WORLD MUSIC CHARTS EUROPE
Year 2023
971 nominated releases

1 ANADOLU EJDERI • Gaye Su Akyol • Turkey • Glitterbeat
2 ASK • Altin Gün • Netherlands • Glitterbeat
3 THE WORLD AND ALL THAT IT HOLDS • Damir Imamovic • Bosnia • Smithsonian Folkways
4 TUSONA: TRACINGS IN THE SAND • Mokoomba • Zimbabwe • Outhere Records
5 VIDA • Omara Portuondo • Cuba • One World Records
6 LADY SINGS THE BALKAN BLUES • Mostar Sevdah Reunion • Bosnia • Snail Records
7 DIRÉ • Idrissa Soumaoro • Mali • Mieruba
8 SILENT TEARS • Payadora Tango Ensemble • Canada • Six Degrees Records
9 AMATSSOU • Tinariwen • Mali • Wedge
10 MORSO • Dimitris Mystakidis • Greece • Fishbowl
11 DINDIN • Kimi Djabaté • Guinea-Bissau • Cumbancha
12 MÁDIBÁ • Blick Bassy • Cameroon • InFiné
13 ANA AICHA • Gaisha • Belgium/Morocco • Zephyrus
14 LOST IN TAJIKISTAN • various artists • Tajikistan • World Music Network
15 VOICES • Matthieu Saglio • France • ACT
16 WORK HARD • King Ayisoba • Ghana • Glitterbeat
17 O PARAISO • Lucas Santtana • Brazil • No Format
18 BRAIDS OF INNOCENCE • Mahsa Vahdat & SKRUK • Iran/Norway • KKV
19 FAMILY • Eneida Marta • Guinea-Bissau • ALG Eventos
20 VOYAGEUR • Ali Farka Touré • Mali • World Circuit
21 LONDON KO • Fatoumata Diawara • Mali • 3me bureau
22 TROIS • Acid Arab • France • Crammed Discs
23 200 WEEKS AGO • Vołosi • Poland • self released
24 CARRY THEM WITH US • Brighde Chaimbeul • UK (Scotland) • Glitterbeat
25 MORIK • Danuk • Turkey/Syria (Kurdish) • Omni Sound
26 KIND OF FOLK, VOL. 4 IBERIA • Groupa • Sweden/Norway • All Ice Records
27 STORIES OF STONIA • Mari Kalkun • Estonia • Real World
28 LES ÉGARÉS • Sissoko/Segal/Parisien/Peirani • France/Mali • No Format/ACT
29 RETORNAR • Magalí Sare & Manel Fortia • Spain (Catalonia) • Segell Microscopi
30 MONT CAU • Arnau Obiols • Spain (Catalonia) • Segell Microscopi
31 DIVAN & DIVINE • Zeyn’el • Turkey • ARC Music
32 SULA • Daimh • UK (Scotland) • Goat Island Music
33 LEUCA • Rachele Andrioli • Italy • Finisterre
34 MUTATIONS • Faizal Mostrixx • Uganda • Glitterbeat
35 BABI • Al Bilali Soudan • Mali • Clermont Music
36 JOUDOUR • Majid Bekkas • Morocco • Igloo
37 TAA! – OUR LANGUAGE MAY BE DYING, BUT OUR VOICES REMAIN • various artists • Botswana • Glitterbeat
38 BRING IT ON • Trad.Attack! • Estonia • self released
39 CURANNERA • Yarakä • Italy • Zero Nove Nove
40 A LISBON WOMAN – UMA MULHER NA CIDADE • Miranda • Portugal • JARO Medien
41 JARAK QARIBAK • Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood • Israel/UK • World Circuit
42 PERU SELVATICO – PERUVIAN AMAZON 1974–1978 • various artists • Peru • Analog Africa
43 DILUVIO • Tanxugueiras • Spain (Galicia) • Calaverita Records
44 HEALING RITUALS • Naissam Jalal • France • Les couleurs du son
45 YALLA MIKU • Yalla Miku • Eritrea/Morocco/Algeria/Switzerland • Bongo Joe
46 SHEIKHS SHIKHATS & B’NET CHAABI • Sheikhs Shikhats & B’net Chaabi • Belgium • Zephyrus
47 WHAT IS YOUR BREAKING POINT? • Bantu • Nigeria • Soledad
48 PARIS BAMAKO JAZZ • Baba Sissoko & Jean-Philippe Rykiel • Mali/France • Caligola Records
49 ZWERVER • Toasaves • Belgium • Muziekpublique
50 SEQUANA • Souad Massi • Algeria • BackingTrack
51 ASWAT • Driss El Maloumi • Morocco • Contre-Jour
52 MUSIC FOR SHEPHERDS AND SULTANS • Michalis Kouloumis, Tristan Driessens, Miriam Encinas • Cyprus/Belgium/Spain (Catalonia) • Homerecords.be
53 O FUTURO É MAIS BONITO • Anna Setton • Brazil • Galileo
54 SAHEL • Bombino • Niger • Partisan Records
55 THE SKY IS THE SAME COLOUR EVERYWHERE • Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabaté • Iran/Mali • Real World
56 THE BERLIN SESSION • Dur-Dur Band Int. • Somalia/UK • Outhere Records
57 TARAF SYRIANA • Taraf Syriana • Canada • Lulaworld Records
58 ORIGINS • Negarit Band • Ethiopia • Buda Musique
59 PASSARINHO • Joao Selva • Brazil • Underdog
60 DUNJALUK • Dunjaluk • Croatia/Bosnia • Cantus
61 A PLACE BEHIND THE GARDENS OF THE HOUSES. BÁIKI • Vassvik Solo • Norway (Sápmi) • OK World
62 INTERCONNECTEDNESS • Carmen Souza • Portugal/Cape Verde • Galileo
63 MALABARES • Rumbaristas • Belgium/France/Spain • Via Lactea
64 OUT OF THE BLUE • Las Lloronas • Belgium • Muziekpublique
65 IMPHILO • Bholoja • Eswatini • One World
66 TRANSICIONES • Juan José Robles • Spain • self released
67 AMICUM • Timo Alakotila & Johanna Juhola • Finland • Akerö
68 TRANSE SOUFIE DES DERVICHES TOURNEURS DE DAMAS • Ensemble Al-Kindi & Sheikh Hamed Daoud • Syria/France • Buda Musique
69 DOUBLE YOU • Catrin Finch & Aoife Ni Bhriain • UK (Wales)/Ireland • Bendigedig
70 ÖGBELERIM, MUSIC FOR MY ANCESTORS • Batsükh Dorj • Mongolia • Buda Musique
71 FROM SKOPJE WITH LOVE • Baklava • North Macedonia • CPL Music
72 EMBODIED POETRY • Mehmet Polat Quartet • Turkey/Netherlands • Aftab Records
73 SONCE • Dunja Knebl & Zoran Majstorović • Croatia • Geenger
74 HRAJŽEMI • Dis Is Markéta • Slovakia • self released
75 NEON COLONIALISMO • Batida • Angola/Portugal • Crammed Discs
76 BUCOLICA • Hiram Salsano • Italy • self released
77 LIBURIA TRIP • Brigan • Italy • Liburia Records
78 GOGO HIP • SinaUbi Zawose & Pamoja Zanzibar • Tanzania/Poland • Gig Ant
79 MITT ALTER ER FJELLET • SKRUK & Frode Fjellheim • Norway • KKV
80 EM CANTOS DE ORISA • Irma Ferreira • Brazil • Ajabu!
81 TERRI KUNDA • Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyaté • China/Senegal • ARC Music
82 SOME MISSISSIPPI SUNDAY MORNING • Parchman Prison Prayer • USA • Glitterbeat
83 RESET! • Luca Bassanese • Italy • Ola Ola Music
84 SIRTO • Jiraan • Belgium • Zephyrus
85 MAELSTRÖM • Azmari • Belgium • Sdban
86 WHERE WATER MEETS WATER • Sainkho Namtchylak • Russia (Tuva) • Ponderosa
87 ELESA • Mze Shina • France/various • Buda Musique
88 GILGUL • Dorůžka/Fischmann/Novák • Czech republic • Animal Music
89 DUHOVI • Faith I Branko • UK/Serbia • World Music Network
90 THE FATHER OF LIBYAN REGGAE • Ibrahim Hesnawi • Libya • Habibi Funk
91 BARAAIM EL-LOUZ • Koum Tara • France • Odradek Records
92 ODE DITE • Adam Semijalac • Croatia • self released
93 KOLKHOZOY TRAKTOR • Shono • Russia (Buryatia) • CPL Music
94 LA GIUSTA DISTANZA • Riccardo Tesi • Italy • Visage Music
95 RWA (THE ESSENCE) • Malika Zarra • Morocco • D.Zel Prod
96 LE MONDE MODERNE • Studio Shap Shap • Niger • Escalier 227
97 ASRO • Kala Jula & Gangbé Brass Band • Mali/Benin/Switzerland • Buda Musique
98 ŠAK JE TO LÁSKA ZLÁ • Trojka Zuzany Homolovej • Slovakia • Slnko Records
99 NIJAR • Paolo Angeli • Italy • AnMa Productions
100 BAJO & VOZ • Marta Gomez & Andres Rotmistrovsky • Colombia/Argentina • Aluna Music
101 FICTION & FOLKLORE • Lakvar • Germany/Hungary/Georgia • CPL-Music
102 LAST BREATHS FROM ALEPPO • Jawa • Belgium/Syria • Muziekpublique
103 POSLUCHEJCIE KAMARADZI • FisBanda • Poland • Karczma młyniska
104 EZ KI ME • Meral Polat Trio • Turkey/Netherlands • self released
105 KORA WORLD • Maher Cissoko • Senegal • Ajabu!
106 CREDO • Pekko Käppi & K:H:H:L • Finland • RockAdillo/Nordic Notes
107 TOGETHER • Deodato Siquir • Mozambique • self released
108 LOKOGANE HOBE DEKHA • Folks of Bengal • India • Banglanatak dot com
109 T.E.L.D. • Turumtay/Erdogan/Liška/Dés • Turkey/Czech republic/Hungary • Fonó
110 DOST 2 • Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek • Turkey/Germany • Bongo Joe
111 BADINYAA KUMOO • Sona Jobarteh • Gambia • African Guild Records
112 DUE MONDI • Indaco • Italy • Alfa Music
113 DO YOU KNOW A PLACE CALLED FLEKKEROY • Dawda Jobarteh • Gambia/Denmark • Ajabu!
114 ERRANTE • Adriana Calcanhotto • Brazil • BMG
115 SHAPES OF SILENCE • Aleph Quintet • Belgium • Igloo Records
116 LE BLUES DES SOURDS-MUETS • Mwezi WaQ • Comoros • Buda Musique
117 WHEN THE DUST SETTLES • Balimaya Project • UK/Nigeria/Ghana/Mali • New Soil x Jazz re:freshed
118 EARS OF THE PEOPLE – EKONTING SONGS FROM SENEGAL AND GAMBIA • various • Senegal/Gambia • Smithsonian Folkways
119 THE SOLD GIRL (TURKISH REMIX) • Cserepes • Hungary • Fonó
120 BLOW THE WIND SOUTHERLY • Esbe • UK • self released
121 POD OBLOČKOM • Ondro a kamaráti • Slovakia • Môlča Records
122 BILJUR • Bilja Krstić & Bistrik Orchestra • Serbia • Jugoton Croatia
123 WHAT TO DO, HOW TO LIVE? • Lakiko • Bosnia • Lakiko Music
124 SÓC POETA • Alba Asensi • Spain (Valencia) • Segell Microscopi
125 EN KÖTÜ IYI OLUR • Lalalar • Turkey • Bongo Joe
126 PASSIONE MERIDIONALE • Salvatore Pace & Alessandro Gaudio • Italy • Visage Music
127 FIDJU DI LION • Malan Mane • Guinea-Bissau • Archieball
128 ROYA • Liraz • Israel • Glitterbeat
129 AL SAHER • Aya Metwalli & Calamita • Egypt/Lebanon • Zehra
130 PAUSIS • Pausis • Greece • Seikilo Ancient World Music
131 LA TIERRA BLANCA • Anna Murtola • Finland • Nordic Notes
132 FAMILY AFFAIR • Inna De Yard • Jamaica • Chapter Two
133 HITZNO BAT ERRAN ETA, BANUA BERHALA • Olatz Zugasti • Spain (Basque Country) • Kantaita Enea
134 SAHIRA • Karkum Project • Italy • self released
135 NÓMADE • Marcos Coll • Spain • Galileo Music
136 DENS • Lenhart Tapes • Serbia • Glitterbeat
137 FALSE LANKUM • Lankum • Ireland • Rough Trade
138 ESPURNES I CORALLS • Mar Grimalt • Spain (Mallorca) • Microscopi
139 BANJARA • Baul Meets Saz • Belgium/Turkey/India • Uren Production
140 WAYO • Moonlight Benjamin • Haiti • Ma Case Prod
141 CHIMBORAZO • Son Rompe Pera • Mexico • Aya
142 CONCERT IN STEREO • Tsuumi Sound System • Finland • self released
143 BEEHIVE • Jono Heyes • New Zealand • Asphalt Tango Records
144 AMBER & SILK PROJECT – SUKA MEETS ZHENG • Maria Pomianowska & Mingjie Yu • Poland/China • Soliton
145 SUBSTRAT • Guillem Ballaz • Spain (Catalonia) • Segell Microscopi
146 YORUBA ODYSSEY • Adédeji • Nigeria • One World Records
147 CANTOS BEBIDA Y MUERTE • Celmaca • Belgium/Mexico • Homerecords.be
148 MOLDAVIA: PEASANT TUNES FROM THE OLD LAND OF HARLAU • Neculai Florea, Nicolae Amarandei, Valentin Balasoiu • Romania • Buda Musique
149 LOVE HURTS • Enkel • Finland • Nordic Notes
150 OOROO • Sangit • Israel • World Music Network
151 UNHEARD LANDSCAPES • Mikko H. Haapoja • Finland • self released
152 MARTIN GYÖRGY KALOTASZEGEN • Erdőfű • Hungary • Fonó
153 HARMATCSEPPBEN ÉL A VILÁG BENNEM • Napfonat • Hungary • Fonó
154 SOMANTI • Chouk Bwa & The Angstromers • Haiti/Belgium • Bongo Joe
155 ERYAMON KOYTNEVA • Merema • Russia (Mordovia) • CPL-Music
156 RIKATAKA • Alice In WonderBand • Serbia • CPL Music
157 TORNADON SILMÄSSÄ • Vimma • Finland • Nordic Notes
158 QIRIM • Jamala • Ukraine • self released
159 II • Fränder • Sweden/Estonia • Nordic Notes
160 RODELAND • Siger • Belgium • Trad Records
161 THROISMA REMIXED • Antonis Antoniou • Cyprus • Ajabu
162 NOT A VIOLIN DUO • Teho. • Finland • Lusti Music & Arts 0y
163 ŽIVO • Vlado Kreslin, Teo Collori & Momento Cigano • Slovenia • Založba Kreslin
164 MÉHARI • Mohamed Lamouri • Algeria • Almost Music
165 ATMA • Roopa Panesar • UK • Asian Arts Agency
166 SÉGOU TO LAGOS • Solomane Doumbia • Mali • Mieruba
167 18 PIANO SUTRAS & 25 SOUTH ASIAN PIANISM • Tanya Ekanayaka • Sri Lanka • ARC Music
168 SCHUMANN RESONANCE • Erik Rothenstein Band ft. Jorge Pardo • Slovakia/Spain • Bebe Rebe
169 DUOS – ALONE • Tri Nguyen • Vietnam • Naxos World
170 LA PRENDA ROJA • La Prenda Roja • Spain (Catalonia) • Segell Microscopi
171 SOUL TROPICAL • David Walters • France • Heavenly Sweetness
172 CURYMAN • Roge • Brazil • Diamond West Records
173 SURUN SYNTY • Emmi Kuittinen • Finland • Nordic Notes
174 FA • Togo All Stars • Togo • Excelsior Recordings
175 MARIAGE • Wau Wau Collectif • Senegal • Sahel Sounds
176 ECUATORIANA – EL UNIVERSO PARALELO DE POLIBIO MAYORGA • various artists • Ecuador • Analog Africa
177 COCO MARIA PRESENTS CLUB COCO AHORA! THE LATIN SOUND OF NOW • various artists • various • Bongo Joe
178 MACADAM • Schroothoop • Belgium • Sdban Ultra
179 THE SORROW SONGS • Angeline Morrison • UK • Topic
180 PORTUGUESA • Carminho • Portugal • Maria Music
181 A BRIGHTER FUTURE • Johanna Juhola • Finland • Nordic Notes
182 KIRIKÜÜT • Rüüt • Estonia • Nordic Notes
183 DESCOBRI • Bertania Almeida • Cape Verde • Harmonia
184 A CIMBALOMPRÍMÁS • Tárkány Trió • Hungary • Fonó
185 LA NOVIA • La Cantiga de la Serena • Italy • Zero Nove Nove
186 SYNTHETIC HEARTS • Msaki × Tubatsi • South Africa • No Format
187 MELKUTUS PARTY • Jenni Venäläinen • Finland • Nordic Notes
188 JOAO • Bebel Gilberto • Brazil • PIAS
189 NO DIRÉ RES DE MI • Meritxell Gené • Spain (Catalonia) • Microscopi
190 SHABAZI – A TRIBUTE TO THE POET • Yemen Blues • Yemen • MDC
191 LA RAZÓN ELÉCTRICA • Raúl Rodriguez • Spain • Altafonte
192 HÄMÄRÄ • Sähköpaimen • Finland • Nordic Notes
193 INTI WATANA – EL RETORNO DEL SOL • Luzmila Carpio • Bolivia • ZZK Records
194 ATLAS • Efrén López & Christos Barbas • Spain/Greece • Seyir Muzik
195 MAMA AFRICA • Julio Montoro y Alma Latina • Cuba • Tumi Music
196 WHO ARE WE? • Al-Qasar • France • Glitterbeat
197 SILENT WITNESS II • Silent Witness • Poland/various • Gig Ant
198 SPEECH OF SPECIES • Echoes of Zoo • Belgium • W.E.R.F.
199 IDENTIDAD (LIVE IN CONCERT) • Dorantes • Spain • Flamenco Scultura
200 O YINNE! • Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy • Ghana • Philophon