Top 15 World Music Albums, February 2026

  1. Bamako Airlines – Volume III – Bamako Airlines
  2. Crossing: Petit Solo Diabaté | Nino Martella | Marco Schiavone – The Path Before Us – Circular Music
  3. Yinon Muallem – Aegina’s Secret – Yinon Muallem
  4. Tram – Alligator – Les Entêtés
  5. Adir Jan – Al Mast – Trikont – Unsere Stimme – Verlags GmbH
  6. Monoswezi – Moyo – Parallell
  7. Rahu – On the Dance Floor / Uz deju grīdas – CPL-Music
  8. Nilza Costa – Cantigas – Brutture Moderne
  9. Neba Solo & Benego Diakité – A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking – Nonesuch
  10. Hersi Matmuja, Jacopo Conoci – Lum – Maladisco
  11. Yilian Cañizares – Vitamina Y – Planeta Y
  12. Zenekar – Swirls – 4000 Records
  13. Temenik Electrik – Habibi My Love – Le Nomad
  14. Hami Hamoo – Siya – Accords Croisés / Pias
  15. BashElán – Titkon – Fono

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Ranking – Artist – Album – Label

  1. Super Panela – Sangre Nueva – Maaula Records
  2. Aly Keita Trio – Balafon Evolution – One World
  3. Mansfarroll – África sí – M. Percuson
  4. Ireke – Ayo Dele – Underdog Records
  5. Kuljit Bhamra – DESI – The Soul of Punjab – ARC Music Productions International Ltd.
  6. Rihab Azar – Dandelion – Rihab Azar
  7. Suistamon Sähkö – Lunta tupaan – Playground Music Oy
  8. Souad Massi – Zagate – BackingTrack Production
  9. Pixvae – De Lado a Lado – Compagnie 4000
  10. Karyna Gomes – Kantigas di Liberdadi – The Orchard
  11. Kareyce Fotso – Gwà – CONTRE-JOUR
  12. Vasilis Kostas – Léna – Artsyndesis
  13. VAQO – Guguni Oda – GMI
  14. V. A. – Global Guitars – Putumayo
  15. Baklava Express – Sababa – Baklava Express

Top 15 World Music Albums, November 2024Top 15 World Music Albums, November 2024

(Rank – Artist – Album – Label)

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

Top 15 World Music Albums, July 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, July 2025

  1. Mahotella Queens – Buya Buya: Come Back – Umsakazo Records
  2. V. A. – Roots Rocking Zimbabwe – The Modern Sound of Harare’ Townships 1975-1980 – Analog Africa
  3. Kadialy Kouyate – Toña – ARC Music
  4. Majid Bekkas, Nguyên Lê, Hamid Drake · Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XVII: Gnawa World Blues · ACT Music
  5. Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia – The Devil Rides Again – Asphalt Tango Records
  6. V. A. – Afro-Portuguesa by Putumayo – Putumayo
  7. Alune Wade · New African Orleans · Enja / Yellowbird
  8. Kanazoé Orkestra – Balabeatz – Kanazoé Orkestra
  9. Peyoti for President – Your Comfort Zone – Sordid Soup records
  10. Maëla Raoult – The Hen House – Azkaban Records
  11. Haris Pilton & The Balkan Voodoo Orchestra – Soon in Your Village – Asphalt Tango Records
  12. Mandé Sila Featuring Habib Koite, Aly Keïta & Lamine Cissokho – Mandé Sila Live @ Levon Helm – Contre Jour
  13. Zar Electrik – Koyo – Jarring Effects / Lamastrock
  14. Puman – Spring – Sea of Wood Records
  15. Igor Božanić – Žega – POP Depression