World Music Charts Europe  1997

 all 966 nominated records

1

CESARIA

Cesaria Evora

BMG

Cape Vert

2

URBAN TURBAN

Urban Turban

MNW 

Sweden

3

MUSO KO

Habib Koite

Contre jour

Mali

4

DIASPORA

Natacha Atlas

Nation

UK

5

WAPI YO

Lokua Kanza

BMG

Zaire

6

NUBIAN MAGIC

Ali Hassan Kuban

Delabel

Egypt

7

STREET KIDS OF BRAZIL

Moleque De Rua

Crammed Disc

Brazil

8

FOLON - ...THE PAST

Salif Keita

Mango

Mali

9

JOU A RIVE

Boukan Ginen

Xenophile

Haiti

10

SALAM DELTA

Salamat meet Les Musicien du Nil

Piranha

Egypt

11

N'DER FOUTA TOORO

Mansour Seck

Stern's

Senegal

12

FIRIN' IN FOUTA

Baaba Maal

Mango

Senegal

13

JEWS WITH HORNS

The Klezmatics

Piranha

USA

14

DJELIKA

Toumani Diabate

Hannibal/Ryko

Mali

15

EMOTION

Papa Wemba

Realworld

Zaire

16

ACTING SALAM

Ahlam

Barbarity

Morocco

17

ROOTS OF RUMBA ROCK VOL. 2

V.A.

Cramworld

Zaire

18

JANNONA

Yulduz Usmanova

Blue Flame

Uzbekistan

19

MIGRATION

Nitin Sawhney

Outcaste

India/ UK

20

NO SANT

Wasis Diop

Mercury

Senegal

21

NAHOO

Paul Mounsey

Iona

Scotland Brazil

22

LIVE IN ADDIS ABABA

Mohammed Wardi

Rags

Sudan

23

DA LAMA AO CAOS

Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi

Chaos/Sony

Brazil

24

LEZAO

Thomas San Miguel Con Txalaparta

Nuevos Medios

Spain

25

KING FERUS

Ferus Mustafov

Globestyle

Macedonia

26

KARMA CLUB

Genetic Drugs

United One

Germany/ India

27

BIG NOISE MAMBO INN COMPILATION

V.A.

Hannibal

various

28

PLANET SOUP

V.A.

Ellipsis Arts

various

29

JUMP AND JIVE

The Soul Brothers

Stern's

South Africa

30

ISI

Orquesta Cumbre de Pinar

Global Music Centre

Cuba

31

LIBETE

Boukman Eksperyans

Mango

Haiti

32

BAHIAFRICA

Luizinho Vieira & Brazil Exess

Network Medien

Brazil

33

SAIDA

Cheb Mami

Totem

Algeria

34

WA

Henri Dikongue

Buda/MÚlodie

Cameroun

35

ANICET

Nyboma

Stern's

Zaire

36

ANGIRA

Vaovy

Label Bleu/Declic

Madagascar

37

OUT OF THE WOODS

Dr. Didg

Ryko

UK

38

RUMBA ARGELINA

Radio Tarifa

BMG/Ariola

Spain

39

VOICES OF FORGOTTEN WORLDS

V.A.

Ellipsis arts

various

40

CHANSONS DES MERS FROIDES

Hector Zazou

CBS

France

41

HONOURABLE BRIGANDS; MAGIC HORSES AND EVIL EYE

Taraf de Haidouks

Cramworld

Romanie

42

SONGHAI 2

Toumani Diabate & Ketama

Hannibal/Ryko

Mali/ Spain/ UK

43

THE FIRE WITHIN

Hassan Hakmoun

Music of the World

USA/ Morocco

44

DOUNIA

Largo

Sony

Belgium

45

VIEUX DIOP

Vieux Diop

Triloka

Senegal

46

AFRICAN SOLUTION

V.A.

indigo

Southafrica

47

WILD WORLD WEB

Anitas Livs

Slask

Sweden

48

BIBIANGO

Tarika

Green Linnet/Xenophile

Madagascar

49

SIF SAFAA: NEW MUSIC FROM THE MIDDLE EAST

V.A.

EMI Hemisphere

various

50

THE SOUL OF BLACK PERU

V.A.

Luaka Bop

Peru

51

CARIBBEAN BEAT 4

V.A.

Intuition

Various

52

HIA HIA

Hoven Droven

Xource

Sweden

53

HELLO HELLO

Mose Fan Fan & Somo Somo

Stern's

Kenia

54

DEBRANCHE

Kali

Declic

Reunion

55

JAKO BAYE

Adama Diabate

Stern's

Mali

56

VIVIT Y COLEANDO

Conjunto Cespedes

Green Linnet

Cuba

57

YENISEI-PUNK

Yat-Kha

Global Music Center

Sibiria

58

GYPSY RUM

Istanbul Oriental Ensemble

Network

Turkey

59

AVIS DE RECHERCHE

Zaiko Langa Langa & Nkolo Mboka

Stern's

Zaire

60

SPIRITUS MUNDI

Daniele Sepe

Crime Squad

Italia

61

RAIZ

Simentera

Lusafrica

Cape Vert

62

LAST TRAIN TO LHASA

Banco de Gaia

Planet Dog

UK

63

IT'S A TRIPLE EARTH

V.A.

Triple Earth

UK

64

FEMI

Femi Kuti

Tabu/Tamla Motown

Nigeria

65

AFRICA

Seta TourÚ

BMG/Uno Mundo

Mauritania

66

HUMBA

V.A.

VeraBra

Germany

67

O SOM DO SIM

Celso Fonseca

Mountain/EWM

Brazil

68

NY MARINA/THE TRUTH

Justin Vali Trio

Real World

Madagascar

69

THE SWEET SUNNY NORTH

Kaiser & Lindley

Shanachie

USA/ Norway

70

THE MANSA OF MALI

Salif Keita

Mango

Mali

71

CHAMU

Virginia Mukwesha

Shava

Zimbabwe

72

THE MEETING POOL

Baka Beyond

Rykodisc

div.

73

SKALV               

Den Fule

Xource

Sweden

74

MUMTAZ MAHAL

Mumtaz Mahal

Waterlilly

USA/India

75

LA ISLA BONITA

Kike Harvey

Tumi

Colombia

76

BEGGARS AND SAINTS

Jai Uttal

Triloka

India/USA

77

MADARIS

Igd el Djilad

PAM

Sudan

78

VALIHA MALAZA

Rakotozafy

Globe Style

Madgascar

79

MARIA TEBBO

Sam Mangwana

Stern's

zaire

80

SELECTED WORKS

Ross Daly

Oriente

Kreta/ USA

81

GAINDE

Yande Codou Sene & Youssou N'Dour

World Network

Senegal

82

MODY

Wally Ngonda

Stern's

83

SHIVA GANGA

Karnataka College of Percussion

Exil

India

84

KSANA

Dido

Blue Flame

Japan

85

AITARA

Võrttinõ

Mipu

Finland

86

RADIO TROTTOIR

Manuel Wandii & Alfred M'Bongo

Buda

Congo/ Cameroun

87

WIMME

Wimme

Rockadillo

Sami

88

SPEED OF LIGHT

Flora Purim

B & W

Brazil

89

SALAMET

Takfarinas

Salammbo

Algeria

90

EAT RHYTHM

DCS

Multitone

UK

91

TRANCE PLANET

V.A.

Triloka

various

92

TROTTOIRS DE BUENOS AIRES

Sexteto Mayor

Network

Argentina

93

AGDAL REPTILES ON MAJOUN

Amira Saqati

Barbarity

Morocco

94

NIAMEY TWICE

Saadou Bori & Moussa Poussy

Stern's

Niger

95

MOROCCO - CROSSROADS OF TIME

V.A.

Ellipsis Arts

Morocco

96

UNA FORMA MAS

Vocal Sampling

Sire

Cuba

97

THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

The Colour of Memory

Iona

Scotland

98

DREAM SONG

Little Wolf Band

Triloka

USA

99

VOCAL MUSIC FROM MADAGASCAR

Ricky & Mbasalala

Wergo

Madagascar