The Year 2020
The topten Colour print for the year 2020
The Top 150 for the Year 2020 on two pages
World Music Charts Europe The Year 2020
Compiled on behalf of the World Music Workshop of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) by Johannes Theurer/Milan Tesar
copyright by Gift Music GmbH 2020
The top 200 of 708 nominated records
1 LINA_ RAÜL REFREE
Lina_ Raül Refree
Glitterbeat Portugal/Spain
2 OLD WOW
Sam Lee
Cooking Vinyl UK
3 SINGER OF TALES
Damir Imamovic
Wrasse Bosnia & Herzegovina
4 TAMOTAIT
Tamikrest
Glitterbeat Mali
5 ENLIGHTEN THE NIGHT
Mahsa Vahdat
Kirkelig Kulturverksted Iran
6 ALEWA
Santrofi
Outhere Ghana
7 FOR HIM AND HER
Amira Medunjanin
Croatia Records Bosnia & Herzegovina
8 AMOREAMARO
Maria Mazzotta
Zero 99 Italy
9 MIELO
Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundstrom
Akerö Records Finland
10 SAHARI
Aziza Brahim
Glitterbeat Western Sahara/Spain
11 STROVILOS
Trio Tekke
Riverboat Cyprus
12 SONGS FROM LANDS OF SILENCE
Nelia Safaie
Kirkelig Kulturverksted Iran
13 THE KING OF SUDANESE JAZZ
Sharhabil Ahmed
Habibi Funk Sudan
14 ABAN
The Garifuna Collective
Stonetree Belize
15 ACOUSTIC
Oumou Sangare
No Format! Mali
16 GLOBAL CONTROL / INVISIBLE INVASION
Ammar 808
Glitterbeat India / Belgium
17 IBRA
Eneida Marta
Algeventos Guinea-Bissau
18 THE PACE SETTERS
Edikanfo
Glitterbeat Ghana
19 LINDE
Afel Bocoum
World Circuit Mali
20 ZITHERS
Andrew Cronshaw
Cloud Valley Music England
21 AS CATEDRAIS SILENCIADAS/THE SILENCED CATHEDRALS
Xabier Diaz & Adufeiras de Salitre
Musicas de Salitre Spain (Galicia)
22 PIPERS
Clarinet Factory
Supraphon Czech Rep.
23 MAKE YOUR MOVE
Trad.Attack!
Made in Baltics Estonia
24 NAVARASA - NINE EMOTIONS
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan
Domino UK/India
25 YEMENIA
Rasm Almashan
Soliton Yemen/Poland
26 PAKISTAN IS FOR THE PEACEFUL
Ustad Saami
Glitterbeat Pakistan
27 AYNAABE - LA MUSIQUE D'ISSA SOW
Issa Sow with Abdou Camara & Wouter Vandenabeele
Homerecords Senegal/Belgium
28 CARTOGRAFADO
Carla Pires
Ocarina Portugal
29 TO KNOW WITHOUT KNOWING
Mulatu Astatke & The Black Jesus Experience
Agogo Ethiopia/Australia
30 ORMENION
Evritiki Zygia
Teranga Beat Greece
31 BRASSES FOR THE MASSES
Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra
Asphalt Tango Macedonia
32 HAITIANOLA
Lakou Mizik
Cumbancha Haiti/USA
33 VIDA-CODIGO
Tigana Santana
Ajabu! Brazil
34 AMAZONES POWER
Les Amazones d'Afrique
Real World various Africa
35 AL HADAOUI
Attarazat Addahabia & Faradjallah
Habibi Funk Morocco
36 DE CONAKRY A BARCELONA
Nakany Kante
Kasba Music Spain/Guinea
37 NANI
Emmi Kujanpää
Nordic Notes Finland/Bulgaria
38 VODOU ALE
Chouk Bwa & The Angströmers
Bongo Joe Haiti/Belgium
39 STORMWEERE
Spilar
Trad Rec Belgium
40 20
Besh o droM
Fono Hungary
41 GITANA MORA
La Banda Morisca
Producciones Monfies Spain
42 CURANDERO
Orkesta Mendoza
Glitterbeat USA/Mexico
43 HEDUR - SOLACE OF TIME
Aynur
Dreyer Gaido Turkey
44 NAYDA!
Bab L'Bluz
Real World Morocco
45 FRIXX
Frigg
Frigg Finland
46 LA LOCURA DE MACHUCA 1975-1980
various artists
Analog Africa Colombia
47 CONTRAPUNTO
Tanxugueiras
Calaverita records Spain (Galicia)
48 VOICES OF THE SANI
Manhu
Riverboat Records China
49 MISS COLOMBIA
Lido Pimienta
Anti Colombia
50 MATKA/THE PATH
Piirainen, Blom, Company
Bafe's Factory Finland
51 PARHUZAMOK ES KONTRASZTOK - PARALLELS AND CONTRAST
Muzsikas & Amadinda
Fono Hungary
52 FUNREAL SONGS
Fra Fra
Glitterbeat Ghana
53 WASHABALAL' UMHLABA / EARTH SONG
Black Umfolosi
ARC Zimbabwe
54 WHITE WORLD - MUSIC FOR DANCE AND...
Boris Kovac New Ritual Quartet
Kachara Home Productions Serbia
55 OVERSEAS
Nguyen Le
ACT Vietnam/France
56 TORM VEEKLAASIS/TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT
Tuulikki Bartosik
Rootbeat Records Nordic Notes Estonia
57 REJOICE
Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela
World Circuit Nigeria/Southafrica
58 EL CAMINO DE LOS VIENTOS
Matthieu Saglio
ACT Spain/various
59 KEZEREN KOIHT
Folk Group Merema
CPL Russia(Mordovia)
60 AFROPENTATONISM
Alhousseini Anivolla & Girum Mezmur
Piranha Niger/Ethiopia
61 OULAD LGHABA
Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou
ajabu! Morocco
62 SISSOKO & SISSOKO
Ballake Sissoko & Baba Sissoko
Homerecords Mali
63 JOLA - HIDDEN GNAWA MUSIC IN BRUSSELS
Jola
Muziekpublique Belgium/Morocco
64 THE SILVER MESSENGERS
Carmen Souza
Galileo MC Cape Verde/Portugal
65 STAR FEMININE BAND
Star Feminine Band
Born Bad Benin
66 LA MELANCOLIE ROYALE - MEDITATION SOUFI
Kudsi Erguner
Seyir Muzik Turkey
67 AMARELO
Emicida
Sterns Brazil Brazil
68 KHARIFA
Habib Koite
Contre-Jour Mali
69 MAGIC SPIRIT QUARTET
Majid Bekkas
ACT Morocco
70 MAGHREB K7 CLUB: SYNTH RAI, CHAOUI & STAIFI (1985-1997)
various artists
Bongo Joe France/Algeria
71 WHEN THE WAVES
Terez Sliman
Kirkelig Kulturverksted Israel (Palestine)
72 SEMITICS
47Soul
Cooking Vinyl Jemen/Palestine/UK
73 KARTULIA
Shara
Memo Music Georgia
74 WILD GAMES
Vedan Kolod
CPL Music Russia
75 TOPA-K
DJ Makala & Korrontzi
Elkar Spain (Basque)
76 LEVE LEVE - SAO TOME ET PRINCIPE SOUND 70s-80s
various artists
Bongo Joe various
77 SPIRAALIT/SPIRALS
Niemi
Bafe's Factory Finland
78 RECIFE 19
DJ Dolores
Sterns Brazil
79 A BOY & A GIRL
Magali Sare & Sebastia Gris
Microscopi Records Spain (Cat)
80 LATEXO
Xose Lois Romero & Aliboria
Raso Estudio Spain (Galicia)
81 TOUKI
Modou Toure
ARC Mali
82 TORB
Els Berros de la cort
Microscopi Records Spain (Catalonia)
83 LA FOLIA
Jelena Poprzan
Lotus Serbia/Austria
84 HERIM KUDA
Brader Musiki
Terp Records Iraq (kurdish)
85 STOPY
Michal Noga Band
Nogaband Slovakia
86 HERE & THERE / EDO KI EKEI
Dimitris Mystakidis
Fishbowl Greece
87 MEETING
A.G.A. Trio
Naxos various
88 ANNORE
Malick Pathe Sow
Muzikpublique Senegal/Belgium
89 BOST
Xabi Aburruzaga
DND Spain (Basque)
90 ATIMO
Ian Lasserre
Ajabu! Brazil
91 KALOLI
Nihiloxica
Crammed Uganda
92 TOMBOUCTOU
Al Bilali Soudan
Clermont Music Mali
93 Buot Ealla
Kajsa Balto
DAT Norway (Sampmi)
94 DZIESMAS NO AULEJAS - SONGS FROM AULEJA
Tautumeitas
CPL Music Latvia
95 L'UDOVA HUDBA POKOSOVCI 2
Pokosovci
Tradana Slovakia
96 FLAMENCO LEAKS
Jorge Pardo - Carles Benavent & Tino di Geraldo
Mapa Records Spain
97 IKIVIRTA
Sarah Palu
Sarah Palu Finland/France
98 MOUSALAT ILA JACKED EL ARB
Issam Hajali
Habibi Funk Lebanon
99 SUL FILO
Iva Bittova & Paolo Angeli
ReRMegacorp Czech Rep./Italy
100 EVERYBODY GET AGENDA
Bantu
Soledad Productions Nigeria
101 MOVITI FERMA
Eleonora Bordonaro
Finistere Italy
102 FU CHRONICLES
Antibalas
Daptone USA
103 AGORA
Bebel Gilberto
PIAS Recordings Brazil
104 RASTILHO
Kiko Dinucci
Tratore Brazil
105 SANACION
Maria Jose Llergo
Sony Spain
106 STRØMMEN
Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Band
Galileo Denmark
107 ISTANBUL
Shantel & Cümüz Cemaat
Essay Recordings Germany/Turkey
108 SAY IT
Dantchev:Domain
Glomama Music Finland/Bulgaria
109 EVERY CHILD IS A PROPHET
various artists
Kirkelig Kulturverksted Syria/Norway
110 NUMEN
Melodie Gimard
One World Records various
111 ÄITI MAA - MOTHER EARTH
Zäpämmät
Inkoon Musiikki Finland
112 FORTUNA
Amsterdam Klezmer Band
Vatnasj Records Netherlands
113 APKA!
Ceu
Som Livre Brazil
114 THE PROMISE
Mehmet Polat
Aftab Records Turkey
115 CUBANERO
Yuliesky Gonzales
One World Records Cuba
116 KAMARA
Agi Herczku es a Banda
Fono Hungary
117 LA RODA DEL VIENTO
Dorantes
Flamenco Scultura Spain
118 KWETU
Fadhilee Itulya
Naxos World Kenya
119 KRAITIS IS PELKES
Sen Svaja
CPL Music/Dangus Lithuania
120 ZONA ZERO
Remna
Trem azul Guinee-Bissau
121 LES BATEAUX
Mamadou Kelly
Clermont Music Mali
122 FIN'AMOR
Lamia Bedioui & Solis Barki
Lbedioui Music Prod Tunisia/Greece
123 SOUNDPLACES
Derya Turkan & Sokratis Sinopoulos
Seyir Muzik Turkey/Greece
124 REBENTO
Companhia do Canto Popular
Sons Vadios Portugal
125 ANDALUCIA
El Amir
Zoo Music/Galileo MC Spain
126 TENIM I TINDREM
La Coixinera
Segell Microscopi Spain (Catalonia)
127 IN TRAD WE TRUST
Sväng
Galileo Finland
128 GOT TO BE TOUGH
Toots and The Maytals
Trojan Jamaica
129 APPLE ORCHARD ALBUM / OUNAAIA ALBUM
Mari Kalkun
Aigu Om Records Estonia
130 MAAILAM SA MUUTUD/ SVIT, TY MINJAESCHSJA
Svjata:Vatra
Nordic Notes Estonia/Ukraine
131 11th STREET SEKONDI
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
Agogo Records Ghana
132 MONDO!
La Repetition
Finisterre Italy
133 UDU
Udu
CPL Music Russia (Buryatia)/Lithuania
134 O CEU E VELHO HA MUITO TEMPO
Lucas Santtana
No Format! Brazil
135 MUKAMBO PRESENTS GLOBAL AFROBEAT MOVEMENT
various artists
NYP various
136 TINN TOUT
Danyel Waro
Cobalt/Buda La Reunion
137 LONG TIME PASSING: KRONOS QUARTET & FRIENDS CELEBRATE PETE SEEGER
Kronos Quartet & Friends
Smithsonian USA
138 EFEKT MOTYLA
Mariposa
Chillizet Poland/Cuba
139 KUMA
Kankou
Cannery Row records Mali/UK (Scotland)/France
140 NORDIC ROUTE
Petri Hakala & Markku Lepistö
Rapusaari Rec Finland
141 THE DANCING DEVILS OF DJIBOUTI
Groupe RTD
Ostinato Records Djibouti
142 ALENTEJO VOL.1: EVORA
Omiri
Bigorna Portugal
143 SOUL SEGA Vol.2 - INDIAN OCEAN SEGAS FROM THE 90s
various artists
Bongo Joe various Indian Ocean
144 JE SUIS AFRICAIN
Rachid Taha
Naive Algeria/France
145 TRECI BILBIL
Afion
Spona Croatia/Macedonia
146 HALAK HALAK
Zenobia
Crammed Palestine
147 REJWACH
Kroke
Oriente Music Poland
148 DO AVESSO
Antonio Zambujo
MDC Portugal
149 LIGA LATINA
Liga Latina
Multination Denmark
150 MIROIRS
Quintet Bumbac
Cok Malko France
151 DESELEGANCIA DISCRETA
Renato Baccarat
Naff Brazil/Belgium
152 SPINNERIN
Julia Lacherstorfer
Lotus Austria
153 SOLEIL KREYOL
David Walters
Heavenly Sweetnes France/Martinique
154 ESSENCE OF RAGATALA
Kuljit Bhamra
ARC UK
155 AIGUA
Udiva
Segell Microscopi Spain
156 KAINUU - CASAMANCE
Sakari Kukko Afro Chamber & Strings
Rockadillo Finland/Senegal
157 GAYA
Heura Gaya
Segell Microscopi Spain (Cat)
158 AMALIA CLASSICS ON PORTUGUESE GUITAR
Custodio Castello
ARC Portugal
159 TUATH (SONGS OF THE NETHERLANDS)
Brian O Headrah & Fiona MacKenzie
Naxos World UK (Scotland)
160 ART OF THE DESCARGA
The John Santos Sextet
Smithsonian Folkways USA
161 CUMBIA SIGLO XXI
Meridian Brothers
Bongo Joe Colombia
162 SAFE & SOUND
Awa Ly
Flowfish France
163 DELTA
Donauwellenreiter
Hoanzl Austria
164 HAKILI KELE
Mah Damba
Buda Musique Mali
165 WIRED & LAYERED
Sinan Cem Eroglu
SCE Musical Sounds Turkey
166 CHOUF!
Sidi Bemol
CSB Algeria
167 RASKE DRENGE
Raske Drenge
Tutl Faroe Islands
168 SIMIDO
Moonlight Benjamin
Ma Case Haiti/France
169 IN A QUIET PLACE - THE LISTEN PROJECT
various artists
Listen Project Records various
170 ME AND YOUR FOR SARABU
Christina Zurbrügg and v.a.
GAMS Records Austria/various
171 FOLK AND GREAT TUNES FROM RUSSIA
various artists
CPL Music Russia
172 NADI
Guy Buttery & Kanada Narahari
Guy Buttery South Africa/India
173 OASIS
Melingo
Buda Argentina
174 LEHTOJÄRVEN HIRVENPÄÄ
Lehtojärven Hirvenpää featuring Jaako Laitinen and Harri Kuusijärvi
Helmi Levyt Finland
175 BANTOU MENTALE
Bantou Mentale
Glitterbeat DR Congo/France
176 KIND OF FOLK, VOL 3 NORWAY
Groupa
All Ice Records Sweden/Norway
177 THE WILDERNESS YET
The Wilderness Yet
Scribe Records UK/Ireland
178 LE MALI70
The Omniversal Earkestra feat. Salif Keita, Sory Bamba, Cheickh Tidiane Seck
Trikont Germany/Mali
179 ROMARABEAT
Romarabeat
Finisterre Maghreb/Italy
180 KARMA
Black String
ACT South Korea
181 MOGADISCO 1972-91
various artists
Analog Africa Somalia
182 UMANYANYATHA
Vusa Mkhaya
ARC Zimbabwe
183 GYPSY MEETS INDIA
Lulo Reinhardt
Dmg Germany/India
184 SABOTAGE & TRADITION
Lakvar
Lakvar Georgia
185 AROUND THE CROCODILE POND
Ba Balance
One World Records Denmark/Gambia
186 NOCTURNS I DIAMANTS
Coloma Bertran
Microscopi Records Spain (Catalonia)
187 MAGUIDALA
Pedro Lima
Bongo Joe Sao Tome & Principe
188 MUTATION
Les Freres Smith
Amour & Son France
189 IGRALI SE KONJI VRANI
Svetlana Spajic Group
Multimedia Music Serbia
190 DANDOULA TALA
Jan Galega Brönnimann, Moussa Cissokho, Omiri Hason
CPL Music Switzerland
191 SONGS OF OUR MOTHERS
Kefaya + Elaya Soroor
Bella Union UK/Italy/Afghanistan
192 GEFILTE FIDL
Freilach mit Kneidlach
GMC Finland
193 MADAR
Darawish
Darawish Iran
194 WACHAGA
Kutiman
Siyal Music Tanzania/Israel
195 ELEMENTS
Masters of Frame Drums
Seyir Muzik various
196 FOOTSTEPS IN THE SNOW
L'Attirail
Les Chantiers Sonores France
197 MADAGASCAR CASSETTE ARCHIVES
Damily
Bongo Joe's Madagascar
198 KELEKETLA!
Keleketla! & Coldcut
Ahead of our Time various
199 SITI OF UNGUJA (ROMANCE REVOLUTION ON ZANZIBAR)
Siti Muharam
On the Corner Tanzania
200 VOICES OF THE ANCESTORS / SENCU BALSIS
Auli
Lauska & Auli Latvia