WORLD MUSIC CHARTS EUROPE in the Year 2014
Compiled by Johannes Theurer on behalf of the Worldmusic Workshop of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
The top 250 of 842 nominated records
1 SOUTAK Aziza Brahim Glitterbeat Western Sahara/Spain
2 TOUMANI & SIDIKI Toumani Diabate & Sidiki Diabate World Circuit Mali
3 TAMBUROCKET HUNGARIAN FIREWORKS Söndörgö Riverboat Hungary
4 TZENNI Noura Mint Seymali Glitterbeat Mauritania
5 BEWARE OF THE FETISH Kasai Allstars Crammed DR Congo
6 LINYERA Melingo World Village Argentina
7 GALIZA Kepa Junkera Folmusica Spain
8 AFRICAN WOMAN Sia Tolno Lusafrica Guinea
9 KONPA LAKAY Boulpik Lusafrica Haiti
10 LIBATION Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars Cumbancha Sierra Leone/USA
11 LANDINI Aurelio Real World Honduras
12 SOO Habib Koite Contre-Jour Mali
13 LOVELY DIFFICULT Mayra Andrade Columbia/Stern's Cape Verde
14 FILM OF LIFE Tony Allen Harmonia Mundi/Jazz Village Nigeria
15 LE GRAND KALLE: HIS LIFE, HIS MUSIC Joseph Kabasele Stern's DR Congo
16 SALVADORA ROBOT Meridian Brothers Soundway Records Colombia
17 DEVIL'S TALE Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia Asphalt Tango Records Romania/Canada
18 TALES FROM A FORGOTTEN CITY Mostar Sevdah Reunion Snail Records/World Connection Bosnia & Herzegowina
19 THE SOUND OF SIAM VOL 2 Various artists Soundway Thailand
20 HEVRA (TOGETHER) Aynur Dogan Sony Classical Turkey
21 MARIACHI BEAT Los de Abajo Flowfish Mexico - &s - 22 QUEEN BETWEEN Susheela Raman World Village UK
23 OUR KIND OF BOSSA Bossacucanova Six Degrees Brazil
24 FOFOULAH Fofoulah Glitterbeat UK
25 LET'S DANCE Ibibio Sound Machine Soundway UK/Nigeria
26 METAL METAL Meta Meta Mais Um Discos Brazil
27 OLTREMARE Radicanto Arealive Italy
28 LA RUMBA SOYO Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca Cumbancha USA/Congo
29 EMMAAR Tinariwen Pias/Wedge Mali
30 ANGOLA SOUNDTRACK 2 Various artists Analog Africa Angola
31 MORUSA: BIELA Jana Kirschner Slnko records Slovakia
32 MILOKRAJ Marta Töpferova & Tomas Liska Supraphon Czech Republic
33 LO TESTAMENT Mara Aranda i Soltage Karonte Spain
34 GO TO TUVA Sainkho & Garlo BP12 France/Tuva
35 FERYAD-I KEMANE Cafer Nazlibas Onearth records Turkey
36 AL QUANTARA Majid Bekkas Igloo Rec Morocco
37 SAULEM AI Violons Barbares World Village France/Mongolia/Bulgaria
38 ROLE: NEW SOUNDS OF BRAZIL Various artists Mais Um Discos Brazil
39 ATLANTIC BEAT Oquestrada JARO Portugal
40 SILT Alsarah & The Nubatones Wonderwheel Recordings Sudan/USA
41 MAGYAR VILAGI NEPZENE Buda Folk Band Fenymag Hungary
42 LES AMBASSADEURS DU MOTEL DE BAMAKO Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako Stern's Mali
43 ALSAHRAA Amira Kheir Stern's Sudan
44 ISULA RANNI Unavantaluna Finisterre Italy
45 OJ TAK! Chlopcy Kontra Basia Riverboat Poland - &s -
46 EASTERN MOON RISING Boris Kovac La Campanella Riverboat Serbia
47 ROMOLOGY Kal ARC Serbia
48 ESPIRITU DEL SOL Amparo Sanchez World Village Spain/USA
49 THROUGH THE EYES OF THE SUN Belonoga Elen Music Bulgaria
50 URA Maria Mazzotta, Redi Hasa Finisterre Italy
51 LEFT FOOT DANCE OF THE YI Shanren Riverboat China
52 FAYA Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate Cumbancha Mali/USA
53 ESKO JÄRVELÄ EPIC MALE BAND Esko Järvelä Epic Male Band Siba Records Finland
54 TIGER RUN Sally Nyolo Riverboat Belgium/Cameroun
55 "2" Zoobazar Zoomusic Spain
56 NA DRE Dobet Gnahore Contre-Jour Ivory Coast
57 BAMAKO NIGHTS: LIVE AT THE BOZO 1995 Lobi Traore Glitterbeat Records Mali
58 NAGYECSED - BUDAPEST Romengo & Monika Lakatos Gryllus Hungary
59 SORMEH Sormeh Lotus Records Iran/Serbia
60 TINCIAN 9Bach Real World Records UK
61 KALI CITY Karim Baggili feat. Trio Joubran Homerecords Belgium/Palestine
62 CHATMA Tamikrest Glitterbeat Records Mali
63 LOCOMOTORA A CUBA Addys Mercedes Medialuna Cuba/Germany
64 FOMENTA Antonio Castrignano Ponderosa Music & Art Italy
65 ASK Özlem Bulut Band Hoanzl Austria/Turkey
66 WILD GOATS & UNMARRIED WOMEN She'Koyokh Riverboat UK
67 OCUPAI Bixiga 70 Mais um Discos Brazil
68 TRANSORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Kayah Kayax Poland
69 THE GLOAMING The Gloaming - &s - Realworld Ireland/USA
70 CAVALO Rodrigo Amarante Mais um Discos Brazil
71 LAPLAND-BALKAN Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha Playground Finland
72 SOBRE NOITES E DIAS Lucas Santtana No Format! Brazil
73 ROUND 2 Black Bazar Lusafrica France/DR Congo
74 HAITI DIRECT Various artists Strut Haiti
75 NEVA / HARMONY Olcay Bayir Riverboat Turkey
76 SENDERO MISTICO Sonido Gallo Negro Glitterbeat Mexico
77 KANOU Mamani Keita World Village Mali
78 4 ELEMENTOS Nana Vasconselos Far Out Recordings Brazil
79 KUMUSHKI PJUT Volga Asphalt Tango Russia
80 NO PROBLEM SALOON Oy Crammed Switzerland/Ghana
81 MAGIA NEGRA Omara Portuondo World Village Cuba
82 SOABBI Wimme Saari & Tapani Rinne Rockadillo Finland
83 TRADITION 2.1 Korrontzi Baga Biga Spain
84 LIVE A L'ETOILE Dexter Johnson & Le Super Star de Dakar Teranga Beat Senegal
85 GATHERING Red Chamber Za Discs Canada/China
86 ROUND TRIP Kompania Chara Prod. Greece
87 ABYSSINIA AFTERLIFE Black Flower Zephyrus Belgium
88 RIVER STRINGS - MANINKA GUITAR Djessou Mory Kante Stern's Guinea/Mali
89 TAMO DOLI Dunja Knebl & Kololira Dancing Bear Croatia
90 VIVO La Chiva Gantiva Crammed Belgium
91 MALI OVERDRIVE Anansy Cisse Riverboat Mali
92 MOKTE Kareyce Fotso Contre-Jour Cameroun - &s - 93 TURNARI Agricantus CNI Italy
94 MORTISSA Cigdem Aslan Asphalt Tango UK/Turkey
95 NAHADIN Hijaz Zephyrus Tunisia/Portugal/various
96 SALAM Al Andaluz Project Galileo MC various countries
97 RANIN Nasser Kilada Phonector Egypt/Germany
98 MUZYKO SILE DAJ Jazgot 4Ever Music Poland
99 AYO The Garifuna Collective Cumbancha/Stonetree Belize
100 IETTAVUCI Francesca Incudine Finisterre Italy
101 KARJA-LA Sväng Galileo Finland
102 WICKED LEADERS King Ayisoba Makkum Records Ghana
103 TALKA TUM Xarnege Pyrene Spain/France
104 SETERKAUK Ljom Kirkelig Kulturverksted Norway
105 YA AMAR The Egyptian Project Togezer/Six Degrees Egypt/France
106 ADDOH Oumar Konate Clermont Music Mali
107 KIRIKE Kasse Mady Diabate No Format Mali
108 RAZON DE SON Raul Rodriguez Folmusica Spain
109 CIGARROS EXPLOSIVOS Jaro Milko & The Cubalkanics Asphalt Tango Switzerland
110 MAIZAN THAW Elin Kaven Nordic Notes Norway
111 SIN PAIS Ali Khattab Nesma Music Egypt
112 BELLVER Ramsch & Rosen Lotus Records Austria
113 LIVE FROM THE SAHARA Tartit with Imharhan Clermont Music Mali
114 SIRIA Mestre Cupijo Analog Africa Brazil
115 IMBARCA Barcelona Gypsy Klezmer Orchestra Satelite K Spain
116 CLYCHAU DIBON Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita Astar UK, Senegal - &s -
117 SYMPHONIC TARAAB The Norwegian Radio Orchestra with Maryam Said Hamdun, Mohammed Issa "Matona" Haji & Rajab Suleiman Jaro Tanzania/Norway
118 CHA CHA CHA Abelardo Barroso World Circuit Cuba
119 JOA Coco Mbassi Conserprod Cameroun
120 CAJUEIRO Marcio Faraco World Village Brazil/France
121 SANS LIVE Sans Cloud Valley various countries
122 MADAME BAHEUX Madame Baheux Lotus Austria
123 ROUTES Jaune Toujours Choux de Bruxelles Belgium
124 MAZAL Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa Geomusic Morocco/international
125 AMANSARA Chancha via circuito Crammed Argentina
126 FAZENDO AS PAZES COM O SWING (MAKING PEACE WITHOrquestra THE SWING) Imperial Mais Um Discos Brazil
127 NOW Bibi Tanga Jazz Village/Harmonia Mundi Central African Republic
128 THE GNAWA BERBER Simo Lagnawi Riverboat Morocco
129 EESTI KUNINGRIIK Jaanus Nogistu & Tonu Tim Elwood Music Estonia
130 ADIBAR Mamadou Kelly Clermont Music Mali
131 GEURE Xabi Aburruzaga DNDiskak Spain
132 ASVIN Karavan Familia Fono Hungary
133 WINDS OF SAMSARA Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellermann Raveolution RSA/India
134 DÜNYA Mercan Dede Onearth Records Turkey
135 HRABANDA Banda Pavian Records Slovakia
136 MESSEI Donauwellenreiter Intuition Austria
137 REVÜLET Lakatos Robert Es a Rev Zenekar Fono Budai Zenehaz Hungary
138 SAN AUGUSTIN Edwin Sanz Alex Wilson Records Venezuela/Switzerland
139 MAGNETICA Quantic Tru Thoughts UK/Colombia
140 COINCIDENCE Peter Michael Hamel, Thomas Gundermann - &s - Schneeball Germany
141 CIMESINCS Tarkany Müvek Artisjus Hungary
142 DUSHI RITMO Wally Warning Cunucu Records Aruba/Germany
143 THE ISLAND OF DR ELECTRO The Bombay Royale Hope Street Recordings Australia
144 FREEDOM FROM THE KNOWN African Protokol Abozame Belgium/Burkina Faso
145 WED 21 Juana Molina Crammed Discs Argentina
146 TIMELINE Frigg Frigg Finland
147 VIVA AFRICANDO Africando Stern's USA/Senegal
148 UNDER BAR HIMMEL - TAIVASALLA Marianne Maans, Maria Kalaniemi & Ape Anttila Maans2014 Finland
149 CONTIGO Marta Gomez ARC Colombia
150 AMAGONG AMAGONG Hofa Switzerland/Burkina Faso
151 BETYAR VILAG EastWing Fono Budai Zenehaz Hungary
152 EVE Angelique Kidjo 429 Records Benin/USA
153 PANCADA MOTOR - MANIFESTO DA FESTA DJ Tudo e Sua Gente de Todo Lugar Far Out Recordings Brazil
154 THE ROUGH GUIDE TO LATIN RARE GROOVE Various artists WMN various countries
155 NEW BETTER SPRING BAND New Better Spring Band Sibarecords Finland
156 MALAGASY BLUES SONG Lala Njava Riverboat Madagascar
157 KAUSTINEN LIVE 2003 Maria Kalaniemi Akero Finland
158 COISA BOA Moreno Veloso Luaka Bop Brazil
159 CATE SZCZESCIE Mosaik Verge Sound Poland
160 HIDDEN SEAM Lisa Knapp Navigator Records UK
161 MY VOTE DEY COUNT Yaaba Funk Stern's Ghana/UK
162 KEERE Beautiful Nubia and the Roots Renaissance Band CD Baby Nigeria
163 BALTIC CROSSING The tune Machine GO' Danish Folk Music Finland/UK/Danmark - &s - 164 L'EMBELINAIRE La mal Coiffee Sirventes France
165 AFROPLASTIQUE Niasony Membran Congo/Germany
166 MAKAN Driss El Maloumi Contre-Jour Morocco
167 VUELVE EL FLAMENCO Diego el Cigala Cigala Music Spain
168 AFRICAN GEMS Various artists SWP Records Congo/Cameroon/Tchad/Uganda
169 MEU MUNDO Flavia Coelho Discograph Brazil
170 ARCTIC PARADISE 2014 Various artists Musik Finland Finland
171 GLITTERBEAT: DUBS & VERSIONS Various artists Glitterbeat Mali/USA/Germany
172 BLITZMASH Amsterdam Klezmer Band Vetnasj Records Netherlands
173 SKETCHES OF ETHIOPIA Mulatu Astatke Jazz Village Ethiopia
174 FABIOLA Da Lata Agogo UK
175 A LONG WAY TO THE BEGINNING Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 Because Music Nigeria
176 LA TASDIKA Mor Karbasi Gibraltar Prod Israel
177 TANGO DIARY Duo Milla Viljamaa & Johanna Juhola JJMV Finland
178 LONGING FOR THE PAST: THE 78 RPM ERA IN SOUTH EASTVarious ASIA artists Dust to Digital Vietnam/Thailand/Cambodia
179 RELAX Mzungu Kichaa Caravan Records Tanzania/Denmark
180 YALLAH! BraAgas Indies Scope Czech Republic
181 A BUNCH OF MENINOS Dead Combo Universal Portugal
182 SOM RIU Txarango Discmedi Spain
183 SONG FROM THE CATACOMBS Skruk Kirkelig Kulturverksted Norway
184 DE LA VIBRADO DE LA TERGLOBO Sango Iberia Records Poland
185 PAHAN LAULU Pihti Kihtinjärvi Records Finland
186 CONTRASTES Louvat Bros. Acoustic Music USA
187 AFRICAINMENT VOTRE Magic System Parlophone/Warner UK - &s -
188 GLOBALIVE Scurdia Lotus Austria
189 VIENTO Y MAREA Jerez Texas Jereztexas.com Spain
190 OK WORLD Bugge Wesseltoft Jazzland Norway
191 ILLUSIONS Ibrahim Malouf Mister Productions/Harmonia Mundi Libanon
192 NINE BALKAN NIGHTS Amariszi Music & Words Netherlands
193 DIVAN AIRLINES, TOUR DU MONDE EN 80 BEATS! DJ Click, v.a. No Fridge France/various
194 BRASIL BAM BAM BAM Sonzeira Brownswood Music Brazil/UK
195 A THOUSAND THOUGHTS Kronos Quartet Nonesuch USA
196 TABPOUSSIZE Mamar Kassey Innacor Niger
197 AVANTE Siba Mais Um Discos Brazil
198 OPERETTE Moussu T e lei Jovents Manivette France/Brazil
199 PORT Forabandit Buda France
200 BEYOND ADDIS Various artists Trikont various countries
201 ANCIENT POWER Meta & The Cornerstones Meta Dia Music Senegal/Jamaica/various
202 HEARAD HOLSTUONARMUSIGBIGBANDCLUB Greenbee Austria
203 HÖRBARIUM Spafudla Progressive Folk Austria
204 SINGING IN TONGUES Eccodek Black Swan Records Canada
205 AKAL WARLED Imarhan Timbuktu Clermont Music Mali
206 SOULEYMANE Debademba Harmonia Mundi Bukina Faso/Mali
207 DOIS Batida Soundway Portugal/Angola
208 FBB Sibelius Academy Folk Big Band Siba Finland
209 ATS TEWODROS PROJECT Atse Tewodros Project Gabriella Ghermandi Ethiopia/Italy
210 E DE LEI! Miriam Aida Afrosamba Orchestra Indies Japan Sweden
211 FROM ANOTHER WORLD/A TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN Various artists - &s - Buda Records various countries
212 IN PULSE Xavier Desandre Navarre Jazz Village France
213 NEW FOUND LAND Fat Dog Riverboat Records Sweden/Norway/UK
214 SER Sibil Ossi Müzic Turkey
215 LION CITY Dirtmusic Glitterbeat Records USA/Mali
216 MAISON DE JEUNES Africa Express Transgressive Records UK/Mali
217 MUSIC LIFE Enzo Avitabile Black Tarantella/CNI Italy
218 CIMBIOSIS Lukas Miklos Trio Fono Hungary
219 SOLKVAD Frode Fjellheim Vuelie Norway
220 LOVE'S LIES The Magnolia Sisters Arhoolie Rec USA
221 HANG WITH YOU Steve Shehan Naive USA
222 BIRDS! Quartet Quinetique QQ4 Netherlands
223 TIGRES EN FUGA Cumbia All Stars World Village Peru
224 MARIAM MATREM Lidia Pujol Paso de Barca Spain (Catalonia)
225 FUNK, AFRO BEAT & PSYCHEDELIC RUMBA 1969-1978 Verckys et l”Orchestre Vévé Analog Africa DR Congo
226 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARTO Arto Lindsay Ponderosa Music&Art Brazil/USA
227 BLOCO EXPLOSAO Bloco Explosao plus friends & Band Twonineteen Brazil/Germany
228 VACANTI SUGNU CHINA Matilde Politi Felmay Italy
229 SUNRISE Ketil Bjornstad ECM Norway
230 JAIPUR REMIX DUB DJ Click No Fridge France/India/various
231 LIVE Hazmat Modine Jaro USA
232 FEKSIN (PIANO SOLO) Admir Shkurtaj Puglia Sound Albania
233 ZOOM Rachid Taha Naive France
234 DIRT IS GOOD Malawi House Boys IRL Malawi - &s - 235 FIRE, SWEAT & PASTIS Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble No Problem Music Benin/Finland
236 MEADOWLANDS, STOLEN JAZZ Kheswa & Her Martians Xippi USA/RAS
237 O PAIS QUE NASCEU MEU PAI Paulo Flores Kubiku Angola
238 MASSILIA Massilia Sound System Manivette Records France
239 LIVE @ DONAUINSELFEST 2013 Wiener Tschuschenkapelle tschuschenton Austria
240 EL TEU NOM Toti Soler Satelite K. Spain(Catalonia)
241 TANGO FROM A DROMEDARY POINT OF VIEW La Sieste du Dromdaire La Sieste du Dromdaire
242 MEMORIAS LUSO/AFRICANOS Amabis Mais Um Discos Brazil
243 CAROSONANDO Nando Citarella, Tamburi Del Vesuvio Alfa Music Italy
244 AFROPOLITAIN DREAMS Blitz the Ambassador Jakarta REcords Ghana/USA
245 KNOU Malouma Kamiyad & Tam Mauritania
246 NIITTO Sähköpaimen Alho Finland
247 THE LAGOS MUSIC SALON Somi Okeh Rwanda/Uganda/USA
248 DERNIER APPEL Tiken Jah Fakoly Wrasse Ivory Coast
249 INNTIL I DAG Sudan Dudan ta:lik Norway
250 THE VOCAL CONFESSION Alfida AlmeZZo Records Russia