Top 15 World Music Albums January 2025

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  1. Tamar Ilana & Ventanas – Azadi – Lulaworld Records
  2. Sauljaljui – Vaivaik – Wind Music International
  3. The Bongo Hop – La Pata Coja – Underdog Records
  4. Kanazoe, Clotilde Rullaud, Abdoulaye Traore, Boubacar Djiga, Achille Nacoulma – Kananayé – Tzig’Art
  5. PulciPerla – Tatekieto – Prado Records / Cie Pucinella
  6. Warsaw Village Band & Bassałyki – Sploty – Karrot Kommando
  7. DJAM! – DJAM – Guitar Globetrotter Recordings
  8. shunTA! – At the Kafana – Rakia Records
  9. Aboubakar Traoré & Balima – Sababu – Zephyrus
  10. Tio Chorinho – Tempestuoso – Lulaworld Records
  11. The Baltic Sisters – Värav / Vārti / Vartai – CPL-Music
  12. Esperanza Fernandez – Sevilla 40.0 – Karonte
  13. Kairos Collective – Ariadne – TouMilou
  14. André Siqueira – Aura – André Siqueira
  15. Wild Mushrooms – Under the Dragon Tree -Sea of Wood Records

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Ranking – Artist – Album – Label

  1. Souad Massi – Zagate – BackingTrack Production
  2. Saly Kouyate – Mali Kelen – Remote Records/Studio Mali
  3. Aly Keita Trio – Balafon Evolution – One World
  4. Tinariwen – Hoggar – Wedge
  5. Doctor Nativo – BarrioKandela – Stonetree Records
  6. Psyché – Psyché II – Four Flies Records
  7. DakhaBrakha – Ptakh/Bird – DakhaBrakha
  8. Karyna Gomes – Kantigas di Liberdadi – The Orchard
  9. Crossing: Petit Solo Diabaté | Nino Martella | Marco Schiavone – The Path Before Us – Circular Music
  10. Nuevos Rios – Nuevos Rios – ZZK
  11. AySay – Mal – V2 Records
  12. Bamako Airlines – Volume III – Bamako Airlines
  13. Ireke – Ayo Dele – Underdog Records
  14. Ida Elina – Under the Northern Skies – Hello World Records
  15. Balu – Borumba – Vu Prod
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(Rank – artist – album – label)

  1. CROSSING (Diabaté/ Martella/ Schiavone) – The Path Before Us – Circular Music Records
  2. Hami Hamoo – Siya – Accords Croisés / Pias
  3. Adir Jan – Al Mast – Trikont – Unsere Stimme – Verlags GmbH
  4. Tuuletar – Maammo – Nordic Notes
  5. Nusantara Beat – Nusantara Beat – Glitterbeat Records
  6. Yeko – Miwe – Back2Bam Production
  7. Gangbé Brass Band – From Ouidah To Another World – Salt’n Ginger
  8. Ragna – Ragna – GO Danish Folk Music
  9. Lakhdar Nahou Ensemble – L’Odyssée de Noūr – Lakhdar Nahou Ensemble
  10. Kunbe – Fanga – Adjololo Records
  11. David Walters – Ti Love – Heavenly Sweetness
  12. Cumali Bulduk – Bana Seni Gerek Seni – Saz Ground Music
  13. Mariama & Vieux – Ntèry – Korafola production
  14. Lamia Yared & Efrén Lopez – From Minho to Euphrates – Worlds Within Worlds
  15. V.A. – Caribbean Cruise – Putumayo
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1. Faratuben – Changement – Gülbaba Records
2. Rüüt – Kiriküüt – Nordic Notes
3. Kultur Shock – Acoustic Live – Old Age Recording Co.
4. Galeet Dardashti – Manajat – Galeet Dardashti
5. Santrofi – Deep into Highlife – Outhere Records
6. Mokoomba – Tusona: Tracings in the Sand – Outhere
7. Idrissa Soumaoro – Diré – Mieruba
8. Abdo/Buda/Marconi – Oltremura – Felmay
9. Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin – Ya Mizolé – Jarring Effects
10. Bombay Rickey – Bombay Rickey – Cowboys and Indian
11. AySay – KÖY – No Bounds Music / Believe Digital
12. La Riippa Group – Awake – La Riippa Group
13. Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain – Double You – Bendigedig
14. Yungchen Lhamo – One Drop of Kindness – Real World
15. dadá Joãozinho – tds bem Global – Innovative Leisure
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