The Roots Music Report's
Top World Album Chart
for the Year of 2021
Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
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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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