The most successful title in the New Year was the self-titled debut album by Dutch band Nusantara Beat.
Nusantara Beat is a Dutch supergroup featuring members of EUT, Jungle by Night, and Altin Gün. Their eponymous album showcases the diversity of Indonesian music and brings it into the future.
Top albums January 2026:
- Nusantara Beat · Nusantara Beat · Glitterbeat [3]
- Noura Mint Seymali · Yenbett · Glitterbeat [1]
- Antibalas · Hourglass · Daptone [7]
- Syran Mbenza · Rumba Africa · Hysa Productions [8]
- Radio Tarifa · La Noche · Buda Musique [2]
- Amadou & Mariam · L’Amour à la Folie · Because Music [38]
- Wesli · Makaya · WUP [-]
- Sanam · Sametou Sawtan · Constellation [20]
- Cheikh Lô · Maame · World Circuit [4]
- Hamouna Isewlan · Talle Talyadt · Remote / Studio Mali [12]
- Guitari Baro · Guitari Baro · Chrysalis Global [5]
- Muluken Mèllèssè · Éthiopiques 31 · Buda Musique [-]
- Silvana Estrada · Vendrán Suaves Lluvias · Glassnote [19]
- Nancy Vieira & Fred Martins · Esperança · Galileo Music Communication [18]
- Divanhana · Radio Sevdah · CPL-Music / CPL-Musicgroup [6]
- Saha Gnawa · Saha Gnawa · Pique-Nique Recordings [11]
- La Cumbia Chicharra · Quinto Mundo · Music Box Publishing [22]
- Adir Jan · Al Mast · Trikont / Unsere Stimme / Verlags [-]
- Omar Sosa · Sendas · Otá [-]
- L’Antidote · L’Antidote · Ponderosa Music [21]
- Didon · Bab El Mdina · Electrofone [17]
- Jasdeep Singh Degun · Jogkauns · Real World [-]
- Gangbé Brass Band · From Ouidah to Another World · Salt’n Ginger [-]
- Meral Polat · Meydan · W.E.R.F [15]
- Casapalma · Jotas · Raso Estudio [-]
- Meklit · A Piece of Infinity · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [9]
- Veronika Varga · True Picture · CPL-Music / CPL-Musicgroup [36]
- Either/Orchestra & Ethiopian Guests · Éthiopiques 32: Nalbandian l’Éthiopien / The Ethiopian · Buda Musique [-]
- Wör x Kongero · Songbooks Live · Nordic Notes / CPL-Musicgroup [-]
- Mehrnam Rastegari · Dislocated Pulse · Merhnam Rastegari [27]
- Le Vent du Nord · Voisinages · La Compagnie du Nord [10]
- Xabi Aburruzaga · Bask · DND [-]
- Sahad · African West Station · Stereo Africa 432 [-]
- Marco Grancelli · Camino Trunco · Marco Grancelli [-]
- Roël Calister · The Work of Songs · AudioMaze / Jiga Musica [-]
- Krama · Stanbrook · Modal Sound [-]
- Mustafa Said & Asil Ensemble · Maqam Pilgrims · Mapamundi Música [28]
- Mandé Sila · Live @ Levon Helm · Contre-Jour [26]
- Sessa · Pequena Vertigem de Amor · Mexican Summer [34]
- Qais Essar & Sonny Singh · Sangat · Qais Essar & Sonny Singh [32]
Best of 2025 World Music Charts Europe
1 TOUMARO • Hawa & Kasse Mady Diabaté • Mali • One World
2 SUNWISE • Brighde Chaimbeul • UK (Scotland) • Glitterbeat
3 BAGOLA • Trio da Kali • Mali • One World Records
4 FRAGILE • Tania Saleh • Lebanon • Tantune
5 CLUB TOUNSI • Ammar 808 • Tunisia • Glitterbeat
6 MAKING MOVES • Santrofi • Ghana • OutHere Records
7 GRILLI • L’Alba • France (Corsica) • Buda Musique
8 KYLY • Värttinä • Finland • Rockadillo Records
9 RADIO SEVDAH • Divanhana • Bosnia and Herzegovina • CPL-Music
10 BAARAKELAW • Samba Touré • Mali • Glitterbeat
11 BOSA MARA • Mostar Sevdah Reunion • Bosnia & Herzegovina • Snail Records
12 LA NOCHE • Radio Tarifa • Spain • Buda Musique
13 SPLOTY • Warsaw Village Band & Bassałyki • Poland • Karrot Kommando
14 MEDITERRANIMA • Stefano Saletti • Italy • Materiali Sonori
15 THE DEVIL RIDES AGAIN • Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia • Canada/Romania • Asphalt Tango Records
16 UNA OPORTUNIDAD MÁS DE TRIUNFAR EN LA VIDA • Los Piranas • Colombia • Glitterbeat
17 YORUKLUK • Elena Baklava • North Macedonia • CPL-Music
18 MEYBAHAR • Meybahar • Hungary/Greece • Fonó
19 THE GARDEN OF OTAVA • Barbora Xu • Czech Republic • Nordic Notes
20 ILMATEADE • Duo Ruut • Estonia • Duo Ruut Music
21 LIVE AT LEVON HELM STUDIOS • Mandé Sila • Mali/Senegal/Ivory Coast • Contre-Jour
22 SVETU • Neha! • Slovakia • Zvukopriestor
23 RWANDA SINGS WITH STRINGS • The Good Ones • Rwanda • Glitterbeat
24 VIÉ KAZ • Votia • France (Réunion) • Ajabu!
25 HUNTER FOLK VOL. 1: TRIBUTE TO TOUMANI KONÉ • Nfaly Diakité • Mali • Mieruba
26 ANGEL • Cerys Hafana • UK (Wales) • Glitterbeat
27 AL ALBA • Matthieu Saglio & Camille Saglio • France • ACT
28 SABABU • Aboubakar Traoré & Balima • Burkina Faso • Zephyrus
29 CANCIONERA • Natalia Lafourcade • Mexico • Sony
30 KAIRO • Momi Maiga • Senegal/Spain • Segell Microscopi
31 TERRA MAE • Lina_ & Jules Maxwell • Portugal/UK • Atlantic Curve
32 DESTURI • Kasiva Mutua • Kenya • Delicious Tunes
33 O FADO • Lina & Marco Mezquida • Portugal/Spain • Galileo
34 HERITAGE • Songhoy Blues • Mali • Transgressive Records
35 IN THE WIND OF THE NIGHT, HARD-FALLEN INCANTATIONS WHISPER • Širom • Slovenia • Glitterbeat
36 EKOYA • Jupiter & Okwess • DR Congo • Airfono
37 YENBETT • Noura Mint Seymali • Mauritania • Glitterbeat
38 BLACK DIAMONDS • Amira Kheir • Italy/Sudan • Sterns
39 IN BETWEEN • Elana Sasson • USA/Iran/Kurdish • PKMusik
40 NIEPRAUDZIVAYA • Hajda Banda • Poland/Belarus • self released
41 SO KONO • Salif Keita • Mali • No Format
42 LUOHTENIEGUT • Áššu • Finland • Nordic Notes
43 DREAMSCAPES • Frigg • Finland • Bafe’s Factory
44 XXX • Söndörgö • Hungary • Ground Up
45 MODAS NOVAS E ALGUMAS VELHAS • Omiri • Portugal • Repasseado
46 O RAPAZ DA MONTANHA • Rodrigo Leao • Portugal • Galileo
47 L’ANTIDOTE • Bijan Chemirani, Redi Hasa & Rami Khalifé • Iran/Albania/France • Ponderosa
48 LIVE! • Boubacar Traoré, Vincent Bucher & Jeremie Diarra • Mali/France • Büro Käser
49 ŽEGA • Igor Božanić • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Pop Depresija
50 GNAWA WORLD BLUES • Majid Bekkas, Nguyen Le, Hamid Drake • Morocco/France/USA • ACT
51 FULL MOON • L. Shankar & Abhijit Banerjee • India • X DOT 25 Music
52 ABUNDANCIA • Maria Joao • Portugal • Galileo
53 ALL LIVING THINGS • Park Jiha • South Korea • Glitterbeat
54 VERVE • Livia Mattos • Brazil • YB Music
55 ALVA • Mari Boine • Norway (Sápmi) • By Norse Music
56 MAAME • Cheikh Lo • Senegal • World Circuit
57 I REMEMBER I FORGET • Yasmine Hamdan • Lebanon • Crammed Discs
58 GUITARI BARO • Guitari Baro • Guinea/Mali • Chrysalis Records
59 MADIYA • Sally Nyolo • Cameroon • Akaman
60 THE SONGS OF IMAN KANDOUSSI • Al Andaluz Project • Morocco/Germany/Spain • Galileo
61 MAQAM PILGRIMS • Mustafa Said & Asil Ensemble • Egypt • Mapamundi Música
62 ZANZIBARA 11, CONGO IN DAR: DANCE NO SWEAT • various artists • Tanzania • Buda Musique
63 GISL • Félix Lajkó • Hungary • Fonó
64 RITUAL SONORO • Amparo Sanchez • Spain • Mamita
65 ECLAIRER LE MONDE • Youssou N’Dour • Senegal • The Orchard
66 JORE JORE • Ildikó Kali • Slovakia • self released
67 DA CAMINU • Tempvs Fvgit • France (Corsica) • self released
68 ACIDE BALKANIQUE • Balkan Taksim • Romania • Buda Musique
69 N’DARILA • Kankou Kouyaté • Mali • One World Records
70 ISTANBUL SOKAKLARI • Baba Zula • Turkey • Glitterbeat
71 CANCIONES EN BLANCO Y NEGRO • Juana Luna • Argentina • Folkalist Records
72 NUSANTARA BEAT • Nusantara Beat • The Netherlands/Indonesia • Glitterbeat
73 SUPER DISCO PIRATA • various artists • Mexico • Analog Africa
74 TRIBUTE TO KANDIA • Kaabi Kouyaté • Guinea • Buda Musique
75 BREATH • Farnaz Ohadi • Iran • Air Music
76 VOISINAGES • Le Vent du Nord • Canada (Québec) • La Compagnie du Nord
77 DUOS • Markku Lepistö • Finland • Rapusaari Records
78 BLAKAZ ANTANDROY • Loya • France/Madagascar • Lézard Zébré
79 NUBES SELVA • Grecia Albán • Ecuador • Folkalist
80 LES DISQUES BONGO JOE: 10 YEARS OF SONIC EXPLORATIONS • various artists • various • Bongo Joe
81 MAR • Sofia Leao • Portugal • Uguru
82 VINDE TODAS • Carmela • Spain (Galicia) • Segell Microscopi
83 TENSION • Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra • Israel/Ethiopia • Batov Records
84 JOY • Nina Rosa • Slovakia/Czech Republic • self released
85 AFICIONADO – FLAMENCO MORO • Alaa Zouiten • Morocco • self released
86 LODER LA VI • Saodaj • France (Reunion) • Buda Musique
87 AS AVENTURAS DO GUITARRINHO NO PAÍS DAS POSSIBILIDADES • Estaca Zero • Portugal • self released
88 REELE BUMBOU • Kaito Winse • Burkina Faso • Zephyrus
89 CHAIN OF LIGHT • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan • Pakistan • Real World
90 TONA • Kadialy Kouyaté • Senegal • ARC Music
91 ONDA • Joao Selva • Brazil • Underdog
92 GHOYOUM • Kazdoura • Canada/Syria/Lebanon • August 4 Records
93 SVITANOK • Murmurosi • Canada/Ukraine • self released
94 INSPIRAR • Danças Ocultas • Portugal • Galileo
95 KAN YA MAKAN • Nesrine • France • ACT
96 ROOTS IN MOTION • Mehmet Polat Quartet • Turkey/The Netherlands • Aftab Records
97 LIDOVĚK 2.0 • Matěj Metoděj Štrunc • Czech Republic • Indies Scope
98 VISITA – DIALOGOS CON CARLOS PAREDES • José Peixoto & Nuno Cintrao • Portugal • Galileo
99 A CCU APPARTENI • Roberta Gulisano • Italy • Mhodi/Comusi
100 OUR CALLING • Ballaké Sissoko & Piers Faccini • Mali/UK • No Format
101 BUYA BUYA • Mahotella Queens • South Africa • Umsakazo Records
102 IVGU • Wimme + Rinne • Finland • Rockadillo Records
103 WATERSONG • Savina Yannatou & Primavera Salonico • Greece • ECM
104 KIND OF FOLK VOL. 5 POLAND • Groupa • Sweden/Norway/Poland • All Ice Records
105 ALÉ – IBERIAN CHANTS • Libérica • Spain • Segell Microscopi
106 VERTIGO • Jaune Toujours • Belgium • Choux de Bruxelles
107 BRAHMS, BALKANS & BAGELS • Oktopus • Canada • self released
108 O KIPOS • Nefeli Fasouli • Greece • self released
109 HIGHLIFE • Peter Somuah • Ghana • ACT
110 TRUE PICTURE • Veronika Varga • Hungary • CPL-Music
111 JOKU RAJA RAKKAUDESAKIN • Pauanne • Finland • Nordic Notes
112 PIKNIK • Uusikuu • Finland/Germany • Nordic Notes
113 VÄRAV – VARTI – VARTAI • The Baltic Sisters • Latvia/Lithuania/Estonia • CPL-Music
114 KINETIC • Black Flower • Belgium • Sdban
115 OY VESNA KRASNA • Karolina Wegrzyn • Poland • self released
116 SWEET RELEASE • Justin Adams & Mauro Durante • UK/Italy • Ponderosa
117 WHEELS OF ÖMON • Kuunatic • Japan • Glitterbeat
118 DUUN/VOICES • Urna Chahar-Tugchi • China – Inner Mongolia • self released
119 ESTRELLAS DE BUENA VISTA – LIVE IN HAVANA • various artists • Cuba • One World Records
120 LIVE IN BASEL • Baba Sissoko & Mediterranean Blues • Mali/Italy • Caligola
121 FERRY GOLD • A Garota Nao • Portugal • self released
122 SHARATIN • Ensemble Marani • Georgia/France • Buda Musique
123 PORT´INGLES • Carmen Souza • Portugal/Cape Verde • Galileo
124 KOYO • Zar Elektrik • France • Jarring Effects
125 PALOMO COJO • El Pantorrillas • Spain • self released
126 DIUMENGE • Magari • Spain (Catalonia) • Segell Microscopi
127 ABDA • Aita mon Amour • Morocco/France • Shouka
128 SAMETOU SAWTAN • Sanam • Lebanon • Constellation Records
129 O MUNDO DA VOLTAS • Baiana System • Brazil • Máquina de Louco
130 VOCAZIONI • Ra di Spina • Italy • Audioimage
131 BALABEATZ • Kanazoe Orkestra • Burkina Faso/France • Antipodes Music
132 HOMELAND – CHAPTER 1 • Seckou Keita • Senegal • Hudson Records
133 MAA PALAA • Päivi Hirvonen • Finland • Nordic Notes
134 VOS MIR ZAYNEN • Black Rooster Kapelye • Latvia • Lauska
135 SWEET REBELS – THE GOLDEN ERA OF ALGERIAN POP-RAI • various artists • Algeria • Wewantsounds
136 SOUNDSCAPES OF NICOSIA • Nabu Pera • Cyprus • Zero Nove Nove
137 AT THE FEET OF THE BELOVED • Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali • Pakistan • Real World Records
138 FEEL WITH BLOOD • Lenka Lichtenberg • Canada/Czech Republic • Sunflower Records
139 MI • Ensemble Gamut! • Finland • Alba Records
140 MULATU PLAYS MULATU • Mulatu Astatke • Ethiopia • Strut
141 AOEIU • Florence Adooni • Ghana • Philophon
142 EPSILON & THETA • Elsa Mouratidou • Greece • 7105684 Records DK
143 LA PATA COJA • The Bongo Hop • France • Underdog
144 SANG DE DONA • Anna Amigó • Spain (Catalonia) • self released
145 KASHGUL • Soolmaan • Belgium/various • Zephyrus
146 MAN SHALL BE FREE • Amamere • Ghana • Afro Urban Project
147 AFRICAN WOMEN ARISE • Awa Khiwe • Zimbabwe • Outhere Records
148 RITUAL • Rita Donte • Cuba/Mexico • Ansonia Records
149 JALIYA SILOKANG • Suntou Susso • Gambia • self released
150 LUNA, CERA E VINO • Brigan • Italy • Liburia Records
151 TO WARM THE WINTER HEARTH • Windborne • USA • Wand’ring Feet Records
152 BALKÁNSKE STOPY • Petraš Projekt • Slovakia/Serbia • Hlava XXII
153 NEW AFRICAN ORLEANS • Alune Wade • Senegal • Enja
154 GOGOPOGO • Ghent Folk Violin Project • Belgium • Homerecords.be
155 SOON IN YOUR VILLAGE • Haris Pilton & The Balkan Voodoo Orchestra • Slovenia • Asphalt Tango Records
156 RHYTHM + JEWS REVISITED • The Klezmatics • USA • Piranha
157 RISE • Alpha Blondy • Ivory Coast • Alphalliance
158 POHJAST TOUSVAD IILID • Strand… Rand • Estonia/Sweden • self released
159 ASI ES EL MUNDO • Eljuri • Ecuador • Manovill Records
160 AL ANDAR • Holly Holden • UK • self released
161 MIGRATING • Maija Kauhanen & Johannes Geworkian Hellman • Finland/Sweden • Gammalthea
162 SOGOLO • Witch • Zambia • Desert Daze Sounds
163 INDEPENDANCE • Mario Lucio • Cape Verde • Maremusica
164 MESTICO ATLANTICO • Ruca Rebordao • Portugal • self released
165 CHAPTER 1: WHERE DOES HAPPINESS COME FROM? • Made Kuti • Nigeria • self released
166 EI NOI MUUT • Vimma • Finland • Nordic Notes
167 31 CANZONI AL PIANOFORTE • Luca Bassanese • Italy • Aida Music
168 HEAVIER YET (LAYS THE CROWNLESS HEAD) • Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 • Nigeria • Record Kicks
169 ENTRE TUS FLORES • Miramar • Puerto Rico • Ansoma Records
170 UNDERSTORIES • Julia Úlehla & Dálava • USA • PI Recordings
171 DIBOLI • Tamala • Senegal/Belgium • Muziekpublique
172 SALTA! • Peixe e Limao • Italy/Belgium • Muziekpublique
173 CURYMAN II • Roge • Brazil • Diamond West Records
174 YARIN YOKSA • Derya Yildirim • Turkey • Big Crown
175 WHITE • Torgeir Vassvik & Juhani Silvola • Norway (Sápmi) • Eighth Nerve Audio
176 AVENIDA DA LIBERDADE • Fado Inverso • Portugal • self released
177 MODA ANTIGA • Lucibela • Cape Verde • Lusafrica
178 MON BALO • Luc Moindranzé Karioudja • France (Reunion) • Compagnie 4000
179 SHIMLI • Cynefin • UK (Wales) • self released
180 AL-HAMBRA • Ahmed Mukhtar & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde • Iraq/Argentina • ARC Music
181 RADIO ROM • ’O Rom • Italy • Phonotype Records
182 IDRACHE (TRACES OF THE PAST) • Tinariwen • Mali • Wedge
183 MINULO • ConTRIOlogy & Tomáš Vtípil • Czech Republic • Ma Records
184 BLAT LYS • Sylfide • Denmark • Nordic Notes
185 MUSIC FOR A REVOLUTION VOL. 1: GUINEA´S SYLIPHONE RECORDING LABEL 1967-1973 • various artists • Guinea • Radio Martiko
186 FOLK & GREAT TUNES FROM BELARUS • various artists • Belarus • CPL-Music
187 CANCONS A L’OMBRA • La Baula • Spain (Catalonia) • Segell Microscopi
188 ROOTS ROCKING ZIMBABWE – THE MODERN SOUND OF HARARE TOWNSHIPS 1975–1980 • various artists • Zimbabwe • Analog Africa
189 COISAS DE VIVER • Roberta Campos • Brazil • self released
190 SURMA HIIHTI • Hurja Halla • Finland • self released
191 KROMOSOMA MARIS • Luigi Cinque & Hypertext O´rchestra • Italy • MRF5
192 OVA • Afro Celt Sound System • UK/various • Six Degrees
193 KINIATA • Kin’Gongolo Kiniata • DR Congo • Helico
194 WESELE • GMM • Poland • Gusstaff Records
195 INQUIETA • Gisela Joao • Portugal • Mar Records
196 MACARONESIA, VOL. 1 • Entre Ilhas • various • self released
197 IMAGES FROM RAVNOGOR • Ravnogorski Biseri • Bulgaria • Aide Aide
198 LUMO • Piirpauke • Finland • Rockadillo
199 L´AMOUR A LA FOLIE • Amadou & Mariam • Mali • Because
200 BARE SONGS VOL. 1 • Banning Eyre • USA • One World
NMR (photo: press Nusantara Beat)
