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1. Refugees for Refugees – Amerli – Muziekpublique (-)
2. Lakou Mizik – Wa Di Yo – Cumbancha (2=)
3. 2016: Afro Celt Sound System – The Source – ECC Records (4)
4. Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble – Sing Me Home – Sony Masterworks (5)
5. Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra – Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra – Glitterbeat Records (34)
6. Bombino – Azel – Partisan Records (1)
7. Calypso Rose – Far from Home – Because Music (32)
8. Quintet Bumbac – Libre Voyage dans les Musiques des Balkans – Collectif Çok Malko (16)
9. Ana Alcaide – Leyenda – ARC Music (19)
10. Elza Soares – The Woman at the End of the World / A Mulher do Fim do Mundo – Mais Um Discos (11)

11. Anoushka Shankar – Land of Gold – Deutsche Grammophon (6)
12. Leyla McCalla – A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey – Jazz Village / Harmonia Mundi (-)
13. Mabiisi – Mabiisi – Akwaaba Music (-)
14. La Banda Morisca – Algarabya – Fol Música (7)
15. Damir Imamović’s Sevdah Takht – Dvojka – Glitterbeat Records (9)
16. 9Bach – Anian – Real World Records (12)
17. Kimi Djabaté – Kanamalu – Red Orange Recordings (21)
18. M.A.K.U. Soundsystem – Mezcla – Glitterbeat Records (20)
19. Aziza Brahim – Abbar el Hamada – Glitterbeat Records (3)
20. Vigüela – Temperamento – ARC Music (23)

21. DagaDana – Meridian 68 – Karrot Kommando (14)
22. Kepa Junkera – Maletak – Fol Música (-)
23. V.A. – Every Song Has its End: Sonic Dispatches from Traditional Mali – Glitterbeat Records (18)
24. Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate – Monistic Theory – Cumbancha (38)
25. Terra Sangue Mare – Terra Sangue Mare – Terra Sangue Mare (-)
26. Mor Karbasi – Ojos de Novia – Alama Records (25)
27. Sampo Lassila Narinkka – Vierailla Mailla / In Strange Lands – Narinkaattori Records (-)
28. Djelimady Tounkara – Djely Blues – Label Bleu (28=)
29. The Gloaming – 2 – Real World Records (13)
30. Fanfare Ciocărlia – Onwards to Mars! – Asphalt Tango Records (10)

31. Burak Malçok – Saklı Nefes / Hidden Breath – Onearth Records (-)
32. Mahsa Vahdat – A Cappella: The Sun Will Rise – Kirkelig Kulturverksted (-)
33. Gerardo Núñez & Ulf Wakenius – Logos – ACT Music (-)
34. Stefano Saletti & Banda Ikona – Soundcity – Finisterre (22)
35. Jean-Luc Thomas & Ravichandra Kulur – Magic Flutes – Hirustica (40)
36. Joseph Tawadros – World Music – Joseph Tawadros (36=)
37. Bitori – Legend of Funaná: The Forbidden Music of The Cape Verde Islands – Analog Africa (-)
38. Konono Nº1 Meets Batida – Konono Nº1 Meets Batida – Crammed Discs (8)
39. Maarja Nuut – Une Meeles – Marina Records (-)
40. Kel Assouf – Tikounen – Igloo Records (-)

Members of the TWMC panel (July 2016 vote): Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), Madan Rao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T S Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO/US), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Willi Klopottek (LU/DE), Betto Arcos (MX/US), Thorsten Bednarz (DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Anna Rzhevina (RU), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), Kutay Derin Kugay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Sergey Maiboroda (KZ), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL).

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