Category: Top 15

Top 15 World Music Albums, January 2026Top 15 World Music Albums, January 2026

(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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Top 15 World Music Albums, December 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, December 2025

(Rank – Artist – Album – Label):

  1. Adir Jan – Al Mast – Trikont – Unsere Stimme – Verlags GmbH
  2. Nusantara Beat – Nusantara Beat – Glitterbeat Records
  3. Roël Calister – The Work of Songs – AudioMaze / Jiga Musica
  4. Wesli – Makaya – WUP
  5. Either/Orchestra & Ethiopian Guests – Ethiopiques 32: Nalbandian The Ethiopian – Heavenly Sweetness
  6. Outlet Drift – Masonolay i Cepo’ – WIND MUSIC International Corporation
  7. Noura Mint Seymali – Yenbett – Glitterbeat Records
  8. Sarakina – Suspended in the Mist – Amadeus / SARAKINA
  9. Gangbé Brass Band – From Ouidah To Another World – Salt’n Ginger
  10. Sahad – African West Station – Stereo Africa 432
  11. WaCharie & Shamwari DzeRwendo Band – Mazwienzara – WaCharie & Shamwari DzeRwendo Band
  12. Ceuzany – No Txal te li – Harmonia
  13. Muamma – Dereboyu Kavaklar – AudioMaze
  14. The Klezmatics – Woody Guthrie’s Happy Joyous Hanukkah Remastered and Extended – The Klezmatics
  15. Laura Camacho Tango Project – Todo Tiempo Pasado – Laura Camacho Tango Project

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Top 15 World Music Albums, November 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, November 2025

  1. Noura Mint Seymali – Yenbett – Glitterbeat Records
  2. Loko Gasy – Mifankatiava – AudioMaze
  3. Tribeqa – Sumu – Underdog
  4. Nusantara Beat – Nusantara Beat – Glitterbeat Records
  5. ‘O Rom – Radio Rom – Phototype Records
  6. Antibalas – Hourglass – Daptone
  7. Guitari Baro – Guitari Baro – Chrysalis Global
  8. Nancy Vieira & Fred Martins – Esperança – Galileo Music
  9. Bonbon Vodou – Épopée Métèque – Heavenly Sweetness
  10. La Cumbia Chicharra – Quinto Mundo – Music Box Publishing
  11. Mehrnam Rastegari – Dislocated Pulse – Merhnam Rastegari
  12. Senduki – Strania – AlfaMusic
  13. Suntou Susso – Jaliya Silokang – The Path of a Griot – Independent
  14. Gilmar Gomes – 11:11 – Music Avenue
  15. Syran Mbenza – Rumba Africa – Hysa Productions

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Top 15 World Music Albums, October 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, October 2025

  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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Top 15 World Music Albums, September 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, September 2025

(artist – album – label)

  1. Cheikh Lo – Maame – World Circuit
  2. Mandé Sila – Live @ Levon Helm – Contre-Jour
  3. Eljuri – Asi es el Mundo – Manovill Records
  4. Rumbo Tumba – Cordillera Latiendo – Rumbo Tumba
  5. Balkan Taksim – Acide Balkanique – Buda Musique
  6. ‘O Rom – Radio Rom – Phototype Records
  7. Sidsel Walstad & Ibou Cissokho – Tamoo – Global Sonics
  8. Vangelis Vrachnos Quartet – Astrografia – PKmusik
  9. Radio Tarifa – La Noche – Buda Musique
  10. Loko Gasy – Mifankatiava – AudioMaze
  11. Mahotella Queens – Buya Buya: Come Back – Umsakazo Records
  12. Nadir Ben – Maturity – Joussour
  13. Anna Sato × Toshiyuki Sasaki – Life Goes On – Primitive Voice
  14. Yasak Helva – Atamba – Gülbaba Records
  15. Lengaïa Salsa Brava – Estética de un Rumbero – Lulaworld Records

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Top 15 World Music Albums, August 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, August 2025

(Artist – Album – Label)
1. Mandé Sila Featuring Habib Koite, Aly Keïta & Lamine Cissokho – Mandé Sila Live @ Levon Helm – Contre Jour
2. Yasak Helva – Atamba – Gülbaba Records
3. Kanazoé Orkestra – Balabeatz – Antipodes Music
4. Peyoti for President – Your Comfort Zone – Sordid Soup records
5. Mahotella Queens – Buya Buya: Come Back – Umsakazo Records
6. Mandé Sila – Live @ Levon Helm – Contre-Jour
7. Africa Express – Africa Express Presents…Bahidorá – World Circuit Records
8. Igor Božanić – Žega – POP Depression
9. Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia – The Devil Rides Again – Asphalt Tango Records
10. Desiré Francois & Cassiya – Back in the Days – Desiré Francois Production
11. Les Collectif Tango Negro Ensemble – Tribute to Juan Carlos Caceres – Felmay
12. Alune Wade · New African Orleans · Enja / Yellowbird
13. Haris Pilton & The Balkan Voodoo Orchestra – Soon in Your Village – Asphalt Tango Records
14. Maëla Raoult – The Hen House – Azkaban Records
15. Althea SullyCole – Due West – Chaco World Music

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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

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Top 15 World Music Albums, June 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, June 2025

  1. Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia – The Devil Rides Again – Asphalt Tango Records
  2. Selcuk Suna – The Space Between – Lulaworld Records
  3. Zingarua – Serotonin – Maninalto!
  4. Pambele – Damelo – Believe Digital
  5. Alune Wade – New African Orleans – Enja
  6. Ozan Ata Canani – Die Demokratie – Fun In The Church / Bertus
  7. Femi Kuti – Journey Through Life – Partisan Records
  8. The Knocks & Sofi Tukker – butter – Sofi Tukker
  9. Dunja Knebl & Roko Margeta – Fauna – Geenger Records
  10. Jonni Wind – The Earth Is Moving – Jonni Wind
  11. Hekate – Evigheten forestår – Helio
  12. Francis Bebey – Trésor Magnétique – Africa Seven
  13. Eishan Ensemble – Northern Rhapsody – ACEL Production
  14. Dani Jané – Vida – Segell Microscopi
  15. Ouzo Bazooka – Kapaim – Batov Records

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Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2025

  1. Francis Bebey – Trésor Magnétique – Africa Seven
  2. Alune Wade – New African Orleans – Enja
  3. Värttinä – Kyly – Rocadillo Records
  4. Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia – The Devil Rides Again – Asphalt Tango Records
  5. Efrén López, Ciro Montanari & Jordi Prats – MEL – Worlds Within Worlds
  6. Red Baraat – Bhangra Rangeela – Sinj Records
  7. Thanos Stavridis & Drom – fygame – Thanos Stavridis & Drom
  8. Mandeng Groove – Conakry – Mandeng Groove
  9. Kin’Gongolo Kiniata – Kiniata – Hélico
  10. Raul Paz – Guajiro Chic – Coloma Production
  11. Vesevo – Tien’ a ment’ – Liburia Records
  12. Oktopus – Brahms, Balkans & Bagels – Oktopus
  13. Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra – Nagana – Soliton
  14. Päivi Hirvonen – Maa Palaa – Nordic Notes / CPL-Musicgroup
  15. Elana Sasson – In Between – PKMusik

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Top 15 World Music Albums, April 2025Top 15 World Music Albums, April 2025

  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
  9. Kin’Gongolo Kiniata – Kiniata – Hélico
  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
  14. Kazdoura – Ghoyoum: Syrian & Lebanese Psychedelia – August 4 Records
  15. Etienne de la Sayette & the Wild Horses Orchestra – Etienne de la Sayette & the Wild Horses Orchestra – Muju Records

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