World Music Charts Europe  2003
1045 nominated records

100

EAST MEETS WEST

Nigel Kennedy & Kroke

EMI Classics

UK/Poland

101

FADO EM MIM

Mariza

World Connection

Portugal

102

CIBELLE

Cibelle

Ziriguiboom

Brazil

103

FOLY

Habib Koite & Bamada

Contre Jour

Mali

104

WORLD 2003

V.A.

Hemisphere

various

105

LATIN JAZZ, LA COMBINACION PERFECTA

V.A.

Smithsonian Folkways

USA

106

LEBANESE

Clotaire K.

Nocturne

Lebanon

107

STATEMENT

Eda Zari

Intuition

Albania

108

LE FIL

Amestoy Trio

Daqui

France

109

DESI NATION

V.A.

Stern's

various

110

ORIENTAL VOYAGE

Abaji

Network

Lebanon

111

ROMANO TRIP

Romano Drom/V.A.

Gypsyhouse

Hungary

112

THE AFRO PHARMA EXPERIENCE

Genetic Drugs/V.A.

African Dance Records

various

113

ELEAREN IAINOA

Olatz Zugasti

Elkar

Spain

114

CAN'T MAKE ME!

Besh O Drom

Asphalt Tango

Hungary

115

CAPE VERDEAN MELANCHOLY

Bau

Lusafrica

Cape verde

116

NACAO ZUMBI

Nacao Zumbi

Trama

Brazil

117

IMPILO

Shaluza Max

Sheer Sound

South Africa

118

GHANA SOUNDZ

V.A.

Soundway

Ghana

119

WALTZ RROMANO

Earth-Wheel-Sky-Band

Asphalt Tango

Serbia

120

SEGREDOS

Dona Rosa

Jaro

Portugal

121

MARIAMA

Pape & Cheikh

Realworld

Senegal

122

KAZA KAPA DEBESIS

Ilgi

UPE

Latvia

123

MULATA

Raul Paz

Naive

Cuba/France

124

BAGUA

Hypnotix

Barraka el Farnatshi

Czech Republic

125

THE MAN COMES AROUND

Johnny Cash

Universal

USA

126

TEMPELO

Tabu Ley Rochereau

Sono

Congo

127

O IRMAO DO MEIO

Sergio Godinho

EMI

Portugal

128

THE GUITAR AND GUN

V.A.

Earthworks

Ghana

129

INTERCONTINENTALS

Bill Frisell

Nonesuch

USA

130

MALMEDITERRANO

Cantodiscanto

Forrest Hill

Italy

131

RAKHI

Thierry Robin & Gulabi Sapera

Naive

France

132

KORA JAZZ TRIO

Kora Jazz Trio

Celluloid

various

133

TRAVELLIN COMPANION: A MUSICAL JOURNEY TO GERMANY

V.A.

Weltwunder

Germany

134

PALM WINE A GO GO

Abdul Tee-Jay

Stern's

Sierra Leone

135

DRAGONFLY

Ziggy Marley

BMG

Jamaica

136

NEATH THE MOON SO BRIGHT

Starostin Kurashov & Volkov

Greenwave

Russia

137

EOS

Bijan Chemirani

L'Empreinte Digitale

Iran

138

SAMBALOCO - BRAZILIAN DRUM'N'BASS CLASSICS

V.A.

Trama

Brazil

139

PRIMAVERA EN SALONICO/TERRA NOSTRA

Savina Yannatou

ECM

Greece

140

HOME COOKING

Tony Allen

Comet

Nigeria

141

HUMAN

Nitin Sawhney

V2

UK

142

KOKLES

Valdis Muktupavels

UPE

Latvia

143

MALI COOL

Roswell Rudd & Toumani Diabate

Universal Jazz

Mali/USA

144

CANCO DE DONA I HOME

L'Ham de Foc

Sonifolk

Spain

145

AFRICAN CHILD

Tu Nokwe

Sheer Sound

South Africa

146

SAMARKAND HOTEL

Mad Sheer Khan

Le Triton

France

147

REVOLUCION DE AMOR

Mana

Warner

Mexico

148

DIDA

Manou Gallo

Exil

Ivory Coast

149

RIVER NIGER

Ghetto Blaster

Next Music

Nigeria/UK/France

150

KASHISH

Kiran Ahluwalia

Canada Council

Canada/India

151

SONG

Utla

NORCD

Norway

152

ESPACE

Tama

Realworld

UK/France/Mali

153

BUCOVINA CLUB

V.A.

Essay

various

154

COVER THE WORLD

V.A.

Putumayo

various

155

MIMOUN

Abdeljalil Kodssi

Ventilador

Morocco

156

EL IMPARABLE TRANSEUNTE

Wagner Pa

Exil Music

Brazil

157

RADIO BAKONGO

Batata Y Sus Rumba Palenquero

Network

Colombia

158

BIG BAND

Bio Bonsai

Wohntraum

Switzerland

159

LOS GUACHOS

Karamelo Santo

?bersee

Argentina

160

THE MUSIC IN MY HEAD 2

V.A.

Sterns

various

161

OCCITANISTA

Massilia Sound System

Adam/Wagram

France

162

FIESTA SONGS

Senor Coconut

Multicolor

Germany/Chile

163

ORIENTAL GARDEN

V.A.

Soulstar

various

164

LIBERATION

Karsh Kale

Six Degrees

USA

165

GUAJIRO NATURAL

Polo Montanez

Lusafrica

Cuba

166

AMONG BROTHERS

Abdelli

Virgin

Algeria

167

THE ROUGH GUIDE TO SOUTH AFRICAN GOSPEL

V.A.

World Music Network

South Africa

168

GLOBAL SOUL

V.A.

Putumayo

various

169

LAJV

Pressburger Klezmer Band

Akcent

Slovakia

170

TRANSFORMATIONS

Manos Hadjidakis

Angola

Next Music

171

ALONE AT MY WEDDING

Kocani Orkestar

Crammed

Macedonia

172

ARABTRONICA

Naida Nadeem

DMF

Denmark

173

RUSSENDISKO HITS

V.A.

Trikont

Russia

174

CUISINE NON STOP

V.A.

Luaka Bop

France

175

RAVAGOK A ZONGORARA

Parno Graszt

Fono

Hungary

176

DISCOPOLIS

V.A.

Boa

Spain

177

ENTRE LA HABANA Y EL YUMA

Mamborama

Cuba Chevere

Cuba

178

LA SEMILLA ESCONDIDA

Sergent Garcia

Labels

France

179

HAITIAN TROUBADOURS 2

V.A.

Sono/Next Music

Haiti

180

Atide

JJC & 419 Squad

Biba

Nigeria/UK

181

EL CONGO BRAZZA KIN

V.A.

Marabi

Congo

182

VAGABUNDO

Yuri Buenaventura

Mercury

Colombia/France

183

TERRE DES HOMMES

Soum Bill

Africa Production

Ivory Coast

184

DP

Roger Mas

K-Industria

Spain

185

YABA FUNK ROOTS

Captain Yaba

Retroafric

Ghana

186

SELECT CUTS SHOWCASE & MORE

Cool Hipnoise

Select Cuts

Portugal

187

WHO STOLE THE SKY?

Sainkho Namtchylak

Ponderosa

Tuva

188

MUNIA

Richard Bona

Universal

Cameroun/USA

189

SHY ANGELS

Sussan Deyhim & Bill Laswell

Cramworld

Iran/USA

190

CITY OF WALLS

Paul Mounsey

Lismor

Scotland

191

SEED

Afrocelts

Virgin

UK

192

KULU

N'Gou Bagayoko

Frikyiwa

Mali

193

THE ALBUM

Panjabi MC

Superstar

UK

194

THE CHARM OF CHAMAME

Chango Spasiuk

Weltwunder

Argentina

195

AS FAR AS DJ MIX - CHEB I SABBAH

V.A.

Six Degrees

various

196

CONTRASTS

Marcos Valle

Farout

Brazil

197

ESPOIR

Ali Slimani

Le Chant du Monde

France-Algeria

198

STEREO 13

Leo Minax

Galileo

Brazil/Spain

199

THIS TRAIN

The Wayfaring Strangers

Rounder

USA