| World Music Charts Europe 2001 | |||
| 950 nominated records | |||
| 1 | PROXIMA ESTACION ESPERANZA | Manu Chao | Virgin |
| 2 | BETECE/MANDALI | Africando All Stars | Musisoft/Stern's |
| 3 | BARO | Habib Koite | Putumayo |
| 4 | CACHAITO | Cachaito Lopez | World Circuit |
| 5 | BAND OF GYPSIES | Taraf de Haidouks | Crammed |
| 6 | MISSING YOU/MI YEEWNII | Baaba Maal | Palm Pictures |
| 7 | SALT RAIN | Susheela Raman | Narada World |
| 8 | SOUL MAKASSAR | Tarika | Sakay |
| 9 | CRUZANDO EL RIO | Radio Tarifa | World Circuit |
| 10 | DELLALI | Cheb Mami | Virgin |
| 11 | TAMALA Le Voyageur | Mory Kante | Musisoft |
| 12 | MADE IN MEDINA | Rachid Taha | Barclay |
| 13 | PROPHESY | Nitin Sawhney | V 2 |
| 14 | SIN FRONTERAS | Sergent Garcia | Virgin |
| 15 | DRUM&TRIBE: AFRICAN BREAKBEATS | V.A. | Blue Flame |
| 16 | GIGI | Gigi | Palm Pictures |
| 17 | STEPMOTHER CITY | Sainkho | Ponderosa |
| 18 | HILDEGARD VON BINGEN | Garmarna | MNW |
| 19 | PIRATE'S CHOICE | Orchestra Baobab | World Circuit |
| 20 | MUSIC TYPEWRITER | Moreno Veloso | Hannibal |
| 21 | THE BEAT OF LOVE | Trilok Gurtu | Universal |
| 22 | AYESHTENI | Natacha Atlas | Mantra/Beggars Banquet |
| 23 | AREPA 3000 | Los Amigos Invisibles | Luaka Bop |
| 24 | RUMBA CONGO | Kékélé | Stern's Africa |
| 25 | MALEDICTION D'AMOUR | Maria Tanase | Oriente |
| 26 | SAO VICENTE DE LONGE | Cesaria Evora | Lusafrica |
| 27 | IAG BARI | Fanfare Ciocarlia | Piranha |
| 28 | VOLUME 3: FURTHER IN TIME | Afro Celt Sound System | Realworld |
| 29 | TOGBE | Gangbe Brass Band | Contre Jour |
| 30 | SAFI | Ray Lema & Tour Gnawa | Buda Musique |
| 31 | VASARAASIA | Alamaailman Vasarat | Laskeuma |
| 32 | URBAN AFRICA NOW | V.A. | Trace |
| 33 | 2001: A WORLDBEAT ODYSSEY | Dissidenten | Exil |
| 34 | HANAPEPE DREAMS | Taj Mahal & The Hula Blues Band | Tradition & Moderne |
| 35 | ISUE | Mercedes Peon | Resistencia |
| 36 | RUSSIAN GYPSY SOUL | V.A. | Network |
| 37 | LET ME BE | Rasha | Nubenegra |
| 38 | TRANCESIBERIA | Hulu Project feat. Stepanida | CCn'C Records |
| 39 | YELLELA | Eyuphuro | WMN/Riverboat Records |
| 40 | "THIS SENTENCE IS TRUE" the previous sent | Sheila Chandra | Shakti |
| 41 | MOUNTAIN TO MOHAMMED | Houssaine Kili | Tropical |
| 42 | NANKURU NAISA | Takashi Hirayasu & Bob Brozman | World Music Network |
| 43 | DUB OF ASIA | Bally Sagoo | Echobeach |
| 44 | HA | Talvin Singh | Island |
| 45 | BARRIO CUBANO | V.A. | Rubicolor/Sonodisc |
| 46 | SANKOFA | The Highlife All Stars | Network |
| 47 | THE BIRTH OF DAR | Momo | Apartment 22 |
| 48 | FM 99.00 DUB MANIFEST | Fermin Muguruza | Piranha |
| 49 | AS CANCOES DE EU, TU, ELES | Gilberto Gil | WEA |
| 50 | KAMER FEELING | Manu Dibango | JPS |
| 51 | PASAPORTE MUNDIAL | Hijas del Sol | Zomba |
| 52 | YES BOSS FOOD CORNER | Transglobal Underground | Ark 21 Records |
| 53 | LA REVANCHA DEL TANGO | The Gotan Project | Ya Basta |
| 54 | ALDYN DASHKA | Yat-Kha | |
| 55 | NIGHT SILENCE DESERT | Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Kayhan Kalhor | Traditional Crossroads |
| 56 | CLAUDE CHALHOUB | Claude Chalhoub | Teldec |
| 57 | SIDI | Hamid Baroudi | Vielklang |
| 58 | LAST BALKAN TANGO - An Apocalyptic Dance | Boris Kovac & Ladaaba Orkest | Piranha |
| 59 | BORDER CONFUSION | Sandy Lopicic Orkestar | Network |
| 60 | ARABIC GROOVE | V.A. | Putumayo |
| 61 | DIAMOND TEARS | Seydu | Nubenegra |
| 62 | BENDERA | So Kalmery | Pygmalion |
| 63 | GOLDEN BRASS SUMMIT | V.A. | Network |
| 64 | SMARAGDVAROS | Ghymes | Slovakia/Hungary |
| 65 | FARMERS MARKET | Stian Carstensen | Winter & Winter |
| 66 | RUN COOL | Positive Black Soul | Palm Tree /East West France ? |
| 67 | EL HECHIZO DE BABILONIA | Luis Delgado | Nubenegra/Intuition |
| 68 | TRIBAL FUTURES - THE WAY AHEAD | V.A. | Echobeach |
| 69 | AKATA MESO | D'Gary | Label Bleu |
| 70 | ORIENTATION | V.A. | Poets Club |
| 71 | WILD HARISSA | Ghalia Benali | Network |
| 72 | SALAM SALAM | The Third Planet | CNI/Blue Flame |
| 73 | CIFTETELLI | Hüsnü Senlendirici & Laco Tayfa | Traditional Crossroads |
| 74 | DRAGONFLY | Huong Thanh | ACT Music |
| 75 | THE SHRINE AFRODIGITAL FUTURE SOUNDS | V.A. | Edel |
| 76 | SAMRA | Faudel | Mercury |
| 77 | SIGUI | Djelimady Tounkara | Label Bleu/Indigo |
| 78 | BEREKIS | Sambasunda | Kartini |
| 79 | THERE SHALL BE LOVE | Fun-Da-Mental | Nation |
| 80 | THE BEST LIVE | Huun Huur Tu | Jaro |
| 81 | DREADLOCKS | Mungal | Rituals/Virgin |
| 82 | NEW DEAL | Smadj | M.E.L.T. 2000 |
| 83 | IFRIKYA | Karim Ziad | ACT Music |
| 84 | PLAY MUSTY FOR ME | Three Mustaphas Three | Kartini |
| 85 | CHANCHULLO | Ruben Gonzalez | World Circuit |
| 86 | NAKAN | Mamou Sidibe | Mali K7 |
| 87 | KHAM KHAM | Cherif Mbaw | Detour/Erato Disques |
| 87 | 06.12. | Värttinä | BMG |
| 89 | THE GUINEA YEARS | Miriam Makeba | Stern's Africa |
| 90 | PRIETOS | Omar Sosa | Skip Records |
| 91 | 1er GAOU | Magic System | Musisoft |
| 92 | DREAMS AND SECRETS | Thomas Mapfumo/Wadada Leo Smith | Anonymous Records |
| 93 | CIRCO MONTECURUTO | Os Cempes | Boa |
| 94 | SOURCE | N'Java | Hemisphere |
| 95 | DONIA | Sawt el Atlas | Sony |
| 96 | CANTOS RELIGIOSOS Y PAGANOS DE COLOMBIA | Lucia Pulido | Intuition |
| 97 | SEPIA | Coco Mbassi | Tropical Music |
| 98 | SIGNS | Badmarsh & Shri | Outcaste |
| 99 | WINTER IN MOSCOW | Marie Boine,Inna Zhelannaya,sergey sta | Jaro |