The Year 2018
The top ten colour print
The top 150
World Music Charts Europe, THE YEAR 2018
The top 200 of 748 nominated CDs
1 FENFO 3EME BUREAU / WAGRAM
Fatoumata Diawara Mali
2 ANAROUZ Mad Minute Music
3MA / Rajery, Driss El Maloumi,Ballake Sissoko Madagascar/Morocco/Mali
3 SOAR Bendigedig
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita UK/Senegal
4 LA ALEGRIA Y EL CANTO Aluna
Marta Gomez Colombia
5 BU BIR RUYA Glitterbeat
Dirtmusic Turkey/USA/Australia
6 WANDE Glitterbeat
Samba Toure Mali
7 KAYEBA KHASSO Lusafrica
Djeneba & Fousco Mali
8 DUR DUR OF SOMALIA VOL 1&2 Analog Africa
Dur-Dur Band Somalia
9 ANGATHIN Monsieur Doumani
Monsieur Doumani Cyprus
10 SO CALYPSO! Because Music
Calypso Rose Trinidad & Tobago
11 KULKU Cloud Valley
Sans UK/Finland/Armenia
12 LAISSEZ PASSER Glitterbeat
TootArd Syria
13 AFRICAN SCREAM CONTEST 2 Analog Africa
various artists Benin
14 MAGHREB UNITED Glitterbeat
Ammar 808 Tunesia
15 ROMANIMO Gryllus
Lakatos Monika Hungary
16 PENDULUM Trees Music & Art
Chung Yufeng Republic of China/various
17 MASEKELA '66-'76 Wrasse
Hugh Masekela South-Africa
18 JOYS ABOUND Riverboat
Anandi Bhattacharya India
19 PLAZA FRANCIA ORCHESTRA Because Music
Plaza Francia Orchestra France
20 Ahlam Act
NES France/Algeria/Spain
21 VISIONS OF SELAM Accords Croises
Arat Kilo, Mamani Keita, Mike Ladd France/Mali/USA
22 ISTIKRARLI HAYAL HAKIKATTIR Glitterbeat
Gaye Su Akyol Turkey
23 DOUNIA TABOLO Lusafrica
Boubacar Traore Mali
24 WIEJSKI DZEZ / VILLAGE JAZZ Unzipped Fly Records
Kapela Maliszow Poland
25 ACATAO CM Records
Indialucia Poland/Spain/India
26 LAI MASINA ROTAJAS! CPL
Auli and Tautumeitas Latvia
27 NE LA THIASS World Circuit
Youssou NDour presente Cheikh NDiguel Lo Senegal
28 VOICE OF RESISTANCE Kirkelig Kulturverksted
Rim Banna Palestine
29 O PTACICH A RYBACH Indies Scope
BraAgas Czech Republic
30 LADILIKAN World Circuit
Trio-Da-Kali and Kronos Quartet Mail/USA
31 ÄÄNENI YLI VESIEN Nordic Notes
Okra Playground Finland
32 GUERRA 11/8 Music
Cesare Dell'Anna & Girodibanda Italy
33 REMAIN IN LIGHT Kravenworks
Angelique Kidjo Benin/USA
34 ILMAMOTSAN Nordic Notes
Mari Kalkun Estonia
35 ASSIMENTRICO Lugre records
Luis Peixoto Portugal
36 D'ALMA Miroca Paris Production
Miroca Paris Cape Verde
37 SZIKRA Amsterdam Klezmer Band
Amsterdam Klezmer Band & Söndörgö NL/Hungary
38 IN TRANSITION Global Music Network
Loxandra Ensemble Greece
39 ESPIRAL DE ILUSAO Sterns Music
Criolo Brazil
40 ODDA AIGODAT Nordic Notes/Bafe's
Solju Finland
41 BLACK TIMES Strut
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 Nigeria
42 DEIXAAS Altafonte
Mercedes Peon Spain (Galicia)
43 AT LEAST WAVE YOUR HANDKERCHIEF AT ME - THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF SOUTHERN ALBANIAN SONGS Glitterbeat
Saz'iso Albania
44 KASAHWA - EARLY SINGLES Glitterbeat
Stella Chiweshe Zimbabwe
45 7 BILLION Kiran Ahluwalia
Kiran Ahluwalia USA
46 QUEBRA-CABECA Glitterbeat
Bixiga 70 Brazil
47 MANHA FLORIDA Lusafrica
Nancy Vieira Cape Verde
48 NOVILUNIO Ginger Sounds
Redi Hasa & Maria Mazzotta Italy/Albania
49 CHANTS MYSTIQUES D'ALGERIE Accords Croises
Houria Aichi Algeria
50 BALFRON PROMISE Cooking Vinyl
47Soul UK/Jordania
51 LACO UMBILICAL Lusafrica
Lucibela Cape Verde
52 CANZONIERE Ponderosa Music
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino Italy
53 WHAT HEAT Real World
Bokante & Jules Buckley & Metropole Orkest USA/Netherlands/various
54 RESILIENT Waxsimile
Mr.Lif & Brass Menazeri USA
55 I MET HER BY THE RIVER Sterns
Dawda Jobarteh Gambia/Denmark
56 YIDDISH GLORY - THE LOST SONGS OF WORLD WAR II Six Degrees
Loyko & others various
57 PATAK Mana Mana
Üzgin Üver Hungary
58 NORO Musicas de Salitre
Xabier Diaz & Adufeiras de Salitre Spain (Galicia)
59 MIZIKI Cafe De La Danse
Dobet Gnahore Ivory Coast
60 A PARULLUCCIA l'Alba
Alba France(Corsica)
61 THE SOURCE World Circuit
Ali Farka Toure Mali
62 THE TURBANS Six Degrees
The Turbans UK/various
63 DAA DEE ARC Music
Minyeshu Ethiopia
64 ALMAS REBELDES Cavernicola
Che Sudaka Argentina/Colombia/Spain
65 MORAVICA GLM
Klezmeyers Germany
66 THE DARKNES BETWEEN THE LEAVES Riverboat
Alba Griot Ensemble various
67 TAMALA Muziekpublique
Bao Sissoko, Mola Sylla & Wouter Vandenabeele Senegal/Belgium
68 MAMBO COSMICO Glitterbeat
Sonido Gallo Negro Mexico
69 YES NarRator
Naked Serbia
70 I'M NOT HERE TO HUNT RABBITS Piranha
various artists Botswana
71 BALLEBE: CALLING ALL AFRICANS Clermont Music
Hama Sankare Mali
72 A TIEMPO REAL - A NEW TAKE ON SPANISH TRADITION ARC
Vigüela Spain
73 GREEK FUSION ORCHESTRA VOL.1 Teranga
Kyriakos Sfetsas Greece
74 MYSTIC DANCE Stern's
Amira Kheir Sudan
75 MY INDIAN HEART MCM
Manglis Compas Machine Spain/India
76 GILI YALO Dead Sea Recordings
Gili Yalo Ethiopia/Israel
77 MES RACINES Accords Croises
Sabry Mosbah Tunisia/France
78 OSPAKIZUN GAUEAN Kantaita
Benito Lertxundi Spain (Basque)
79 COMMUNION Glitterbeat
Park Jiha South Korea
80 TEMET City Slang
Imarhan Algeria
81 DERAN Partisan Records
Bombino Niger
82 JUJU Rockadillo
Piirpauke Finland
83 AMERIKA Fishbowl
Dimitris Mystakidis Greece
84 WESELE! Muzika Tradycyjna
Tegie Chlopy Poland
85 CLOVEK NI ZVER Zalozba Pivec
Katalena Slovenia
86 RADIO KRIOLA: REFLECTIONS ON PORTUGUESE IDENTITY ARC
Catarina dos Santos Portugal
87 DISQUES DEBS INTERNATIONAL VOL.1 Strut
Les Shupa Shupa D'Haiti Haiti
88 OTROS AIRES PRESENTS BALKAN AIRS Galileo MC
Balkan Airs feat. Otros Aires Argentina/Bulgaria
89 SELO NA OKUKE Riverboat
Kries Croatia
90 #1 Philophon
Guy One Ghana/Germany
91 ...E LOS LEONS Sirventes
La Mal Coiffee France
92 TE Visage Music
Samurai Accordion Italy/Spain/Finland/Ireland
93 PO DRUM MOME Riverboat
Eugenia Georgieva Bulgaria
94 TAKULA XA Music Ltd
Takula Malawi/Norway
95 137 AVENUE KANIAMA Bella Union
Baloji Belgium/DR Congo
96 FOK Satelite K.
Kepa Junkera Spain (Basque/Catalan)
97 LA RAIZ ELECTRICA Fol
Raul Rodriguez Spain
98 DEUS E MULHER Deck
Elza Soares Brazil
99 SVÄNG PLAYS SIBELIUS Jumi-tuotanto
Sväng Finland
100 SOUND THE PEOPLE Rhyme and reason
Red Baraat USA/India
101 CACHAITO World Circuit
Orlando Cachaito Lopez Cuba
102 FROM NUBIA TO CAIRO Piranha
Ali Hassan Kuban Egypt
103 DEVLA DEVLA Kaprol
Dikanda Poland
104 VICTORIA HANNA Greedy for best Music
Victoria Hanna Israel
105 AKUSTIKOS CNI
Agricantus Italy
106 FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT Six Degrees
Nina Miranda
107 LABU prabro
Sinouj Spain/Iran/Brazil/Bosnia/Tunesia/Niger/Italy
108 DIAVOLA Anio Records
Toko Telo Madagascar
109 KRAVA NA OREHU Croatia Records
Cinkusi Croatia
110 HOORHAY Music Fund Slovakia
Bashavel Slovakia
111 AZULEJOS Wonderwheel
Populous Italy
112 SEVEN SISTERS Riverboat
Don Kipper UK
113 LIO CANTA CAYMMI Crammed Discs
Lio Portugal
114 MARIMBAS DEL PACIFICO AYA
Rio Mira Colombia
115 ALERTA CANIBAL Rootsounds Music
Eskorzo Spain
116 DIIVAN JÄLJET - SHADOW OF A DIVA Johanna Juhola Music
Johanna Juhola Finland
117 TABLANANDA WMN
Subhasis Bhattacharya India
118 MAGICADA TYMBALS Mensch Music
Roland Schiltknecht & Alan Kushan Switzerland
119 SER Urna Chahar-Tugchi
Urna & Kroke Mongolia/Poland
120 A TODA CUBA LE GUSTA World Circuit
Afro-Cuban All Stars Cuba
121 INCONTRI LIVE Kurumuny
Officina Zoe Italy, various
122 TAWASSOL Cristal Publishing
Gabacho Maroc various
123 LEKHFA Moskatell
Maryam Saleh, Maurice Louca and Tamer Abu Ghazaleh Egypt
124 TAUTUMEITAS CPL
Tautumeitas Latvia
125 KI VISZI AT (...) WHO CARRIES LOVE OVER (...) Magneoton
Szirtes Edina Mokus Hungary
126 BASTARDOS Nada Producciones NP/18
Tundra Spain
127 ROOTS Etnisk musikklubb
Almir Meskovic & Daniel Lazar Bosnia/Serbia
128 BAMAKO SESSIONS Riverboat
Invisible System Mali
129 OPERETTE VOL.2 Manivette
Moussou T e lei Jovenets France
130 BEDAWITI Ahenk Müzik Yapim
Cemil Qocgiri & Manuel Lohnes Turkey
131 TAN LEJOS OBHU
Beatriz Blanco Venezuela
132 BLUE MAQAMS ECM
Anouar Brahem Tunisia
133 NORDIC RAGA Riverboat
Jyotsna Srikanth, Mats Edén, Dan Svensson & Pär Moberg India/Sweden
134 DOS GIGANTES DE LA MUSICA CUBANA Tumi
Eliades Ochoa & Alejandro Almenares Cuba
135 APOLLO YOU SIXTEEN, PART 2 Take the Bus
Karim Baggili Belgium
136 CARIBBEAN BEAT VOL. 19 Oversees
various artists various
137 KRAJ ZA MIASTEM WoWaKin/Baba Sound Studio
WoWaKin Poland
138 CRUZANDO BORDERS Smithsonian Folkways
Los Texmaniacs USA
139 MI VERDAD Home Records
Esteban Murillo Spain/Belgium
140 RADYO SIWEL No Format!
Melissa Laveaux Canada/Haiti/France
141 LOVE IN AFRICA Chop Time Music
Kodjovi Kush and Afrospot All Stars Togo/UK
142 ILJA Nordic Notes
Anne-Mari Kivimäki Finland
143 BIG BROTHERS Chapter two
Winston McAnuff & Fixi Jamaica/France
144 PARNAS Satelite K.
Roger Mas Spain (Cat)
145 WHERE THE GALLEON SANK Stonetree
Kobo Town Canada/Trinidad
146 KATTA AME AAVAA? Global Music Centre
Hilja Grönfors & Latso Dzinta Finland
147 ALKU/THE BEGINNING Nordic Notes
Päivi Hirvonen Finland
148 EL CORO DE MI GENTE Calaverita
Amparanoia Spain
149 BALKAN PROJECT Fono
Cimbaliband Hungary
150 ORIGINAL QUARTET Casa Limon
Javier Limon Spain
151 KOUM TARA Odradek
Karim Maurice & Sid-Ahmed Belksier France
152 AN-DA-LA Manran Records
Manran UK(Scotland)
153 UNDERSTAND WHAT BLACK IS Studio Rockers
The Last Poets USA
154 FORRASBOL Fono
Dresch Vonos Quartet Hungary
155 WE ARE TOGETHER Bafe's Factory
Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble Finland/Benin
156 AMERIIKAN LAULU Nordic Notes
Aallotar Finland
157 BELEM & THE MEKANICS Iglectic
Didier Laloy/Kathy Adam Belgium
158 MIGRATION Home Records
Nawaris Iraque/Belgium
159 BONDEKO No Format!
Toto Bona Lokua Camerun/Antilles/Congo
160 WOLPERTING Col legno
Federspiel Austria
161 A CRY FOR REVOLUTION ARC
Los Ruphay
162 FINCA SANTA ELENA Tumi
Arturo Jorge y El Cuarteto Tradicion Cuba
163 SINGING THROUGH THE WALL - SONGS FOR WESTERN SAHARA Club 44/RASD
various artists various
164 THE LONG MARCH Cooking Vinyl
Le Trio Joubran Libanon/Palestine
165 EZINAGO MIATATURIK Agorila
Michel Etcheverry France/Spain(Basque)
166 ENSEN Partisan
Emel Tunisia
167 FA Mareproduction/Nakra
Susana Seivane Spain (Galicia)
168 BIM#1 Worldtourrecords
Benin International Musical (BIM) Benin/France
169 SYCOPHANTIC FRIENDS Makkum
Atamina Ghana
170 20 YEARS CPL-Music
Dobranotch Russia
171 LETTERS TO HANDENBERG Homerecords
Soolmaan Quartet Belgium
172 DENTRO DA CHUVA Jazzhaus
Aline Frazao Angola
173 TWO NILES TO SING A MELODY: THE VIOLINS & SYNTHS OF SUDAN Ostinato
various artists Sudan
174 MOJHTESTASSE Vuelie
Marja Mortensson Norway
175 DOMAJ Dancing Bear
Ogenj Croatia
176 THE IMAGINARY SOUNDTRACK TO BRAZILIN WESTERN MOVIE (1964.1974 Analog Africa
Camarao Brazil
177 AGOO PIAS
Patrick Ruffino
178 REBENTO Gui Hargreaves
Gui Hargreaves Brazil
179 CASA DE BITUCA MPS
Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto Brazil
180 LOST MEMORY THEATRE Act-3 Yellowbird Records
Jun Miyake Japan/various
181 CARNAVAL DE MINDELO Lusafrica
Cesaria Evora Cape Verde
182 TANXUGUEIRAS Seispes Producions
Tanxugueiras Spain (Galicia)
183 ONE SKY Smithsonian Folkways
Rahim Alhaji Iraq/USA
184 ODISSEA Finisterre
Bandadriatica Italy
185 FIOS DE OURO NO AR Altafonte
Rodrigo Romani Trio Spain (Galicia)
186 QUEST Riverboat
Out of Nations Egypt/USA
187 LUSAFRICA 30TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM Lusafrica
various artists various
188 SWEET AS BROKEN DATES: LOST SOMALI TAPES FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA Ostinato Records
various artists Somalia
189 BALKAN HERBAL CLINIC Kick the Flame
Mr. Zarko feat. Bojan Krstic Orchestra Germany/Serbia
190 CHILDREN OF THE OTTER Jaro
Vladimir Martynov, Huun Huur Tu Russia
191 TANC A MINDENSEGGEL Fono
Holddalanap Zenekar Hungary
192 AFRO GROOVE QUEEN Contre-Jour
Manou Gallo Ivory Coast
193 BEIRALUA Altafonte
Sondescu Spain (Galicia)
194 METER Tala-Wallah Records
Autorickshaw Canada/India
195 THE BALKAN AUTUMN Snail
Mostar Sevdah Reunion presents Sreta Bosnia Herzegowina
196 PEOPLE OF THE SUN Heavenly Sweetness
Anthony Joseph UK/Trinida
197 ORQUESTA AKOKAN Daptone Records
Orquesta Akokan Cuba
198 DARMADAN Zephyrus
La Panika Belgium/France/Bulgaria/Macedonia
199 2017 Clermont Music
Leila Gobi Mali
200 ORACH Compass
The Tannahill Weavers UK (Scotland)
Compiled by Johannes Theurer on behalf of the World Music Workshop of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)