Top 15 World Music Albums, October 2025

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  1. ‘O Rom – Radio Rom – Phototype Records
  2. Afrodream – Guiss Guiss – Rubik Music
  3. Meklit – Piece of Infinity – Smithsonian Folkways
  4. Guitari Baro – Guitari Baro – Chrysalis Global
  5. Meral Polat – Meydan – W.E.R.F. Records
  6. Loko Gasy – Mifankatiava – AudioMaze
  7. Cheikh Lo – Maame – World Circuit
  8. Tania Saleh – Fragile – Tantune
  9. Kiala & Afroblaster – One Race ‘A Tribute to Hilaire Penda’ – Tangential Music
  10. Saha Gnawa – Saha Gnawa – Pique-Nique Recordings
  11. Zhenya Wind – The Earth Is Moving – Zhenya Wind
  12. Ravi Kulur & Barry Phillips – Breath & Bow – Ravi Kulur & Barry Phillips
  13. Burhan Öçal, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, The Trakya All Stars – Trakya Funk – Gülbaba Records & Omni Sound
  14. Amira Kheir – Black Diamonds – Stern’s
  15. L’Antidote – L’Antidote – Ponderosa Music

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  3. Saigon Soul Revival – Mối Lương Duyên – Saigon Supersound
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  5. Kiran Ahluwalia – Comfort Food – Six Degrees Records
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  9. Olcay Bayir – Tu Gulî – ARC Music
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  11. VAEV – Sløjfen – GO Danish Folk Music
  12. Las Karamba – Te Lo Digo Cantando – Guspira Records
  13. Adama Yalomba – Tanou – Remote Records/Studio Mali
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  1. Alune Wade – New African Orleans – Enja
  2. Thanos Stavridis & Drom – fygame – Thanos Stavridis & Drom
  3. Zar Electrik – Koyo – Jarring Effects Label & Lamastrock
  4. Raul Paz – Guajiro Chic – Coloma Production
  5. Awa Khiwe – African Women Arise – Outhere Records
  6. Nidia Góngora – Pacifico Maravilla – Positivo Records
  7. Luis Gimenez Amoros – Bahia-Levant – KRB
  8. Kankou Kouyate – N’Darila – One World Records
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  10. Päivi Hirvonen – Maa Palaa – Nordic Notes / CPL-Musicgroup
  11. Shahab Tolouie Trio – Oxymoron – Shahab Tolouie
  12. Rodrigo Rodrigo Leão – O Rapaz da Montanha – Galileo Music Communication
  13. Elana Sasson – In Between – PKMusik
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(Rank – Artist – Album – Label)

  1. Leenalchi – Here Comes That Crow – Luaka Bop
  2. Minyo Crusaders – From Japan with Love – Blue Note Records
  3. Ibrahim Maalouf – Trumpets of Michel-Ange Vol. 2 – Mister I.B.E.
  4. Hilal Kaya – Sümbül – CPL-Music
  5. Sosyete ’25 – Yaygara – Tru Thoughts
  6. Lila Downs – Cambias Mi Mundo – Sony Music Entertainment México
  7. Coco Mbassi – Ewekedi Part 1 – Coco Mbassi
  8. Biribá Union – Passing Go – Bright Shiny Things
  9. Rite of Strings – Dust and the Moon – Bright Shiny Things
  10. Naked & Lakatos Mónika FolkTrió – Neked – Adriatica Records
  11. Antti Paalanen – Haitarimarinadi – Rockadillo Records
  12. Medusa Quartet – Weaving Gold in Broken Places – Medusa Quartet
  13. East of West – Velella – 4000 Records
  14. Cabezas de Cera – Metaensamble – Cabezas de Cera
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