The Roots Music Report's
Top World Album Chart
for the Year of 2016
1 |  | All These Years by: Solas  | Label: THL Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist:    |
2 |  | Resistance by: The SoulJazz Orchestra  | Label: !K7 Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist:    |
3 |  | Nueva Era by: Dayme Arocena | Label: Brownswood Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
4 |  | Imarhan by: Imarhan | Label: City Slang Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
5 |  | Azel by: Bombino | Label: Partisan Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
6 |  | Arriving by: Os Clavelitos | Label: self-release Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
7 |  | The Traveller by: Baaba Maal | Label: Palm Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Wa Di Yo by: Lakou Mizik | Label: Cumbancha Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | Tropix by: Ceu | Label: Six Degrees Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
10 |  | 1000 Watts (Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno) by: Quantic | Label: Tru Thoughts Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | Song of Lahore by: Sachal Ensemble | Label: Universal Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | Ziggy Marley by: Ziggy Marley | Label: Tuff Gong Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | Parallels by: Vandana Vishwas | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | Come to Paradise by: Suzanne Dean | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: African Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | Subcontinental Drift by: Sultans of String | Label: McKhool Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | Supernatural Love by: Sidestepper | Label: Real World Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | Ne So by: Rokia Traore | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | The Best of Bossacucanova by: Bossacucanova | Label: Six Degrees Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Manara by: Alsarah & The Nubatones | Label: Wonderwheel Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | Konono N°1 Meets Batida by: Konono N°1 | Label: Crammed Discs Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | Big Band Tribute to the Skatalites, Vol. 2 by: Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | Echo En Mexico by: Money Chicha | Label: VampiSoul Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Intenso! by: Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | Virtual Vinyl by: Daniela Mercury | Label: DRG Brazil Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | Quelbe! Music of the U.S. Virgin Islands by: Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights | Label: Smithsonian Folkways Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | Lema Lema: Eva Salina Sings Šaban Bajramović by: Eva Salina | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | Traveling Man by: Max-Hoba | Label: Hobacity Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | Everlasting by: Raging Fyah | Label: DUB Rockers Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | I Will Not Stop Singing by: Zomba Prison Project | Label: Six Degrees Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Vintage K-Pop Revisited by: Baeshi Bang | Label: Unknown Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | Shout It out by: Balkan Beat Box | Label: Balkan Beat Box Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | Golden by: The Movement | Label: Rootfire Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | Bambulaye by: Los Hacheros | Label: Daptone Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | Racines by: Tiken Jah Fakoly | Label: Barclay Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | Live Wires by: Söndörgő | Label: Riverboat Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | Tam Tam Tam Reimagined by: Sonzeira | Label: Brownswood Records Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | Vessel of Gratitude by: Tigger Benford & Party  | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | Ibeyi by: Ibeyi | Label: XL Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | Mariachi Flor De Toloache by: Mariachi Flor De Toloacche | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | I Love You Madly by: Black Masala | Label: Self Released Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Fio Da Memória by: Luisa Maita | Label: Cumbancha Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | Dois Amigos, Um Século De Música: Multishow Live by: Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | Mundo by: Mariza | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | 55 by: Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band | Label: Big Crown Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | Highlife-Jazz and Afro-Soul by: Fela Ransome Kuti And His Koola Lobitos | Label: FAK Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | At the Edge of the Beginning by: Idan Raichel | Label: Cumbancha Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | Fragmenti Remixes by: Paris to Kyiv | Label: Balanced Records, Inc. Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | Amonafi by: Daby Touré | Label: Cumbancha Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | Eastern Journey by: Tom Teasley | Label: T&T Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Canta Cartola by: Teresa Cristina | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | Afrika Mamas by: Afrika Mamas | Label: Arc Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | Rough Romanian Soul by: ZMEI3 | Label: Six Degrees Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | The Young Man's Harp by: Vieux Kante | Label: Sterns Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | Now and then by: Cuicani | Label: CMC Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | It's Time by: Alma Afrobeat Ensemble | Label: Slow Walk Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | Up by: Karsh Kale | Label: Six Degrees Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | Selva by: Ciro Hurtado | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | Of Infinite Light by: Sands Around Infinity | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | Arbina by: Noura Mint Seymali | Label: Glitterbeat Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | West to West by: Emmanuel Nii Okai Tagoe | Label: Arc Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | Bloodline by: XIXA | Label: Barbes Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | Ere Gobez by: Debo Band | Label: FPE Records Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | Dakar Suite by: Leni Stern | Label: Leni Stern Records Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | Carnival Caravan by: Nation Beat | Label: Scott Kettner Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | Andalusia of Love by: Marcel Khalife | Label: Nagam Records/Connecting Cultures Records Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | Heritage by: Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano | Label: Qwest Records Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | Monistic Theory by: Joe Driscoll | Label: Cumbancha Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | The Fifth World by: 7th Generation Rise | Label: 7th Generation Rise Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | Land of Gold by: Anoushka Shankar | Label: Deutsche Grammophon Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | In Between Times Remixes by: Gaudi | Label: Six Degrees Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | The Best of Soapkills by: Soapkills | Label: Crammed Discs Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | Junun by: Shye Ben Tzur | Label: Nonesuch Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | Folk Music from Peru by: Wayna Picchu | Label: Arc Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | La Despedida by: San Lazaro | Label: Hope Street Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | Navega by: Moussu T E Lei Jovents | Label: World Village Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | Songs in the Mist by: Young Iranian Female Voices | Label: Kirkelig Kulturverksted Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | Ba Power by: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba | Label: Glitterbeat Sub Genre: African Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | King of Highlife Anthology by: E.T. Mensah | Label: RetroAfric/Sterns Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | Leyenda by: Ana Alcaide | Label: Arc Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | Touristes by: Vieux Farka Toure | Label: Six Degrees Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | Caribe by: Locos Por Juana | Label: Rock the Moon Productions Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | Cantando by: Dom La Nena | Label: Six Degrees Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | Taziri by: Titi Robin | Label: Unknown Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | A Hermitage by: Jambinai | Label: Bella Union Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | La Musica by: SoulChillaz | Label: Chillball Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
86 |  | Quarter to Six by: Idan Raichel | Label: Cumbancha Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
87 |  | Brass Like It Hot: Fast & Furious Balkan Brass by: Džambo Aguševi Orchestra | Label: Arc Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
88 |  | Like a Bird or Spirit, Not a Face by: Sainkho Namtchylak | Label: Ponderosa Music & Art Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
89 |  | Television by: Baaba Maal | Label: Palm Pictures Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
90 |  | Det Bla Loftet by: Svalbard Kirkes Trio | Label: KKV Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
91 |  | Istanbul Underground by: Ilhan Ersahin | Label: Nublu Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
92 |  | Dedication to Sylvia Rexach by: Miramar | Label: Barbes Records Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
93 |  | We Are the Halluci Nation by: A Tribe Called Red | Label: Radicalized Records Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
94 |  | Space Diaspora by: Oy | Label: Crammed Discs Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
95 |  | Volume Two by: Qwanqwa | Label: FPE Sub Genre: African Connect with the Artist: |
96 |  | Woven Landscapes by: Karavan Sarai | Label: Electrofone Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
97 |  | Lost and Found by: Buena Vista Social Club | Label: World Circuit Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
98 |  | Céu Live by: Ceu | Label: Urban Jungle Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
99 |  | Apollo You Sixteen by: Karim Baggili | Label: Take the Bus Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
100 |  | Havana Night Sessions at Abdala Studios by: The Gypsy Cuban Project | Label: Universal Romania Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
101 |  | Castelli by: A Filetta | Label: World Village Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
102 |  | Songs of Resilience by: Simrit | Label: Simrit Kaur Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
103 |  | Renascence by: Kandia Kouyate | Label: Sterns Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
104 |  | La Casa Azul by: Migguel Anggelo | Label: Jupiter Moons Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
105 |  | Onwards to Mars! by: Fanfare Ciocarlia | Label: Asphalt Tango Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
106 |  | Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal by: Tuuletar | Label: Bafes Factory Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
107 |  | Musique De Nuit by: Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal | Label: Six Degrees Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
108 |  | Tango Fado Project by: Manhattan Camerata | Label: Sorel Classics Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
109 |  | Kobani by: Ferhat Tunc | Label: KKV Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
110 |  | Solar Rape by: Carlos Timon | Label: Gran Sol Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
111 |  | Algarabya by: La Banda Morisca | Label: Fol Musica Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
112 |  | Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra by: Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra | Label: Unknown Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
113 |  | Moura by: Ana Moura | Label: Universal Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
114 |  | Classical and Contemporary Chinese Music by: Mei Han and Red Chamber | Label: Arc Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
115 |  | 16 Visions of Ex-Futur by: Veronique Vincent And Aksak Maboul | Label: Crammed Discs Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
116 |  | Guajira Mas Guajira by: Eliades Ochoa | Label: Tumi Music Limited Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
117 |  | Ruby by: Shujaat Husain Khan & Katayoun Goudarzi | Label: Shujaat Husain Khan & Katayoun Goudarzi Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
118 |  | Waati Sera by: Adama Yalomba | Label: Studio Mali Recordings Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
119 |  | Go to Fly by: Who Is John Smith | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
120 |  | Rescued Treasure - Live at Gorki Berlin by: Semer Ensemble | Label: Piranha Musik Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
121 |  | Djely Blues by: Djelimady Tounkara | Label: Label Bleu Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
122 |  | Yo Quiero Guarachar by: Palo! | Label: Rolling Pin Records Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
123 |  | Looking Back by: Melodic Intersect | Label: Aimrec Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
124 |  | Fire, Sweat & Pastis by: Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
125 |  | Guerre by: Aquaserge | Label: Crammed Discs Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
126 |  | Ethiopia by: Gabriella Ghermandi | Label: Arc Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
127 |  | Quitapenas by: Quitapenas | Label: White Iris Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
128 |  | L'ombre D'une Source by: Titi Robin | Label: World Village Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
129 |  | Healer by: Alex Cuba | Label: Caracol Records Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
130 |  | Musique De France by: Acid Arab | Label: Crammed Discs Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
131 |  | 20 Years 17 Hippies - Anatomy by: 17 Hippies | Label: Hipster Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
132 |  | American Pilgrimage by: Sanjay Chitale | Label: UMG Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
133 |  | Abbar El Hamada by: Aziza Brahim | Label: Glitterbeat Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
134 |  | Navega Mundos by: Las Hermanas Caronni | Label: Les Grands Fleuves Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
135 |  | Round Two by: Cocek! Brass Band | Label: Sam Dechenne Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
136 |  | Hausjarvi Beat by: Pare | Label: Self Released Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
137 |  | Sociedade Recreativa by: Sociedade Recreativa | Label: Jarring Effects Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
138 |  | Divine Spark by: Natty Nation | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
139 |  | Tankadi by: Mamadou Barry & Afro Groove Gang | Label: Label Bleu Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
140 |  | Vai-te Cuca by: Cardo-Roxo | Label: Projecto Cardo Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
141 |  | Ii by: Liima | Label: 4AD Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
142 |  | Native American Flute by: Ojibway people | Label: Arc Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
143 |  | Charentsavan: Music for Armenian Duduk by: Arsen Petrosyan | Label: Pomegranate Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
144 |  | Scandalize My Name by: Ida Maria | Label: KKV Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
145 |  | Taranta Project by: Ludovico Einaudi | Label: Ponderosa Music & Art Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
146 |  | Psychedelic Trance Tarantella by: Kalàscima | Label: Ponderosa Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
147 |  | The Planet's Greatest African Music, Vol.2: Africa - Missa Luba by: Missa Luba | Label: Global Journey Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
148 |  | Live in Paris by: Tinariwen | Label: Anti Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
149 |  | What's Nu by: Nu Haven Kapelye | Label: Nu Haven Kapelye Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
150 |  | Goddess Polka Dottess by: TriBeCaStan | Label: Evergreene Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
151 |  | #LoveinEvolution by: Sweet Honey in the Rock | Label: Appleseed Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
152 |  | Mamma Sirena by: Officina Zoe | Label: Anima Mundi Musica Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
153 |  | Warszawa-Dakar by: Maria Pomianowska | Label: ForTune Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
154 |  | Dromomania by: New York Gypsy All Stars | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
155 |  | All I Need by: Pablo Nouvelle | Label: Armada Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
156 |  | A Mulher Do Fim Do Mundo by: Elza Soares | Label: Mais Um Discos Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
157 |  | Maputo Queens by: Etienne de la Sayette | Label: 2016 Paris DJs Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
158 |  | Life Stories by: Ebo Taylor | Label: Strut Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
159 |  | Nouvelle Journee by: Lorraine Klaasen | Label: Justin Time Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
160 |  | Spirit of the Island by: Makato | Label: Kultone Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
161 |  | Illusion by: Snowapple | Label: Zip Records Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
162 |  | Future World by: Thomas Blondet | Label: Rhythm and Culture Music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
163 |  | Americano by: Pablo Villegas | Label: World Village Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
164 |  | The Hill of Thieves by: Cara Dillon | Label: Charcoal Records Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
165 |  | Carrousel XXI by: Francois Couture and Denis Veilleux | Label: Disques Boghei Records Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
166 |  | Go Slow to Lagos by: Gangbe Brass Band | Label: L'Afrique dans les Oreilles Sub Genre: Afro-beat Connect with the Artist: |
167 |  | Lion Songs: Essential Tracks in the Making of Zimbabwe by: Thomas Mapfumo | Label: Self Release Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
168 |  | From Kinshasa by: Mbongwana Star | Label: Nonesuch Records Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
169 |  | Bolo by: Bolo | Label: Self Release Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
170 |  | Reina De Todas Las Fiestas by: Chico Trujillo | Label: Barbes Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
171 |  | Dreams of India by: Tom Teasley | Label: Self Release Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
172 |  | Aw Sa Yone, Vol. 2 by: Dieuf Dieul de Thies | Label: Teranga Beat Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
173 |  | De Fez a Jerez by: Seffarine | Label: Bmi Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
174 |  | YoYouMeTu, Vol. 2 by: Zemog el Gallo Bueno | Label: Zemog el Gallo Bueno Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
175 |  | Ram 6: Manman Se Ginen by: RAM | Label: Willibelle Publishing Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
176 |  | El Violin Latino Vol. 2 for Octavio by: Gregor Huebner | Label: Fine music Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
177 |  | Twer Nyame by: Ebo Taylor | Label: Mr. Bongo Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
178 |  | Kidayu by: Vaudou Game | Label: Hot Casa Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
179 |  | One Vision by: Melodic Intersect | Label: Aimrec Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
180 |  | Francois Couture: La Suite Foraine by: Trio Beau Soir | Label: Disques Boghei Records Sub Genre: World Connect with the Artist: |
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