(Rank – Artist – Album – Label)
- Franck Biyong – Radio Masoda – Tangential Music
- Tamar Ilana & Ventanas – Azadi – Lulaworld Records
- Momi Maiga – Kairo – Segell Microscopi
- Moana & The Tribe – Ono – Black Pearl Ltd.
- Nomade Orquestra – Terceiro Mundo – Nublu Records
- WaCharie – Chidzorogodo – WaCharie & Shamwari DzeRwendo
- Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra – Tension – Batov Records
- Lucibela – Moda Antiga – Lusafrica
- Dogo Du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band – Avoudé – Dogo Du Togo
- Nizar Rohana – Safa – Worlds Within Worlds
- Sonic Interventions – Do You Remember – Agogo Records
- Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha – Äyskäri – Playground Music
- Choduraa Tumat – Yrlyg Bulak (Singing River) – Pan Records
- Banning Eyre – Bare Songs, Vol. 1 – Lion Songs Records
- Ezra Collective – Dance, No One’s Watching – Partisan Records