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Top 15 World Music Albums, March 2026Top 15 World Music Albums, March 2026

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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Top 15 World Music Albums, February 2026Top 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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Best New Global Music, February 2026 (#1421)Best New Global Music, February 2026 (#1421)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Hami Hamoo, Moussa Koita, Michaël Havard & Habib Meftah – Sefar – Siya
Monoswezi – Pakashaya – Moyo
Bamako Airlines – Khaira – Volume III – EP
Leo Middea – Fio de Bronze – Noticia de Puglia
Temenik Electric – Habibi – Habibi My Love
Yinon Muallem – Take a risk – Aegina’s Secret
Yilian Cañizares – Yo Soy – Vitamina Y
Ludom – A Rua – Ludom
Tram des Balkans – Krepotrip – Alligator
Neba Solo & Benogo Diakité – Ba Ngolo – A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking (The Complete Sessions)
Zenekar – Byzantine – Swirls
Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical – Inka – Galaxia Tropical (Analog Africa No.43)
Le Bal Jacquin – Raoult Cha-cha-cha – Au Bout du Bout (feat. Bazbaz & Oriane Lacaille)
Rahu (the fool) – Zile – On the Dance Floor / Uz deju grīdas

Hour 2:
Manika Kaur – Woman in Punjab (feat. Jyotsna Srikanth) – Woman in Punjab (feat. Jyotsna Srikanth) – Single
Ablaye Cissoko, Kiya Tabassian & Constantinople – Amadou – Estuaire
Cara de Espelho – A Seita – B
Umaisha (Maldives) – Dhannahen – Love Songs Around The World
Nilza Costa – Ogum suite – Cantigas
Hersi Matmuja & Jacopo Conoci – STRUKA E CUCËS (feat. Valerio Daniele & Vito De Lorenzi) – Lum
Da Cruz – 10 noites – Som Sistema
Zanna – Pele Boa – Reflexo
Ben Aylon & Cheikh Lô – Terranga – Terranga – Single
BashElán – Engem szeress (Manele) – Titkon
Catrin Finch, Ana-Gwen Wigley & Pegi Wigley – Kin – Notes to Self
Adir Jan – Melê – Al Mast
Crossing (Diabaté/Martella/Schiavone) – Hope – The Path Before Us
Alessandra Leão, Liniker & Chico Correa – Tatuzinho – Tatuzinho – Single
Banditori (excerpt) – La nott’è long’ – Banditori – EP
Nusantara Beat – Gapura – Nusantara Beat

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Best New Global Music – January (#1416)Best New Global Music – January (#1416)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Crossing – Diabatè / Martella / Schiavone – Ne Ma Lon – The Path Before Us
David Walters – Bon Voyage – Ti Love
Kunbe – Yayoroba – Fanga
Lamia Yared & Efren Lopez – Asbe Sangi – From Minho To Euphrates
Gangbé Brass Band – Ayé (feat. Angelique Kidjo) – FROM OUIDAH TO ANOTHER WORLD
WÖR & Kongero – Var är du? (Live) – Songbooks (Live)
Tuuletar – Etsimme toisesta itseämme (We seek ourselves in each other) – Maammo (Mother Earth)
Ylja (Iceland) – Hafsson – Nordic Nights by Putumayo
Hami Hamoo – Je ne fais que penser à toi – Siya
Ragna – Uventet bryllupsgæst – Ragna
Adir Jan – Leyla (Bonustrack) – Al Mast
ShAIkh Kev – O Malhão Malhão – Raízes Reimaginadas
Nusantara Beat – Kalangkang – Nusantara Beat
Yeko – Yalla – Miwe

Hour 2:
Lakhdar Hanou Ensemble – El Gafla Orchestra – L’Odyssée de Nour
Cumali Bulduk – Kanadının Altına – Bana Seni Gerek Seni
Jocelyn Mienniel – Takamba – Jocelyn Mienniel & Les Instruments Migrateurs
Mariama & Vieux – Karandirla – Ntèry
Teija Niku – Eteenpäin – Tovi
Rafael Carvalho – No Trilho – A Teia da Viola
Malvariche – Canto de Alabanza – Te Canto las 40
Teff – Suerte – Caribbean Cruise by Putumayo
Modern Sound Quartet – Oscar Rocchi – Mais – Italian Library Breaks
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (CGS) – A Mmera A Lecce – Il Mito
Suna Alan – Ez Dilerzim – Ez Dilerzim (Live Session) – Single
Kaveh Mahmudiyan – Baran – Between Hands
Rosalia de Souza – Teco Teco – Rosàlia De Souza Quarteto 55°
Jérémy Rollando, Jean Luc Astemoy, Emmanuel Forster & Pascal Rollando – Desert bleu (feat. Guillaume Lopez) – ZEF
291out – Rekawa – CHENNÀPULE (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, from the Movie “Kwara – Una Storia d’amore e pallone”)

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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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The Best New Global Music (#1403)The Best New Global Music (#1403)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
‘o Rom – Branko e la guerra (feat. Carolina Franco) – Radio Rom
Guitari Baro – Kolonkan – Guitari Baro
Burhan Öçal & Jamaaladeen Tacuma – Kısmet (feat. The Trakya All Stars) – Kısmet (feat. The Trakya All Stars) – Single
Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L – Kaksi kynttilää (Two Candles) – Oli kerran ryytimaassa… (Once upon a time there was a village…)
Afrodream – Ma mère – Guiss Guiss
Amira Kheir – Rabie Aljamal (Spring of Wonder) – Black Diamonds
Meklit – Ambassel – A Piece of Infinity
Loko Gasy – Anjara – Mifankatiava
Zhenya Wind – Kolyadka – The Earth Is Moving
Meral Polat – Çenek – Meydan
L’Antidote – Dates, Figs and Nuts (feat. Bijan Chemirani, Redi Hasa & Rami Khalife) – L’Antidote (feat. Bijan Chemirani, Redi Hasa & Rami Khalife)
Tania Saleh – Hashara – Fragile
Kiala & Afroblaster – Mokili – One Race (Tribute To Hilaire Penda)

Hour 2:
Cheikh Lô – Baba Moussa BP 120 – Maame
Doudou Nganga – Congo Kinshasa – Tokororo
Saha Gnawa – Baba Mimoun (feat. Gilad Hekselman) – Saha Gnawa
Ravi Kulur & Barry Phillips – Raghu – Breath & Bow
Sharif & the Nomads – Ghasedak – Persian Jazz Rock
Melodic Intersect – Calcutta Funk (feat. Enayet Hossain, Hidayat Khan & Greg Hatza) – Beyond Borders (feat. Enayet Hossain, Greg Hatza & Hidayat Khan)
Sonny Singh & Qais Essar – Pavan Guru – Sangat
RAIA – Dakar Bamako – Uádi
Davide Ambrogio – III Sordi – Mater Nullius
Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill – Three Paths – Dreaming in Gamelan
Divanhana – Rijekama – Radio Sevdah
Lívia Mattos – História de uma Cabeça – Verve
Murmurosi – Liuli – Svitanok (Ukrainian Folk Reinvented)
Putumayo & Boogát – E.P.N.S.L.S. – Latin Chill by Putumayo
Le Vent du Nord – Le Pari de Jeanne – Voisinages

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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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New Global Music (#1398)New Global Music (#1398)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album):
Yasak Helva – Kafalar Yeşil – Atamba
Balkan Taksim – Felinar – Acide Balkanique
Luisa Briguglio – Il Cacciatore – Truvatura
Justin Gray & Synthesis – River’s Edge – Immersed
Radio Tarifa – LA NIÑA DEL ALMENDRO VIEJO – La Noche
Ricardo Vignini – Polyando – Cristalino
Rumbo Tumba – De pecho al fuego – Cordillera Latiendo
Luc Moindranzé Karioudja – Yéba – Mon Balo
Loko Gasy – Vonjeo – Mifankatiava
Sidsel Walstad & Ibou Cissokho – Konkoo Ba – Tamoo
Mahotella Queens – Uyeke Amanga (Stop Your Lies) – Buya Buya: Come Back
Habib Koité, Aly Keita & Lamine Cissokho – Benkan (feat. Mama Koné) [Live] – Mandé Sila Live @ Levon Helm Studios
Eljuri – Fuerza – Así es el Mundo
Lengaïa Salsa Brava – Aco Aco (feat. Dj Ricky Campanelli) – Estética de un rumbero

Hour 2:
Rão Kyao (Portugal) – Misericórdia – Instrumental Odyssey by Putumayo
Vangelis Vrachnos – Metamorfosis (feat. Thomas Meleteas, James Wylie & George Klountzos) – Astrografia (feat. Thomas Meleteas, James Wylie & George Klountzos)
Anna Sato & Toshiyuki Sasaki – Santoyorojima – LIFE GOES ON
El Nido – Lo que siento ☼ – LA CONSTANCIA
Gidiki – Stixoi sto xoma – PLANINATA
Nadir Ben – BUTTERFLY (FARACHA) – Maturity
Cheikh Lô – Nilelefe – Maame
Alaa Zouiten – Purpur Kora (rumba) (feat. Rhani Krija) – AFICIONADO (Flamenco Moro)
La Chooma – Cookie Crumble Cumbia – Local Spirits
‘o Rom – Tutti Frutti – Radio Rom
Kyle Carey – Nach Muladach, Muladach Duine Leis Fhein – The Last Bough
Woodlands Bäckafall – Hanter dro – Traditional Colours
Ahmed Mukhtar, Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde & Demi Garcia Sabat – Caravan – Al-hambra
Adrian Quesada – Tu Poder – Boleros Psicodélicos II

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