The Roots Music Report's
Top World Song Chart
for the Year of 2020
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | Sub Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Weight | Playing For Change | World |
| 2 | El Hombre Sin Nombre | Victor Samalot | World |
| 3 | Café Puerto Rico | Victor Samalot | World |
| 4 | El Torero | Victor Samalot | World |
| 5 | La Llamada (feat. Gema 4) | Roberto Fonseca | World |
| 6 | The Eliminators | Mickey Hart | World |
| 7 | Got to Be Tough | Toots & The Maytals | World |
| 8 | Mofongo | Victor Samalot | World |
| 9 | N.B.T. | Black Market Brass | World |
| 10 | I Am | Genesis Owusu | World |
| 11 | In the Night | Deline Briscoe | World |
| 12 | Badango | Max Highstein | World |
| 13 | Paraísos Quemados (feat. Buika) | Santana | World |
| 14 | Groove Them Move Them | The Aggrolites | World |
| 15 | Steppin' out | Steel Pulse | World |
| 16 | Help Man | The Aggrolites | World |
| 17 | Faster Bullet | The Aggrolites | World |
| 18 | Fadjamou (Acoustic) | Oumou Sangare | World |
| 19 | If Love Was a Train | Michelle Shocked | World |
| 20 | Your Pain is Mine | Ziggy Marley | World |
| 21 | Ngadijina | Deline Briscoe | World |
| 22 | Funky Kingston | Toots & The Maytals | World |
| 23 | High on Life | Ziggy Marley | World |
| 24 | Having a Party | Toots & The Maytals | World |
| 25 | Barre | Songhoy Blues | World |
| 26 | Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes | Paul Simon | World |
| 27 | Tengo Una Bici Y La Quiero Montar (feat. Suika T) | Bicicletas Por La Paz | World |
| 28 | Rail Runner | Max Highstein | World |
| 29 | Pound for Pound | The Aggrolites | World |
| 30 | Free Time | The Aggrolites | World |
| 31 | Deran Deran Alkheir (Well Wishes) | Bombino | World |
| 32 | Tochal | Imarhan | World |
| 33 | Freedom Train | Toots & The Maytals | World |
| 34 | Pass the Kouchie | The Mighty Diamonds | World |
| 35 | Balanca Nao Pode Parar Feat. Cris Delanno | Bossacucanova | World |
| 36 | Anchorage | Michelle Shocked | World |
| 37 | Emikele Ngamo | Jupiter & Okwess | World |
| 38 | Brujería | Bicicletas Por La Paz | World |
| 39 | Ofakombolo | Jupiter & Okwess | World |
| 40 | Ehad Wa Dagh | Imarhan | World |
| 41 | Tumast | Imarhan | World |
| 42 | Imuhagh | Imarhan | World |
| 43 | I Need You to Be Sweet Like Sugar (Nnge Nte Suka) | Ibibio Sound Machine | World |
| 44 | Syzygy | Purna Loka Ensemble | World |
| 45 | Alwa | Imarhan | World |
| 46 | Graceland | Paul Simon | World |
| 47 | Zinizjumegh | Imarhan | World |
| 48 | Cohiba | Entrain | World |
| 49 | Sa Na Kenbe (feat. Cyril Neville) | Lakou Mizik | World |
| 50 | Muted (feat. Thomas Stankiewicz) | Teebs | World |
| 51 | Triality: Movement I | Purna Loka Ensemble | World |
| 52 | Three Little Birds (feat. Ziggy Marley) | Toots & The Maytals | World |
| 53 | So Much Things to Say | Bob Marley & The Wailers | World |
| 54 | Azzaman | Imarhan | World |
| 55 | Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me) | Willie Nelson | World |
| 56 | No One to Depend on | Santana | World |
| 57 | Hey Pocky Way | Nation Beat | World |
| 58 | Do Me a Favor | The Subdudes | World |
| 59 | Work It | The Aggrolites | World |
| 60 | Oulhin (My Heart Burns) | Bombino | World |
| 61 | Love Somebody | The Subdudes | World |
| 62 | Zydeco Joe | Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas | World |
| 63 | Into the Thick | Black Market Brass | World |
| 64 | The Crystal Year / Foxes' Rock | Flook | World |
| 65 | Only for a Moment | Lola Marsh | World |
| 66 | Darshan Line | Max Highstein | World |
| 67 | Nothing More to Say | The Frightnrs | World |
| 68 | Cheat and Start a Fight | Black Market Brass | World |
| 69 | Hurry Up | The Aggrolites | World |
| 70 | Dancing with Myself (feat. Phoebe Killdeer) | Nouvelle Vague | World |
| 71 | La Volerie | Les Poules à Colin | World |
| 72 | Miracle | Caravan Palace | World |
| 73 | Why You Rat | The Aggrolites | World |
| 74 | Pressure Drop | Toots & The Maytals | World |
| 75 | The Boy in the Bubble | Paul Simon | World |
| 76 | Cucala | Angelique Kidjo | World |
| 77 | Bari | Issa Coulibaly | World |
| 78 | I No Dey Talk I Do Dey Lie | Gyedu-Blay Ambolley | World |
| 79 | Brejeiro | Aquarela | World |
| 80 | Cumbia Triste | Nohe & Sus Santos | World |
| 81 | Sirenita | Nohe & Sus Santos | World |
| 82 | Don't Let 'Em | The Subdudes | World |
| 83 | I Got Ya Back | Katchafire | World |
| 84 | Propizio Chitarra | Gypsy Cafe Ensemble | World |
| 85 | Elote | Pink Hawks | Afro-beat |
| 86 | Big Chief | Nation Beat | World |
| 87 | Papo De | Da Cruz | World |
| 88 | Waldomiro Pena (feat. Wilson Simoninha) | Bossacucanova | World |
| 89 | Lágrimas Negras | Aymee Nuviola | World |
| 90 | Pistach Griye (feat. Trombone Shorty) | Lakou Mizik | World |
| 91 | No Going Back | Ikebe Shakedown | World |
| 92 | Agua Fría (feat. Laurene P Magnani) | The Bongo Hop | World |
| 93 | Ignorance is Bliss (feat. Tiddas) | Deline Briscoe | World |
| 94 | All Things Broken | Deline Briscoe | World |
| 95 | Prayers I | Teebs | World |
| 96 | Rewind | Rema | World |
| 97 | Queens (feat. Rokia Koné) | Les Amazones d'Afrique | World |
| 98 | Vamos a Bailar Un Son | Eliades Ochoa | World |
| 99 | Norwegian Wood | Al Di Meola | World |
| 100 | Smokin Dub | Gaudi | World |
| 101 | Black Dog | Shooglenifty | World |
| 102 | Wristband | Paul Simon | World |
| 103 | Annie, Heart Thief of the Sea | Kishi Bashi | World |
| 104 | Honky Tonkin' (I Guess I Done Me Some) | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men | World |
| 105 | Struggle | Toots & The Maytals | World |
| 106 | Forró De Dois Amigos | Nation Beat | World |
| 107 | Algunas Cantan | Nation Beat | World |
| 108 | Dog Was a Doughnut | Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band | World |
| 109 | Bright Eyes (feat. Alev Lenz) | Anoushka Shankar | World |
| 110 | Iko Kreyòl (feat. Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Preservation Hall Jazz Band & 79rs Gang) | Lakou Mizik | World |
| 111 | Tonkara | Staff Benda Bilili | World |
| 112 | Consuélate Como Yo (feat. Mayito Rivera) | Aymee Nuviola | World |
| 113 | Amenawon | Antibalas | World |
| 114 | Ase | Ekiti Sound | World |
| 115 | Heartbreak Radio | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men | World |
| 116 | James Bond | Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra | World |
| 117 | My Jamaican Dub | Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band | World |
| 118 | Bésame Mucho | Okan | World |
| 119 | Fadjamou | Oumou Sangare | African |
| 120 | Chan Chan | Aymee Nuviola | World |
| 121 | Naleli | Kongo Dia Ntotila | World |
| 122 | Lamento Selvatico | Los Wembler's De Iquitos | World |
| 123 | Sogonikou | Issa Coulibaly | World |
| 124 | Korodouga | Issa Coulibaly | World |
| 125 | Lakou Dogwe (feat. Anders Osborne) | Lakou Mizik | World |
| 126 | Azaka Vini We'n | Lakou Mizik | World |
| 127 | Grenn Pwonmennen (feat. Kephny Eliacin) | The Bongo Hop | World |
| 128 | La Carga (feat. Nidia Góngora) | The Bongo Hop | World |
| 129 | Sonora (feat. Nidia Góngora) | The Bongo Hop | World |
| 130 | Sweet Frangipani | Deline Briscoe | World |
| 131 | Mmntm (feat. Ringgo Ancheta & Former Boy) | Teebs | World |
| 132 | Daughter Callin' (feat. Pink Siifu) | Teebs | World |
| 133 | Little Small Girl | Gyedu-Blay Ambolley | World |
| 134 | Bubu | Pat Thomas | World |
| 135 | Sinewe (feat. Aly Magassa, Kande Sissoko, Hamadoun Guindo & Jacob Silver) [l'Eglise De Tominia] | Mamadou Kelly | World |
| 136 | Cajueiro | Rafiki Jazz | World |
| 137 | Corny | Rema | World |
| 138 | Ai Maria | Custodio Castelo | World |
| 139 | Kilsanmäki (Schottish) | Petri Hakala & Markku Lepisto | World |
| 140 | Salwe | Moonlight Benjamin | World |
| 141 | Space (feat. Alev Lenz) | Anoushka Shankar | World |
| 142 | Bonheur | Zal Sissokho | World |
| 143 | Rhapsodie Roumaine | Quintet Bumbac | World |
| 144 | Whirlwind | Trio Tekke | World |
| 145 | Rain Driver | Max Highstein | World |
| 146 | Corta Jaca | Aquarela | World |
| 147 | Moleman | Waaju | World |
| 148 | Mi Cumbia Hermosa | Beto Jamaica | World |
| 149 | Naquele Tempo | Aquarela | World |
| 150 | El Carretero | Liga Latina | World |
| 151 | Dunes | Ojibo Afrobeat | World |
| 152 | Calculadora | Son Rompe Pera | World |
| 153 | Nada Irreal | Ceu | World |
| 154 | Lal Mere | Lokkhi Terra | World |
| 155 | El Curandero | Orkesta Mendoza | World |
| 156 | Moonlight | Tootard | World |
| 157 | Amanecer (with Nils Petter Molvær & Steve Shehan) | Matthieu Saglio | World |
| 158 | Caravelle (with Nguyên Lê & Bijan Chemirani) | Matthieu Saglio | World |
| 159 | No Waiting (feat. Seun Kuti) | Les Freres Smith | World |
| 160 | Bemba Colorá (En Vivo) | Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymee Nuviola | World |
| 161 | Parvaaz - E Noor: Flight of Light | Sandeep Das | World |
| 162 | Khoyor Ntugiin Erkh | Khusugtun | World |
| 163 | Ruma Jhuma | Transglobal Underground | World |
| 164 | Sweet Lei Mokihana (feat. David P Jackson , Dean Parks , Jim Kimo West , Ken Emerson & Nick Mancini) | Rhymoi Music | World |
| 165 | Le Rêve De Kovacks | Supergombo | World |
| 166 | Song for Abi | KUBIX | World |
| 167 | Still Standing | KUBIX | World |
| 168 | Idesouse | Star Feminine Band | World |
| 169 | Chora a Videira | Anfiguri | World |
| 170 | Bidibido | Elida Almeida | World |
| 171 | Erzrumi Shoror | A.G.A Trio | World |
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