001 - 100

World Music Charts Europe  2006

1

SAVANE

Ali Farka Toure

World Circuit

Mali

2

BREATH

Mercan Dede

Doublemoon

Turkey/Canada

3

KAL

Kal

Asphalt Tango

Serbia

4

LA CANTINA

Lila Downs

Peregrina/Narada

USA

5

GOLD & WAX

Gigi

Palm Pictures

Ethiopia/USA

6

LAMP FALL

Cheikh Lo

World Circuit

Senegal

7

KINAVANA

Kekele

Stern's

D.R. Congo

8

HONEYSUCKLE / MESK ELIL

Souad Massi

Wrasse

Algeria

9

BOULEVARD DE L'INDEPENDANCE

Toumani Diabate & Symmetric Orchestra

World Circuit

Mali

10

LUNATICO

Gotan Project

Ya Basta

France/Argentina

11

BELLOW POETRY

Maria Kalaniemi

Aito

Finland

12

TECHARI

Ojos de Brujo

Diquela Records

Spain

13

M'BEMBA

Salif Keita

Universal

Mali

14

AFRICAN REBEL MUSIC

V.A.

Out Here

various

15

MISH MAOUL

Natacha Atlas

Mantra

UK

16

NIGER

Afel Bocoum & Alkibar

Contre-Jour

Mali

17

IDJAGEIDAS

Mari Boine

Lean

Norway

18

NE UZ VIENU DIENU

Ilgi

UPE

Latvia

19

ZANDISILE

Simphiwe Dana

Skip

South Africa

20

MIERO

Värttinä

Realworld

Finland

21

DESCARGA ORIENTAL / NEW YORK SESSIONS

Maurice El Medioni meets Roberto Rodriguez

Piranha

Algeria/Cuba

22

FAREWELL SHALABIYE

No Blues

Rounder Europe

Netherlands/Israel

23

CES VAGUES QUE L'AMOUR SOULEVE

Titi Robin

Naive

France

24

PART TWO

Kora Jazz Trio

Ruestendhal

Senegal

25

PASJA LEGENDA

Brina

DruGod

Slovenia

26

LUNGHORN TWIST

Accordion Tribe

Intuition

various

27

MUSIQUES METISSES

V.A,

Marabi

varous

28

HIRI

Kepa Junkera

Elkar

Spain

29

THE SEEGER SESSIONS

Bruce Springsteen

Sony

USA

30

GOLDEN AFRIQUE VOL. 3

V.A.

Network Medien

various

31

YELLOW FEVER

Senor Coconut

Essay Recordings

Germany/Chile

32

ELECTRIC GYPSYLAND 2

V.A.

Crammed

Romania/various

33

TRAVESIAS

Susana Baca

Luaka Bop/Virgin

Peru

34

REMIXED

Amsterdam Klezmer Band

Essay

NL/Russia/Germany

35

UKRAINE CALLING

Haydamaky

EastBlok

Ukraine

36

BALANCE

Sara Tavares

World Connection

Cape Verde/Portugal

37

MUSIC FOR CROCODILES

Susheela Raman

EMI

India/UK

38

GADJO

Mad Manoush

Lawine

Austria

39

LA VIDA TE DA

Amparanoia

Wrasse

Spain

40

TIMELESS

Sergio Mendes

Concord/Universal

Brazil/USA

41

ROGAMAR

Cesaria Evora

BMG

Cape Verde

42

WALKING THE PATH OF LIFE

Gong Linna

Kuku Music

China

43

BOOM PAM

Boom Pam

Essay Recordings

Israel

44

GRAND BAZAAR

Istanbul Oriental Ensemble

Network Medien

Turkey

45

REPUBLICAFROBEAT 2

V.A.

Lovemonk

various

46

MHM A-HA OH YEAH DA-DA

Darko Rundek & Cargo Orkestar

Piranha

Croatia

47

BARCELONA RAVAL SESSIONS 2

V.A.

Satelite K

Spain

48

RIMFAXE

Gjallahorn

Vindauga

Finland/Sweden

49

ENTRE CADA PALABRA

Marta Gomez

Chesky

Colombia

50

AWA

David Walters

Ya Basta/EMI ?

France

51

MASCARAS

Sergent Garcia

EMI

Spain

52

THE DUSTY FOOT PHILOSOPHER

K'Naan

Track & Field

Canada/Somalia

53

OUT OF BAGHDAD

Aida Nadeem

Uruk Records

Irak/Denmark

54

EL VIAJE

Gabriela

Intuition

Argentina

55

LE VOYAGE DE SAHARA

Anouar Brahem

ECM

Tunesia

56

LOPE KAI

Eneida Marta

Iris Musique

Guinea-Bissau

57

DOG DAZE

Csokolom

Arhoolie

Netherlands

58

! AY CARAMBA !

Ska Cubano

Casino

UK/JAMAICA/CUBA

59

SONGS FROM A BYGONE AGE VOL. 2

Romica Puceanu & The Gore Brothers

Asphalt Tango

Romania

60

PLAY UP

V.A.

Kontextrecords

various

61

PRASTI MUSIC

Schäl Sick Brass Band

Westpark Music

Germany

62

JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF AN EGG

Rabih Abou-Khalil

Enja

Lebanon/Germany/USA

63

BURLESQUE

Bellowhead

Westpark

UK

64

ELECTRIC GRIOT LAND

Ba Cissoko

Totolo

Guinea

65

SAKAT

DuOud & Abdulatif Yagoub

Label Bleu

Tunisia/Algeria/Yemen

66

8 ARMED MONKEYS

KTU

Rockadillo

Finland

67

DAN TXA

Tomas San Miguel

Musimagic

Spain

68

GOREE

Pierre Akendengue

Lusafrica

Gabun

69

WONAI

Oliver Tuku Mtukudzi

Sheer Sound

Zimbabwe

70

TRAGARE

Druzina

Indies

Slovakia

71

THE PROMISE

Boban Markovic Orkestar

Piranha

Serbia

72

DELA PAJI

Dela Dap

Chat Chapeau

Austria

73

SEE YOU IN A MINUTE

Berger Knutsson Spering with Friends

Country & Eastern

Sweden

74

AY AY LOLO

Menwar

Marabi

Mauritius

75

ABACABOK

Tartit

Crammed

Mali

76

LAGOS STORI PLENTI

V.A.

Out Here

Nigeria

77

TIKI

Richard Bona

Universal

Cameroun/USA

78

LA GHRIBA  - LA KAHENA REMIXED

Cheb i Sabbah

Six Degrees

USA/Algeria

79

ALL IS WAR

Fundamental

UNRELEASED

UK

80

KETUKUBA

Africando

Stern's

Senegal/various

81

TRAFICO

Think of One

Crammed

Belgium

82

CON FUERZA

Calle Real

Redline Records

Sweden

83

EOLH

Almasala

Ventilador

Spain

84

ZIRZOP

Fatima Spar und die Freedom Fries

Geco Tonwaren

Austria

85

SHTETL SUPERSTARS

V.A.

Trikont

various

86

ALMINARES MEDITERRANEOS

Caravasar

Resistencia

Spain

87

YELEMA

Mamani Keita

No Format

Mali

88

N'TA GOUDAMI

Cheikha Rimitti

Because

Algeria

89

ROLAS DE AZTLAN  /SONGS OF THE CHICANO MOVEMENT

V.A.

Smithsonian Folkways

Mexico/USA

90

INTRODUCING ETRAN FINATAWA

Etran Finatawa

World Music Network

Niger

91

RUMI

Lu

Forrest Hill

Italy

92

ELYSIUM FOR THE BRAVE

Azam Ali

Six Degrees

USA/Iran

93

ILLINOIS

Sufjan Stevens

Asthmatic Kitty Records

USA

94

YOU'VE STOLEN MY HEART

Kronos Quartet & Asha Bosle

Nonesuch

USA/India

95

FIRST FLIGHT

The Mighty Sparrow

Smithsonian Folkways

Trinidad/Tobago

96

WORLD CIRCUIT PRESENTS

V.A.

World Circuit

various

97

CONGOTRONICS 2

Konono No. 1

Crammed Discs

D.R. Congo

98

BACK TO ANATOLIA

Efkar

Caprice

Turkey

99

OUR NEW ORLEANS

V.A.

Nonsuch

USA