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1. Refugees for Refugees – Amerli – Muziekpublique
2. Bixiga 70 – III – Glitterbeat Records
3. Aziza Brahim – Abbar el Hamada – Glitterbeat Records
4. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Glitterbeat Records
5. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case
6. Rokia Traoré – Né So – Nonesuch Records
7. Elza Soares – The Woman at the End of the World / A Mulher do Fim do Mundo – Mais Um Discos
8. Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble – Sing Me Home – Sony Masterworks
9. Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Cemîl Qoçgirî & Salman Gambarov – Hawniyaz – Harmonia Mundi
10. Bonga – Recados de Fora – Lusafrica
11. Harold López-Nussa – El Viaje – Mack Avenue Records
12. Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal – Musique de Nuit – Nø Førmat! / Six Degrees Records
13. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis – Nyn – Riverboat Records
14. Ana Alcaide – Leyenda – ARC Music
15. Sam Lee & Friends – The Fade in Time – The Nest Collective
16. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records
17. Lakou Mizik – Wa Di Yo – Cumbancha
18. Bombino – Azel – Partisan Records
19. The Gloaming – 2 – Real World Records
20. Las Hermanas Caronni – Navega Mundos – Les Grands Fleuves
21. Calypso Rose – Far from Home – Because Music
22. Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express – Junun – Nonesuch Records
23. Sidestepper – Supenatural Love – Real World Records
24. Fanfare Ciocărlia – 20 – Asphalt Tango Records
25. Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Maletak – Fol Música
26. Roberto Fonseca – ABUC – Impulse!
27. La Banda Morisca – Algarabya – Fol Música
28. Leyla McCalla – A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey – Jazz Village
29. Jean-Guihen Queyras, Bijan Chemirani, Keyvan Chemirani & Sokratis Sinopoulos – Thrace: Sunday Morning Sessions – Harmonia Mundi
30. Anoushka Shankar – Land of Gold – Deutsche Grammophon
31. Bitori – Legend of Funaná: The Forbidden Music of the Cape Verde Islands – Analog Africa
32. Khmer Rouge Survivors – They Will Kill You, if You Cry – Glitterbeat Records
33. 2016: Afro Celt Sound System – The Source – ECC Record
34. Mabiisi – Mabiisi – Akwaaba Music
35. Mariem Hassan – La Voz Indómita (del Sáhara Occidental) – Nubenegra
36. Quintet Bumbac – Libre Voyage dans les Musiques des Balkans – Collectif Çok Malko
37. Vigüela – Temperamento – ARC Music
38. DagaDana – Meridian 68 – Karrot Kommando
39. Baaba Maal – The Traveller – Marathon Artists / Palm Recordings
40. Alsarah & The Nubatones – Manara – Wonderwheel Recordings
41. Sociedade Recreativa – Sociedade Recreativa – La Chaudière Production / Jarring Effects
42. Tuuletar – Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal – Bafe’s Factory
43. Lura – Herança – Lusafrica
44. Zulya and the Children of the Underground – On Love and Science – Zulya and the Children of the Underground
45. Tanga – Madagascar: Le Trésor des Ancêtres – Buda Musique
46. Mahsa Vahdat – A Cappella: The sun will rise – Kirkelig Kulturverksted
47. Çiğdem Aslan – A Thousand Cranes – Asphalt Tango Records
48. L’Attirail – La Route Interieure – Les Chantiers Sonores
49. Karsh Kale – Up – Six Degrees Records
50. Kreiz Breizh Akademi – 5ed Round – Innacor

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