The Roots Music Report's
Top World Album Chart
for the Year of 2019
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Africa Speaks | Santana | Starfaith | World |
| 2 | Mettavolution | Rodrigo y Gabriela | ATO | World |
| 3 | Amadjar | Tinariwen | Anti | World |
| 4 | HaitiaNola | Lakou Mizik | Cumbancha | World |
| 5 | Omoiyari | Kishi Bashi | Joyful Noise | World |
| 6 | Doko Mien | Ibibio Sound Machine | Merge | World |
| 7 | Ilana (The Creator) | Mdou Moctar | Sahel Sounds | African |
| 8 | Satingarona, Pt. 2 | The Bongo Hop | Underdog | World |
| 9 | A Journey Through Cuban Music | Aymee Nuviola | Top Stop Music | World |
| 10 | Celia | Angelique Kidjo | Verve | World |
| 11 | Atlantic Oscillations | Quantic | Tru Thoughts | World |
| 12 | Bahir | Dexter Story | Soundway | World |
| 13 | Gece | Altın Gün | ATO | World |
| 14 | American Music, Vol. 7 | Grupo Fantasma | Blue Corn Music | World |
| 15 | Siku | Nicola Cruz | ZZK | World |
| 16 | Rwanda, You Should Be Loved | The Good Ones | Anti | World |
| 17 | De Ayer Para Siempre | Mariachi Los Camperos | Smithsonian Folkways | World |
| 18 | Chronologic | Caravan Palace | Lone Diggers | World |
| 19 | Je Suis Africain | Rachid Taha | Naive | World |
| 20 | Beats of Zion | Rocky Dawuni | Aquarian | World |
| 21 | History | Youssou N'Dour | Naive | World |
| 22 | Yesun | Roberto Fonseca | Mack Avenue | World |
| 23 | Anicca | Teebs | Brainfeeder | World |
| 24 | Territoires | Le Vent du Nord | Borealis | World |
| 25 | All My Relations | Cochemea | Daptone | World |
| 26 | And if You Will Come to Me | Idan Raichel | Cumbancha | World |
| 27 | The Exorcism of a Spinster | Hope Masike | Riverboat | World |
| 28 | Putumayo Presents Paris Cafe | Putumayo World Music | Putumayo | World |
| 29 | Grandeza | Sessa | Boiled | World |
| 30 | Strange Suite | Ateshkhan Yuseinov | Riverboat | World |
| 31 | Bayti Fi Rasi | A-Wa | S Curve | World |
| 32 | Miri | Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | Outhere | African |
| 33 | Echoes of Japan | Minyo Crusaders | Mais Um Discos | World |
| 34 | La Serena | Aviva Chernick | Self-Release | World |
| 35 | Santa Plastica | Las Hermanas Caronni | Les Grands Fleuves | World |
| 36 | Bahar | Umut Adan | Riverboat | World |
| 37 | Orinoco | Cimarron | Self-Release | World |
| 38 | In the Jellyfish Land | Udu | Self-Release | World |
| 39 | Sempre | Marcos Valle | Far Out | World |
| 40 | Yapunto | Yapunto | In Ouie | World |
| 41 | Torm Veeklaasik/Tempest in a Teapot | Tuulikki Bartosik | Nordic Notes | World |
| 42 | Putumayo Presents: World Peace | Putumayo World Music | Putumayo | World |
| 43 | Rosarium | Quatuor Boréal | Disques Boghei | World |
| 44 | Rule of 3 | Vasen | NorthSide | World |
| 45 | EGOLI | Africa Express | !K7 | African |
| 46 | Visuma Vizosa Tumsa | ZeMe | Lauska | World |
| 47 | Djigui | Issa Coulibaly | Didakan Music | World |
| 48 | Pura Vida | Misia | Galileo | World |
| 49 | Klarvær | Moenje | Kirkelig Kulturverksted | World |
| 50 | Hetkessa | Teija Niku | Self-Release | World |
| 51 | Sefarad En El Corazón De Turquía | Mara Aranda | Autoedit | World |
| 52 | Benedicte Maurseth | Benedicte Maurseth | Grappa Musikk | World |
| 53 | Lajko Felix & Volosi | Lajko Felix | Fonó Budai Zeneház | World |
| 54 | Surfeando Un Cometa | Bicicletas Por La Paz | Self-Release | World |
| 55 | Fadolinka | Maja Milinkovic | SevenMuses | World |
| 56 | Safar : Les âmes Retrouvées | Waed Bouhassoun | Buda Musique | World |
| 57 | Moon over City Ruins | Mao Ya | Rhymoi Music | World |
| 58 | Adios Muchachos | Jose Antonio Rodriguez | Moon Moosic | World |
| 59 | Tatlı Dilli - Sweet Talker (feat. İsmet Kızıl) | Mircan Kaya | Mircan Kaya | World |
| 60 | Lust | Louisa Lyne & di Yiddishe Kapelye | Maestro | World |
| 61 | Caminar Preguntando | Guia | Sura/Son del Valle | World |
| 62 | On the Road | Yolla Khalife | Nagam | World |
| 63 | Poison Fruit | Ivan Conti | Far Out | World |
| 64 | Bestiario | Gaiteiros De Lisboa | Uguru | World |
| 65 | KOKOROKO | KOKOROKO | Brownswood | World |
| 66 | Aino and Miihkali | Aino & Miihkali | Self-Release | World |
| 67 | Ancora | Flook | Flatfish | World |
| 68 | Rough Guide to a World of Guitar | World Music Network | World Music Network | World |
| 69 | Unfurl | Fran & Flora | Self-Release | World |
| 70 | Beloved | Dawn Avery | Self-Release | World |
| 71 | Six Days Loving | Zulya | Zulya Kamalova | World |
| 72 | Man Made Fire | Petite Celine | Self-Release | World |
| 73 | Roudennou/Traces | Yann-Fanch Kemener | buda musique | World |
| 74 | La Dôtu Lado | Coladera | Agogo | World |
| 75 | Poranguí | Poranguí | Sol Creation | World |
| 76 | Hard Rain | Tenderlonious | 22a | World |
| 77 | Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett | Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh | Real World | World |
| 78 | Words of Peace | Riad Abdel-Gawad | Musicariad | World |
| 79 | Edwin Durant Kovtun | Jon Durant, Colin Edwin & Inna Kovtun | Alchemy | World |
| 80 | The Art of the Chinese Guzheng | Wu Mengmeng | Arc Music | World |
| 81 | Rasti | Laboratorium Piesni | Soliton | World |
| 82 | Anonimas & Resilientes | Voces del Bullerengue | Chaco World | World |
| 83 | Live at WOMAD 1985 | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Realworld | World |
| 84 | Rajatila / Borderline | Tuuletar | Bafe's Factory | World |
| 85 | Terry Riley: Sun Rings | Kronos Quartet | Nonesuch | World |
| 86 | Napkerék (Erdélyi Cigány Népzene) | Balogh Melinda | Fono Budai Zenehaz | World |
| 87 | Wolf's Path | Vedan Kolod | Firestorm | World |
| 88 | Napkerek | Melinda Balogh | Fono | World |
| 89 | Rüya - Dream for Anatolia | Olcay Bayir | ARC | World |
| 90 | Apejo | Beautiful Nubia & the Roots Renaissance Band | Eni Obanke | World |
| 91 | The Kathak | Niraj Chag | Buzz-erk | World |
| 92 | Rainford | Lee "Scratch Perry | On-U Sound | World |
| 93 | Putumayo Presents: Acoustic Women | Putumayo World Music | Putumayo | World |
| 94 | Kenke Corner | Guts | Heavenly Sweetness | World |
| 95 | 3 Way Street | Mick Moloney, Eugene O'Donnell, Seamus Egan | Green Linnet | World |
| 96 | Vision Del Ayahuasca | Los Wembler's De Iquitos | Barbes | World |
| 97 | Pansori : Sugyeong-Nangja-Ga, Le Dit De Demoiselle Sugyeong (feat. Gyuen Eun-Kyung) | Min Hye-sung | Buda Musique | World |
| 98 | Cossack Atack | Cendes | Molca | World |
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