Seemingly unranked as mostly grouped together by year; multiple-author:
https://www.songlines.co.uk/explore/gui ... dated-2020
1. AMMAR 808 - Maghreb United (2018) [Tunisia]
2. Anandi Bhattacharya - Joys Abound (2018) [India]
3. Jeremy Dutcher - Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (2018) [Canada]
4. Catrine Finch & Seckou Keita - SOAR (2018) [Wales/Senegal]
5. Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna - El Mito de la Pérgola (2018) [Spain]
6. Angélique Kidjo - Remain in Light (2018) [Benin]
7. Mariza - Mariza (2018) [Portugal]
8. Mehdi & Adib Rostami - Melodic Circles (2018) [Iran]
9. Small Island Big Song - Small Island Big Song (2018) [Various]
10. Various Artists - Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II (2018) [Various]
11. Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba - Miri (2019) [Mali]
12. Blick Bassy - 1958 (2019) [Cameroon]
13. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko - Traversées (2019) [Canada/Senegal]
14. Félix Lajkó & VOŁOSI - Félix Lajkó & VOŁOSI (2019) [Serbia/Poland]
15. Kefaya & Elaha Soroor - Songs of Our Mothers (2019) [UK/Afghanistan]
16. Lakou Mizik - HaitiaNola (2019) [Haïti]
17. Lankum - The Livelong Day (2019) [Ireland]
18. Our Native Mothers - Songs of Our Native Mothers (2019) [USA]
19. Vildá - Vildaluodda/Wildprint (2019) [Finland]
20. Various Artists - The Lost Words: Spell Songs (2019) [UK]
21. Justin Adams & Anneli Drecker - Ribbons (2018) [UK/Norway]
22. Aurelio Martinez - Darandi (2017) [Honduras]
23. Debashish Bhattacharya - Hawaii to Calcutta: A Tribute to Tau Moe (2017) [India]
24. Kapela Daliszow - Wiejski Dżez (2017) [Poland]
25. Lau - Decade: Best of 2007-2017 (2017) [UK]
26. Orchestra Baobab - Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng (2017) [Senegal]
27. Karine Polwarth with Pippa Murphy - A Pocket of Wild Resistance (2017) [UK]
28. Oumou Sangaré - Mogoya (2017) [Mali]
29. Saz'iso - At Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me (2017) [Albania]
30. Trio da Kali & Kronos Quartet - Ladilikan (2017) [Mali/USA]
31. Anda Union - Homeland (2016) [China]
32. Bollywood Brass Band & Jyotsna Srikanth - Carnatic Connection (2016) [UK/India]
33. Calypso Rose - Far from Home (2016) [Trinidad & Tobago]
34. Roberto Fonseca - ABUC (2016) [Cuba]
35. Derek Gripper - Libraries on Fire (2016) [South Africa]
36. Kefaya - Radio International (2016) [UK]
37. Lakou Mizik - Wa Di You (2016) [Haïti]
38. Leyla McCalla - A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey (2016) [USA]
39. Vaudou Game - Kidayú (2016) [France]
40. Various Artists - The Calais Sessions (2016) [Various]
41. Tarek Abdallah & Adel Shams El-Din - Wasla (2015) [Egypt]
42. Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate (2015) [Mexico]
43. Tigran Hamasyan & the Yerevan State Chamber Choir - Luys i Luso (2015) [Armenia]
44. Seckou Keita - 22 Strings (2015) [Senegal]
45. Sam Lee & Friends - The Fade in Time (2015) [UK]
46. Mariza - Mundo (2015) [Portugal]
47. Titi Robin & Mehdi Nassouli - Taziri (2015) [France/Morocco]
48. Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal - Musique de nuit (2015) [Mali/France]
49. Mahsa Vardat - Traces of an Old Vineyard (2015) [Iran]
50. Various Artists - Africa Express Presents… Terry Riley’s In C Mali (2014) [Mali]
Songlines: The 50 Greatest World Music Albums of the Last 5 Years (2020)
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