The Roots Music Report's
Top World Album Chart
for the Year of 2019
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sublime | Alex Cuba | Caracol | World |
| 2 | American Music, Vol. 7 | Grupo Fantasma | Blue Corn Music | World |
| 3 | Amadjar | Tinariwen | Anti | World |
| 4 | Legacy | Katchafire | Zojack World Wide | World |
| 5 | The New Shape of the World | Linette Tobin's Pangaea | Self-Release | World |
| 6 | Omoiyari | Kishi Bashi | Joyful Noise | World |
| 7 | Doko Mien | Ibibio Sound Machine | Merge | World |
| 8 | Mettavolution | Rodrigo y Gabriela | ATO | World |
| 9 | Ilana (The Creator) | Mdou Moctar | Sahel Sounds | African |
| 10 | Satingarona, Pt. 2 | The Bongo Hop | Underdog | World |
| 11 | Reggae Now! | The Aggrolites | Pirates Press | World |
| 12 | A Journey Through Cuban Music | Aymee Nuviola | Top Stop Music | World |
| 13 | Time Stood Still | Somesh Mathur | Sweet Beats | World |
| 14 | Celia | Angelique Kidjo | Verve | World |
| 15 | Atlantic Oscillations | Quantic | Tru Thoughts | World |
| 16 | Gece | Altın Gün | ATO | World |
| 17 | Bahir | Dexter Story | Soundway | World |
| 18 | The Source | Tony Allen | Decca | World |
| 19 | Kings Left Behind | Ikebe Shakedown | Colemine | World |
| 20 | Siku | Nicola Cruz | ZZK | World |
| 21 | De Ayer Para Siempre | Mariachi Los Camperos | Smithsonian Folkways | World |
| 22 | Rwanda, You Should Be Loved | The Good Ones | Anti | World |
| 23 | Spiritwalker | Malou Beauvoir | Panthera | World |
| 24 | Wawu | Deline Briscoe | Gaba Musik | World |
| 25 | Chronologic | Caravan Palace | Lone Diggers | World |
| 26 | Je Suis Africain | Rachid Taha | Naive | World |
| 27 | Beats of Zion | Rocky Dawuni | Aquarian | World |
| 28 | History | Youssou N'Dour | Naive | World |
| 29 | Yesun | Roberto Fonseca | Mack Avenue | World |
| 30 | Un Autre Blanc | Salif Keita | Naive | World |
| 31 | Territoires | Le Vent du Nord | Borealis | World |
| 32 | Anicca | Teebs | Brainfeeder | World |
| 33 | All My Relations | Cochemea | Daptone | World |
| 34 | Sabes | Cristian De La Luna | Self-Release | World |
| 35 | And if You Will Come to Me | Idan Raichel | Cumbancha | World |
| 36 | The Exorcism of a Spinster | Hope Masike | Riverboat | World |
| 37 | Putumayo Presents Paris Cafe | Putumayo World Music | Putumayo | World |
| 38 | Kin Sonic | Jupiter & Okwess | Glitterbeat | World |
| 39 | Naming & Blaming | The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra | Hopestreet | World |
| 40 | Grandeza | Sessa | Boiled | World |
| 41 | Strange Suite | Ateshkhan Yuseinov | Riverboat | World |
| 42 | Bayti Fi Rasi | A-Wa | S Curve | World |
| 43 | Miri | Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | Outhere | African |
| 44 | Echoes of Japan | Minyo Crusaders | Mais Um Discos | World |
| 45 | The Harder They Strum | Andy Bassford | Registered Alien | World |
| 46 | Bahar | Umut Adan | Riverboat | World |
| 47 | La Serena | Aviva Chernick | Self-Release | World |
| 48 | Atunluto | Beautiful Nubia & the Roots Renaissance Band | Eniobanke | World |
| 49 | Santa Plastica | Las Hermanas Caronni | Les Grands Fleuves | World |
| 50 | In the Jellyfish Land | Udu | Self-Release | World |
| 51 | Deran | Bombino | Partisan | World |
| 52 | Abeg No Vex | Ekiti Sound | Crammed Discs | World |
| 53 | Orinoco | Cimarron | Self-Release | World |
| 54 | Gypsy Cafe: Italian Restaurant Music | Gypsy Cafe Ensemble | Idiom Music | World |
| 55 | Mama Funny Day | Sarazino | Cumbancha | World |
| 56 | Defy Gravity | The Elovaters | Rootfire Cooperative | World |
| 57 | The Suso/Glass Quartet | Foday Musa Suso | Orange Mountain | World |
| 58 | Sempre | Marcos Valle | Far Out | World |
| 59 | Rough Guide to World Jazz | World Music Network | World Music Network | World |
| 60 | Putumayo Presents: World Peace | Putumayo World Music | Putumayo | World |
| 61 | A Toda Cuba Le Gusta | Afro Cuban All Stars | World Circuit | World |
| 62 | Temet | Imarhan | City Slang | World |
| 63 | Contrabajo, Works for Bass and String Quartet | Pablo Aslan | Soundbrush | World |
| 64 | Po Drum Mome | Eugenia Georgieva | Riverboat | World |
| 65 | Cachaito | Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez | World Circuit | World |
| 66 | Orquesta Akokan | Orquesta Akokán | Daptone | World |
| 67 | Yapunto | Yapunto | In Ouie | World |
| 68 | Torm Veeklaasik/Tempest in a Teapot | Tuulikki Bartosik | Nordic Notes | World |
| 69 | Dila | Dila | Far Out | World |
| 70 | Yeketelale | Ukandanz | Buda Musique | World |
| 71 | Alter Ethno | Oratnitza | Fusion Embassy | World |
| 72 | Rosarium | Quatuor Boréal | Disques Boghei | World |
| 73 | Djigui | Issa Coulibaly | Didakan Music | World |
| 74 | Obabes Bembube | Nobuntu | 10th District Music | World |
| 75 | Rule of 3 | Vasen | NorthSide | World |
| 76 | Visuma Vizosa Tumsa | ZeMe | Lauska | World |
| 77 | Mariachi Reyna De Los Angeles | Mariachi Reyna De Los Angeles | Smithsonian Folkways | World |
| 78 | Pura Vida | Misia | Galileo | World |
| 79 | Klarvær | Moenje | Kirkelig Kulturverksted | World |
| 80 | Hetkessa | Teija Niku | Self-Release | World |
| 81 | Marimba Del Pacífico | Rio Mira | Asian Man | World |
| 82 | Alborada | Uji | ZZK | World |
| 83 | Ser | Urna Chahar-Tugchi | Self-Release | World |
| 84 | Evening Star | Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble | Delphonica | World |
| 85 | Sefarad En El Corazón De Turquía | Mara Aranda | Autoedit | World |
| 86 | Benedicte Maurseth | Benedicte Maurseth | Grappa Musikk | World |
| 87 | Son Verdad | Xiomara Fortuna | Ileakwa Producciones | World |
| 88 | Surfeando Un Cometa | Bicicletas Por La Paz | Self-Release | World |
| 89 | Lajko Felix & Volosi | Lajko Felix | Fonó Budai Zeneház | World |
| 90 | Fadolinka | Maja Milinkovic | SevenMuses | World |
| 91 | Fenfo (Something to Say) | Fatoumata Diawara | Shanachie | World |
| 92 | Morose | Les Poules à Colin | FamGroup | World |
| 93 | The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions | Craft Recordings | Craft | World |
| 94 | Safar : Les âmes Retrouvées | Waed Bouhassoun | Buda Musique | World |
| 95 | Moon over City Ruins | Mao Ya | Rhymoi Music | World |
| 96 | Adios Muchachos | Jose Antonio Rodriguez | Moon Moosic | World |
| 97 | El Mito De La Pergola | Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna | Petit Indie | World |
| 98 | Tatlı Dilli - Sweet Talker (feat. İsmet Kızıl) | Mircan Kaya | Mircan Kaya | World |
| 99 | Lust | Louisa Lyne & di Yiddishe Kapelye | Maestro | World |
| 100 | Karaindrou: the Suspended Step of the Stork | Eleni Karaindrou | ECM | World |
| 101 | Caminar Preguntando | Guia | Sura/Son del Valle | World |
| 102 | On the Road | Yolla Khalife | Nagam | World |
| 103 | What Heat | Bokanté | Real World | World |
| 104 | Fuego Por Dentro - the Fire Within | Anna Murtola | Alba | World |
| 105 | Lisboa à Solta | Susan Palma-Nidel | Artez Medicina e Arte | World |
| 106 | Poison Fruit | Ivan Conti | Far Out | World |
| 107 | Nova Bossa Nova | Marcos Valle | Far Out Recordings | World |
| 108 | Bestiario | Gaiteiros De Lisboa | Uguru | World |
| 109 | Kokoroko | KOKOROKO | Brownswood | World |
| 110 | Aino and Miihkali | Aino & Miihkali | Self-Release | World |
| 111 | Unlearning | Sibusile Xaba | Mushroom Hour Half Hour | World |
| 112 | Minimum | MNMM | Art As Catharsis | World |
| 113 | Wow and Flutter | Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society | Six Degrees | World |
| 114 | Ancora | Flook | Flatfish | World |
| 115 | Dounia Tabolo | Boubacar Traore | LusAfrica | World |
| 116 | Unfurl | Fran & Flora | Self-Release | World |
| 117 | Through the Eyes of the Earth | Belonoga | Narrator | World |
| 118 | Beloved | Dawn Avery | Self-Release | World |
| 119 | Six Days Loving | Zulya | Zulya Kamalova | World |
| 120 | Ninguém Vai Me Segurar | Ana Mazzotti | Far Out | World |
| 121 | Roudennou/Traces | Yann-Fanch Kemener | buda musique | World |
| 122 | The Long March | Le Trio Joubran | Cooking Vinyl | World |
| 123 | Man Made Fire | Petite Celine | Self-Release | World |
| 124 | Sing Me Back Home: the Dc Tapes, 1965-1969 | Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard | Free Dirt | World |
| 125 | Dobrostan | Kutsi Merki | etiennelebel | World |
| 126 | Ladies and Gentlemen | Jah Cutta | Indica | World |
| 127 | Words of Peace | Riad Abdel-Gawad | Musicariad | World |
| 128 | Etkot, Pectopaн Ja Etnoteknoa | Suistamon Sahko | Nordic Notes | World |
| 129 | La Dôtu Lado | Coladera | Agogo | World |
| 130 | Hard Rain | Tenderlonious | 22a | World |
| 131 | Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett | Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh | Real World | World |
| 132 | Edwin Durant Kovtun | Jon Durant, Colin Edwin & Inna Kovtun | Alchemy | World |
| 133 | The Art of the Chinese Guzheng | Wu Mengmeng | Arc Music | World |
| 134 | ¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos from Veracruz | Grupo Mono Blanco | Smithsonian Folkways | World |
| 135 | Istikrarli Hayal Hakikattir | Gaye Su Akyol | Glitterbeat | World |
| 136 | Rasti | Laboratorium Piesni | Soliton | World |
| 137 | Ladama | Ladama | Six Degrees | World |
| 138 | Live at WOMAD 1985 | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Realworld | World |
| 139 | Terry Riley: Sun Rings | Kronos Quartet | Nonesuch | World |
| 140 | Rajatila / Borderline | Tuuletar | Bafe's Factory | World |
| 141 | Anonimas & Resilientes | Voces del Bullerengue | Chaco World | World |
| 142 | Get It How You Live | The Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra | Ropeadope | World |
| 143 | Vision Del Ayahuasca | Los Wembler's De Iquitos | Barbes | World |
| 144 | Siltane | Moonlight Benjamin | Ma Case | World |
| 145 | Traces of You | Kristin Asbjornsen | Ora Fonogram | World |
| 146 | Patak | Uzgin Uver | Mana Mana | World |
| 147 | Napkerek | Melinda Balogh | Fono | World |
| 148 | Napkerék (Erdélyi Cigány Népzene) | Balogh Melinda | Fono Budai Zenehaz | World |
| 149 | Wolf's Path | Vedan Kolod | Firestorm | World |
| 150 | Apejo | Beautiful Nubia & the Roots Renaissance Band | Eni Obanke | World |
| 151 | The Butcher's Share | Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird | Oriente Musik | World |
| 152 | Palm Wine Instrumentals | Who Is John Smith | Olin Place | World |
| 153 | Quest | Out of Nations | Riverboa | World |
| 154 | Rainford | Lee "Scratch Perry | On-U Sound | World |
| 155 | Putumayo Presents: Acoustic Women | Putumayo World Music | Putumayo | World |
| 156 | Rough Guide to Women of the World | World Music Network | World Music Network | World |
| 157 | Kenke Corner | Guts | Heavenly Sweetness | World |
| 158 | Nordic Raga | Nordic Raga | Riverboat | World |
| 159 | Rise Up | Curley Taylor | Louisiana Soul | World |
| 160 | Espontáneo: the Abdala Sessions | Ortega, Silveiras, Elizarde | Ansonica | World |
| 161 | Oz | Coskun Karademir | Kalan | World |
| 162 | Rüya - Dream for Anatolia | Olcay Bayir | ARC | World |
| 163 | The Kathak | Niraj Chag | Buzz-erk | World |
| 164 | The Source | Ali Farka Tourè | World Circuit | World |
| 165 | Pansori : Sugyeong-Nangja-Ga, Le Dit De Demoiselle Sugyeong (feat. Gyuen Eun-Kyung) | Min Hye-sung | Buda Musique | World |
| 166 | Samba | Vieux Farka Toure | Six Degrees | World |
| 167 | Cossack Atack | Cendes | Molca | World |
| 168 | Otodi | Vaudou Game | Hot Casa | World |
| 169 | Short Sharp Shocked | Michelle Shocked | Mercury | World |
| 170 | Niafunke | Hama Sankare | Nolan & Associates | World |
| 171 | Live at Arena (Live) | Amira Medunjanin | Croatia | World |
| 172 | Agua De Luna | Mirabai Ceiba | Self-Release | World |
| 173 | Akili Ni Mali | Adam Solomon | Self-Release | World |
| 174 | From Nubia to Cairo | Ali Hassan Kuban | Piranha | World |
| 175 | Sentimento Popolare | Camilla Barbarito | Felmay | World |
| 176 | 11th Street, Sekondi | Gyedu-Blay Ambolley | Agogo | World |
| 177 | Obiaa! | Pat Thomas | Strut | World |
| 178 | Bad Commando | Rema | Jonzing World | World |
| 179 | Flamingo | Uusikuu | Nordic Notes | World |
| 180 | Echo | Rasgueo | Galileo | World |
| 181 | Times of Maharajas | Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan | ARC | World |
| 182 | Rebellion Rises | Ziggy Marley | Tuff Gong | World |
| 183 | Despierta | Barrio Manouche | Double O One | World |
| 184 | Bakini: En El Nuevo Mundo | Michael Spiro & Joe Galvin | Self-Release | World |
| 185 | Laço Umbilical | Lucibela | LusAfrica | World |
| 186 | The Darkness Between the Leaves | Alba Griot Ensemble | Riverboat | World |
| 187 | Trains and Moonlight Destinies | Black Masala | Self-Release | World |
| 188 | Odissea | BandAdriatica | Finisterre Di Treglia Erasmo | World |
| 189 | Joy! Guru | Debashish Bhattacharya | Unknown | World |
| 190 | Sociativa | Sociedade Recreativa | Jarring Effects | World |
| 191 | Kar Yagar | Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek | Bongo Joe | World |
| 192 | Terrouzi | Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla | Sahel Sounds | World |
| 193 | Varyete | Grup Ses | Zel Zeles | World |
| 194 | Bamanaya Sira | Arouna & Biko | Come to Life | World |
| 195 | Úr | Goitse | Self-Release | World |
| 196 | Quebra Cabeca | Bixiga 70 | Glitterbeat | World |
| 197 | I Met Her by the River | Dawda Jobarteh | Sterns Africa | World |
| 198 | Ryobra | Orkestar Kriminal | Coax | World |
| 199 | African Giant | Burna Boy | Atlantic | World |
| 200 | Hillevi | Emma Ahlberg Ek | Caprice | World |
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