The Year 2017
The top ten colour print
The top 150
WORLD MUSIC CHARTS EUROPE in the Year 2017
Compiled by Johannes Theurer on behalf of the Worldmusic Workshop of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
The top 200 of 798 nominated records
1 LADILIKAN
Trio-Da-Kali and Kronos Quartet
World Circuit Mail/USA
2 TRIBUTE TO NDIOUGA DIENG
Orchestra Baobab
World Circuit Senegal
3 SVALAN
Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström
Akerö Finland
4 LA VOZ INDOMITA/THE INDOMITABLE VOICE
Mariem Hassan
Nubenegra Western Sahara
5 KIN SONIC
Jupiter & Okwess
Zamora DR Congo
6 ULTRAMAR
Maria Del Mar Bonet
Picap Spain/Cuba
7 MOGOYA
Oumou Sangare
No Format Mali
8 BANZEIRO
Dona Onete
Mais um Discos Brazil
9 HOLOGRAM IMPARATORLUGU
Gaye Su Akyol
Glitterbeat Turkey
10 REPUBLIQUE AMAZONE
Les Amazones d'Afrique
Real World various Africa
11 FROST ON FIDDLES
Frigg
Frigg/Westpark Music Finland
12 EL CALLEGÜESO Y SU MALA MANA
La Mambanegra
Movimientos Colombia
13 AT LEAST WAVE YOUR HANDKERCHIEF AT ME - THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF SOUTHERN ALBANIAN SONGS
Saz'iso
Glitterbeat Albania
14 ARCHIVO PITTORESCO
Lula Pena
Crammed Portugal
15 AL JAMILAT
Yasmine Hamdan
Crammed Lebanon
16 DARANDI
Aurelio
Real World Honduras
17 KIDAL
Tamikrest
Glitterbeat Mali
18 LETTERS FROM IRAQ: OUD AND STRING QUINTETT
Rahim Alhaj
Smithsonian Folkways Iraq/USA
19 SWEET AS BROKEN DATES: LOST SOMALI TAPES FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA
various artists
Ostinato Records Somalia
20 1000 CAN DIE
King Ayisoba
Glitterbeat Ghana
21 SONGS IN THE MIST
Young Iranian female Voices
Kirkelig Kulturverksted Iran
22 TARG
Bargou 08
Glitterbeat Tunisia
23 PUSTVOPOL
Katarina Malikova
Slnko Records Slovakia
24 MODAL4
Modal4
Fishbowl Greece
25 RECADOS DE FORA
Bonga
Lusafrica Angola
26 KOYA
Abou Diarra
Mix et Metisse Mali
27 LUYANDO
Mokoomba
Outhere Records Zimbabe
28 GLASS HOUSE ORCHESTRA - ASTRO-HUNGARIAN JEWISH MUSIC
Frank London
Piranha USA/Hungary
29 APIKORSIM - HERETICS
The Klezmatics
World Village USA
30 SUN CELEBRATION
Warsaw Village Band
Jaro Poland/various
31 DAMAR
Amira Medunjanin
World Village Bosnia
32 ANDINA HUAYNO, CARNAVAL AND CUMBIA - THE SOUND OF THE PERUVIAN ANDES
various artists
Tiger's Milk/Strut Peru
33 SAMBA
Vieux Farka Toure
Six Degrees Mali
34 XX
Baba Zula
Glitterbeat Turkey
35 SIKAME
Lara Bello
Biophilo Spain/USA
36 OJ BOROM,BOROM
Maniucha i Ksawery
Wodzirej Poland/Ukraine
37 BAILE ELECTRONICO
Omiri
Bigorna Portugal
38 ABATWA: WHY DID WE STOP GROWING TALL?
various artists
Glitterbeat Rwanda
39 TRO
Gwyneth Glyn
bendigedig UK (Wales)
40 TOY RAHA TOY
Toko Telo
Anio Records Madagascar
41 RUWAHINE
Ifriqiyya Electrique
Glitterbeat Tunesia/France
42 AMERIKA
Dimitris Mystakidis
Fishbowl Greece
43 ZIVO
Trio Tekke & Dave de Rose
Trio Tekke Cyprus
44 A JE
Monoswezi
Riverboat Mozambique/Norway/Sweden/Zimbabwe
45 KOKO IROYIN
Ogun Afrobeat
Matilda Spain/various
46 SYNTHESIZE THE SOUL: ... FROM THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS 1973-1988
various artists
Ostinato Records Cape Verde
47 WHEN THE PEOPLE MOVE, THE MUSIC MOVES TOO
Meklit
Six Degrees USA
48 DJUNTA KUDJER
Elida Almeida
Lusafrica Cape Verde
49 ENSEN
Emel Mathlouthi
Partisan Records Tunisia
50 AGITATOR
Hartyga feat. Albert Kuvezin
Soyuz Music Russia
51 EL GAVILAN/TRIBUTO A VIOLETA PARRA
Sofia Rei feat. Marc Ribot
Sofia Rei USA/Argentina
52 BIRABIRO
Fendika
Terp Records Ethiopia
53 ETHIOPIQUES 30: MISTAKES ON PURPOSE
Girma Beyene & Akale Wube
Buda Ethiopia/France
54 BHANGRA PIRATES
Red Baraat
Rhyme and reason USA/India
55 KIND OF FOLK, VOL 1
Groupa
All Ice Records Sweden
56 MELANIE
L' Orchestre Afrisa International
Colomotion D.R. Congo
57 ZALAL
Cemil Qocgiri
Ahenk Müzik Germany
58 TRANSPARENT WATER
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita
World Village Cuba-Senegal
59 BLACKLAKE
Karoly Cserepes
Fono Hungary
60 GRIOT BLUES
Mighty Mo Rodgers & Baba Sissoko
One root music Italy/Mali/USA
61 RAIVOPYÖRÄ
Maija Kauhanen
Nordic Notes Finland
62 KEBRADA
Elida Almeida
Lusafrica Cape Verde
63 LOVE PARTY
Ya Tosiba
Asphalt Tango Azerbeijan/Norway/Finland
64 ELWAN
Tinariwen
Wedge Mali
65 ABUC
Roberto Fonseca
Impulse!/Montuno Cuba
66 NÄENNÄINEN
Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha
Playground Finland
67 LOVE IN AFRICA
Kodjovi Kush and Afrospot All Stars
Chop Time Music Togo/UK
68 SELO NA OKUKE
Kries
Riverboat Croatia
69 CANZONIERE
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
Ponderosa Music Italy
70 LONG ROAD TO TIZNIT
Ramon Goose
Riverboat UK
71 GOLLEHELMMOT
Annamaret Ensemble
Tuupa Records Finland
72 LIVE IN MOSTAR
Divanhana
ARC Bosnia & Herzegovina
73 LA RAIZ ELECTRICA
Raul Rodriguez
Fol Spain
74 HALO
Juana Molina
Crammed Argentina/Belgium
75 ESPIRAL DE ILUSAO
Criolo
Sterns Music Brazil
76 TENTO SVET
Marta Töpferova & Milokraj
Moravia Czech Rep
77 NEBESKA MUZIKA
Zbojstory
HevHet Tune Slovakia
78 MUSIQUE DE FRANCE
Acid Arab
Crammed France
79 LASA
Hanitra Ranaivo
ARC Madagascar
80 THE WOMAN AT THE END OF THE WORLD (A MULHER DO FIM DO MUNDO)
Elza Soares
Mais Um Discos Brazil
81 ZAIRE 74 - THE AFRICAN ARTISTS
various artists
Wrasse DR Congo/South Africa
82 TURMIO
Okra Playground
Nordic Notes Finland
83 LA MIGRA
Battle of Santiago
Made With Pencil Crayons Canada/various
84 MARIMBAS DEL PACIFICO
Rio Mira
AYA Ecuador
85 CASA DE BITUCA
Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto
MPS Brazil
86 LOTTO INFINITO
Enzo Avitabile
Sony Italy
87 SEE THE WOMAN
Mari Boine
Edel Norway (Sapmi)
88 ARTIFACTS
Black Flower
Zephyrus Belgium
89 RESISTANCE
Songhoy Blues
Transgressive rec. Mali
90 SLAMASTIKA
Balkansambel
Balkansambel Slovakia
91 NEUK WIGHT DELHI ALL-STARS
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan
Domino UK/India
92 KETAN
Blay Ambolley
Agogo Records Ghana
93 HAWAII TO CALCUTTA: A TRIBUTE TO TAU MOE
Debashish Bhattacharya
Riverboat India, Hawaii
94 HUMAN
Wimme & Rinne
Rockadillo/Westpark Finland
95 PLEMENA/TRIBES
Vedan Kolod
Firestorm Prod. Russia
96 DOUNIA TABOLO
Boubacar Traore
Lusafrica Mali
97 THE BOOK OF TRANSFIGURATIONS
Dalava
Songlines USA
98 MADE IN AFRICA
The KutiMangoes
Tramp Records Denmark
99 APOLLO YOU SIXTEEN
Karim Baggili
Take the Bus Belgium
100 POP MAKOSSA
various artists
Analog Africa Cameroun
101 POLITIKI
Mamadou Kelly
Clemont Music Mali
102 CANTUT
Belda & Sanjosex
Bankrobber Spain (Catalonia)
103 FOLKLORICO
Pipo Romero
Sony Music Spain
104 BUILD MUSIC
Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang
Luaka Bop Sierra Leone
105 SUFI SPIRIT
Rocquawali
Riverboat Denmark/Pakistan
106 HAR DAM SAHARA
Rafiki Jazz
Riverboat UK/various
107 UNLEARNING/OPEN LETTER TO ADONIAH
Sibusile Xaba
Mushroom Hour Half Hour RSA
108 THE ENCOUNTER OF VOCAL HERITAGE
Voxtra
Muziek Publique Belgium/various
109 TRADITIONAL SONGS FROM SERBIA - SVOD
Bilja Krstic & Bistrik Orchestra
ARC Serbia
110 NEW VOICES
Markku Lepistö Trio
Rapusaaris Rec Finland
111 CUIDADO MADAME
Arto Lindsay
Ponderosa Music & Art USA/Brazil
112 RUNALJOD / RAGNAROK
Wardruna
By Norse Norway
113 ¡VAMOS A GUARACHAR!
Orkesta Mendoza & Salvador Duran
Glitterbeat USA/Mexico
114 FIRST DANCE ON SECOND AVENUE
She'koyokh
Riverboat Records UK
115 ASI DE SAMPLING
Vocal Sampling
Zig Zag World Cuba
116 GAIA MUSICA VOL.2
DJ Tudo e Sua Gente de Tudo Lugar
Mundo Melhor various
117 GRYNINGSLAND
Folk'Avant
Nordic Notes Sweden/Finland
118 STORIES 1986-2016
Ambrosio Sparanga
Finisterre Italy
119 OEO
Alma
Col Legno Austria
120 2017
Leila Gobi
Clermont Music Mali
121 REVUELTA DANZA PARTY
Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra
Girovago Colombia/Canada
122 ZVARNA
BAiLdSA
Baildsa Greece
123 NAVEGA!
Moussu T e lei Jovenets
Manivette France
124 THE ROAD IS LONG - LIVE AT THE SAVOY THEATRE
Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble
No Problem Music Finland/Benin/Tanzania
125 QUERIDO MUNDO
Ani Cordero
Ani Cordero Puerto Rico
126 INTRODUCING... RUBEN GONZALES (20th Anniversary re-issue)
Ruben Gonzales
World Circuit Cuba
127 VIDA
Pepe Canto
PiCap Spain
128 FERTILE PARADOXES
Amine & Hamza
ARC Tunisia
129 ARBINA
Noura Mint Seymali
Glitterbeat Mauritania
130 BACK TO FOLK
Kerekes Band
Kerekes Band Hungary
131 VEER
Griselda Sanderson & Ricardo de Noronha
Waulk UK/Portugal
132 33 BALADE
Dunja Knebl
Geenger Croatia
133 SATINGARONA PT 1
The Bongo Hop
Underdog France/Colombia
134 KORA FO
Maher Cissoko
Ajabu ! Senegal
135 PERFECT TANGO
Otros Aires
Galileo Argentina
136 YEAR OF THE CLOWN
3 Daft Monkeys
3 daft monkeys UK
137 CREOLOGY
Carmen Souza & Theo Pascal
Galileo MC Cape Verde/Portugal
138 ASIMETRICO
Luis Peixoto
Lugre records Portugal
139 MEADOWS
Clarinet Factory
Homerecords Czech Rep.
140 HAUPTBAHNHOF
Sväng
Galileo Finland
141 REENCUENTROS
Marta Töpferova & Ernesto Chuecos
Senderos Czech Rep/Venezuela
142 DOS MEDINAS BLANCAS
Carmen Paris & Nabyla Maan
Fol Spain/Morocco
143 THE VOICE OF SUKA
Maria Pomianowska
For-Tune Production Poland
144 BEAUTIFUL WORLD
Elemotho
ARC Namibia
145 I CAN BE A CLAY SNAPPER
Sirom
Tak:Til/Glitterbeat Slovenia
146 ZARABI
Oum
Lof Music Morocco
147 OSAS, IT'S TIME, ANEWAL
Alhousseini Anivolla
Fidjomusic Niger
148 ERA
Gary Innes
GHI UK (Scotl.)
149 TAMALA
Bao Sissoko, Mola Sylla & Wouter Vandenabeele
Muziekpublique Senegal/Belgium
150 UNFOLDING THE ROOTS
MandolinMan
ARC Belgium
151 REBELDE
Acquaragia Drom & Mimmo Epifani
Finisterre Italy
152 BONDEKO
Toto Bona Lokua
No Format! Camerun/Antilles/Congo
153 BEYOND THE GRID
Afrikän Protoköl
Abozame Belgium/Burkina Faso
154 BASTARDÜS
Tundra
Tundra Spain
155 CRISIS
Kompania
Nobel Records Greece
156 THE ECSTATIC MUSIC OF ALICE COLTRANE
Alice Coltrane
Luaka Bop USA/India
157 DESPEGUE
La Chiva Gantiva
Flowfish Colombia
158 CLAREIA
Sabrina Malheiros
Far Out Brazil
159 CATALAN FANFARE
Biflats
Picap Spain
160 REFLECTION
Hyväluoma Group
Lusti Music & Arts Finland
161 FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
Nina Miranda
Six Degrees UK
162 MORAVICA
Klezmeyers
GLM Germany
163 MALETAK
Kepa Junkera & Sorginak
Fol Musica Spain
164 FLYING CARPET
Quadro Nuevo
Fine Music/GLM Germany
165 BELLE EPOQUE IN UPPER VOLTA
Bobo Yeye
Numero Group Burkina Faso
166 ADDIS 1988
Ethio Stars & Tukul Band feat. Mulatu Astatke
Piranha Ethiopia
167 THE BEST OF NIYAZ
Niyaz
Six Degrees Iran/USA
168 HABANA DREAMS
Pedrito Martinez Group
Motema Cuba/various
169 LOST IN CHINA
various artists
Riverboat Records China
170 INVISIBLE FACES
Tomas Liska
Animal Music Czech Rep.
171 CUBAFONIA
Dayme Arocena
Broswood recordings Cuba
172 FAR FROM HOME
Calypso Rose
Because Trinidad
173 TRIBALISTAS
Tribalistas
Mais um Disco Brazil
174 COME 2 ME
Ilaria Graziano feat. Francseco Forni
Agualoca Italy
175 Mn Bo To
Baran Band
Global Music Centre Iran/Finland
176 RECYCLE
Cimbaliband
Fono Hungary
177 WAIHO
BRZZVLL
News Belgium
178 CURAO
Quantic & Nidia Gongora
Tru Thoughts UK
179 AFROLAILO
Marinah
Kasba Spain
180 NYN
Kristi Stassinopoulou, Stathis Kalyviotis
Riverboat Records Greece
181 AZULEJOS
Populous
Wonderwheel Italy
182 MEMENTO
Teija Niku
Teija Niku Finland
183 MARACA SOUL
The Grammophone Allstars
Bankrobber Spain
184 20STH.
Jaune Toujours
Choux de Bruxelles Belgium
185 ALIVE
Kila
Kila Records Ireland
186 DRABER AFT ID
Helene Blum
Westpark Denmark
187 MULATU OF ETHIOPIA
Mulatu Astatke
Strut Ethiopia
188 SOUNDS OF THE EAST
Srdjan Beronja
ARC Serbia/various
189 DABKE ON THE MOON
DAM
Cooking Vinyl Israel
190 SOL
Celina da Piedade
Sons Vadios Portugal
191 CAMINO
Ialma
Homerecords Spain/Belgium
192 SOWETO SOUL
Soweto Soul
JP South Africa
193 SAAGARA 2
Saagara
Instant Classic India/Poland
194 COMING HOME
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band
Strut Ghana
195 TALEA
Paolo Angeli
ReR Megacorp Italy
196 FIO DA MEMORIA
Luisa Maita
Cumbancha Brazil
197 ZIVANIA AND TSAMARELLA
Zivania Band
Eastern Gate Greece
198 LIPET EI / SEVEN BROTHERS
Yggdrasil
Tutl Faroe Island
199 500 YEARS OF NIGHT
Quique Escamilla
Quique Escamila Mexico
200 OTE MALOYA, THE BIRTH OF ELECTRIC MALOYA ON REUNION ISLAND 1975-1986
various artists
Strut Reunion