WORLD MUSIC CHARTS EUROPE * Albums of the Year

Besides the monthly World Music Charts Europe we also present the top albums of the WMCE year here, a poll taken of world music radio programmers in twenty-three European countries. Staff Benda Bilili, winner of the WOMEX 09 Artist Award, made it to number 2. Here are the first 5 of 853 nominated records.

1 SEYA - Oumou Sangare - Mali - World Circuit
2 TRES TRES FORT - Staff Benda Bilili - DR Congo - Crammed
3 TELL NO LIES - Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara - Gambia/UK - Real World
4 IN A TOWN CALLED ADDIS - Dub Colossus - Ethiopia/UK - Real World
5 COBA COBA - Novalima - Peru - Cumbancha

• article submitted by: Anna Pötzsch, Piranha WOMEX AG

Links

• WMCE: The Year 2009