Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2026

1. Angelique Kidjo – Hope – Parlophone / Warner
2. Coco Mbassi – Ewekedi Part 1 – Coco Mbassi
3. Gaoussou ‘Sobra’ Kouyate – Sobra Dance – One World Records
4. Amrita – Amrita – Amrita
5. Berima Amo – Rhythms of Love – ARC Music
6. Zocco Baia – L’Ora d’oro – Zocco
7. Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood – Ranjha – World Circuit (BMG)
8. Mah Damba – Taabolo Koura – One World Records
9. Altın Gün – Garip – Glitterbeat
10. Moussa T – Tartite – Mixto Records
11. Tamikrest – Assikel – Glitterbeat Records
12. Tarwa N-Tiniri – Zaman – Atty Records
13. The Klezmatics – We Were Made for These Times – Asphalt Tango Records
14. Antonio Carlos & Jocafi, Adrian Younge, & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Antonio Carlos & Jocafi JID026 – Jazz Is Dead
15. New Era Quartet – Bridge to Sevdah – Snail Records

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Top 15 World Music Albums, June 2022Top 15 World Music Albums, June 2022

  1. Leyla McCalla – Breaking the Thermometer – Anti-
  2. Cimarrón – La Recia – Cimarrón
  3. Lucibela – Amdjer – Lusafrica
  4. Auļi – Sit, Jānīti! – Lauska
  5. Flo – Brave Ragazze – SoundFly
  6. Meïkhâneh – Chants du dedans, Chants du dehors – Buda Musique
  7. Kobo Town – Carnival of the Ghosts – Stonetree Records
  8. Oumou Sangare – Timbuktu – World Circuit
  9. Grupo Rebolu – Mi Herencia (My Heritage)– Smithsonian Folkways
  10. New Asia – Chorchok – CPL-Music
  11. Dendê & Band – Agô – Ropeadope Records
  12. Moktar Gania and Gnawa Soul – Masterisé – MusjoMusic / Nuits d’Afrique
  13. Claudia Colom – La Flor del Dimoni – Segell Microscopi
  14. Lenka Lichtenberg – Thieves for Dreams: Songs of Theresienstadt’s Secret Poetess – Six Degrees Records
  15. Vieux Farka Tour – Les Racines – World Circuit

Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2022Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2022

  1. Kobo Town – Carnival of the Ghosts – Stonetree Records
  2. Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita – Echo – bendigedig
  3. New Asia – Chorchok – CPL-Music
  4. Maga Bo – Amor (É Revolução) – Kaxambu Records
  5. Oumou Sangare – Timbuktu – World Circuit
  6. Julian Belbachir – Babdoukkala – Julian Belbachir
  7. Yungchen Lhamo – Awakening – Six Degrees Records
  8. Horzines Stara – Bords de Terre-Dubhe – Vlad Productions
  9. Somi – Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba – Salon Africana
  10. Congotronics International – Where’s The One – Crammed Discs
  11. Collectif Medz Bazar – Insanistan – Collectif Medz Bazar
  12. Les Fils Canouche – Nagori – Vlad Productions
  13. Lily Henley – Oras Dezaoradas – Lior éditions
  14. Eccodek – Recalibrate – Six Degrees
  15. Maija Kauhanen – Menneet – Nordic Notes

Top 15 World Music Albums, July 2023Top 15 World Music Albums, July 2023

  1. Lame da Barba – Qafiz – Radici MusicRecords
  2. Tony Allen & Adrian Younge – Tony Allen JID018 – Jazz Is Dead
  3. Wilson das Neves – Senzala e Favela – FundiSom
  4. Faso Kan – Tungaladen – Global Music Centre
  5. Bokante – History – Real World Records
  6. Mehmet Polat – Embodied Poetry – Aftab Records
  7. Shono – Kolkhozoy Traktor – CPL-Music
  8. Cantares del Pacifico – Aguajes de Mar 7 Manglar – Chaco World Music
  9. Fatoumata Diawara – London Ko – Wagram Music
  10. Marta Gómez & Andrés Rotmistrovsky – Bajo y Voz – Marta Gómez
  11. Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi – The Wolf and the Lamb-Live at the Shakh – ARC Music
  12. Tinariwen – Amatssou – Wedge
  13. Balimaya Project – When the Dust Settles – New Soil x Jazz re:freshed
  14. VA – Acoustic Latino – Putumayo World Music
  15. Spruce Ritual – The Way the Evening Speaks – Ansonica Records

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