1 

Minyo Crusaders
Echoes of Japan
Mais Um (6)
2. Kronos Quartet, Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat – Placeless – Kirkelig Kulturverksted (2)
3. Refugees for Refugees – Amina – Muziekpublique (1)
4. AKA Trio – Joy – Bendigedig (9)
5. Altın Gün – Gece – Glitterbeat (19)
6. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Miri – Outhere (4)
7. Alim Qasimov and Michel Godard – Awakening – Buda Musique (5)
8. Las Hermanas Caronni – Santa Plástica – Les Grands Fleuves (8)
9. Waed Bouhassoun – Safar: Les Âmes Retrouvées – Buda Musique (3)
10. The Gloaming – 3 – Real World (7)11. Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa – Poetic Trance – PIAS (22)
12. Ifriqiyya Électrique – Laylet el Booree – Glitterbeat (13)
13. Mara Aranda – Sefarad en el corazón de Turquía – Mara Aranda (-)
14. Le Vent du Nord – Territoires – Borealis (29)
15. Zulya – Six Days Loving / Alty Tön Yaratu – Zulya Kamalova (-)
16. Dobranotch – Merčedes Kolo – CPL-Music (25)
17. Söndörgő – Nyolc 8 Nyolc – SNDRG Music (16)
18. Gaiteiros de Lisboa – Bestiário – Uguru (-)
19. Our Native Daughters – Songs of Our Native Daughters – Smithsonian Folkways (24)
20. Black Flower – Future Flora – Sdban Ultra (35)

21. Kel Assouf – Black Tenere – Glitterbeat (10)
22. Angelique Kidjo – Celia – Verve / Universal Music France (-)
23. Kanazoé Orkestra – Tolonso – Buda Musique (17)
24. Áššu – Áššu – Bafe’s Factory (34)
25. Hama Sankare – Niafunke – Clermont Music (28)
26. Vassvik – Gákti – Heilo / Grappa Musikkforlag (-)
27. Kongo Dia Ntotila – 360° – Pussyfoot (-)
28. Equus – Tailwind Home – Equus (33)
29. Coşkun Karademir Quartet – Öz / Essence – Kalan (20)

30. Natu Camara – Dimedi – Natuwenta Productions / Natu Camara (-)
31. Leyla McCalla – The Capitalist Blues – Jazz Village / PIAS (11)
32. Yapunto – Yapunto – Yapunto (-)
33. Oratnitza – Alter Ethno – Fusion Embassy (15)
34. Arifa – Secret Poetry – Mundus Productions (-)
35. Dizzy Mandjeku & Alé Kumá – De Palenque à Matongé – Zephyrus (-)
36. Rachele Andrioli & Rocco Nigro – Maletiempu – Dodicilune (30)
37. Massa Dembele – Alumaye – Izniz (-)
38. Khonyagaran Mehr Orchestra – Under Siege – Pardis Records Inc. Canada (-)
39. Rupa & the April Fishes – Growing Upward – Electric Gumbo Radio Music (37)
40. Tartit – Amankor / The Exile – Riverboat / World Music Network (26)

Transglobal World Music Chart (TWMC) is a network of world music specialised journalists, critics, writers, DJs… from all the continents, that produces a monthly chart (and also an annual one), according to quality criteria, selecting the best recent world music albums from all over the world.

Transglobal World Music Chart is an independent non-profit initiative created and launched in partnership by Mundofoníasand World Music Central teams.

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Current members: Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T S Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO/US), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Willi Klopottek (LU/DE), Betto Arcos (MX/US), Thorsten Bednarz (DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Anna Rzhevina (RU), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), Kutay Derin Kugay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Chen Hanzi (CN), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), Madan Rao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US)
TWMC Festival Awards

Application open for the 2019 Festival Awards!!
As part of its goal to increase the appreciation of the music from the cultures of the world, as a tool for the development of people in many areas of life, as well as for joy and pleasure, the Transglobal World Music Chart launches the Festival Awards. The first edition took place in 2018 and the application for the second edition (2019) is open.Learn more and apply here!
Check the 2018 winners