In December’s Transglobal World Music Chart, the album “Yenbett” by singer Noura Mint Seymali scored the most points.
Noura Mint Seymali’s 3rd album Yenbett (her first since 2016) is a stunning explosion of contemporary Mauritanian griot music, and once again confirms her status as one of the world’s most potent voices.
Co-produced by Matthew Tinari (Noura’s drummer) and Mikey Coltun (Mdou Moctar) the new album’s approach is both raw and experimental; capturing the band’s powerful in situ performances with taught clarity and adventuresome sonics.
Reflecting her influence, and the acclaim that she’s accumulated throughout her career, Seymali was recently honoured with the 2025 WOMEX Artist of the Year Award.
Top albums december 2025:
- Noura Mint Seymali · Yenbett · Glitterbeat [-]
- Radio Tarifa · La Noche · Buda Musique [1]
- Nusantara Beat · Nusantara Beat · Glitterbeat [-]
- Cheikh Lô · Maame · World Circuit [2]
- Guitari Baro · Guitari Baro · Chrysalis Global [3]
- Divanhana · Radio Sevdah · CPL-Music / CPL-Musicgroup [14]
- Antibalas · Hourglass · Daptone [-]
- Syran Mbenza · Rumba Africa · Hysa Productions [-]
- Meklit · A Piece of Infinity · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [9]
- Le Vent du Nord · Voisinages · La Compagnie du Nord [13]
- Saha Gnawa · Saha Gnawa · Pique-Nique Recordings [4]
- Hamouna Isewlan · Talle Talyadt · Remote / Studio Mali [-]
- Cerys Hafana · Angel · Tak:til / Glitterbeat [5]
- Hawa & Kassé Mady Diabaté · Toumaro · One World [8]
- Meral Polat · Meydan · W.E.R.F. [20]
- Tania Saleh · Fragile · Tantune [11]
- Didon · Bab El Mdina · Electrofone [-]
- Nancy Vieira & Fred Martins · Esperança · Galileo Music Communication [-]
- Silvana Estrada · Vendrán Suaves Lluvias · Glassnote [-]
- Sanam · Sametou Sawtan · Constellation [-]
- L’Antidote · L’Antidote · Ponderosa Music [25]
- La Cumbia Chicharra · Quinto Mundo · Music Box Publishing [-]
- Anna Sato × Toshiyuki Sasaki · Life Goes On · Primitive Voice [24]
- Antoine Villoutreix & Super Antena Tropical · Radio Liberté · Sungroove [-]
- The Good Ones · Rwanda Sings with Strings · Glitterbeat [7]
- Mandé Sila · Live @ Levon Helm · Contre-Jour [21]
- Mehrnam Rastegari · Dislocated Pulse · Merhnam Rastegari [-]
- Mustafa Said & Asil Ensemble · Maqam Pilgrims · Mapamundi Musica [10]
- Africa Express · Africa Express Presents… Bahidorá · World Circuit [6]
- Las Panteras · Hasta Cuándo · Karu Prod / Absilone [16]
- Amira Kheir · Black Diamonds · Contro Cultura Music / Sterns Music [31]
- Qais Essar & Sonny Singh · Sangat · Qais Essar & Sonny Singh [-]
- BaianaSystem · O Mundo Dá Voltas · Máquina de Louco [12]
- Sessa · Pequena Vertigem de Amor · Mexican Summer [-]
- Kiala & Afroblaster · One Race: A Tribute to Hilaire Penda · Tangential Music [-]
- Veronika Varga · True Picture · CPL-Music / CPL-Musicgroup [-]
- Mádé Kuti · Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From? · LegacyPlus [15]
- Amadou & Mariam · L’Amour à la Folie · Because Music [-]
- Floating Sofa Quartet · Tides · GO Danish Folk Music [-]
- Alaa Zouiten · Aficionado: Flamenco Moro · Alaa Zouiten [17]
NMR (foto: Malika Diagana)
Founder members and administrators Transglobal World Music Chart:
Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES)
Current active members:
Kutay Derin Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (BE), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Chen Hanzi (CN), Takuya “Salam” Unagami (JP), Janaína Ávila (BR), Ankur Malhotra (IN), Alexis Herrería (MX), Ula Nowak (PL), Banning Eyre (US), Magda Tejchma (PL), Tatiana Naryshkina (RU), Andrii Polianskyi (UA), Michael Rossi (UK), Nicky Blumenfeld NickyB, Loris Böhm (IT), Ben Wheeler (GE/US), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), Madan Rao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T S Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO/US), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN/US)
More at: https://www.transglobalwmc.com/
