(Artist – Album – Label)
- Dobet Gnahoré – Zouzou – Cumbancha
- Sababa 5 & Yurika – KOKORO – こころ – Batov Records
- LuA – The Elephant – LuA
- The Zawose Queens – Maisha – Real World
- Varijashree Venugopal – Vari – GroundUP Music LLC
- Nation Beat – Archaic Humans – Ropeadope
- Saigon Soul Revival – Mối Lương Duyên – Saigon Supersound
- Paula Maya – Rio De Janeiro – Scholz Productions
- Russudan Meipariani featuring Ensemble Anchiskhati – Voices & Mountains – Timezone Records
- Tiganá Santana – Caçada Noturna – ajabu!
- Marta Topferova – Sombras – Moravia Publishing
- Combo Daguerre – Fracassines – Barbès
- Okwy Osadebe and Highlife SoundMakers – Ifunanya – Palenque Records
- Whisky Por Favor – Whisky Por Favor – Whisky Por Favor
- Bhutan Balladeers – Your Face Is Like the Moon, Your Eyes Are Stars – Glitterbeat Records