(Rank – artist – album – label)
- Momi Maiga – Kairo – Segell Microscopi
- WaCharie – Chidzorogodo – WaCharie & Shamwari DzeRwendo
- Manu Chao – Viva Tu – Because Music
- Choduraa Tumat – Yrlyg Bulak (Singing River) – Pan Records
- Seun Kuti – Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless head) – Record Kicks
- Franck Biyong – Radio Masoda – Tangential Music
- Oriental Brothers International Band – Onye Rie Ibe Ya Erie – Palenque Records
- Seckou Keita – Homeland (Chapter 1) – Hudson Records
- Qais Essar – Echoes of the Unseen – Worlds Within Worlds
- Basama Jabr – Furat – Basama Jabr
- Jaune Toujours – Vertigo – Choux de Bruxelles
- V.A. – Global Party – Putumayo
- Lo’Jo – Feuilles Fauves – Yotanka/Integral
- Soba – Filman – MDH
- Sinimuso – Nouskaa Sisaret – Sinimuso