The Roots Music Report's
Top World Album Chart
for the Year of 2021
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mother Nature | Angelique Kidjo | UMG | World |
| 2 | Maroon Futures | Afro Yaqui Music Collective | Neuma | African |
| 3 | Optimisme | Songhoy Blues | Fat Possum | World |
| 4 | Geminus | Kane Mathis | Nyaato | World |
| 5 | The Royal Chase | Nation Beat | Nation Beat Music | World |
| 6 | Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound | Kasai Allstars | Crammed Discs | African |
| 7 | Couleur | Dobet Gnahore | Cumbancha | World |
| 8 | Djourou | Ballaké Sissoko | No Format | World |
| 9 | Afrique Victime | Mdou Moctar | Matador | African |
| 10 | Spilling Water | The Big Takeover | Self-Release | World |
| 11 | Tiptoes | Max Highstein | Desert Heart | World |
| 12 | The Jazz | Rodrigo y Gabriela | ATO | World |
| 13 | Farewell to Cathedral | The Wilderness of Manitoba | Popguru Sound & Vision | World |
| 14 | 4:00 Am | Delgres | PIAS | World |
| 15 | Aire! | Caamaño & Ameixeiras | Segell Microscopi | World |
| 16 | Tempo | Dom La Nena | Six Degrees | World |
| 17 | Monastir | Sarah Aroeste | Aroeste | World |
| 18 | BOOK | They Might Be Giants | Idlewild | World |
| 19 | Resilience: Songs of Uganda | Rachel Magoola | ARC | World |
| 20 | Minka | Eva Quartet | Riverboat | World |
| 21 | Udondolo | Urban Village | No Format! | World |
| 22 | 16 Rayos | Orquesta Akokán | Daptone | World |
| 23 | Na Kozonga | Jupiter & Okwess | Everloving | African |
| 24 | Castles | The Elovaters | Belly Full | World |
| 25 | Kutumba | AO Music | Abbeywood | World |
| 26 | The World Went Quiet | Tony Cox | Self-Release | World |
| 27 | Okute | Okute | Chulo | World |
| 28 | Love Letters P.S. | Anoushka Shankar | Mercury KX | World |
| 29 | Surfeando Un Cometa | Bicicletas Por La Paz | Self-Release | World |
| 30 | Disko Telegraf | Balkan Taksim | Buda Musique | World |
| 31 | Legacy + | Made Kuti | WMG | Afro-beat |
| 32 | Animal Republic | Besarabia | Segell Microscopi | World |
| 33 | Tobie | Dagadana | Agora Muzyka | World |
| 34 | Bob Marley Legacy: 75 Years a Legend | Bob Marley & The Wailers | Tuff Gong | World |
| 35 | Catspaw | Matthew Sweet | Omnivore | World |
| 36 | Um Gosto De Sol | Ceu | Urban Jungle | World |
| 37 | A.M.I.E.S.A.M.O.U.R | Lumiere | Bonsound | World |
| 38 | Legacy + | Femi Kuti | Partisan | World |
| 39 | Daba | Saucejas | Lauska | World |
| 40 | Xogo | Radio Tutti | Lamastrock | World |
| 41 | Zan | Liraz | Glitterbeat | World |
| 42 | Fu Chronicles | Antibalas | Daptone | World |
| 43 | One Morning in Gurgaon | Guy Buttery | Riverboat | World |
| 44 | Anastasis | Katerina Papadopoulou | Saphrane | World |
| 45 | 10 A.D | Tania Saleh | Kirkelig Kulturverksted | World |
| 46 | String Orchestra | Edita Gumauskaite | Self-Release | World |
| 47 | Nayan Navaa | Namgar | ARC | World |
| 48 | Live in Longueuil | Kongero | Nordic Notes | World |
| 49 | Pandemonium | Maria Cangiano | Epsa | World |
| 50 | Le Notti Di San Patrizio - Distorcao Do Tempo | Nilza Costa | Brutture Moderne | World |
| 51 | Matriz | Sara Vidal | Sons Vadios | World |
| 52 | Atjarok | Dalinda | Fono Budai Zenehaz | World |
| 53 | Amagatalls De Llum | Lia Sampai | Microscopi | World |
| 54 | Main Hands | Manuela Salinaro | Liburia | World |
| 55 | Forbundet | Garmarna | Season of Mist | World |
| 56 | Persiennes D'Iran | Atine | Accords Croisés | World |
| 57 | TOV | Rewsan | CK Music Production | World |
| 58 | Sky Songs | Alena Murang | Wind Music | World |
| 59 | Nocturne | David Walters | Six Degrees | World |
| 60 | EK/Oneness | Manika Kaur | Six Degrees | World |
| 61 | Pecata Beata | Carola Ortiz | Segell Microscopi | World |
| 62 | Lastenkeraaja | Akkajee | Eclipse Music | World |
| 63 | Tindia | Tindia | FolkOnLine | World |
| 64 | Nieguid Duovdagat | Annamaret | Uksi Productions | World |
| 65 | Mopepe Mama | Syssi Mananga | Syssi Mananga | World |
| 66 | Ayom | Ayom | Amplifica | World |
| 67 | Nagtaba | Kandy Guira | Vlad Production | World |
| 68 | Metaraga | Purna Loka Ensemble | Origin | World |
| 69 | Ancestras | Petrona Martinez | Chaco World | World |
| 70 | In Fading Light | Tania Giannouli | Rattle | World |
| 71 | Tonen I Meg | Sigrid Moldestad | Grappa Musikkforlag | World |
| 72 | Strovilos | Trio Tekke | World Music Network | World |
| 73 | Romance | Diana Rasina | Galileo | World |
| 74 | Xalam | Ben Aylon | Riverboat | World |
| 75 | Elate | Trigaida | Etheraudio | World |
| 76 | Emigrant | Kishi Bashi | Joyful Noise | World |
| 77 | Nong Voru / Fake Love | Alfred Kpebesaane & Brittany Anjou | Chant | African |
| 78 | Kreödylia | Laura Guarch | Microscopi | World |
| 79 | Once Upon a Time | Meriem Ben Amor | Electrofone | World |
| 80 | Segundo | Juana Molina | Crammed Discs | World |
| 81 | Viento Y Tiempo - Live at Blue Note Tokyo | Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymee Nuviola | Top Stop | World |
| 82 | Orígenes | Sotomayor | Wonderwheel | World |
| 83 | Africa Speaks | Santana | Starfaith | World |
| 84 | La Flor | Ana Carla Maza | Editorial | World |
| 85 | Dolcissime Radici | Giovanna Carone | Digressione Music | World |
| 86 | Lagos Pepper Soup | Michael Olatuja | Whirlwind | World |
| 87 | Acoustic | Oumou Sangare | No Format! | World |
| 88 | Manchaca, Vol. 2 (A Compilation of Boogarins Memories, Dreams, Demos and Outtakes from Austin, TX) | Boogarins | OAR | World |
| 89 | Dusty Road | Klezmer-Ish | Riverboat | World |
| 90 | Řeka | Lenka Dusilova | Animal Music | World |
| 91 | Varka | Dafne Kritharas | Lior Editions | World |
| 92 | Mettavolution | Rodrigo y Gabriela | ATO | World |
| 93 | A Vida Com Paixao | Brasuka | Outside in Arts | World |
| 94 | In Trad We Trust | Svang | Galileo | World |
| 95 | Rhapsodic | Nicolas Repac | No Format! | World |
| 96 | Suba | Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita | Naxos | World |
| 97 | Ghetto Songs (Venice and Beyond) | Frank London | Felmay | World |
| 98 | Torn in Love | Karavan Sarai | Silk Road | World |
| 99 | Call to Prayer | Ghalia Benali and Romina Lischka | Fuga Libera | World |
| 100 | Siostry Rzeki | Sutari | AAUU | World |
| 101 | En Casa Limon | David Broza | S-Curve | World |
| 102 | Nayda! | Bab L' Bluz | Real World | World |
| 103 | Miss Colombia | Lido Pimienta | Anti | World |
| 104 | Puentes Sonoros | Quetzal | Smithsonian Folkways | World |
| 105 | We Famous | Kondi Band | Strut | World |
| 106 | Zar | Mazaher | Ajabu! | World |
| 107 | An East African Journey | Omar Sosa | OTA | World |
| 108 | Dende O Meu Balcón | Susana Seivane | Mare | World |
| 109 | Yaral Sa Doom | Wau Wau Collectif | Sahel Sounds | World |
| 110 | Vexillology | Guedra Guedra | On The Corner | World |
| 111 | Motyle | Tara Fuki | Indies Scope | World |
| 112 | Yol | Altın Gün | ATO | World |
| 113 | Moving Forward | Lola Rising | Self-Release | World |
| 114 | Vaev | Vaev | Go Danish Folk Music | World |
| 115 | Zenzile: the Reimagination of Miriam Makeba | Somi | Salon Africana | World |
| 116 | Tidlose Toner - Timeless Tones | Eli Storbekken | Heilo/Grappa Musikkforlag | World |
| 117 | To Know Without Knowing | Mulatu Astatke | Agogo | World |
| 118 | Buot Ealla | Kajsa Balto | DAT | World |
| 119 | Belesia | Ignacio Maria Gomez | Helico | World |
| 120 | Leave the Bones | Lakou Mizik | Anjunadeep | World |
| 121 | A Touma | Ballaké Sissoko | No Format! | World |
| 122 | The Dance She Spoke | Duende Libre | Self-Release | World |
| 123 | Encore: Unheard Recordings of Bahamian Guitar and Singing | Joseph Spence | Smithsonian Folkways | World |
| 124 | Gratitunes | Max Highstein | Desert Heart | World |
| 125 | Early Years: Madagascar Cassette Archives | Damily | Bongo Joe | World |
| 126 | Navegar | Joao Selva | Underdog | World |
| 127 | Dub Free or Die, Vol. 1 | Roots Of Creation | Bombshelter | World |
| 128 | Binga | Samba Toure | Glitter Beat | African |
| 129 | Undying Thirst | Black Market Brass | Colemine | World |
| 130 | Taisa - Tomorrow | Mec Yek | Choux De Bruxelles | World |
| 131 | Songs of Disenchantment: Music from the Greek Underground | Brendan Perry | Holy Tongue | World |
| 132 | Teach Me | Alostmen | Strut | World |
| 133 | Vingeslag (Beating Wings) | Sarah Camille | Kirkelig Kulturverksted | World |
| 134 | Cera Perdida | Frente Cumbiero | Salgaelsol & Biche | World |
| 135 | Human | Mira Awad | Self-Release | World |
| 136 | Espiral | Okan | Self-Release | World |
| 137 | Guitar Chant | KUBIX | Attik | World |
| 138 | Teaspoon & the Waves | Teaspoon & the Waves | Mr. Bongo | World |
| 139 | Antenna | Kosmo Sound | Zehyrus | World |
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