WORLD MUSIC CHARTS EUROPE
Year 2025
935 nominated releases

1 TOUMARO • Hawa & Kasse Mady Diabaté • Mali • One World
2 SUNWISE • Brighde Chaimbeul • UK (Scotland) • Glitterbeat
3 BAGOLA • Trio da Kali • Mali • One World Records
4 FRAGILE • Tania Saleh • Lebanon • Tantune
5 CLUB TOUNSI • Ammar 808 • Tunisia • Glitterbeat
6 MAKING MOVES • Santrofi • Ghana • OutHere Records
7 GRILLI • L’Alba • France (Corsica) • Buda Musique
8 KYLY • Värttinä • Finland • Rockadillo Records
9 RADIO SEVDAH • Divanhana • Bosnia and Herzegovina • CPL-Music
10 BAARAKELAW • Samba Touré • Mali • Glitterbeat
11 BOSA MARA • Mostar Sevdah Reunion • Bosnia & Herzegovina • Snail Records
12 LA NOCHE • Radio Tarifa • Spain • Buda Musique
13 SPLOTY • Warsaw Village Band & Bassałyki • Poland • Karrot Kommando
14 MEDITERRANIMA • Stefano Saletti • Italy • Materiali Sonori
15 THE DEVIL RIDES AGAIN • Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia • Canada/Romania • Asphalt Tango Records
16 UNA OPORTUNIDAD MÁS DE TRIUNFAR EN LA VIDA • Los Piranas • Colombia • Glitterbeat
17 YORUKLUK • Elena Baklava • North Macedonia • CPL-Music
18 MEYBAHAR • Meybahar • Hungary/Greece • Fonó
19 THE GARDEN OF OTAVA • Barbora Xu • Czech Republic • Nordic Notes
20 ILMATEADE • Duo Ruut • Estonia • Duo Ruut Music
21 LIVE AT LEVON HELM STUDIOS • Mandé Sila • Mali/Senegal/Ivory Coast • Contre-Jour
22 SVETU • Neha! • Slovakia • Zvukopriestor
23 RWANDA SINGS WITH STRINGS • The Good Ones • Rwanda • Glitterbeat
24 VIÉ KAZ • Votia • France (Réunion) • Ajabu!
25 HUNTER FOLK VOL. 1: TRIBUTE TO TOUMANI KONÉ • Nfaly Diakité • Mali • Mieruba
26 ANGEL • Cerys Hafana • UK (Wales) • Glitterbeat
27 AL ALBA • Matthieu Saglio & Camille Saglio • France • ACT
28 SABABU • Aboubakar Traoré & Balima • Burkina Faso • Zephyrus
29 CANCIONERA • Natalia Lafourcade • Mexico • Sony
30 KAIRO • Momi Maiga • Senegal/Spain • Segell Microscopi
31 TERRA MAE • Lina_ & Jules Maxwell • Portugal/UK • Atlantic Curve
32 DESTURI • Kasiva Mutua • Kenya • Delicious Tunes
33 O FADO • Lina & Marco Mezquida • Portugal/Spain • Galileo
34 HERITAGE • Songhoy Blues • Mali • Transgressive Records
35 IN THE WIND OF THE NIGHT, HARD-FALLEN INCANTATIONS WHISPER • Širom • Slovenia • Glitterbeat
36 EKOYA • Jupiter & Okwess • DR Congo • Airfono
37 YENBETT • Noura Mint Seymali • Mauritania • Glitterbeat
38 BLACK DIAMONDS • Amira Kheir • Italy/Sudan • Sterns
39 IN BETWEEN • Elana Sasson • USA/Iran/Kurdish • PKMusik
40 NIEPRAUDZIVAYA • Hajda Banda • Poland/Belarus • self released
41 SO KONO • Salif Keita • Mali • No Format
42 LUOHTENIEGUT • Áššu • Finland • Nordic Notes
43 DREAMSCAPES • Frigg • Finland • Bafe’s Factory
44 XXX • Söndörgö • Hungary • Ground Up
45 MODAS NOVAS E ALGUMAS VELHAS • Omiri • Portugal • Repasseado
46 O RAPAZ DA MONTANHA • Rodrigo Leao • Portugal • Galileo
47 L’ANTIDOTE • Bijan Chemirani, Redi Hasa & Rami Khalifé • Iran/Albania/France • Ponderosa
48 LIVE! • Boubacar Traoré, Vincent Bucher & Jeremie Diarra • Mali/France • Büro Käser
49 ŽEGA • Igor Božanić • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Pop Depresija
50 GNAWA WORLD BLUES • Majid Bekkas, Nguyen Le, Hamid Drake • Morocco/France/USA • ACT
51 FULL MOON • L. Shankar & Abhijit Banerjee • India • X DOT 25 Music
52 ABUNDANCIA • Maria Joao • Portugal • Galileo
53 ALL LIVING THINGS • Park Jiha • South Korea • Glitterbeat
54 VERVE • Livia Mattos • Brazil • YB Music
55 ALVA • Mari Boine • Norway (Sápmi) • By Norse Music
56 MAAME • Cheikh Lo • Senegal • World Circuit
57 I REMEMBER I FORGET • Yasmine Hamdan • Lebanon • Crammed Discs
58 GUITARI BARO • Guitari Baro • Guinea/Mali • Chrysalis Records
59 MADIYA • Sally Nyolo • Cameroon • Akaman
60 THE SONGS OF IMAN KANDOUSSI • Al Andaluz Project • Morocco/Germany/Spain • Galileo
61 MAQAM PILGRIMS • Mustafa Said & Asil Ensemble • Egypt • Mapamundi Música
62 ZANZIBARA 11, CONGO IN DAR: DANCE NO SWEAT • various artists • Tanzania • Buda Musique
63 GISL • Félix Lajkó • Hungary • Fonó
64 RITUAL SONORO • Amparo Sanchez • Spain • Mamita
65 ECLAIRER LE MONDE • Youssou N’Dour • Senegal • The Orchard
66 JORE JORE • Ildikó Kali • Slovakia • self released
67 DA CAMINU • Tempvs Fvgit • France (Corsica) • self released
68 ACIDE BALKANIQUE • Balkan Taksim • Romania • Buda Musique
69 N’DARILA • Kankou Kouyaté • Mali • One World Records
70 ISTANBUL SOKAKLARI • Baba Zula • Turkey • Glitterbeat
71 CANCIONES EN BLANCO Y NEGRO • Juana Luna • Argentina • Folkalist Records
72 NUSANTARA BEAT • Nusantara Beat • The Netherlands/Indonesia • Glitterbeat
73 SUPER DISCO PIRATA • various artists • Mexico • Analog Africa
74 TRIBUTE TO KANDIA • Kaabi Kouyaté • Guinea • Buda Musique
75 BREATH • Farnaz Ohadi • Iran • Air Music
76 VOISINAGES • Le Vent du Nord • Canada (Québec) • La Compagnie du Nord
77 DUOS • Markku Lepistö • Finland • Rapusaari Records
78 BLAKAZ ANTANDROY • Loya • France/Madagascar • Lézard Zébré
79 NUBES SELVA • Grecia Albán • Ecuador • Folkalist
80 LES DISQUES BONGO JOE: 10 YEARS OF SONIC EXPLORATIONS • various artists • various • Bongo Joe
81 MAR • Sofia Leao • Portugal • Uguru
82 VINDE TODAS • Carmela • Spain (Galicia) • Segell Microscopi
83 TENSION • Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra • Israel/Ethiopia • Batov Records
84 JOY • Nina Rosa • Slovakia/Czech Republic • self released
85 AFICIONADO – FLAMENCO MORO • Alaa Zouiten • Morocco • self released
86 LODER LA VI • Saodaj • France (Reunion) • Buda Musique
87 AS AVENTURAS DO GUITARRINHO NO PAÍS DAS POSSIBILIDADES • Estaca Zero • Portugal • self released
88 REELE BUMBOU • Kaito Winse • Burkina Faso • Zephyrus
89 CHAIN OF LIGHT • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan • Pakistan • Real World
90 TONA • Kadialy Kouyaté • Senegal • ARC Music
91 ONDA • Joao Selva • Brazil • Underdog
92 GHOYOUM • Kazdoura • Canada/Syria/Lebanon • August 4 Records
93 SVITANOK • Murmurosi • Canada/Ukraine • self released
94 INSPIRAR • Danças Ocultas • Portugal • Galileo
95 KAN YA MAKAN • Nesrine • France • ACT
96 ROOTS IN MOTION • Mehmet Polat Quartet • Turkey/The Netherlands • Aftab Records
97 LIDOVĚK 2.0 • Matěj Metoděj Štrunc • Czech Republic • Indies Scope
98 VISITA – DIALOGOS CON CARLOS PAREDES • José Peixoto & Nuno Cintrao • Portugal • Galileo
99 A CCU APPARTENI • Roberta Gulisano • Italy • Mhodi/Comusi
100 OUR CALLING • Ballaké Sissoko & Piers Faccini • Mali/UK • No Format
101 BUYA BUYA • Mahotella Queens • South Africa • Umsakazo Records
102 IVGU • Wimme + Rinne • Finland • Rockadillo Records
103 WATERSONG • Savina Yannatou & Primavera Salonico • Greece • ECM
104 KIND OF FOLK VOL. 5 POLAND • Groupa • Sweden/Norway/Poland • All Ice Records
105 ALÉ – IBERIAN CHANTS • Libérica • Spain • Segell Microscopi
106 VERTIGO • Jaune Toujours • Belgium • Choux de Bruxelles
107 BRAHMS, BALKANS & BAGELS • Oktopus • Canada • self released
108 O KIPOS • Nefeli Fasouli • Greece • self released
109 HIGHLIFE • Peter Somuah • Ghana • ACT
110 TRUE PICTURE • Veronika Varga • Hungary • CPL-Music
111 JOKU RAJA RAKKAUDESAKIN • Pauanne • Finland • Nordic Notes
112 PIKNIK • Uusikuu • Finland/Germany • Nordic Notes
113 VÄRAV – VARTI – VARTAI • The Baltic Sisters • Latvia/Lithuania/Estonia • CPL-Music
114 KINETIC • Black Flower • Belgium • Sdban
115 OY VESNA KRASNA • Karolina Wegrzyn • Poland • self released
116 SWEET RELEASE • Justin Adams & Mauro Durante • UK/Italy • Ponderosa
117 WHEELS OF ÖMON • Kuunatic • Japan • Glitterbeat
118 DUUN/VOICES • Urna Chahar-Tugchi • China – Inner Mongolia • self released
119 ESTRELLAS DE BUENA VISTA – LIVE IN HAVANA • various artists • Cuba • One World Records
120 LIVE IN BASEL • Baba Sissoko & Mediterranean Blues • Mali/Italy • Caligola
121 FERRY GOLD • A Garota Nao • Portugal • self released
122 SHARATIN • Ensemble Marani • Georgia/France • Buda Musique
123 PORT´INGLES • Carmen Souza • Portugal/Cape Verde • Galileo
124 KOYO • Zar Elektrik • France • Jarring Effects
125 PALOMO COJO • El Pantorrillas • Spain • self released
126 DIUMENGE • Magari • Spain (Catalonia) • Segell Microscopi
127 ABDA • Aita mon Amour • Morocco/France • Shouka
128 SAMETOU SAWTAN • Sanam • Lebanon • Constellation Records
129 O MUNDO DA VOLTAS • Baiana System • Brazil • Máquina de Louco
130 VOCAZIONI • Ra di Spina • Italy • Audioimage
131 BALABEATZ • Kanazoe Orkestra • Burkina Faso/France • Antipodes Music
132 HOMELAND – CHAPTER 1 • Seckou Keita • Senegal • Hudson Records
133 MAA PALAA • Päivi Hirvonen • Finland • Nordic Notes
134 VOS MIR ZAYNEN • Black Rooster Kapelye • Latvia • Lauska
135 SWEET REBELS – THE GOLDEN ERA OF ALGERIAN POP-RAI • various artists • Algeria • Wewantsounds
136 SOUNDSCAPES OF NICOSIA • Nabu Pera • Cyprus • Zero Nove Nove
137 AT THE FEET OF THE BELOVED • Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali • Pakistan • Real World Records
138 FEEL WITH BLOOD • Lenka Lichtenberg • Canada/Czech Republic • Sunflower Records
139 MI • Ensemble Gamut! • Finland • Alba Records
140 MULATU PLAYS MULATU • Mulatu Astatke • Ethiopia • Strut
141 AOEIU • Florence Adooni • Ghana • Philophon
142 EPSILON & THETA • Elsa Mouratidou • Greece • 7105684 Records DK
143 LA PATA COJA • The Bongo Hop • France • Underdog
144 SANG DE DONA • Anna Amigó • Spain (Catalonia) • self released
145 KASHGUL • Soolmaan • Belgium/various • Zephyrus
146 MAN SHALL BE FREE • Amamere • Ghana • Afro Urban Project
147 AFRICAN WOMEN ARISE • Awa Khiwe • Zimbabwe • Outhere Records
148 RITUAL • Rita Donte • Cuba/Mexico • Ansonia Records
149 JALIYA SILOKANG • Suntou Susso • Gambia • self released
150 LUNA, CERA E VINO • Brigan • Italy • Liburia Records
151 TO WARM THE WINTER HEARTH • Windborne • USA • Wand’ring Feet Records
152 BALKÁNSKE STOPY • Petraš Projekt • Slovakia/Serbia • Hlava XXII
153 NEW AFRICAN ORLEANS • Alune Wade • Senegal • Enja
154 GOGOPOGO • Ghent Folk Violin Project • Belgium • Homerecords.be
155 SOON IN YOUR VILLAGE • Haris Pilton & The Balkan Voodoo Orchestra • Slovenia • Asphalt Tango Records
156 RHYTHM + JEWS REVISITED • The Klezmatics • USA • Piranha
157 RISE • Alpha Blondy • Ivory Coast • Alphalliance
158 POHJAST TOUSVAD IILID • Strand… Rand • Estonia/Sweden • self released
159 ASI ES EL MUNDO • Eljuri • Ecuador • Manovill Records
160 AL ANDAR • Holly Holden • UK • self released
161 MIGRATING • Maija Kauhanen & Johannes Geworkian Hellman • Finland/Sweden • Gammalthea
162 SOGOLO • Witch • Zambia • Desert Daze Sounds
163 INDEPENDANCE • Mario Lucio • Cape Verde • Maremusica
164 MESTICO ATLANTICO • Ruca Rebordao • Portugal • self released
165 CHAPTER 1: WHERE DOES HAPPINESS COME FROM? • Made Kuti • Nigeria • self released
166 EI NOI MUUT • Vimma • Finland • Nordic Notes
167 31 CANZONI AL PIANOFORTE • Luca Bassanese • Italy • Aida Music
168 HEAVIER YET (LAYS THE CROWNLESS HEAD) • Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 • Nigeria • Record Kicks
169 ENTRE TUS FLORES • Miramar • Puerto Rico • Ansoma Records
170 UNDERSTORIES • Julia Úlehla & Dálava • USA • PI Recordings
171 DIBOLI • Tamala • Senegal/Belgium • Muziekpublique
172 SALTA! • Peixe e Limao • Italy/Belgium • Muziekpublique
173 CURYMAN II • Roge • Brazil • Diamond West Records
174 YARIN YOKSA • Derya Yildirim • Turkey • Big Crown
175 WHITE • Torgeir Vassvik & Juhani Silvola • Norway (Sápmi) • Eighth Nerve Audio
176 AVENIDA DA LIBERDADE • Fado Inverso • Portugal • self released
177 MODA ANTIGA • Lucibela • Cape Verde • Lusafrica
178 MON BALO • Luc Moindranzé Karioudja • France (Reunion) • Compagnie 4000
179 SHIMLI • Cynefin • UK (Wales) • self released
180 AL-HAMBRA • Ahmed Mukhtar & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde • Iraq/Argentina • ARC Music
181 RADIO ROM • ’O Rom • Italy • Phonotype Records
182 IDRACHE (TRACES OF THE PAST) • Tinariwen • Mali • Wedge
183 MINULO • ConTRIOlogy & Tomáš Vtípil • Czech Republic • Ma Records
184 BLAT LYS • Sylfide • Denmark • Nordic Notes
185 MUSIC FOR A REVOLUTION VOL. 1: GUINEA´S SYLIPHONE RECORDING LABEL 1967-1973 • various artists • Guinea • Radio Martiko
186 FOLK & GREAT TUNES FROM BELARUS • various artists • Belarus • CPL-Music
187 CANCONS A L’OMBRA • La Baula • Spain (Catalonia) • Segell Microscopi
188 ROOTS ROCKING ZIMBABWE – THE MODERN SOUND OF HARARE TOWNSHIPS 1975–1980 • various artists • Zimbabwe • Analog Africa
189 COISAS DE VIVER • Roberta Campos • Brazil • self released
190 SURMA HIIHTI • Hurja Halla • Finland • self released
191 KROMOSOMA MARIS • Luigi Cinque & Hypertext O´rchestra • Italy • MRF5
192 OVA • Afro Celt Sound System • UK/various • Six Degrees
193 KINIATA • Kin’Gongolo Kiniata • DR Congo • Helico
194 WESELE • GMM • Poland • Gusstaff Records
195 INQUIETA • Gisela Joao • Portugal • Mar Records
196 MACARONESIA, VOL. 1 • Entre Ilhas • various • self released
197 IMAGES FROM RAVNOGOR • Ravnogorski Biseri • Bulgaria • Aide Aide
198 LUMO • Piirpauke • Finland • Rockadillo
199 L´AMOUR A LA FOLIE • Amadou & Mariam • Mali • Because
200 BARE SONGS VOL. 1 • Banning Eyre • USA • One World
201 ESTUARIUM • Oriol Mares & Talal Fayad Quartet • Spain/Syria • Estuarium Records
202 PERIPHERIES OF NAHAVAND • Araz Salek • Iran/Canada • Worlds within Worlds
203 AAMUNKOITTO • Teija Niku & Juha Kujanpää • Finland • Zen Master Records
204 JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE • Femi Kuti • Nigeria • Partisan Records
205 LA MARCHE DU BONHEUR • &Fusion • France/Canada/Senegal • Buda Musique
206 THE ESSENTIAL NOTES • J-P Piirainen • Finland • Alba Records
207 OVER THE STARS • L. Shankar • India • X DOT 25
208 AJDAD, ANCESTORS • Amir Amiri Ensemble • Iran/Canada • Fifth House
209 IT WAS ALL HEART • Ward Dhoore • Belgium • Trad Records
210 CURIOSITY SESSION VOL. 1 – FLAMENCO IN MY HEART • various artists • Slovakia/Germany/Finland/Spain • Bebe Rebe
211 PACÍFICO MARAVILLA • Nidia Góngora • Colombia • Positivo Records
212 TRADIMENSIONAL • Ailá • Spain (Galicia) • self released
213 MA GITALA • Madalitso Band • Malawi • Bongo Joe
214 STEMMER I VOKS • Stemmer I Voks • Denmark • GO’ Danish Folk Music
215 LUMINESCENT CREATURES • Ichiko Aoba • Japan • Hermine
216 HASTA CUANDO • Las Panteras • Cuba • KaRu
217 TRADITIONAL COLOURS • Woodlands Bäckafall • Sweden • Kakafon Records
218 VIVA TU • Manu Chao • France • Because Music
219 DORANDISMO • Quartetto Areasud • Italy • Comusi/Mhodi Music Company
220 CHEZ ABALLOU • Al Bilali Soudan • Mali • Clermont Music
221 MARE NOSTRUM IV • Paolo Fresu, Richard Galliano & Jan Lundgren • Italy/France/Sweden • ACT
222 OXYMORON • Shahab Tolouie Trio • Iran/Czech Republic • self released
223 JAZYKEM KVĚTIN • Jan Běťák • Czech Republic • Galén
224 GLASCHU • Mairi MacMillan • UK (Scotland) • self released
225 MAISHA • The Zawose Queens • Tanzania • Real World
226 COSMIC • Airdan • UK (Scotland) • self released
227 LE SABLE ET L’ECUME • Titi Robin Quatuor • France • Suraj Productions
228 MR. JOE • Rain Sultanov Syndicate • Azerbaijan/Mauritius/Ivory Coast • One World
229 GOLD AND COAL • Cassie & Maggie • Canada • self released
230 FLYTIFÓLK • Flytifólk • Faroe Islands • Tutl
231 QUI OMPLE UN ESTADI NO ÉS PAS UN GRALLER • Trévol • Spain (Catalonia) • Segell Microscopi
232 FROGGY’S DEMISE • Ezra • USA • Adhyaropa Records
233 NI HUI VOZ DA FLORESTA • Kayatibu • Brazil • Da Lata Music
234 RIZITUALS • Xanthoula Dakovanou • Greece • Technotropon Artway
235 ADVENTURES IN THE NOW • Ilkka Arola Sound Tagine • Finland • Flame Jazz Records
236 LES VENTS BRULANTS • Ensemble Chakam • Iran/Palestine/France • L’Étoile Dit
237 BOLEROS PSICODELICOS II • Adrian Quesada • USA • Electric Deluxe Recordersa
238 FASADÉ • Célia Wa • France (Guadeloupe) • Heavenly Sweetness
239 ARCS & RIVERS • Joel Lyssarides & Georgios Prokopiou • Sweden/Greece • ACT
240 LOHDUN SANOJA • Maija Pokela • Finland • self released
241 MENTA SELVATICA • Mila Trani • Spain (Catalonia)/Italy • Segell Microscopi
242 AZADI • Tamar Ilana & Ventanas • Canada • Lulaworld Records
243 REENCANTO • Mayra Andrade • Cape Verde • Triangle Songs
244 TO THOSE WHO HAVE GONE, I SING IN A KEY OF D • Dantchev: Domain • Finland • Glomama Music
245 DETAILS • Driss El Maloumi Trio & Watar Quintet • Morocco/Belgium • ContreJour
246 KANANAYÉ • Clotilde Rullaud, Kanazoe & Abdoulaye Traoré • France/Mali • Tzig’Art
247 NORDIC REFLECTIONS • Maimu Jogeda • Estonia • Playground Music Oy
248 USURES • Les Mécanos • France • L’Eclectique Maison d’Artistes
249 HANDED ON • Dreamers’ Circus • Denmark • GO’ Danish Folk Music
250 VILA • Vila • Finland • SLS i Finland