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Top 15 World Music Albums, December 2024Top 15 World Music Albums, December 2024

(Rank – Artist – Album – Label)

  1. The Bongo Hop – La Pata Coja – Underdog Records
  2. Moana & The Tribe – Ono – Black Pearl Ltd.
  3. Warsaw Village Band & Bassałyki – Sploty – Karrot Kommando
  4. DJAM! – DJAM – Guitar Globetrotter Recordings
  5. Kananayé – Kananayé – Tzig’Art
  6. Esperanza Fernandez – Sevilla 40.0 – Karonte
  7. Franck Biyong – Radio Masoda – Tangential Music
  8. Tamar Ilana & Ventanas – Azadi – Lulaworld Records
  9. Aboubakar Traoré & Balima – Sababu – Zephyrus
  10. Momi Maiga – Kairo – Segell Microscopi
  11. Peter Somuah – Highlife – ACT Music
  12. Tio Chorinho – Tempestuoso – Lulaworld Records
  13. Dogo Du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band – Avoudé – Dogo Du Togo
  14. Tenderete – En el Azul – Zephyrus Records
  15. Al Andaluz Project – The Songs of Iman Kandoussi – Traditional Arabic Andalusian – Galileo MC


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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

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Top 15 World Music Albums, October 2024Top 15 World Music Albums, October 2024

(Rank – artist – album – label)

  1. Momi Maiga – Kairo – Segell Microscopi
  2. WaCharie – Chidzorogodo – WaCharie & Shamwari DzeRwendo
  3. Manu Chao – Viva Tu – Because Music
  4. Choduraa Tumat – Yrlyg Bulak (Singing River) – Pan Records
  5. Seun Kuti – Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless head) – Record Kicks
  6. Franck Biyong – Radio Masoda – Tangential Music
  7. Oriental Brothers International Band – Onye Rie Ibe Ya Erie – Palenque Records
  8. Seckou Keita – Homeland (Chapter 1) – Hudson Records
  9. Qais Essar – Echoes of the Unseen – Worlds Within Worlds
  10. Basama Jabr – Furat – Basama Jabr
  11. Jaune Toujours – Vertigo – Choux de Bruxelles
  12. V.A. – Global Party – Putumayo
  13. Lo’Jo – Feuilles Fauves – Yotanka/Integral
  14. Soba – Filman – MDH
  15. Sinimuso – Nouskaa Sisaret – Sinimuso

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Top 15 World Music Albums, September 2024Top 15 World Music Albums, September 2024

(Rank – Artist – Album – Label)

  1. Arun Ramamurthy Trio – New Moon – Greenleaf Music
  2. Süperstar Orkestar – Guča Revisited – Hajde Records
  3. Driss El Maloumi Trio & Watar Quintet – Details – Contre Jour / Zig Zag World
  4. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party – Chain of Light – Real World
  5. El Khat – Mute – Glitterbeat
  6. Babelnova Orchestra – Magma – MALADISCO / IPE IPE
  7. Dobet Gnahoré – Zouzou – Cumbancha
  8. Chutney – Ajar – Chutney
  9. Ayom – Sa.Li.Va. – Ayom/Believe
  10. Laíz & The New Love Experience – Ela Partíu – Agogo Records
  11. Marta Topferova – Sombras – Moravia Publishing
  12. LA LOM – The Los Angeles League of Musicians – Verve Records
  13. Larry & Joe – Manos Panamericanos – Larry & Joe
  14. V.A. – Cafe Africa – Putumayo
  15. Rusan Filiztek – Exils – Accords Croisés

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Top 15 World Music Albums, August 2024Top 15 World Music Albums, August 2024

(Rank – Artist – Album – Label)


1 – Babelnova Orchestra – Magma – MALADISCO / IPE IPE

2 – Lemon Bucket Orkestra – Cuckoo – Lemon Bucket Orkestra

3 – Dobet Gnahoré – Zouzou – Cumbancha

4 – Marta Topferova – Sombras – Moravia Publishing

5 – Viik – Sagt – Nordic Notes

6 – Sababa 5 & Yurika – KOKORO – こ こ ろ – Batov Records

7 – Yeisy Rojas – A Mis Ancestros – Yeisy Rojas

8 – Carmen Souza – Port’Inglês – Galileo MC

9 – Tio Chorinho – Tempestuoso – Lulaworld Records

10 – The Unknown Composer – KOVRЫ – Navigator records

11 – Africa Negra – Antologia Vol. 2 – Bongo Joe Records

12 – Yemen Blues – Only Love Remains – Kartel Music Group

13 – Martina Camargo – Canto y Rio – Chaco World Music

14 – Los Cumbia Stars – La Cumbia Une a Latinoamérica – Discos Fuentes

15 – Caro Wajnerman – Margenes – Agregadora de Música Argentina

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Top 15 World Music Albums, July 2024Top 15 World Music Albums, July 2024

(Artist – Album – Label)

  1. Dobet Gnahoré – Zouzou – Cumbancha
  2. Sababa 5 & Yurika – KOKORO – こ​こ​ろ – Batov Records
  3. LuA – The Elephant – LuA
  4. The Zawose Queens – Maisha – Real World
  5. Varijashree Venugopal – Vari – GroundUP Music LLC
  6. Nation Beat – Archaic Humans – Ropeadope
  7. Saigon Soul Revival – Mối Lương Duyên – Saigon Supersound
  8. Paula Maya – Rio De Janeiro – Scholz Productions
  9. Russudan Meipariani featuring Ensemble Anchiskhati – Voices & Mountains – Timezone Records
  10. Tiganá Santana – Caçada Noturna – ajabu!
  11. Marta Topferova – Sombras – Moravia Publishing
  12. Combo Daguerre – Fracassines – Barbès
  13. Okwy Osadebe and Highlife SoundMakers – Ifunanya – Palenque Records
  14. Whisky Por Favor – Whisky Por Favor – Whisky Por Favor
  15. Bhutan Balladeers – Your Face Is Like the Moon, Your Eyes Are Stars – Glitterbeat Records

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Top 10 World Music Albums, June 2024 (#1333)Top 10 World Music Albums, June 2024 (#1333)

Hour 1 (artist – song – album)

#10 Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sacko – Dama N’djaye – Djudjon, L’oiseau de Garaná
#9 Atse Tewodros Project & Gabriella Ghermandi – Lucy – Maqeda
#8 Priti Menon – Tu Aa Bhi Ja – NAMASTE BOMBAY – A musical tribute to Hindi Cinema
#7 Bedouin Burger, Zeid Hamdan & Lynn Adib – Zamel – Ma LI Beit
#6 Besh o droM – Elment a madárka – Hova lesz a séta? (Let’s Go for a Walk)
#5 Natasia Y – Gusta Mi Magla – Kyiv Soul
#4 Saigon Soul Revival – Đám Cưới Nhà Em – Mối Lương Duyên
#3 Ruca Rebordão – Minha Terra (feat. Luiz Caracol) – MESTIÇO ATLÂNTICO
#2 Nation Beat – Forró le Fonque – Archaic Humans
#1 The Zawose Queens – Sauti Ya Mama – Maisha
Al Jawala – Microbuzele – Lost In Manele
Fenya Rai – Lluna – Una Ronda Més
Buika – Se Me Escapan las Palabras – Buika
Dario Muci – A Li Furisi – Talassa

Hour 2
London Afrobeat Collective – Freedom – Esengo – EP
Beautiful Nubia and the Roots Renaissance Band – Legelege – ṢONṢO
Oumou Sangaré – Diaraby Nene – Moussolou
Xabier Díaz – Rumboia viva – Axúdame a sentir
Radio Tarifa – Las Cuevas – Temporal
Oonga – Roda feat. Bianca Rocha – Cracher le feu
Dobranotch – Vanka – Vander Ikh Mir Lustik
Tabaiba – No Tengo Tiempo Pa Nada – Mestizo
Paul Avgerinos, Siddhant Bhatia, Keerthy Narayanan – The Sunlit Path (excerpt) – Gratitude Joy 3
Aboubacar «Papis» Diombana – Camalinya – Bamba Wassoulou Groove
A Cantadeira – Rosa do Ceu – Tecelã
Fantani Toure – Diyanieba – N’Tin Naari
Liraz – Baas Delam – بس د​ل​م – Enerjy – ا​ن​ر​ژ​ی – EP

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Top 15 World Music Albums, June 2024Top 15 World Music Albums, June 2024

  1. The Zawose Queens – Maisha – Real World
  2. Nation Beat – Archaic Humans – Ropeadope
  3. Ruca Rebordão – Mestiço Atlântico – RUMA Records
  4. Saigon Soul Revival – Mối Lương Duyên – Saigon Supersound
  5. Natasia Y – Kyiv Soul – Lulaworld Records
  6. Besh o droM – Hova lesz a séta? [Let’s go for a walk] – Fonó
  7. Bedouin Burger – Ma Li Beit – PopArabia
  8. V.A. – Namaste Bombay – A musical tribute to Hindi Cinema – ARC Music
  9. Atse Tewodros Project – Maqeda – Galileo Music
  10. Bassekou Kouyate – Djudjon – One World Records
  11. Fenya Rai – Una ronda més – Segell Microscopi
  12. Dario Muci – Talassa – Zero Nove Nove
  13. Beautiful Nubia and the Roots Renaissance Band – Ṣonṣo – EniObanke
  14. Xabier Díaz – Axúdame A Sentir – Nuba Records
  15. Dobranotch – Vander Ikh Mir Lustik – CPL-Music

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Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2024Top 15 World Music Albums, May 2024

  1. Besh o droM – Hova lesz a séta? [Let’s go for a walk] – Fonó
  2. Tabaiba – Mestizo – KZoo Music
  3. Saigon Soul Revival – Mối Lương Duyên – Saigon Supersound
  4. Kyab Sul-Sa – Murmures d’Himalaya – Nangma Prod
  5. Kiran Ahluwalia – Comfort Food – Six Degrees Records
  6. Ceu – Novela – Urban Jungle/ONErpm
  7. Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou – L´Bnat – Ajabu
  8. Aziza Brahim – Mawja – Glitterbeat Records
  9. Olcay Bayir – Tu Gulî – ARC Music
  10. AC BC Project – CultureRize / Bamako All Stars, Vol.I – Roadmusic Prod.
  11. VAEV – Sløjfen – GO Danish Folk Music
  12. Las Karamba – Te Lo Digo Cantando – Guspira Records
  13. Adama Yalomba – Tanou – Remote Records/Studio Mali
  14. Bab L’Bluz – Swaken – Real World Records
  15. Chiaré – Chiaré – Four Flies Records

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Top 15 World Music Albums, April 2024Top 15 World Music Albums, April 2024

  1. Kiran Ahluwalia – Comfort Food – Six Degrees Records
  2. Aziza Brahim – Mawja – Glitterbeat Records
  3. Besh o droM – Hova lesz a séta? [Let’s go for a walk] – Fonó
  4. Shakti – This Moment – Abstract Logix
  5. Okavango African Orchestra – Migration – Okavango African Orchestra
  6. Sahra Halgan – Hiddo Dhawr – Danaya Music
  7. The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars – Tipish – The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
  8. Newen Afrobeat – Grietas – Lichens Family
  9. Marthe x Pilani Bubu – Nay’indaba – L’oreille en friche
  10. Elana Sasson & Golestan Ensemble – Golestan – Elana Sasson
  11. Faraualla – Culla e Tempesta – Zero Nove Nove
  12. Lass – Passeport – Chapter Two records
  13. Amsterdam Klezmer Band – Bomba Pop – Vetnasj Records
  14. Konkolo Orchestra – Future Pasts – Rocafort
  15. Svängo – Svängo Nuevo – Galileo Music Communication

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