The Roots Music Report's
Top World Song Chart
for the Year of 2019
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | Sub Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraísos Quemados (feat. Buika) | Santana | World |
| 2 | Breaking Down the Door (feat. Buika) | Santana | World |
| 3 | Only for a Moment | Lola Marsh | World |
| 4 | Wanna Come Down | Ibibio Sound Machine | World |
| 5 | Propizio Chitarra | Gypsy Cafe Ensemble | World |
| 6 | La Llamada (feat. Gema 4) | Roberto Fonseca | World |
| 7 | F Delano | Kishi Bashi | World |
| 8 | Love Today | Katchafire | World |
| 9 | Quimbara | Angelique Kidjo | World |
| 10 | Electric Soul | Rodrigo y Gabriela | World |
| 11 | Miracle | Caravan Palace | World |
| 12 | Way Beyond | Katchafire | World |
| 13 | Like a Dervish | Rachid Taha | World |
| 14 | Groove Them Move Them | The Aggrolites | World |
| 15 | Hurry Up | The Aggrolites | World |
| 16 | Why You Rat | The Aggrolites | World |
| 17 | Kyenkyen Bi Adi Mawu (feat. Sarkodie) | Rocky Dawuni | World |
| 18 | Birima (feat. Seinabo Sey) | Youssou N'Dour | World |
| 19 | Wickedest Sound (feat. Stonebwoy) | Rocky Dawuni | World |
| 20 | Cucala | Angelique Kidjo | World |
| 21 | Nritya (feat. Gauri Sharma Tripathi & Tarini Tripathi) | Niraj Chag | World |
| 22 | Chambacú | Quantic | World |
| 23 | Siku | Nicola Cruz | World |
| 24 | Angeline | Kishi Bashi | World |
| 25 | El Hombre Sin Nombre | Victor Samalot | World |
| 26 | El Torero | Victor Samalot | World |
| 27 | Café Puerto Rico | Victor Samalot | World |
| 28 | Nar | Alsarah & The Nubatones | World |
| 29 | Make Way for the Ladies | Linette Tobin's Pangaea | World |
| 30 | Mofongo | Victor Samalot | World |
| 31 | Guess We Found a Way | Ibibio Sound Machine | World |
| 32 | Sevdiğimi Seçtim | Umut Adan | World |
| 33 | Ausencia | Grupo Fantasma | World |
| 34 | Anlatmam Derdimi | Altın Gün | World |
| 35 | Alwa | Imarhan | World |
| 36 | Jashu (feat. Nidia Góngora) | The Bongo Hop | World |
| 37 | Unqualified | Ikebe Shakedown | World |
| 38 | I Need You to Be Sweet Like Sugar (Nnge Nte Suka) | Ibibio Sound Machine | World |
| 39 | Djigui Mogo | Issa Coulibaly | World |
| 40 | Yo No Sé | Alex Cuba | World |
| 41 | About You (feat. Charles X) | Caravan Palace | World |
| 42 | Deran Deran Alkheir (Well Wishes) | Bombino | World |
| 43 | Brujería | Bicicletas Por La Paz | World |
| 44 | World on Fire (feat. Slightly Stoopid) | Stick Figure | World |
| 45 | Elevation | Rocky Dawuni | World |
| 46 | Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes | Paul Simon | World |
| 47 | Nyak Mien | Ibibio Sound Machine | World |
| 48 | Jijiga Jijiya (feat. Marie Daulne & Kibrom Birhane) | Dexter Story | World |
| 49 | Sogonikou | Issa Coulibaly | World |
| 50 | There's a Man | Malou Beauvoir | World |
| 51 | Tell Me (Doko Mien) | Ibibio Sound Machine | World |
| 52 | No Passport | The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra | World |
| 53 | La Dôtu Lado | Coladera | World |
| 54 | Tres Palabras (feat. Omara Portuondo) | Aymee Nuviola | World |
| 55 | The Crystal Year / Foxes' Rock | Flook | World |
| 56 | No Son Manera (feat. Alex Ferreira) | Alex Cuba | World |
| 57 | Bari | Issa Coulibaly | World |
| 58 | Azaka Vini We'n | Lakou Mizik | World |
| 59 | Mary's Corner | Ikebe Shakedown | World |
| 60 | Heartbeat | Deline Briscoe | World |
| 61 | San Gabriel (feat. Cindy Pooch) | The Bongo Hop | World |
| 62 | Wawu | Deline Briscoe | World |
| 63 | Trust Us | Deline Briscoe | World |
| 64 | All Good Things | Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh | World |
| 65 | Black Dove (feat. Sudan Archives) | Teebs | World |
| 66 | Un Gamin De Paris | Putumayo World Music | World |
| 67 | Grenn Pwonmennen (feat. Kephny Eliacin) | The Bongo Hop | World |
| 68 | 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover | Paul Simon | World |
| 69 | Africa Speaks (feat. Buika) | Santana | World |
| 70 | Afro Blue | Dawda Jobarteh | World |
| 71 | Bembele (feat. Buika) | Santana | World |
| 72 | Ba Kaitere | Vieux Farka Toure | World |
| 73 | Sweet Beats | Somesh Mathur | World |
| 74 | Help Man | The Aggrolites | World |
| 75 | Terracentric | Rodrigo y Gabriela | World |
| 76 | Berrani (feat. Sol Pereyra) | Sarazino | World |
| 77 | Aint Gona Give Up (feat. Anuhea) | Katchafire | World |
| 78 | Annie, Heart Thief of the Sea | Kishi Bashi | World |
| 79 | Just Go Forward (Ka I So) | Ibibio Sound Machine | World |
| 80 | Funaná Do Moreré | Coladera | World |
| 81 | Homeboy | SUSTO | World |
| 82 | Oh Nero Nero | Cesare Dell'Anna | World |
| 83 | Il Bianco | Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana | World |
| 84 | Laziko | Gaye Su Akyol | World |
| 85 | Tell Me Again | Black Masala | World |
| 86 | Dark Water | Robot Koch | World |
| 87 | Kalypso | BandAdriatica | World |
| 88 | Nwaye | Malou Beauvoir | World |
| 89 | The Fireflies of Manhattan | Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society | World |
| 90 | The Long March | Le Trio Joubran | World |
| 91 | Sukkar Sukkar Sukkar | Ali Hassan Kuban | World |
| 92 | Zandan Hureng (feat. Kroke) | Urna Chahar-Tugchi | World |
| 93 | Bembeyaz Cananım | Umut Adan | World |
| 94 | Witness Tree | Rodrigo y Gabriela | World |
| 95 | Maravilha Do Pará | Sociedade Recreativa | World |
| 96 | 100 | Katchafire | World |
| 97 | Orquídea (feat. Sly5thave) | Quantic | World |
| 98 | La Reflexión | Quantic | World |
| 99 | Dez Total (Filhos De Gandhy) | Sessa | World |
| 100 | Dejémos Al Menos Cantos | Mirabai Ceiba | World |
| 101 | Y Si Mañana (feat. Omara Portuondo) | Alex Cuba | World |
| 102 | I No Dey Talk I Do Dey Lie | Gyedu-Blay Ambolley | World |
| 103 | Bubu | Pat Thomas | World |
| 104 | Kurski Funk | Paul Winter Consort & Friends | World |
| 105 | Haller Yollar | BaBa ZuLa | World |
| 106 | Sinewe (feat. Aly Magassa, Kande Sissoko, Hamadoun Guindo & Jacob Silver) [l'Eglise De Tominia] | Mamadou Kelly | World |
| 107 | Tochal | Imarhan | World |
| 108 | Mirror Memory | Teebs | World |
| 109 | Aggua | Roberto Fonseca | World |
| 110 | Don't Let 'Em | The Subdudes | World |
| 111 | Supersonics | Caravan Palace | World |
| 112 | L.T. | Grupo Fantasma | World |
| 113 | Gold (feat. Sudan Archives) | Dexter Story | World |
| 114 | Roller Skates | Steel Pulse | World |
| 115 | Love Somebody | The Subdudes | World |
| 116 | Tumast | Imarhan | World |
| 117 | Houses in Motion | Angelique Kidjo | World |
| 118 | El Fugitivo (feat. Josh Baca) | Grupo Fantasma | World |
| 119 | Think of Others | Mira Awad | World |
| 120 | The Story of Graceland As Told by Paul Simon | Paul Simon | World |
| 121 | Bodas De Oro | Buena Vista Social Club | World |
| 122 | Capoeira 2020 | Nina Miranda | World |
| 123 | Uman | KOKOROKO | World |
| 124 | No One to Depend on | Santana | World |
| 125 | Oulhin (My Heart Burns) | Bombino | World |
| 126 | Las Bellezas | Pacifika | World |
| 127 | Livin' in America | SUSTO | World |
| 128 | Kokoro | Fatoumata Diawara | World |
| 129 | Quebra Cabeça | Bixiga 70 | World |
| 130 | Sweet and Dandy (feat. Soul Sisters Six) | Andy Bassford | World |
| 131 | Siete | Nicola Cruz | World |
| 132 | The Journey with Mr. Van Der Merwe | BCUC | World |
| 133 | Anchorage | Michelle Shocked | World |
| 134 | Zinizjumegh | Imarhan | World |
| 135 | Once in a Lifetime | Angelique Kidjo | World |
| 136 | Fuentes Medley | Mariachi Los Camperos | World |
| 137 | Nubes | Grupo Fantasma | World |
| 138 | Oye Este Mi Canto (feat. Buika) | Santana | World |
| 139 | N'nijo (feat. Ensemble Black & White) | Amara Toure | African |
| 140 | Massa Kamba | Amadou Balake | African |
| 141 | Le Guide De La Révolution | Bako Dagnon | African |
| 142 | Highlife | Gyedu-Blay Ambolley | African |
| 143 | Anba Siklòn | Lakou Mizik | World |
| 144 | Enkèn Yèlélèbesh | Girma Beyene & Akale Wube | World |
| 145 | Bonheur | Vieux Farka Toure | World |
| 146 | Oh, Santa Rosa | Betsayda Machado And Parranda El Clavo | World |
| 147 | Aganyu Suite (Igbodu) | Michael Spiro & Joe Galvin | World |
| 148 | Aganyu Suite (Bata Seco) | Michael Spiro & Joe Galvin | World |
| 149 | Iphupho | Afrika Mamas | World |
| 150 | Musonsu | Jupiter & Okwess | World |
| 151 | North Wind | Alba Griot Ensemble | World |
| 152 | River Run | Entrain | World |
| 153 | Papa Loko | Malou Beauvoir | World |
| 154 | Simbi D'lo | Malou Beauvoir | World |
| 155 | Papa Damballah | Malou Beauvoir | World |
| 156 | Airlifted | Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society | World |
| 157 | Cool Down | The Elovaters | World |
| 158 | The Desert Beckons | Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society | World |
| 159 | Ahava Ka'zo (A Love Like This) [feat. Zehava Ben] | Idan Raichel | World |
| 160 | Gesse | Ukandanz | World |
| 161 | Rivers of Babylon | Andy Bassford | World |
| 162 | What You Don't Know | Linette Tobin's Pangaea | World |
| 163 | Beauty in the Air | Linette Tobin's Pangaea | World |
| 164 | Johnny Too Bad (feat. the Blue People & New Kingston) | Andy Bassford | World |
| 165 | Pressure Drop (feat. Soul Sisters Six) | Andy Bassford | World |
| 166 | Señor De Las Piedras | Nicola Cruz | World |
| 167 | We Were All Good Kids | Petite Celine | World |
| 168 | Ganesha | Poranguí | World |
| 169 | Cimarrón | Small Town Therapy | World |
| 170 | Qui Sommes Nous | Petite Celine | World |
| 171 | No No More | Petite Celine | World |
| 172 | Cartographers | Petite Celine | World |
| 173 | Oxum | Poranguí | World |
| 174 | Weather Balloons | SUSTO | World |
| 175 | Lucie | Vaudou Game | World |
| 176 | Otorongo | Poranguí | World |
| 177 | Tingo (feat. Erik Truffaz) | Las Hermanas Caronni | World |
| 178 | Canto De La Selva | Poranguí | World |
| 179 | Serbian Dreams | Talisk | World |
| 180 | Devridaim | Coskun Karademir | World |
| 181 | Little Mountain | The Vampires | World |
| 182 | Typhoon Nozaki | Vasen | World |
| 183 | Rosenlundsvalsen | Vasen | World |
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