World Music Charts Europe  2003
1045 nominated records

1

BUENOS HERMANOS

Ibrahim Ferrer

World Circuit

Cuba

2

LAUGHTER THROUGH TEARS

Oi Va Voi

Outcaste

UK

3

MAMBO SINUENDO

Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban

Nonesuch

Cuba/USA

4

MARTINA

Africando

Sono/Stern's

Senegal/various

5

3AM: IN BEATS WE TRUST

Sidestepper

Palm Beats

UK/Colombia

6

THE SECRETS OF THE ROCKS

Kristi Stassinopoulou

Hitch Hyke

Greece

7

CANTOS DE ESPERANCA

Sam Mangwana

Sono

Congo

8

RED HOT & RIOT

V.A.

MCA

various

9

TR'ADICTIONAL

Simentera

Celluloid/Melodie

Cape Verde

10

FALTRIQUEIRA

Faltriqueira

Resistencia

Spain

11

OUMOU

Oumou Sangare

World Circuit

Mali

12

BOWMBOI

Rokia Traore

Tama

Mali

13

DROP THE DEBT

V.A.

Say It Loud

various

14

ZION ROOTS

Abyssinia Infinite

Network Medien

Ethiopia/USA

15

BARI

Ojos de Brujo

La Fabrica de Colores

Spain

16

FIEBRE

Radio Tarifa

World Circuit

Spain

17

DUNYA

Malouma

Marabi

Mauretania

18

TUVA ROCK

Yat-Kha

Plõne

Tuva

19

MAHIMA

Debashish Bhattacharya & Bob Brozman

Riverboat

India/USA

20

FERNANDA PORTO

Fernanda Porto

Trama

Brazil

21

SECRET TRIBE - NAR

Mercan Dede

Doublemoon

Turkey/Canada

22

REZOS

Bobi Cespedes

Six Degrees

Cuba

23

FADO CURVO

Mariza

World Connection

Portugal

24

EL AGUA DE LA VIDA

Salsa Celtica

Greentrax

Scotland

25

FESTIVAL AU DESERT

V.A.

Creon

various

26

GO

Dusminguet

Virgin

Spain

27

TEN PIECES TO SAVE THE WORLD

Kroke

Oriente

Poland

28

LOVE TRAP

Susheela Raman

Narada World

India/UK

29

HIPHOPKHASENE

Solomon&Socalled

Piranha

UK/USA

30

JE CHANTERAI POUR TOI

Boubacar Traore

Marabi

Mali

31

YOL BOLSIN

Sevara Nazarkhan

Realworld

Uzbekistan

32

NOTHING'S IN VAIN

Youssou N'Dour

Nonesuch/Warner

Senegal

33

SOMETHING DANGEROUS

Natacha Atlas

Mantra

UK

34

VOZ D'AMOR

Cesaria Evora

Lusafrica

Cape Verde

35

TANGERINE CAFE

Luigi Cinque & Tarantula Hypertext Orchestra

Forrest Hill

Italy

36

RESPEITEM MEUS CABELOS,BRANCOS

Chico Cesar

Exil Musik

Brazil

37

RISE UP!

The Klezmatics

Piranha

USA

38

BEMBEYA

Bembeya Jazz

Marabi

Guinea

39

CLUB SODADE

Cesaria Evora

Lusafrica

Cape Verde

40

DEB

Souad Massi

Universal

Algeria

41

CONGO LIFE

Kekele

Stern's

Kongo

42

BOOMRANG

Daara-J

BMG

Senegal

43

ESSENTIAL ASIAN FLAVAS

V.A.

Outcaste

v.c.

44

ENEMY OF THE ENEMY

Asian Dub Foundation

Labels

UK

45

BARRU

Wimme

Rockadillo

Finland

46

MATTARAHKU ASKAI

Ulla Pirttijõrvi

Warner

Finland

47

ANIME CANDIDE

Daniele Sepe

Il Manifesto

Italy

48

CARLITO MARRON

Carlinhos Brown

BMG

Brazil

49

K??RMELAUTAKUNTA

Alamaailman Vasarat

Silence

Finland

50

DESERT BLUES 2

V.A.

Network

various

51

ONE STEP FORWARD

Les Nubians

Virgin

France

52

BALLADS AT THE END OF TIME

Boris Kovac & Ladaaba Orkest

Piranha

Serbia

53

ELECTRIC GYPSYLAND

V.A.

Crammed

Romania/various

54

SPECIALIST IN ALL STYLES

Orchestra Baobab

World Circuit

Senegal

55

KONGO SIGUI

Super Rail Band

Label Bleu/Indigo

Mali

56

THE HOUR OF TWO LIGHTS

Terry Hall & Mushtaq

Honest Jons

UK

57

NATURAL

Celso Fonseca

Ziriguiboom

Brazil

58

GLOBALISTA IMPORT - EXPORT

V.A.

Trikont

various

59

SOUK SYSTEM

Gnawa Diffusion

Warner

France

60

TRIBALISTAS

Antunes,Brown, Monte

EMI Brazil

Brazil

61

MA MAREN MA

Jony Iliev & Band

Asphalt Tango

Bulgaria

62

ANGLICANA

Eliza Carthy

Tropic

UK

63

WILD SERENADE

DuOud

Label Bleu

Tunesia/Algeria

64

BOMBAY BHANGRA CLUB

V.A.

Blue Flame

UK/India/Pakistan

65

SERIOUS

Da Lata

Palm Beats

UK

66

SHOORIDEH

Parissa & Ensemble Dastan

Network

Iran

67

SAHARA

Javier Ruibal

Riverboat

Spain

68

LE PAS DU CHAT NOIR

Anouar Brahem

ECM

Tunesia

69

PARAISO DI GUMBE

Manecas Costa

BBC Late Junction

Guinea Bissau

70

SAMPA NOVA

V.A.

Stern's

Brazil

71

KASSI KASSE

Kasse Mady

Corason/Hemisphere

Mali

72

TULEAR NEVER SLEEPS

V.A.

Stern's

Madagascar

73

YUSA

Yusa

Tumi

Cuba

74

DENKSTE

Polkaholix

Heideck

Germany

75

LIVE IN MONTREUX

Soriba KouyatÚ

Act

Senegal

76

IKI

Võrttinõ

BMG

Finland

77

LIBERTE

Kad Achouri

Stern's

France/UK

78

AFRICAN GROOVE

V.A.

Putumayo

various

79

BARCELONA ZONA BASTARDA

V.A.

Organic

Spain

80

TOTONHO E OS CABRA

Totonho e os Cabra

Trama

Brazil

81

THE RAIN

Ghazal

ECM

India/Iran

82

TAMAAS

Samir & Wissam Joubran

Daqui

Palestine

83

TEABREAK

Mynta

Riverside

Sweden

84

A SECRET GATE

Mostar Sevdah Reunion

Connecting Cultures

Bosnia and Herzegovina

85

MUSIC MONKS

Seeed

EastWest

Germany

86

KOTE

Idrissa Soumaoro

Syllart/Wrasse

Mali

87

KAXEXE

Bonga

Lusafrica

Angola

88

LOS ULTIMAS DIAS DEL AM

Radio Zumbido

Palm Pictures

Guatemala

89

SUPER MAMA DJOMBO

Super Mama Djombo

Stern's

Guinea Bissau

90

L'ETOILE FILANTE

Djamel Laroussi

Dadoua

France

91

The New School of Flamenco Guitar

Gerardo Nunez

ACT

Spain

92

DEEPER THAN OCEANS

Miyazawa

Stern's

Japan

93

MIRTO

Simona Barbera

Heaven&Earth

Italy

94

REPUBLICAFROBEAT

V.A.

Boa Music

various

95

DIGITAL PROPHECY

Dhafer Youssef

Enja

Tunesia

96

THE MOTHER OF GYPSY SOUL

Ljiljana Buttler

Snail

Bosnia

97

KROTALA

Krotala

E-Terra

Greece

98

BOBAN I MARKO

Boban Markovic Orkestar

Piranha

Serbia

99

FULGERICA

Fulgerica & The Mahala Gypsies

World Connection

Romania