The album Maqam Pilgrims by Mustafa Said & Asil Ensemble has conquered the number one spot on Transglobal World Music Chart for the month of August 2025. Read more about the album: Maqam on the Move: Mustafa Said Charts a New Course in Arabic Music.
- August 2025 Chart:
- Mustafa Said & Asil Ensemble – Maqam Pilgrims – Mapamundi Música
- Hawa & Kassé Mady Diabaté – Toumaro – One World
- Värttinä – Kyly – Rockadillo
- Madalitso Band – Ma Gitala – Bongo Joe
- Ammar 808 – Club Tounsi – Glitterbeat
- Mandé Sila – Live @ Levon Helm – Contre-Jour
- Kaabi Kouyaté – Tribute to Kandia – Buda Musique
- Constantinople, Kiya Tabassian, Benedicte Maurseth, Patrick Graham – Nordic Lights in Persian Sky – Glossa
- Kanazoé Orkestra – Balabeatz – Antipodes Music
- Majid Bekkas, Nguyên Lê, Hamid Drake – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XVII: Gnawa World Blues – ACT Music
- Mahotella Queens – Buya Buya: Come Back – Umsakazo
- V.A. – Roots Rocking Zimbabwe: The Modern Sound of Harare Townships 1975-1980 – Analog Africa
- Stefano Saletti – Mediterranima – Materiali Sonori
- Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocărlia – The Devil Rides Again – Asphalt Tango
- Solo Diarra – Yimenga – Global Sonics
- Aleksand Saya x Sarera – Fikira – Kayamba
- Grecia Albán – Nubes Selva – Folkalist
- Kankou Kouyate – N’Darila – One World
- Mari Kalkun – Stoonia Lood Live / Stories of Stonia Live – Real World
- Oduchu – Nostalgia – Stallion Era Beijing Culture Communication
- Adrian Quesada – Boleros Psicodélicos II – ATO
- Brìghde Chaimbeul – Sunwise – Tak:til / Glitterbeat
- Puman – Spring – Sea of Wood
- Alune Wade – New African Orleans – Enja / Yellowbird
- Haris Pilton Balkan Voodoo Orchestra – Soon in Your Village – Asphalt Tango
- Nidia Góngora – Pacífico Maravilla – Positivo
- Matthieu Saglio & Camille Saglio – Al Alba – ACT Music
- Savina Yannatou, Primavera en Salonico and Lamia Bedioui – Watersong – ECM
- Francis Bebey – Trésor Magnétique – Africa Seven
- Sami Galbi – Ylh Bye Bye – Bongo Joe
- Neba Solo – Tuma Duma – Blanc Manioc
- Igor Božanić – Žega – Pop Depression
- Votia – Vié Kaz – Ajabu!
- Anouar Brahem – After the Last Sky – ECM
- Park Jiha – All Living Things – Tak:til / Glitterbeat
- Lina & Jules Maxwell – Terra Mãe – Atlantic Curve / Schubert Music Europe
- Mara Aranda – Sefarad en el Corazón de Bulgaria – Mara Aranda
- Zar Electrik – Koyo – Jarring Effects / Lamastrock
- Luizga & iZem – Yemamaya – Elis
- Witch – Sogolo – Partisan
More about the Transglobal World Music Chart: www.transglobalwmc.com
Author: World Music Central News Room
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