April 2016 Chart

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1 Rokia Traoré – Né So – Nonesuch Records (1=)
2 Aziza Brahim – Abbar el Hamada – Glitterbeat Records (4arriba)
3 Las Hermanas Caronni – Navega Mundos – Les Grands Fleuves (5arriba)

4 The Gloaming – 2 – Real World Records (14arriba)
5 Sidestepper – Supernatural Love – Real World Records (3abaixo) 
6 Fanfare Ciocărlia – Onwards to Mars! – Asphalt Tango Records (-arriba) 
7 Bombino – Azel – Partisan Records (-arriba) 
8 Konono Nº1 meets Batida – Konono Nº1 meets Batida – Crammed Discs (20arriba) 
9 La Banda Morisca – Algarabya – Fol Música (-arriba) 
10 Michael Messer’s Mitra – Call of the Blues – Knife Edge Records (13arriba) 
11 Baaba Maal – The Traveller – Marathon Artists / Palm Recordings (2abaixo)
12 Lakou Mizik – Wa Di Yo – Cumbancha (-arriba) 
13 Divanhana – Zukva – ARC Music (8abaixo) 
14 Karsh Kale – Up – Six Degrees Records (-arriba) 
15 Katerina Tsiridou – Aman Katerina: A Tribute to Panayiotis Toundas – Protasis Music (-arriba)
16 Sociedade Recreativa – Sociedade Recreativa – La Chaudière Production / Jarring Effects (-arriba) 
17 Zulya and the Children of the Underground – On Love and Science – Zulya and the Children of the Underground (10abaixo)
18 Tęgie Chłopy – Dansing – Muzyka Odnaleziona (11abaixo)
19 Élage Diouf – Melokáane – Pump Up the World< (17abaixo) 
20 BandAdriatica – Babilonia – Finisterre (-arriba) 

21 17 Hippies – Anatomy & Metamorphosis – Hipster Records (-arriba) 
22 Tarabband – Ashofak Baden – Kap Syd (-arriba) 
23 
Bixiga 70 – III  – Glitterbeat Records (7abaixo) 
24 Ukandanz – Awo – Buda Musique (-arriba) 
25 Kreiz Breizh Akademi – 5ed Round – Innacor (-arriba)  
26 Galandum Galundaina – Quatrada – Açor (-arriba)  
27 Čači Vorba – Šatrika – Oriente Musik (19abaixo)  
28 V.A. – Every Song Has its End: Sonic Dispatches from Traditional Mali – Glitterbeat Records (-arriba) 
29 Djelimady Tounkara – Djely Blues – Label Bleu (-arriba) 
30 Vigüela – Temperamento – ARC Music (-arriba)  
31 Päre – Hausjärvi Beat – Zebo Records (-arriba)  
32 Osei Korankye – Seperewa of Ghana: Emmerε nyina nsε – Akwaaba Music (-arriba) 
33 RAM – RAM 6: Manman m se Ginen – Willibelle Publishing & Sales (-arriba) 
34 Imran & Lorenzo – Journey of Joy – Creative Karma (-arriba)
35 Eva Salina – Lema Lema: Eva Salina Sings Šaban Bajramović – Vogiton Records (-arriba) 
36 Gera Bertolone – La Sicilienne – Sonora Recordings (-arriba) 
37 Faith i Branko – Gypsy Lover – World Music Network (-arriba) 
38 Kel Assouf – Tikounen – Igloo Records (-arriba) 
39 Elíades Ochoa & Alma Latina – Guajira Más Guajira – Tumi Records (-arriba) 
40 Debo Band – Ere Gobez – FPE Records (-arriba)

Members of the TWMC panel (April 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), Ian Anderson (GB), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Dubi Lenz (IL), 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), Stani Goma (CG/AU), François Bensignor (FR), Sergey Maiboroda (KZ), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Husniddin Ato (UZ).

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March 2016 Chart

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1 Rokia Traoré – Né So – Nonesuch Records (-arriba) 
2 Baaba Maal – The Traveller – Marathon Artists / Palm Recordings (1abaixo) 
3 Sidestepper – Supernatural Love – Real World Records (5arriba) 

4 Aziza Brahim – Abbar el Hamada – Glitterbeat Records (-arriba) 
5 Las Hermanas Caronni – Navega Mundos – Les Grands Fleuves (12arriba) 

6 Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express – Junun – Nonesuch Records (2abaixo) 

7 Bixiga 70 – III – Glitterbeat Records (8arriba) 
8 Divanhana
 – Zukva – ARC Music (-arriba) 
9 Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin – Touristes – Six Degrees Records (7abaixo) 

10 Zulya and the Children of the Underground – On Love and Science – Zulya and the Children of the Underground
(20arriba)  
11 Tęgie Chłopy 
– Dansing – Muzyka Odnaleziona (-arriba) 
12 Lura – Herança – Lusafrica (4abaixo) 
13 Michael Messer’s Mitra – Call of the Blues – Knife Edge Records (15arriba) 

14 The Gloaming – 2 – Real World Records (-arriba) 
15 Dizu Plaatjies and Friends – Ubuntu-The Common String – Mountain Records (6abaixo) 

16 Sam Lee & Friends – The Fade in Time – The Nest Collective (11abaixo) 

17 Élage Diouf – Melokáane – Pump Up the World (-arriba) 
18 Bareto – Impredecible – World Village (13abaixo) 

19 Čači Vorba – Šatrika – Oriente Musik (3abaixo) 
20 Konono Nº1 meets Batida – Konono Nº1 meets Batida – Crammed Discs (-arriba) 

Members of the TWMC panel (March 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), Ian Anderson (GB), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Dubi Lenz (IL), 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), Stani Goma (CG/AU), François Bensignor (FR), Sergey Maiboroda (KZ).

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February 2016 Chart

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1 Baaba Maal – The Traveller – Marathon Artists / Palm Recordings (-arriba)
2 Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express – Junun – Nonesuch Records (8arriba)
3 Čači Vorba 
– Šatrika – Oriente Musik (11arriba)
4 Lura – Herança – Lusafrica (1abaixo)
5 Sidestepper 
– Supenatural Love – Real World Records (-arriba)
6 Dizu Plaatjies and Friends 
– Ubuntu-The Common String – Mountain Records (7arriba)
7 Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin – Touristes – Six Degrees Records (3abaixo)
8 Bixiga 70
 – III – Glitterbeat Records (9arriba)
9 L’Attirail 
– La Route Interieure – Les Chantiers Sonores (4abaixo)
10 Kreiz Breizh Akademi
 – 5ed Round – Innacor (6abaixo)
11 Sam Lee & Friends 
– The Fade in Time – The Nest Collective (2abaixo)
12 Las Hermanas Caronni – Navega Mundos – Les Grands Fleuves (-arriba)
13 Bareto
 
– Impredecible – World Village (-arriba)
14 Oratnitza – Folktron – Fusion Embassy (12abaixo)
15 Michael Messer’s Mitra
 – Call of the Blues – Knife Edge Records (-arriba)
16 Dimitris Mystakidis 
– Esperanto – Fishbowl (-arriba)
17 Kandia Kouyaté – Renascence – Sterns Music (5abaixo)
18 Sahra Halgan Trio 
– Faransiskiyo Somalilan – Buda Musique (13abaixo)
19 Bayarbaatar Davaasuren – The Art of Mongolian Khöömii (Throat Singing) – ARC Music (-arriba)
20 Zulya and the Children of the Underground – On Love and Science – Zulya and the Children of the Underground (-arriba)  

Members of the TWMC panel (February 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), Dubi Lenz (IL), Anna Rzhevina (RU), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), João Flávio Lima (BR), Kutay Derin Kugay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE)

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January 2016 Chart

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1 Lura Herança Lusafrica (6arriba)
2 Sam Lee & Friends The Fade in Time The Nest Collective (3arriba)
3 Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin Touristes Six Degrees Records (10arriba)
4 L’Attirail La Route Interieure Les Chantiers Sonores (15arriba)
5 Kandia Kouyaté Renascence Stern’s Music (2abaixo)
6 Kreiz Breizh Akademi 5ed Round Innacor (-arriba)
7 Dizu Plaatjies and Friends Ubuntu-The Common String Mountain Records (8arriba)
8 Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express Junun Nonesuch Records (-arriba)
9 Bixiga 70 III Glitterbeat Records (1abaixo)
10 Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal Musique de Nuit Nø Førmat! / Six Degrees Records (11arriba)
11 Čači Vorba Šatrika Oriente Musik (20arriba)
12 Oratnitza Folktron Fusion Embassy (-arriba)
13 Sahra Halgan Trio Faransiskiyo Somaliland Buda Musique (-arriba)
14 Polyversal Souls Invisible Joy Philophon (-arriba)
15 Lemon Bucket Orkestra Moorka Lemon Bucket Orkestra (-arriba)
16 Carles Dénia i La Nova Rimaire L’Home Insomne Comboi Records (4abaixo)
17 Griselda Sanderson Radial Waulk Records (17=)
18 Te Vaka Amataga Warm Earth Records (16abaixo)
19 Zohar Fresco Tof Miriam Zohar Fresco (18abaixo)
20 V.A. Lost in Mali Riverboat / World Music Network (5abaixo)

Members of the TWMC panel (January 2016 vote): Araceli Tzigane (ES), Ángel Romero (US), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Patrik Lindgren (SE), 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), Jaïr Tchong (NL), 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), Dubi Lenz (IL), Anna Rzhevina(RU), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), João Flávio Lima (BR), Kutay Derin Kugay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK)

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Best of 2015 Chart

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  1. Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba – Ba Power – Glitterbeat Records
  2. Sam Lee & Friends – The Fade in Time – The Nest Collective
  3. Bixiga 70 – III – Glitterbeat Records
  4. Monsieur Doumani – Sikoses – Monsieur Doumani
  5. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino – Quaranta – Ponderosa Music & Art
  6. Lila Downs – Balas y Chocolate – Sony Music
  7. Ludovico Einaudi – Taranta Project – Ponderosa Music & Art
  8. Efrén López – El Fill del Llop – Buda Musique
  9. Cheikh Lô – Balbalou – Chapter Two Records
  10. Songhoy Blues – Music in Exile – Transgressive Records
  11. Totó la Momposina – Tambolero – Real World Records
  12. Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal – Musique de Nuit – Nø Førmat! / Six Degrees Records
  13. Lura – Herança – Lusafrica
  14. BKO Quintet – Bamako Today – Buda Musique
  15. Kapela Maliszów – Mazurki Niepojęte – Karrot Kommando
  16. Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band – Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band – Strut Records
  17. Kandia Kouyaté – Renascence – Sterns Music
  18. Taraf de Haïdouks – Of Lovers, Gamblers and Parachute Skirts – Crammed Discs
  19. Buena Vista Social Club – Lost and Found – World Circuit
  20. Kardeş Türküler – Kerwanê – Network Medien / Membran / Kalan Müzik
  21. Terakaft – Alone – Outhere Records
  22. Tiganá Santana – Tempo & Magma – Ajabu!
  23. Kelly Thoma – 7 Fish – Kelly Thoma
  24. El Naán – Código de Barros – ARC Music
  25. Mbongwana Star – From Kinshasa – World Circuit
  26. Dizu Plaatjies and Friends – Ubuntu-The Common String – Mountain Records
  27. Amadou Balaké – In Conclusion – Sterns Music
  28. Youssou N’Dour et le Super Étoile de Dakar – Fatteliku (Live in Athens 1987) – Real World Records
  29. Carles Dénia i La Nova Rimaire – L’Home Insomne – Comboi Records
  30. Griselda Sanderson – Radial – Waulk Records
  31. Souad Massi – El Mutakallimûn – Wrasse Records
  32. Samba Touré – Gandadiko – Glitterbeat Records
  33. Le Vent Du Nord – Têtu – Borealis Records
  34. Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin – Touristes – Six Degrees Records
  35. Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto Fonseca – At Home – Jazz Village / Harmonia Mundi
  36. Anouar Brahem – Souvenance – ECM Records
  37. Daby Touré – Amonafi – Cumbancha
  38. Titi Robin avec Mehdi Nassouli – Taziri – World Village / Harmonia Mundi
  39. Blick Bassy – Akö – Nø Førmat!
  40. The Souljazz Orchestra – Resistance – Strut Records
  41. St Germain – St Germain – Nonesuch Records
  42. Anoushka Shankar – Home – Deutsche Grammophon
  43. Seckou Keita – 22 Strings – ARC Music
  44. Officina Zoè – Mamma Sirena – Anima Mundi
  45. Te Vaka – Amataga – Warm Earth Records
  46. Lamia Bedioui & The Desert Fish – Athamra – Lamia Bedioui & The Desert Fish
  47. Den Sorte Skole – Indians & Cowboys – Den Sorte Skole
  48. Bolo – Bolo – Bolo Music
  49. Čači Vorba – Šatrika – Oriente Musik
  50. Mahsa Vahdat – Traces of an Old Vineyard – Kirkelig Kulturverksted

Members of the TWMC panel (Best of 2015 vote): Ángel Romero (US), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Patrik Lindgren (SE), 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), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO), 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), Dubi Lenz (IL), Anna Rzhevina (RU), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), João Flávio Lima (BR), Kutay Derin Kugay (TR)

December 2015 Chart

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1 arriba(2)     Bixiga 70 – III – Glitterbeat Records
2 arriba(-)     Kandia Kouyaté – Renascence – Sterns Music
3 arriba(14)   Sam Lee & Friends – The Fade in Time – The Nest Collective
4 arriba(-)     Carles Dénia i la Nova Rimaire – L’Home Insomne – Comboi Records
5 arriba(8)     V.A. – Lost in Mali – Riverboat / World Music Network
6 arriba(-)     Lura – Herança – Lusafrica
7 arriba(-)     Saba Anglana – Ye Katama Hod – Felmay
8 arriba(-)     Dizu Plaatjies and Friends – Ubuntu-The Common String – Mountain Records
9 abaixo(1)    Monsieur Doumani – Sikoses – Monsieur Doumani
10 arriba(-)   Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin – Touristes – Six Degrees Records
11 arriba(13) Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal – Musique de Nuit – Nø Førmat! / Six Degrees Records
12 arriba(-)   Seffarine – De Fez a Jerez – Seffarine Music
13 arriba(-)   Mamak Khadem – The Road – Innova Recordings
14 abaixo(4)  Youssou N’Dour et le Super Étoile de Dakar – Fatteliku (Live in Athens 1987) – Real World Records
15 arriba(-)   L’Attirail – La Route Interieure – Les Chantiers Sonores
16 arriba(-)   Te Vaka  – Amataga – Warm Earth Records
17 arriba(-)   Griselda Sanderson – Radial – Waulk Records
18 arriba(-)   Zohar Fresco – Tof Miriam – Zohar Fresco
19 abaixo(7)  Cheikh Lô – Balbalou – Chapter Two Records
20 arriba(-)   Čači Vorba – Šatrika – Oriente Musik

November 2015 Chart

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1 arriba(3)     Monsieur Doumani – Sikoses – Monsieur Doumani
2 arriba(-)      Bixiga 70 – III – Glitterbeat Records
3 abaixo(1)     Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba – Ba Power – Glitterbeat Records
4 arriba(-)      Youssou N’Dour et le Super Étoile de Dakar – Fatteliku (Live in Athens 1987) – Real World Records
5 arriba(18)    Efrén López – El Fill del Llop – Buda Musique
6 abaixo(4)     Totó la Momposina – Tambolero – Real World Records
7 arriba(-)      Cheikh Lô – Balbalou – Chapter Two Records
8 arriba(-)      V.A. – Lost in Mali – Riverboat / World Music Network
9 arriba(20)    Amadou Balaké – In Conclusion – Stern’s Music
10 arriba(-)    Mariem Hassan & Vadiya Mint El Hanevi – Baila, Sahara, Baila – Nubenegra
11 arriba(17)   Ludovico Einaudi –Taranta Project – Ponderosa Music & Art
12 arriba(-)     Kardeş Türküler – Kerwanê – Network Medien / Membran / Kalan
13 abaixo(6)    Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal – Musique de Nuit – Nø Førmat! / Six Degrees Records
14 arriba(-)     Sam Lee & Friends – The Fade in Time – The Nest Collective
15 abaixo(2)    Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino – Quaranta – Ponderosa Music & Art
16 arriba(-)     BKO Quintet – Bamako Today – Buda Musique
17 abaixo(16)  Kelly Thoma – 7 Fish – Kelly Thoma
18 abaixo(12)  Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto Fonseca – At Home – Jazz Village / Harmonia Mundi
19 arriba(-)     Lila Downs – Balas y Chocolate – Sony Music
20 arriba(-)     Sekou Kouyaté – Sabaru – One World Records

October 2015 Chart

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1 Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba – Ba Power – Glitterbeat Records
2 Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino – Quaranta – Ponderosa Music & Art
3 Monsieur Doumani – Sikoses – Monsieur Doumani
4 Totó la Momposina – Tambolero – Real World Records
5 Taraf de Haïdouks – Of Lovers, Gamblers and Parachute Skirts – Crammed Discs
6 Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal – Musique de Nuit – Nø Førmat! / Six Degrees Records
7 Titi Robin avec Mehdi Nassouli – Taziri – Molpe Music / World Village
8 Mbongwana Star – From Kinshasa – World Circuit
9 Samba Touré – Gandadiko – Glitterbeat Records
10 Debashish Bhattacharya – Slide Guitar Ragas from Dusk till Dawn – Riverboat / World Music Network
11 Terakaft – Alone – OutHere
12 Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto Fonseca – At Home – Jazz Village / Harmonia Mundi
13 Monoswezi – Monoswezi Yanga – Riverboat / World Music Network
14 Novalima – Planetario – Wonderwheel Recordings
15 Songhoy Blues – Music in Exile – Transgressive Records
16 Kelly Thoma – 7 Fish – Kelly Thoma
17 Ludovico Einaudi – Taranta Project – Ponderosa Music & Art
18 Efrén López – El Fill del Llop – Buda Musique
19 Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band – Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band – Strut Records
20 Amadou Balaké – In Conclusion – Stern’s Music

Presenting the Transglobal World Music Chart

We are glad to announce you the launching of the Transglobal World Music Chart (TWMC).

Transglobal World Music Chart is a network of world music critics and journalists, who are working on a regular basis, spreading world, roots, traditional music… in any kind of media. It has a real global approach, including representatives from most regions, with a very inclusive point of view.

TWMC produces a monthly chart and also a “best of the year” chart, selected according to quality. The panel is envisioned to include any good quality production, recorded in any country, including self-productions and small label releases.

The first chart will be published in October.

The goal is to spread the best world music productions selected by renowned world music specialists from all over the Globe. The aim of the Chart is also to facilitate artists to be included, regardless of geographical barriers, based on merit and talent rather than popularity, big productions or record sales.

How does it work?

The panel of critics holds two monthly ballots:

  • The members choose a certain number of albums each month. The most voted albums are nominated for the chart poll next month. The label/manager/artist responsible for the nominated albums are notified, so that they can send the album to the members that still don’t have it, so they can consider it for the chart the following month.
  • Simultaneously, the panel members vote their favorites among the albums nominated the previous months. This poll produces the chart of the highest rated albums.

The members of the panel might receive the music in CD or digital format. Monetary reasons (like the cost of shipping physical albums to all the members of the panel) should not be a handicap for any artist or label to be included in the Chart.

How is an album considered for the Chart?

The albums can be considered in two ways:

  • The members of the panel propose freely and proactively some albums each month. The most voted albums (nominated) enter in a selection period (from beginning of the month until the end), in which they can be sent to any other member of the panel for their ranking for the next month.
  • The record labels, artists, publicists, managers… can send the album to the members of the panel for their consideration. There are two options:
    • Get in touch directly with the members. Go to Members to contact them individually in order to send them a physical or digital copy.
    • Provide a link to download a digital copy to the administrators of the chart’s email that would be distributed exclusively to the members. You can email us from here.

Important to note:

Do not send audio files by email. Use other transfer methods, like DropBox, Wetransfer, a link to download from your server or any other. Don´t make it complicated for the members of the panel to get to listen to your music.

Sending digital albums involves including the booklet and the same information as the physical edition.

The members.

Currently there are 30 world music specialists in the panel from North America, Latin America, Asia, Australia and Europe (and more coming soon). You can check their profiles and contact them in Members.

The administrators and founder members of the TWMC are Juan Antonio Vázquez (Mundofonías, Spain), Araceli Tzigane (Mundofonías, Spain) and Ángel Romero (World Music Central, US).

First news

TWMC produces a list of albums, a chart, each month and also at the end of the year, selected according to quality. The panel is envisioned to include any good quality production, recorded in any country, including self-productions and small label releases.

The goal is to spread the best world music productions selected by renowned world music specialists from all over the Globe. The aim of the Chart is also to facilitate artists to be included, regardless of geographical barriers, based on merit and talent rather than popularity, big productions or record sales.

First chart will be published in October 2015.