Kidjo, Blackwell, Prt awarded Sweden's Polar Music Prize

FILE - Angelique Kidjo arrives at the presentation of the Gershwin Prize, which honors a musician's lifetime contribution to popular music, hosted at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Five-time Grammy Award winner Angelique Kidjo, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and Estonian composer Arvo Part have won the 2023 Polar Music Prize, a Swedish music award.

The three "all made such a global impact with their music," Marie Ledin, managing director of the annual prize, said in announcing the winners on Tuesday.