The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 World Album Chart
for the Week of May 14, 2022
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 3 | Rwanda...You See Ghosts, I See Sky | The Good Ones | Six Degrees | World |
| ▲ | 2 | 4 | Echo | Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita | bendigedig | World |
| ▲ | 3 | 8 | Where's the One | Congotronics International | Crammed Discs | World |
| ▼ | 4 | 1 | Twelvemonth and a Day | Wolf & Clover | Self-Release | World |
| ▲ | 5 | 13 | Harr | Benedicte Maurseth | Hubro/Grappa | World |
| ▲ | 6 | 14 | Our Garden is Alone | Marjan Vahdat | Kirkelig Kulturverksted | World |
| ▲ | 7 | 15 | Songs of the Naxi of Southwest China | He Jinhua | Smithsonian Folkways | World |
| ▲ | 8 | 16 | Pyha Veri Vuotaa | Pelkka Poutanen | Eclipse | World |
| ▲ | 9 | 17 | Afrobrasileira | Mirla Riomar | Self-Release | World |
| ▲ | 10 | 25 | Vu Plavem | Sandra Haluzan | Geenger | World |
| ▲ | 11 | 31 | Ke Haber | Nani Noam Vazana | Cadiz/Music and Words | World |
| ▲ | 12 | 18 | Mother Nature | Angelique Kidjo | UMG | World |
| ▲ | 13 | 20 | Samba in Seattle : Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 | Bola Sete | Tomnpkins Square | World |
| ▼ | 14 | 7 | Secular Rituals | Wayne Alpern | Henri Elkan | World |
| ▲ | 15 | 22 | Hixa Mia | Almale | Microscopi | World |
| ▲ | 16 | - | 20 Printemps | Le Vent du Nord | Self-Release | World |
| *NEW* | 17 | - | Awakening | Yungchen Lhamo | Tibet Arts | World |
| *NEW* | 18 | - | Harmònic | Pere Romaní | Segell Microscopi | World |
| ▲ | 19 | 26 | Remixed | Acid Arab | Crammed | World |
| ▲ | 20 | 29 | 20 Printemps | Le Vent du Nord | Self-Release | World |
| *NEW* | 21 | - | Urar | Manran | Self-Release | World |
| *NEW* | 22 | - | Soaring Wild Lands | Dawda Jobarteh | Sterns Africa | World |
| *NEW* | 23 | - | I Way to Al | Al Jawala | Self-Release | World |
| *NEW* | 24 | - | Okey Temiz | Okay Temiz | Global Music Centre | World |
| *NEW* | 25 | - | Seresta | Phill Fest | Self-Release | World |
| *NEW* | 26 | - | Manusa | Julia Kozakova | Tonstudio Rajchman | World |
| *NEW* | 27 | - | Confluence 2 (Le Chant Des Sources) | Isabelle Courroy | buda musique | World |
| *NEW* | 28 | - | Spell 31 | Ibeyi | XL Recordings | World |
| ▲ | 29 | 33 | 16 Rayos | Orquesta Akokán | Daptone | World |
| ▼ | 30 | 2 | Veneta | Miguel Espinoza Flamenco Fusion | Mountain River | World |
| ▼ | 31 | 30 | IRE | Combo Chimbita | Anti | World |
| *NEW* | 32 | - | Agadez | Etran de L'AÏr | Sahel Sounds | World |
| *NEW* | 33 | - | Timbuktu | Oumou Sangare | World Circuit | African |
| ▲ | 34 | - | The Royal Chase | Nation Beat | Nation Beat Music | World |
| ▲ | 35 | - | Sorpresa | Cheo | Nacional | World |
| ▲ | 36 | - | Balas Y Chocolate | Lila Downs | Sony Latin | World |
| ▲ | 37 | - | Doko Mien | Ibibio Sound Machine | Merge | World |
| ▲ | 38 | - | Mettavolution | Rodrigo y Gabriela | ATO | World |
| ▲ | 39 | - | Satingarona, Pt. 2 | The Bongo Hop | Underdog | World |
| ▲ | 40 | - | Best So Far | Katchafire | Zojak World Wide | World |
| *NEW* | 41 | - | Vishten | Vishten | Distribution Plages | World |
| ▲ | 42 | - | A.M.I.E.S.A.M.O.U.R | Lumiere | Bonsound | World |
| ▲ | 43 | - | Terra Saabi | Toure Kunda | Impala Kingdom | World |
| ▼ | 44 | 34 | Marchita | Silvana Estrada | Glassnote | World |
| ▼ | 45 | 43 | BAMANAN | Rokia Kone & Jacknife Lee | Real World | World |
| - | 46 | 46 | Zone 6, Agege (feat. Franz Von & Gyedu-Blay Ambolley) | K.O.G | Heavenly Sweetness | World |
| - | 47 | 47 | Animamundi | The Spy from Cairo | Wonderwheel | World |
| ▼ | 48 | 9 | Susuma | Jembaa Groove | Agogo | World |
| ▼ | 49 | 10 | El Amor No Es Para Los Débiles | Bareto | Agogo | World |
| ▼ | 50 | 11 | Antologia, Vol. 1 | Africa Negra | Bongo Joe | World |
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