Top 15 World Music Albums, February 2023

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Ranking / Artist / Album / Label

Malika Zarra – RWA (The Essence) – Malika Zarra
Sona Jobarteh – Badinyaa Kumoo – Sona Jobarteh
Light in Babylon – On Our Way – Light in Babylon
Meral Polat Trio – Ez Kî Me – Meral Polat / AudioMaze
Solomane Doumbia – Segou to Lagos – Mieruba
Bassidi Kone – Kaira – Remote Records
Narechie – A iz pod goroda (From the town) – Sketis Music
Tsuumi Sound System – Concert in Stereo – Tsuumi Sound System
Kimi Djabate – Dindin – Cumbancha
Entoto Band – Entoto Band – Guitar Globetrotter Recordings
Moonlight Benjamin – Wayo – MA CASE Records
Aziz Sahmaoui & Eric Longsworth · Il fera beau demain matin jusqu’à midi · Passé Minuit En Accords
Mwezi WaQ – Le Blues des Sourds-Muets – Buda Musique
Nidi d’Arac – Nanti li 90’s – Nidi d’Arac
Maraboto – Osla de Sacrificios – Multination

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(Rank – Artist – Album – Label):

Adir Jan – Al Mast – Trikont – Unsere Stimme – Verlags GmbH
Nusantara Beat – Nusantara Beat – Glitterbeat Records
Roël Calister – The Work of Songs – AudioMaze / Jiga Musica
Wesli – Makaya – WUP
Either/Orchestra & Ethiopian Guests – Ethiopiques 32: Nalbandian The Ethiopian – Heavenly Sweetness
Outlet Drift – Masonolay i Cepo’ – WIND MUSIC International Corporation
Noura Mint Seymali – Yenbett – Glitterbeat Records
Sarakina – Suspended in the Mist – Amadeus / SARAKINA
Gangbé Brass Band – From Ouidah To Another World – Salt’n Ginger
Sahad – African West Station – Stereo Africa 432
WaCharie & Shamwari DzeRwendo Band – Mazwienzara – WaCharie & Shamwari DzeRwendo Band
Ceuzany – No Txal te li – Harmonia
Muamma – Dereboyu Kavaklar – AudioMaze
The Klezmatics – Woody Guthrie’s Happy Joyous Hanukkah Remastered and Extended – The Klezmatics
Laura Camacho Tango Project – Todo Tiempo Pasado – Laura Camacho Tango Project

(Artist – Album – Label)

Fatoumata Diawara – London Ko – Wagram Music
Hialøsa – Scanian Very Old Pop – GO’ Danish Folk Music
Yaràkä – Curannera – Zero Nove Nove
Keturah – Keturah – Hen House Studios
Sophie Lukacs – Bamako – Disques Nuits d’Afrique
Les Abranis – Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973-1983 – Bongo Joe
Trad.Attack! – Bring It On – Trad.Attack! Music
Baaba Maal – Being – Marathon Artists
Rumbaristas – Malavares – Via Lactea
Gaïsha – Ana Aïcha – Zephyrus Records
Guillem Ballaz – Substrat – Segell Microscopi
Riccardo Tesi – La Guista Distanza – Visage Music SAS
Faizal Mostrixx – Mutations – Glitterbeat Records
Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabate – The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere – Real World Records
Teun Creemers – Naamu – Zennez Records / One World Records

Alune Wade – New African Orleans – Enja
Thanos Stavridis & Drom – fygame – Thanos Stavridis & Drom
Zar Electrik – Koyo – Jarring Effects Label & Lamastrock
Raul Paz – Guajiro Chic – Coloma Production
Awa Khiwe – African Women Arise – Outhere Records
Nidia Góngora – Pacifico Maravilla – Positivo Records
Luis Gimenez Amoros – Bahia-Levant – KRB
Kankou Kouyate – N’Darila – One World Records
Kin’Gongolo Kiniata – Kiniata – Hélico
Päivi Hirvonen – Maa Palaa – Nordic Notes / CPL-Musicgroup
Shahab Tolouie Trio – Oxymoron – Shahab Tolouie
Rodrigo Rodrigo Leão – O Rapaz da Montanha – Galileo Music Communication
Elana Sasson – In Between – PKMusik
Kazdoura – Ghoyoum: Syrian & Lebanese Psychedelia – August 4 Records
Etienne de la Sayette & the Wild Horses Orchestra – Etienne de la Sayette & the Wild Horses Orchestra – Muju Records