| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 |
Various |
Congotronics 2 |
Crammed Discs |
| 2 |
Various |
Rough Guide To Bhangra Dance |
World Music Network |
| 3 |
Ladysmith Black Mambazo |
Long Walk To Freedom |
Heads Up |
| 4 |
Various |
Rough Guide To The Music Of Israel |
World Music Network |
| 5 |
Rabih Abou-Khalil |
Journey To The Center Of An Egg |
Enja |
| 6 |
Various |
Now Sound Of Brazil 2 |
Six Degrees |
| 7 |
Eccodek * |
Voices Have Eyes |
Independent |
| 8 |
Mighty Sparrow |
First Flight |
Smithsonian Folkways |
| 9 |
Junior Kelly/Bounty Killer/Capelton |
The Good, The Bad & The Blazing |
Minor7Flat5 |
| 10 |
Ras Kagiso Mpala * |
Expressions Of Afrikan Peace |
Independent |
| 11 |
Various |
Rough Guide To Urban Latino |
World Music Network |
| 12 |
Vinicius Cantuaria |
Silva |
Rykodisc |
| 13 |
Cimarron * |
Luis Mario Ochoa & Friends |
Cuban Music Productions |
| 14 |
Anoushka Shankar |
Rise Remixes |
EMI |
| 15 |
Tandava * |
Tandava |
Independent |
| 16 |
Bebe |
Pafuera Telaranas |
EMI |
| 17 |
Anga |
Echu Mingua |
World Circuit |
| 18 |
Hilario Duran And Perspectiva |
Encuentro En La Habana |
Alma |
| 19 |
Apollo Nove |
Res Inexplicata Volans |
Ziriguiboom |
| 20 |
La Chango Family * |
Babylon Bypass |
Zion Zone |
