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1. Bonga – Recados de Fora – Lusafrica (1=)
2. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Glitterbeat Records (2=)
3. Roberto Fonseca – ABUC – Impulse! (9)
4. Amira Medunjanin – Damar – World Village (-)
5. Voxtra – The Encounter of Vocal Heritage – Muziekpublique
(14)
6. Abou Diarra – Koya – Mix et Métisse (6=)
7. Gaye Su Akyol – Hologram İmparatorluğu – Glitterbeat Records (19)
8. Çigdem Aslan – A Thounsand Cranes – Asphalt Tango (4)
9. George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna – A Bit Na Ta – Wantok Musik (38)
10. Mariem Hassan – La Voz Indómita (del Sáhara Occidental) – Nubenegra (18)
11. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case (3)
12. The Klezmatics – Apikorsim / Heretics – World Village (-)
13. Alsarah & The Nubatones – Manara – Wonderwheel Recordings (5)
14. Black String – Mask Dance – ACT Music (40)
15. Cemîl Qoçgîrî – Zalâl – Ahenk Müzik (-)
16. Dawda Jobarteh – Transitional Times – Sterns Africa (13)
17. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records (11)
18. Trebunie Tutki & Quintet Urmuli – Duch Gór: The Spirit of the Mountains – Unzipped Fly Records (16)
19. Acid Arab – Musique de France – Crammed Discs (29)
20. Orkesta Mendoza – ¡Vamos a Guarachar! – Glitterbeat Records (20=)
21. Harold López-Nussa – El Viaje – Mack Avenue Records (10)
22. Mû Mbana – Iñén – WhatAbout Music (35)
23. Lolo Lovina – RromAntics – Lolo Lovina (-)
24. Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra – Del Ebro al Danubio – Satélite K (12)
25. Gasper Nali – Abale Ndikuwuzeni – Spare Dog Records (30)
26. The Bongo Hop ‎– Satingarona Pt.1 – Underdog Records (-)
27. Raphael Gimenes – Raphael Gimenes & As Montanhas de Som – One World Records (-)
28. Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna – Rey Loj – Petit Indie (-)
29. Terrakota – Oxalá – Terrakota (25)
30. Otros Aires – Perfect Tango – Galileo Music (-)
31. Wahid – Resonance – Wahid (-)
32. V.A. – Urgent Jumping!: East African Musiki wa Dansi Classics – Sterns Africa (9)
33. Piccola Orchestra Gagarin – Vostok – WhatAbout Music (-)
34. Kanazoé Orkestra – Miriya – Buda Musique (-)
35. Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa – Eros – Otá Records (33)
36. Andrea Pancur – Alpen Klezmer: Zum Meer – Galileo Music (-)
37. Le Tout-Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rythmo – Madjafalao – Because Music (-)
38. Nilamayé – Las Flores del Sol – Buda Musique (-)
39. The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc – Deliverance – The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc (-)
40. Groupa – Kind of Folk: Vol. 1, Sweden – All Ice Music (-)

Current members of the TWMC panel: Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), 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), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR).

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1. Bonga – Recados de Fora – Lusafrica (17)
2. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Glitterbeat Records (1)
3. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case (2)
4. Çigdem Aslan – A Thounsand Cranes – Asphalt Tango (19)
5. Alsarah & The Nubatones – Manara – Wonderwheel Recordings (28)
6. Abou Diarra – Koya – Mix et Métisse (12)
7. Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Cemîl Qoçgirî & Salman Gambarov – Hawniyaz – Harmonia Mundi (3)
8. V.A. – Urgent Jumping!: East African Musiki wa Dansi Classics – Sterns Africa (9)
9. Roberto Fonseca – ABUC – Impulse! (-)
10. Harold López-Nussa – El Viaje – Mack Avenue Records (18)

11. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records (6)
12. Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra – Del Ebro al Danubio – Satélite K (13)
13. Dawda Jobarteh – Transitional Times – Sterns Africa (23)
14. Voxtra –  The Encounter of Vocal Heritage – Muziekpublique (-)
15. Jean-Guihen Queyras, Bijan Chemirani, Keyvan Chemirani & Sokratis Sinopoulos – Thrace: Sunday Morning Sessions – Harmonia Mundi (11)
16. Trebunie Tutki & Quintet Urmuli – Duch Gór: The Spirit of the Mountains – Unzipped Fly Records (-)
17. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis – Nyn – Riverboat Records (11)
18. Mariem Hassan – La Voz Indómita (del Sáhara Occidental) – Nubenegra (-)
19. Gaye Su Akyol – Hologram İmparatorluğu – Glitterbeat Records (-)
20. Orkesta Mendoza – ¡Vamos a Guarachar! – Glitterbeat Records (15)

21. Bitori – Legend of Funaná: The Forbidden Music of the Cape Verde Islands – Analog Africa (16)
22. Tuuletar – Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal – Bafe’s Factory (10)
23. Refugees For Refugees – Amerli – Muziekpublique (8)
24. Moussu T e lei Jovents – Navega!  – Manivette / World Village (21)
25. Terrakota – Oxalá – Terrakota (22)
26. Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Maletak – Fol Música (20)
27. Khmer Rouge Survivors – They Will Kill You, if You Cry – Glitterbeat Records (5)
28. Tanga – Madagascar: Le Trésor des Ancêtres – Buda Musique (7)
29. Acid Arab – Musique de France – Crammed Discs (38)
30. Gasper Nali – Abale Ndikuwuzeni – Spare Dog Records (-)

31. ba.fnu & Yann-Fañch Kemener – YFK~2016 – ba.fnu & Yann-Fañch Kemener (-)
32. Okra Playground – Turmio – Nordic Notes (-)
33. Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa – Eros – Otá Records (-)
34. Jitka Šuranská Trio – Divé Husy – Indies Scope (25)
35. Mû Mbana – Iñén – WhatAbout Music (-)
36. Metá Metá – MM3 – Jazz Village (26)
37. Vieux Kanté – The Young Man’s Harp – Sterns Africa (14)
38. George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna – A Bit Na Ta – Wantok Musik (-)
39. Calypso Rose – Far from Home – Because Music (24)
40. Black String – Mask Dance – ACT Music (-)

Current members of the TWMC panel: Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), 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), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR).

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1. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Glitterbeat Records (4)
2. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case (5)
3. Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Cemîl Qoçgirî & Salman Gambarov – Hawniyaz – Harmonia Mundi (2)
4. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis – Nyn – Riverboat Records
(1)
5. Khmer Rouge Survivors – They Will Kill You, if You Cry – Glitterbeat Records (3)
6. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records (7)
7. Tanga – Madagascar: Le Trésor des Ancêtres – Buda Musique (15)
8. Refugees for Refugees – Amerli – Muziekpublique (6)
9. V.A. – Urgent Jumping!: East African Musiki wa Dansi Classics – Sterns Africa (21)
10. Tuuletar – Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal – Bafe’s Factory (10=)

11. Jean-Guihen Queyras, Bijan Chemirani, Keyvan Chemirani & Sokratis Sinopoulos – Thrace: Sunday Morning Sessions – Harmonia Mundi (17)
12. Abou Diarra – Koya – Mix et Métisse (-)
13. Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra – Del Ebro al Danubio – Satélite K (-)
14. Vieux Kanté – The Young Man’s Harp – Sterns Africa (13)
15. Orkesta Mendoza – ¡Vamos a Guarachar! – Glitterbeat Records (-)
16. Bitori – Legend of Funaná: The Forbidden Music of the Cape Verde Islands – Analog Africa (12)
17. Bonga – Recados de Fora – Lusafrica (-)
18. Harold López-Nussa – El Viaje – Mack Avenue Records (14)
19. Çiğdem Aslan – A Thousand Cranes – Asphalt Tango Records (-)
20. Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Maletak – Fol Música (11)

21. Moussu T e lei Jovents  – Navega!  – Manivette / World Village (-)
22. Terrakota – Oxalá – Terrakota (-)
23. Dawda Jobarteh – Transitional Times – Sterns Africa (-)
24. Calypso Rose – Far from Home – Because Music (8)
25. Jitka Šuranská Trio – Divé Husy – Indies Scope (27)
26. Metá Metá – MM3 – Jazz Village (23)
27. Ana Alcaide – Leyenda – ARC Music (9)
28. Alsarah & The Nubatones – Manara – Wonderwheel Recordings (-)
29. Constantinople – Passages – Buda Musique (38)
30. Söndörgő – Live Wires – Riverboat Records (18)

31. Waed Bouhassoun – La Voix de la Passion – Buda Musique (26)
32. Bashka – Fihi Ma Fihi – Orient Records (29)
33. Zomba Prison Project – I Will Not Stop Singing – Six Degrees Records (19)
34. Fungistanbul – Phenology – Hits on Air Music (31)
35. Kolektif İstanbul – Pastırma Yazı – Ada Müzik (-)
36. Quique Sinesi – Cuchichiandos: Legizamón x Sinesi, Vol. II – Sura Music (-)
37. Quintet Bumbac – Libre Voyage dans les Musiques des Balkans – Collectif Çok Malko (28)
38. Acid Arab – Musique de France – Crammed Discs (-)
39. Mabiisi – Mabiisi – Akwaaba Music (16)
40. Bossacucanova – The Best of Bossacucanova – Six Degrees Records (32)

Members of the TWMC panel (November 2016 vote): Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), 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), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR).

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1. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis – Nyn – Riverboat Records (3)
2. Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Cemîl Qoçgirî & Salman Gambarov – Hawniyaz – Harmonia Mundi (2=)
3. Khmer Rouge Survivors – They Will Kill You, if You Cry – Glitterbeat Records (5)
4. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Glitterbeat Records (-)
5. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case (7)
6. Refugees for Refugees – Amerli – Muziekpublique (1)
7. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records (11)
8. Calypso Rose – Far from Home – Because Music (8=)
9. Ana Alcaide – Leyenda – ARC Music (4)
10. Tuuletar – Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal – Bafe’s Factory (14)

11. Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Maletak – Fol Música (6)
12. Bitori – Legend of Funaná: The Forbidden Music of the Cape Verde Islands – Analog Africa (-)
13. Vieux Kanté – The Young Man’s Harp – Sterns Africa (21)
14. Harold López-Nussa – El Viaje – Mack Avenue Records (-)
15. Tanga – Madagascar: Le Trésor des Ancêtres – Buda Musique (-)
16. Mabiisi – Mabiisi – Akwaaba Music (10)
17. Jean-Guihen Queyras, Bijan Chemirani, Keyvan Chemirani & Sokratis Sinopoulos – Thrace: Sunday Morning Sessions – Harmonia Mundi (24)
18. Söndörgő – Live Wires – Riverboat Records (27)
19. Zomba Prison Project – I Will Not Stop Singing – Six Degrees Records (-)
20. Fanfare Ciocărlia – 20 – Asphalt Tango Records (20=)

21. V.A. – Urgent Jumping!: East African Musiki wa Dansi Classics – Sterns Africa (-)
22. Kimi Djabaté – Kanamalu – Red Orange Recordings (19)
23. Metá Metá – MM3 – Jazz Village (-)
24. Elza Soares – The Woman at the End of the World / A Mulher do Fim do Mundo – Mais Um Discos (12)
25. Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble – Sing Me Home – Sony Masterworks (13)
26. Waed Bouhassoun – La Voix de la Passion – Buda Musique (-)
27. Jitka Šuranská Trio – Divé Husy – Indies Scope (-)
28. Quintet Bumbac – Libre Voyage dans les Musiques des Balkans – Collectif Çok Malko (18)
29. Bashka – Fihi Ma Fihi – Orient Records (-)

30. Lakou Mizik – Wa Di Yo – Cumbancha (9)
31. Fungistanbul – Phenology – Hits On Air Music (-)
32. Bossacucanova – The Best of Bossacucanova – Six Degrees Records (26)
33. Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Khan, Ayaan Ali Khan & Elmira Darvarova – Amalgam – Affetto Records
(25)
34. M.A.K.U. Soundsystem – Mezcla – Glitterbeat Records (16)
35. Elektro Hafız – Elektro Hafız – Pharaway Sounds (33)
36. Derek Gripper – Libraries on Fire – New Cape Records (35)
37. La Banda Morisca – Algarabya – Fol Música (37=)
38. Constantinople – Passages – Buda Musique (-)
39. Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa – Eros – OTA Records (-)
40. Wu Wei & Wang Li – Overtones: Les Saisons Harmoniques – Harmonia Mundi (22)

Members of the TWMC panel (October 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), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR).

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1. Refugees for Refugees – Amerli – Muziekpublique (1=)
2. Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Cemîl Qoçgirî & Salman Gambarov – Hawniyaz – Harmonia Mundi (7)
3. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis – Nyn – Riverboat Records / World Music Network (21)
4. Ana Alcaide – Leyenda – ARC Music (2)
5. Khmer Rouge Survivors – They Will Kill You, if You Cry – Glitterbeat Records (23)
6. Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Maletak – Fol Música (10)
7. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case (-)
8. Calypso Rose – Far from Home – Because Music (5)
9. Lakou Mizik – Wa Di Yo – Cumbancha (3)
10. Mabiisi – Mabiisi – Akwaaba Music (6)

11. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records (34)
12. Elza Soares – The Woman at the End of the World / A Mulher do Fim do Mundo – Mais Um Discos (8)
13. Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble – Sing Me Home – Sony Masterworks (16)
14. Tuuletar – Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal – Bafe’s Factory (-)
15. 2016: Afro Celt Sound System – The Source – ECC Records (4)
16. M.A.K.U. Soundsystem – Mezcla – Glitterbeat Records (9)
17. Leyla McCalla – A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey – Jazz Village / Harmonia Mundi (11)
18. Quintet Bumbac – Libre Voyage dans les Musiques des Balkans – Collectif Çok Malko (12)
19. Kimi Djabaté – Kanamalu – Red Orange Recordings (15)
20. Fanfare Ciocărlia – 20 – Asphalt Tango Records (29)

21. Vieux Kanté – The Young Man’s Harp – Sterns Africa (-)
22. Wu Wei & Wang Li – Overtones: Les Saisons Harmoniques – Harmonia Mundi (-)
23. Miramar – Dedication to Sylvia Rexach – Barbès Records (-)
24. Jean-Guihen Queyras, Bijan Chemirani, Keyvan Chemirani & Sokratis Sinopoulos – Thrace: Sunday Morning Sessions – Harmonia Mundi (-)
25. Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Khan, Ayaan Ali Khan & Elmira Darvarova – Amalgam – Affetto Records
(40)
26. Bossacucanova – The Best of Bossacucanova – Six Degrees Records (-)
27. Söndörgő – Live Wires – Riverboat Records / World Music Network (-)
28. Maarja Nuut – Une Meeles – Marina Records (32)
29. Gerardo Núñez & Ulf Wakenius – Logos – ACT Music (14)
30. V.A. – Space Echo: The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed – Analog Africa (30=)

31. Anoushka Shankar – Land of Gold – Deutsche Grammophon (17)
32. Aziza Brahim – Abbar el Hamada – Glitterbeat Records (18)
33. Elektro Hafız – Elektro Hafız – Pharaway Sounds (28)
34. Vigüela – Temperamento – ARC Music (22)
35. Derek Gripper – Libraries on Fire – New Cape Records (37)
36. Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra – Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra – Glitterbeat Records (-)
37. La Banda Morisca – Algarabya – Fol Música (27)
38. Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate – Monistic Theory – Cumbancha (20)
39. Mor Karbasi – Ojos de Novia – Alama Records (35)
40. Mi Solar – Tiempo Libre – Galileo Music (-)

Members of the TWMC panel (September 2016 vote): Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), 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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1. Refugees for Refugees – Amerli – Muziekpublique (1=)
2. Ana Alcaide – Leyenda – ARC Music (9)
3. Lakou Mizik – Wa Di Yo – Cumbancha (2)
4. 2016: Afro Celt Sound System – The Source – ECC Records (3)
5. Calypso Rose – Far from Home – Because Music (7)
6. Mabiisi – Mabiisi – Akwaaba Music (13)
7. Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Cemîl Qoçgirî & Salman Gambarov – Hawniyaz – Harmonia Mundi (-)
8. Elza Soares – The Woman at the End of the World / A Mulher do Fim do Mundo – Mais Um Discos (10)
9. M.A.K.U. Soundsystem – Mezcla – Glitterbeat Records (18)
10. Kepa Junkera & Sorginak – Maletak – Fol Música (22)

11. Leyla McCalla – A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey – Jazz Village / Harmonia Mundi (12)
12. Quintet Bumbac – Libre Voyage dans les Musiques des Balkans – Collectif Çok Malko (8)
13. Bombino – Azel – Partisan Records (6)
14. Gerardo Núñez & Ulf Wakenius – Logos – ACT Music (33)
15. Kimi Djabaté – Kanamalu – Red Orange Recordings (17)
16. Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble – Sing Me Home – Sony Masterworks (4)
17. Anoushka Shankar – Land of Gold – Deutsche Grammophon (11)
18. Aziza Brahim – Abbar el Hamada – Glitterbeat Records (19)
19. Mahsa Vahdat – A Cappella: The sun will rise – Kirkelig Kulturverksted (32)
20. Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate – Monistic Theory – Cumbancha (24)

21. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis – Nyn – Riverboat / World Music Network (-)
22. Vigüela – Temperamento – ARC Music (20)
23. Khmer Rouge Survivors – They Will Kill You, if You Cry – Glitterbeat Records (-)
24. Burak Malçok – Saklı Nefes / Hidden Breath – Onearth Records (31)
25. 9Bach – Anian – Real World Records (16)
26. Djelimady Tounkara – Djely Blues – Label Bleu (28)
27. La Banda Morisca – Algarabya – Fol Música (14)
28. Elektro Hafız – Elektro Hafız – Pharaway Sounds (-)
29. Fanfare Ciocărlia – 20 – Asphalt Tango Records (-)
30. V.A. – Space Echo: The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed – Analog Africa (-)

31. Jean Luc Thomas & Ravichandra Kulur – Magic Flutes – Hirustica (35)
32. Maarja Nuut – Une Meeles – Marina Records (39)
33. Mamadou Barry & Afro Groove Gang – Tankadi – Label Bleu (-)
34. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest Records (-)
35. Mor Karbasi – Ojos de Novia – Alama Records (26)
36. Imarhan – Imarhan – City Slang (-)
37. Derek Gripper – Libraries on Fire – New Cape Records (-)
38. Joseph Tawadros – World Music – Joseph Tawadros (36)
39. Terra Sangue Mare – Terra Sangue Mare – Terra Sangue Mare (25)
40. Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Khan, Ayaan Ali Khan & Elmira Darvarova – Amalgam – Affetto (-)

Members of the TWMC panel (August 2016 vote): Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), 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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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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1. Bombino – Azel – Partisan Records (1=)
2. Lakou Mizik – Wa Di Yo – Cumbancha (6)
3. Aziza Brahim – Abbar el Hamada – Glitterbeat Records (2)
4. 2016: Afro Celt Sound System – The Source – ECC Records (21)
5. Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble – Sing Me Home – Sony Masterworks (-)
6. Anoushka Shankar – Land of Gold – Deutsche Grammophon (15)
7. La Banda Morisca – Algarabya – Fol Música (4)
8. Konono Nº1 Meets Batida – Konono Nº1 Meets Batida – Crammed Discs (5)
9. Damir Imamović’s Sevdah Takht – Dvojka – Glitterbeat Records
(12)
10. Fanfare Ciocărlia – Onwards to Mars! – Asphalt Tango Records (7)

11. Elza Soares – The Woman at the End of the World / A Mulher do Fim do Mundo – Mais Um Discos (18)
12. 9Bach – Anian – Real World Records (-)
13. The Gloaming – 2 – Real World Records (8)
14. DagaDana – Meridian 68 – Karrot Kommando (16)
15. Rokia Traoré – Né So – Nonesuch Records (3)
16. Quintet Bumbac – Libre Voyage dans les Musiques des Balkans – Collectif Çok Malko (-)
17. Deolinda – Outra Histórias – Universal Music (-)
18. V.A. – Every Song Has its End: Sonic Dispatches from Traditional Mali – Glitterbeat Records (13)
19. Ana Alcaide – Leyenda – ARC Music (-)
20. M.A.K.U. Soundsystem – Mezcla – Glitterbeat Records (-)

21. Kimi Djabaté – Kanamalu – Red Orange Recordings (38)
22. Stefano Saletti & Banda Ikona – Soundcity – Finisterre (9)
23. Vigüela – Temperamento – ARC Music (32)
24. Las Hermanas Caronni – Navega Mundos – Les Grands Fleuves (14)
25. Mor Karbasi – Ojos de Novia – Alama Records (-)
26. Osei Korankye – Seperewa of Ghana: Ɛmmerɛ nyina nsɛ – Akwaaba Music (31)
27. Alê Kali – Alê Kali – La Reverb’ / Rue Stendhal (-)
28. Djelimady Tounkara – Djely Blues – Label Bleu (-)
29. Sociedade Recreativa – Sociedade Recreativa – La Chaudière Production / Jarring Effects (11)
30. Pedro Soler & Gaspar Claus – Al Viento – InFiné (22)

31. Filippo Gambetta – Otto Baffi – Filippo Gambetta (24)
32. Calypso Rose – Far from Home – Because Music (-)
33. Debo Band – Ere Gobez – FPE Records (-)
34. Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra – Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra – Glitterbeat Records (-)
35. Afenginn – Opus – Tutl / Westpark Music (40)
36. Joseph Tawadros – World Music – Joseph Tawadros (36=)
37. Sidestepper – Supernatural Love – Real World Records (17)
38. Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate – Monistic Theory – Cumbancha (-)
39. Nii Okai Tagoe – West to West – ARC Music (-)
40. Jean-Luc Thomas & Ravichandra Kulur – Magic Flutes – Hirustica (-)

Members of the TWMC panel (June 2016 vote): Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), 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).

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1 Bombino – Azel – Partisan Records (7)
2 Aziza Brahim – Abbar el Hamada – Glitterbeat Records (2=)
3 Rokia Traoré – Né So – Nonesuch Records (1)
4 La Banda Morisca – Algarabya – Fol Música (9)
5 Konono Nº1 meets Batida – Konono Nº1 meets Batida – Crammed Discs (8)
6 Lakou Mizik – Wa Di Yo – Cumbancha (12)
7 Fanfare Ciocărlia – Onwards to Mars! – Asphalt Tango Records (6)
8 The Gloaming – 2 – Real World Records (4)
9 Stefano Saletti & Banda Ikona – Soundcity – Finisterre (-)
10 Katerina Tsiridou – Aman Katerina: A Tribute to Panayiotis Toundas – Protasis Music (15)

11 Sociedade Recreativa – Sociedade Recreativa – La Chaudière Production / Jarring Effects (16)
12 Damir Imamović’s Sevdah Takht – Dvojka – Glitterbeat Records (-)
13 V.A. – Every Song Has its End: Sonic Dispatches from Traditional Mali – Glitterbeat Records (28)
14 Las Hermanas Caronni – Navega Mundos – Les Grands Fleuves (3)
15 Anoushka Shankar – Land of Gold – Deutsche Grammophon (-)
16 DagaDana – Meridian 68 – Karrot Kommando (-)
17 Sidestepper – Supernatural Love – Real World Records (5)
18 Elza Soares – The Woman at the End of the World / A Mulher do Fim do Mundo – Mais Um Discos (-)
19 Karsh Kale – Up – Six Degrees Records (14)
20 Päre – Hausjärvi Beat – Zebo Records (31)

21 2016: Afro Celt Sound System – The Source – ECC Records (-)
22 Pedro Soler & Gaspar Claus – Al Viento – InFiné (-)
23 Pulsar Trio – Cäthes Traum – T3 Records (-)
24 Filippo Gambetta – Otto Baffi – Filippo Gambetta (-)
25 Eva Salina – Lema Lema: Eva Salina Sings Šaban Bajramović – Vogiton Records (35)
26 Manuel Volpe & Rhabdomantic Orchestra – Albore – Agogo Records (-)
27 Zulya and The Children of the Underground – On Love & Science – Zulya and The Children of the Undergroud (17)
28 Amsterdam Klezmer Band – Oyoyoy – Amsterdam Klezmer Band (-)
29 Vesevo  – Vesevo – Agualoca Records (-)
30 Michael Messer’s Mitra – Call of the Blues – Knife Edge Records (17)

31 Osei Korankye – Seperewa of Ghana: Ɛmmerɛ nyina nsɛ – Akwaaba Music (32)
32 Vigüela – Temperamento – ARC Music (30)
33 (ex aequo) Josemi Carmona & Javier Colina – De Cerca – Universal Music Spain (-)
33 (ex aequo) Galandum Galundaina – Quatrada – Açor (26) 
35 Claudia Aurora – Mulher do Norte – Red Orange Recordings (-)
36 Joseph Tawadros – World Music – Joseph Tawadros (-)
37 Rocky Marsiano – Meu Kamba Vol. Dois – Akwaaba Music (-)
38 Kimi Djabaté – Kanamalu – Red Orange Recordings (-)
39 Seheno – Hazo Kely – Lokanga (-)
40 Afenginn – Opus – Tutl / Westpark Music (-)  

Members of the TWMC panel (April 2016 vote): Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), 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), Ian Anderson (GB), 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).

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