BEST ALBUM
Ali Farka Touré · Voyageur · World Circuit
BEST LABEL
Glitterbeat Records
BEST OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Ali Farka Touré · Voyageur · World Circuit
BEST OF NORTH AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST
Souad Massi · Sequana · Backingtrack Production
BEST TRANSREGIONAL ALBUM
Al-Qasar · Who Are We? · Glitterbeat
BEST OF EUROPE
Mostar Sevdah Reunion · Lady Sings the Balkan Blues · Snail
BEST OF SOUTH AMERICA
Lucas Santtana · O Paraíso · Nø Førmat!
BEST OF NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Wesli · Tradisyon · Cumbancha
BEST COMPILATION
V.A. · Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and The Gambia · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
BEST OF ASIA (CENTRAL & EAST) & PACIFIC
Purbayan Chatterjee & Rakesh Chaurasia · Saath Saath · Purbayan Chatterjee / Believe
BEST 100 ALBUMS
1. Ali Farka Touré · Voyageur · World Circuit
2. Souad Massi · Sequana · Backingtrack Production
3. Gaye Su Akyol · Anadolu Ejderi · Glitterbeat
4. Al-Qasar · Who Are We? · Glitterbeat
5. Antonis Antoniou · Throisma · Ajabu!
6. Mostar Sevdah Reunion · Lady Sings the Balkan Blues · Snail
7. Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabaté · The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere · Real World
8. Angelique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf · Queen of Sheba · Mister Ibé
9. Constantinople, Kiya Tabassian & Ghalia Benali · In the Footsteps of Rumi · Glossa
10. Kimi Djabaté · Dindin · Cumbancha
11. Lucas Santtana · O Paraíso · Nø Førmat!
12. Maya Youssef · Finding Home · Seven Gates
13. Wesli · Tradisyon · Cumbancha
14. Dur-Dur Band Int. · The Berlin Session · Outhere
15. Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin · Ali · Dead Oceans
16. Taraf Syriana · Taraf Syriana · Lulaworld
17. Liraz · Roya · Glitterbeat
18. King Ayisoba · Work Hard · Glitterbeat
19. Fatoumata Diawara · London Ko · 3ème Bureau / Wagram Music
20. Vieux Farka Touré · Les Racines · World Circuit / BMG
21. Baaba Maal · Being · Marathon Artists
22. Ali Doğan Gönültaş · Kiğı / Gexî / Kegui · Ali Doğan Gönültaş
23. Baul Meets Saz · Banjara · Uren Production
24. Cimarrón · La Recia · Cimarrón Music
25. Mara Aranda · Sefarad en el Corazón de Grecia · Mara Aranda
26. Meral Polat Trio · Ez Kî Me · Meral Polat / AudioMaze
27. Oumou Sangaré · Timbuktu · World Circuit / BMG
28. Damir Imamović · The World and All That It Holds · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
29. Eliades Ochoa · Vamos a Bailar un Son (Special Edition) · World Circuit / BMG
30. BKO · Djine Bora · Les Disques Bongo Joe
31. Okra Playground · Itku · Nordic Notes
32. Altın Gün · Aşk · Glitterbeat
33. Eneida Marta · Family · Azziz Music
34. V.A. · Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and The Gambia · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
35. Purbayan Chatterjee & Rakesh Chaurasia · Saath Saath · Purbayan Chatterjee / Believe
36. Moonlight Benjamin · Wayo · Ma Case
37. VRï · Islais a Genir · Bendigedig
38. Sona Jobarteh · Badinyaa Kumoo · African Guild
39. Driss El Maloumi · Aswat · Contre-Jour / Zig Zag World
40. Bassidi Koné · Kaïra · Remote / Studio Mali
41. Omara Portuondo · Vida · One World
42. Majid Bekkas · Joudour · Igloo
43. Minyeshu · Netsa · ARC Music
44. Solju · Uvjamuohta / Powder Snow · Bafe’s Factory
45. Acid Arab · Trois · Crammed Discs
46. Lass · Bumayé · Chapter Two / Wagram Music
47. Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate · Terri Kunda · ARC Music
48. Adédèjì · Yoruba Odyssey · One World
49. Mahsa Vahdat & Skruk · Braids of Innocence · Kirkelig Kulturverksted
50. Madalitso Band · Musakayike · Les Disques Bongo Joe
51. Debashish Bhattacharya · The Sound of the Soul · Abstract Logix
52. Hiram Salsano · Bucolica · Hiram Salsano
53. Payadora Tango Ensemble · Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango · Six Degrees
54. Blick Bassy · Madiba · InFiné
55. Aziz Sahmaoui & Eric Longsworth · Il Fera Beau Demain Matin Jusqu’à Midi · Passé Minuit en Accords
56. Naïssam Jalal · Healing Rituals · Les Couleurs Du Son
57. Denez · Ur Mor a Zaeloù · Arsenal Productions
58. Houria Aïchi · Chants Courtois de l’Aurès · Accords Croisés
59. Inna Baba Coulibaly · Djilly Kawral · Remote / Studio Mali
60. V.A. · Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition into the Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986 · Analog Africa
61. Bokanté · History · Real World
62. Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek · Dost 2 · Les Disques Bongo Joe
63. Päivi Hirvonen · Kallio · Nordic Notes
64. Jake Blount · The New Faith · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
65. Seckou Keita with BBC Concert Orchestra · African Rhapsodies: A Work for Kora and Symphonic Orchestra · Claves
66. Leyla McCalla · Breaking the Thermometer · Anti-
67. Sissoko, Segal, Parisien, Peirani · Les Égarés · Nø Førmat
68. Jawa · Last Breaths from Aleppo · Muziekpublique
69. Kala Jula & Gangbé Brass Band feat. Fama Diabaté · Asro · Buda Musique
70. Fanfara Station · Boussadia · Garrincha Gogo
71. Tinariwen · Amatssou · Wedge
72. Dawda Jobarteh · Do You Know A Place Called Flekkeroy? · Ajabu!
73. Angeline Morrison · The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience · Topic
74. Retimbrar · Levantar do Chão · Revolução d’Alegria
75. Bantu · What Is Your Breaking Point? · Soledad Productions
76. Yanna Momina · Afar Ways · Glitterbeat
77. Dimitris Mystakidis · Morso · Fishbowl Music Tank
78. Rachele Andrioli · Leuca · Finisterre
79. Lamia Yared & Ensemble Oraciones · Ottoman Splendours / Lumières Ottomanes · Analekta
80. Plena Libre · Cuatro Esquinas · GN Música
81. Al Bilali Soudan · Babi · Clermont Music
82. Ernesto Djédjé · Roi du Ziglibithy · Analog Africa
83. Momi Maiga · Nio · Segell Microscopi
84. Eliades Ochoa · Guajira · World Circuit
85. La Marisoul and Los Texmaniacs · Corazones and Canciones · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
86. Simon Shaheen · The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab · Zehra
87. Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita · Echo · Bendigedig
88. Saîdê Goyî · Jinê · Saîdê Goyî
89. Frigg · Perintö / Heritage · Bafe’s Factory
90. Tanxugueiras · Diluvio · Calaverita
91. Brìghde Chaimbeul · Carry Them with Us · Tak:til / Glitterbeat
92. Master Musicians of Jajouka, Led by Bachir Attar · Dancing Under the Moon · Glitterbeat
93. Mario Lucio · Migrants · Banzé / MDC
94. Amir Hayat · Garden of Flowers: Music of Hunza People, Pakistan · Antonovka
95. Damir Guagov & Asker Sapiev · Adyge Oredyzhkher: Adyg / Circassian Music · Antonovka
96. Mircan Kaya · Ağıtlar / Lamentations · UCM Productions
97. Ngulmiya · Ngulmiya · Bapa Gajah
98. Oriental Brothers International Band · Oku Ngwo Di Ochi · Palenque
99. Montparnasse Musique · Archeology · Real World
100. Karkum Project · Aljama · Karkum Project
BEST 20 LABELS
1. Glitterbeat Records
2. World Circuit
3. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
4. Real World Records
5. CPL-Musicgroup
6. Les Disques Bongo Joe
7. Cumbancha
8. Ajabu!
9. ARC Music
10. Wagram Music
11. BackingTrack Production
12. Nø Førmat!
13. Analog Africa
14. Snail Records
15. Buda Musique
16. Mister Ibé
17. AudioMaze
18. One World Records
19. Glossa
20. Lulaworld Records
Founder members and administrators: Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES)
Current active members: 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), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Gil Rouvio (IL), 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), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Chen Hanzi (CN), Takuya “Salam” Unagami (JP), Janaína Ávila (BR), Roger Short (UK), Ankur Malhotra (IN), Alexis Herrería (MX), Rosângela Britto (BR), Ula Nowak (PL), Liana Cisneros (PE), Banning Eyre (US), Magda Tejchma (PL), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE)
Notes:
- The regions of the world for the Transglobal World Music Chart are defined according to this document.
- “Best of the Season” TWMC albums and labels are determined taking into account the monthly charts between September of the previous year and August of the current year.