The end of Violence Soundtrack of musical