BEST ALBUM
Neba Solo & Benego Diakité · A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking · Nonesuch
BEST LABEL
Glitterbeat Records
BEST OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Neba Solo & Benego Diakité · A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking · Nonesuch
BEST OF WEST ASIA & NORTH AFRICA
Souad Massi · Zagate · BackingTrack Production
BEST OF EUROPE
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino · Il Mito · Ponderosa Music
BEST OF SOUTH AMERICA
Seu Jorge · The Other Side · Amor in Sound
BEST TRANSREGIONAL ALBUM
Nusantara Beat · Nusantara Beat · Glitterbeat
BEST OF NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Antibalas · Hourglass · Daptone
BEST COMPILATION
V.A. · Léve Léve: São Tomé & Príncipe Sounds 70s-80s Vol.2 · Bongo Joe
BEST OF ASIA (CENTRAL, EAST, SOUTH) & PACIFIC
Anna Sato × Toshiyuki Sasaki · Life Goes On · Primitive Voice
BEST 100 ALBUMS
1. Neba Solo & Benego Diakité · A Djinn and a Hunter Went Walking · Nonesuch
2. Souad Massi · Zagate · BackingTrack Production
3. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino · Il Mito · Ponderosa Music
4. Noura Mint Seymali · Yenbett · Glitterbeat
5. Tinariwen · Hoggar · Wedge
6. Radio Tarifa · La Noche · Buda Musique
7. Cheikh Lô · Maame · World Circuit
8. Stelios Petrakis · Lyric / Lyrikon · Buda Musique
9. Fatoumata Diawara · Massa · Nø Førmat!
10. Guitari Baro · Guitari Baro · Chrysalis Global
11. Hawa & Kassé Mady Diabaté · Toumaro · One World
12. Seu Jorge · The Other Side · Amor in Sound
13. Nusantara Beat · Nusantara Beat · Glitterbeat
14. Syran Mbenza · Rumba Africa · Hysa Productions
15. Mustafa Said & Asil Ensemble · Maqam Pilgrims · Mapamundi Música
16. Constantinople: Kiya Tabassian, Ablaye Cissoko, Patrick Graham · Estuaire · Ma Case
17. Saha Gnawa · Saha Gnawa · Pique-Nique Recordings
18. Antibalas · Hourglass · Daptone
19. Africa Express · Africa Express Presents… Bahidorá · World Circuit
20. Cocanha · Flame Folclòre · Bongo Joe
21. Catrin Finch · Notes to Self · bendigedig
22. Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood and The Rajasthan Express · Ranjha · World Circuit / BMG
23. Tamikrest · Assikel · Glitterbeat
24. Altın Gün · Garip · Glitterbeat
25. Lucas Santtana · Brasiliano · Nø Førmat!
26. Nuevos Ríos · Nuevos Ríos · ZZK
27. Tuuletar · Maammo · Nordic Notes / CPL-Musicgroup
28. The Good Ones · Rwanda Sings with Strings · Glitterbeat
29. Mandé Sila · Live @ Levon Helm · Contre-Jour
30. Natacha Atlas & Samy Bishai · Parallel Universe, Volume 1 · Airfono
31. Raül Refree & Maria Mazzotta · San Paolo di Galatina · Galileo Music Communication
32. Mádé Kuti · Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From? · LegacyPlus
33. BCUC · The Road Is Never Easy · Outhere
34. Mahotella Queens · Buya Buya: Come Back · Umsakazo
35. Amadou & Mariam · L’Amour à la Folie · Because Music
36. Divanhana · Radio Sevdah · CPL-Music / CPL-Musicgroup
37. Meklit · A Piece of Infinity · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
38. Daughters of Donbas · Songs of Stolen Children · Daughters of Donbas
39. Mexican Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers · Ruido Tovar · Ansonia
40. Gangbé Brass Band · From Ouidah to Another World · Salt’n Ginger
41. Wesli · Makaya · WUP
42. Cerys Hafana · Angel · tak:til / Glitterbeat
43. The Klezmatics · We Were Made for These Times · Asphalt Tango
44. Alaa Zouiten · Aficionado: Flamenco Moro · Alaa Zouiten
45. L’Antidote · L’Antidote · Ponderosa Music
46. Omar Sosa · Sendas · Otá
47. DakhaBrakha · Ptakh · DakhaBrakha
48. Silvana Estrada · Vendrán Suaves Lluvias · Glassnote
49. Meral Polat · Meydan · W.E.R.F.
50. Sanam · Sametou Sawtan · Constellation
51. Mama Sissoko · Diamond Fingers · One World
52. Kairos Collective · Mulciber · TouMilou
53. Monoswezi · Moyo · Parallell
54. Crossing: Petit Solo Diabaté | Nino Martella | Marco Schiavone · The Path Between Us · Circular Music
55. Le Vent du Nord · Voisinages · La Compagnie du Nord
56. Either/Orchestra & Ethiopian Guests · Éthiopiques 32: Nalbandian l’Éthiopien / The Ethiopian · Buda Musique
57. Antoine Dougbé et l‘Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou · Antoine Dougbé et l‘Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou · Analog Africa
58. Kitka · Kolo · Six Degrees
59. Muluken Mèllèssè · Éthiopiques 31 · Buda Musique
60. V.A. · Léve Léve: São Tomé & Príncipe Sounds 70s-80s Vol.2 · Bongo Joe
61. Constantinople, Kiya Tabassian, Benedicte Maurseth, Patrick Graham · Nordic Lights in Persian Sky · Glossa
62. Las Hermanas Caronni · El Espacio del Tiempo · Les Grands Fleuves
63. Hamouna Isewlan · Talle Talyadt · Remote / Studio Mali
64. Saly Kouyaté · Mali Kelen · Remote / Studio Mali
65. Nancy Vieira & Fred Martins · Esperança · Galileo Music Communication
66. BaianaSystem · O Mundo Dá Voltas · Máquina de Louco
67. Duo Ruut · Ilmateade · Duo Ruut
68. Aly Keïta · Balafon Evolution · One World
69. Mah Damba · Taabolo Koura · One World
70. Anna Sato × Toshiyuki Sasaki · Life Goes On · Primitive Voice
71. Kanazoé Orkestra · Balabeatz · Antipodes Music
72. Värttinä · Kyly · Rockadillo
73. Nana Osei Twum Barima · Journey to the Unknown · Zephyrus
74. Shubiao Quartet · Ayalal · Shubiao Quartet
75. Cheikh Ibra Fam · Adouna · Cumbancha
76. Tania Saleh · Fragile · Tantune
77. Naked & Lakatos Mónika FolkTrió · Neked · Adriatica
78. Cristina Branco · Mulheres de Abril · Locomotiva Azul
79. Mulatu Astatke · Mulatu Plays Mulatu · Strut
80. Leo Middea · Notícias de Puglia · Agogo
81. Balu · Borumba · Vu Prod
82. Constantinople & Holland Baroque · Dialogos: Francis of Assisi Meets Malik al-Kamil · Pentatone
83. Sidsel Walstad & Ibou Cissokho · Tamoo · Global Sonics
84. Sofía Rei · Antónima · GroundUP Music
85. Kaabi Kouyaté · Tribute to Kandia · Buda Musique
86. Kuljit Bhamra · Desi: The Soul of Punjab · ARC Music
87. Veronika Varga · True Picture · CPL-Music / CPL-Musicgroup
88. Majid Bekkas, Nguyên Lê, Hamid Drake · Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XVII: Gnawa World Blues · ACT Music
89. Azuka Moweta & His Anioma Brothers Band of Africa · Kenechukwu · Odogwu Entertainment / Palenque
90. Ahmed Mukhtar and Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde · Al-Hambra · ARC Music
91. La Cumbia Chicharra · Quinto Mundo · Music Box Publishing
92. Paolo Angeli & Tenore Murales de Orgosolo · Vinti ‘e Maju · ANMA / ReR Megacorp
93. Lamia Yared & Efrén López · From Minho to Euphrates · Worlds Within Worlds
94. Gipsy Kings feat. Tonino Baliardo · Historia · Cooking Vinyl
95. Bahar Movahed · Together Yet Alone · Adhyâropa
96. Jasdeep Singh Degun · Jogkauns · Real World
97. Kokoroko · Tuff Times Never Last · Brownswood Recordings
98. Elif Sanchez with O Kwarteto · Así Pues… · Pasión Turca
99. Kunbe · Fanga · Adjololo
100. Vasilis Kostas · Léna · Artsyndesis
BEST 20 LABELS
1. Glitterbeat Records
2. Buda Musique
3. World Circuit
4. One World Records
5. CPL-Musicgroup
6. Ponderosa Music
7. Nø Førmat!
8. Nonesuch
9. Bongo Joe Records
10. BackingTrack Production
11. Wedge
12. Galileo Music Communication
13. ACT Music
14. ARC Music
15. Chrysalis Global
16. Amor in Sound
17. Remote Records
18. Ma Case
19. Analog Africa
20. Hysa Productions
Founder members and administrators: Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US)
Members: Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Chen Hanzi (CN), Takuya “Salam” Unagami (JP), Janaína Ávila (BR), Ankur Malhotra (IN), Alexis Herrería (MX), Ula Nowak (PL), Banning Eyre (US), Magda Tejchma (PL), Tatiana Naryshkina (RU), Andrii Polianskyi (UA), Michael Rossi (UK), Nicky Blumenfeld [NickyB] (ZA), Darek Mazzone (PL/US), Junf Ga (MX), Piercarlo Poggio (IT), Nataliya Averina (Myazina) (RU), Labesse Patrick (FR), Salvatore Esposito (IT), May Kassem (LB), Suhwang Cho (KR), 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), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Bouna Ndiaye (SN/US), Kutay Derin Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (BE), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR)
Notes:
- The world regions for the Transglobal World Music Chart are defined according to this document.
- The “Best of the Season” TWMC albums and labels are determined based on account the monthly charts from September of the previous year through August of the current year.