Songhoy Blues Claims Top Position on Transglobal World Music Chart for May 2025

The album Heritage by Malian act Songhoy Blues claimed the coveted number one spot on Transglobal World Music Chart for the month of May 2025. Read more about the album: Mali in Their Roots: Songhoy Blues Embrace Tradition on “Héritage.”

Transglobal World Music Chart, May 2025

1. Songhoy Blues – Héritage – Transgressive / Remote
2. Trio Da Kali – Bagola – One World
3. Kankou Kouyate – N’Darila – One World
4. Savina Yannatou, Primavera en Salonico and Lamia Bedioui – Watersong – ECM
5. Aïta Mon Amour – Abda – Shouka
6. Nidia Góngora – Pacífico Maravilla – Positivo
7. Mara Aranda – Sefarad en el Corazón de Bulgaria – Mara Aranda
8. Park Jiha – All Living Things – Tak:til / Glitterbeat
9. Ensemble Chakâm – Les Vents Brûlants – Ensemble Chakâm
10. Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia – The Devil Rides Again – Asphalt Tango
11. Rizwan Muazzam Qawwali – At the Feet of the Beloved – Real World
12. Thanos Stavridis & Drom – Fygame – Thanos Stavridis & Drom
13. Alsarah & The Nubatones – Seasons of the Road – Alsarah & The Nubatones
14. Ablaye CIssoko & Cyrille Brotto – Djiyo – Ma Case Prod
15. Frigg – Dreamscapes – Bafe’s Factory
16. Arat Kilo – Danama – Accords Croisés
17. Jupiter & Okwess – Ekoya – Airfono
18. Boubacar Traoré & Vincent Boucher & Jeremie Diarra – Live! – Boubacar Traoré
19. Flook – Sanju – Flatfish
20. Damily & Toliara Tsapiky Band – Fihisa – Damily
21. Ensemble Marani – Sharatin – Buda Musique
22. Kin’Gongolo Kiniata – Kiniata – Hélico
23. Samba Touré – Baarakelaw – Glitterbeat
24. Piers Faccini & Ballaké Sissoko – Our Calling – Nø Førmat!
25. Mehmet Polat Quartet – Roots in Motion – AudioMaze
26. Ra di Spina – Vocazioni – Agualoca
27. Aboubakar Traoré & Balima – Sababu – Zephyrus
28. Ukandanz – Evil Plan – Compagnie 4000
29. Matthieu Saglio & Camille Saglio – Al Alba – ACT
30. De Mar y Río – Bailen y Gocen – Palenque
31. Wimme + Rinne – Ivgu – Rockadillo
32. Anouar Brahem – After the Last Sky – ECM
33. Charles Maimarosia – Hote’ Hote’ – Wantok Musik
34. L’Alba – Grilli – Buda Musique
35. Awa Khiwe – African Women Arise – Outhere
36. Shahab Tolouie – Oxymoron – Shahab Tolouie
37. Novalima – La Danza (Deluxe Version) – Six Degrees
38. Farnaz Ohadi – Breath / Aliento – Air Music
39. Al Andaluz Project – The Songs of Iman Kandoussi: Traditional Arabic Andalusian – Galileo Music Communication
40. Ebo Taylor, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Ebo Taylor JID022 – Jazz Is Dead

More about the Transglobal World Music Chart: www.transglobalwmc.com

Author: World Music Central News Room

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