The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 World Album Chart
for the Week of Feb 15, 2020
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Wawu | Deline Briscoe | Gaba Musik | World |
| - | 2 | 2 | Songs Around the World (10 Year Anniversary Edition) | Playing For Change | Self-Release | World |
| ▲ | 3 | 4 | Satingarona, Pt. 2 | The Bongo Hop | Underdog | World |
| ▲ | 4 | 11 | Fu Chronicles | Antibalas | Daptone | World |
| - | 5 | 5 | Reload | I-Taweh | Tap Nat Muzik | World |
| - | 6 | 6 | Les Bateaux | Mamadou Kelly | Nolan & Associates | World |
| ▲ | 7 | 8 | Anicca | Teebs | Brainfeeder | World |
| ▲ | 8 | 9 | Yesun | Roberto Fonseca | Mack Avenue | World |
| ▲ | 9 | - | Edwin Durant Kovtun | Jon Durant, Colin Edwin & Inna Kovtun | Alchemy | World |
| ▲ | 10 | - | The Rough Guide to Mali Blues | World Music Network | World Music Network | World |
| ▲ | 11 | - | Bahir | Dexter Story | Soundway | World |
| ▲ | 12 | 34 | Rough Guide to World Jazz | World Music Network | World Music Network | World |
| *NEW* | 13 | - | Afro Exotique - Adventures in the Leftfield, Africa 1972-82 | Africa Seven | Africa Seven | World |
| ▲ | 14 | 15 | Wolf's Path | Vedan Kolod | Firestorm | World |
| ▲ | 15 | 16 | Flamingo | Uusikuu | Nordic Notes | World |
| ▲ | 16 | 17 | Mis Dos Madres | Belize | Eclipse Music | World |
| ▲ | 17 | 18 | Daba | Oum | Lof | World |
| ▲ | 18 | 19 | First Dance | Evelina Petrova Trio | Grappa Musikkforlag | World |
| ▲ | 19 | 20 | The Butcher's Share | Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird | Oriente Musik | World |
| ▲ | 20 | 21 | Orquesta Akokan | Orquesta Akokán | Daptone | World |
| ▲ | 21 | - | Kin Sonic | Jupiter & Okwess | Glitterbeat | World |
| ▲ | 22 | - | Africa Speaks | Santana | Starfaith | World |
| ▲ | 23 | 49 | Mettavolution | Rodrigo y Gabriela | ATO | World |
| ▼ | 24 | 3 | Celia | Angelique Kidjo | Verve | World |
| ▲ | 25 | 26 | A Journey Through Cuban Music | Aymee Nuviola | Top Stop Music | World |
| ▲ | 26 | - | Words of Peace | Riad Abdel-Gawad | Musicariad | World |
| ▲ | 27 | 28 | Djigui | Issa Coulibaly | Didakan Music | World |
| ▲ | 28 | - | Amadjar | Tinariwen | Anti | World |
| ▲ | 29 | - | Rebujo | Dona Onete | Mais Um Discos | World |
| ▼ | 30 | 7 | HaitiaNola | Lakou Mizik | Cumbancha | World |
| ▲ | 31 | 33 | 11th Street, Sekondi | Gyedu-Blay Ambolley | Agogo | World |
| ▼ | 32 | 14 | Rough Guide to a World of Guitar | World Music Network | World Music Network | World |
| ▲ | 33 | 35 | Kinshasa 1978: Originals and Reconstructions | Crammed Discs | Crammed Discs | World |
| ▲ | 34 | - | Bossa Got the Blues | Bossacucanova | Six Degrees | World |
| ▲ | 35 | 36 | Rema | Rema | Mavin | World |
| ▲ | 36 | 37 | Quilombo Sound System | Quilombo | Self-Release | World |
| *NEW* | 37 | - | Spirals | NIEMI | Bafe’s Factory | World |
| *NEW* | 38 | - | Amazones Power | Les Amazones d'Afrique | Real World | World |
| *NEW* | 39 | - | Bantou Mentale | Bantou Mentale | Glitterbeat | World |
| *NEW* | 40 | - | Amália Classics on Portuguese Guitar | Custodio Castelo | ARC | World |
| *NEW* | 41 | - | In Taberna | Cafe Loti | Materiali Sonori | World |
| *NEW* | 42 | - | Voices of the Sani | Manhu | Riverboat | World |
| ▼ | 43 | 40 | Surfeando Un Cometa | Bicicletas Por La Paz | Self-Release | World |
| ▲ | 44 | 50 | Reggae Now! | The Aggrolites | Pirates Press | World |
| *NEW* | 45 | - | Hasta La Raíz | Natalia Lafourcade | RCA | World |
| ▲ | 46 | - | 55 | Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band | Big Crown | World |
| ▲ | 47 | - | Temet | Imarhan | City Slang | World |
| ▼ | 48 | 47 | Deran | Bombino | Partisan | World |
| ▲ | 49 | - | Mama Funny Day | Sarazino | Cumbancha | World |
| ▲ | 50 | - | Kings Left Behind | Ikebe Shakedown | Colemine | World |
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