In October’s Transglobal World Music Chart, the new release “Maame” by Senegalese musician Cheikh Lô scored the highest.
After a decade-long wait since his last studio album, Senegalese legend Cheikh Lô makes a powerful return with Maame, an expansive and deeply personal work born from isolation, resilience, and spiritual devotion.
Top albums 2025:
- Cheikh Lô · Maame · World Circuit [-]
- Hawa & Kassé Mady Diabaté · Toumaro · One World [1]
- Africa Express · Africa Express Presents… Bahidorá · World Circuit [4]
- Radio Tarifa · La Noche · Buda Musique [-]
- The Good Ones · Rwanda Sings with Strings · Glitterbeat [15]
- Saha Gnawa · Saha Gnawa · Pique-Nique Recordings [-]
- Mustafa Said & Asil Ensemble · Maqam Pilgrims · Mapamundi Musica [2]
- Mádé Kuti · Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From? · LegacyPlus [8]
- Guitari Baro · Guitari Baro · Chrysalis Global [-]
- Mahotella Queens · Buya Buya: Come Back · Umsakazo [3]
- BaianaSystem · O Mundo Dá Voltas · Máquina de Louco [-]
- Constantinople, Kiya Tabassian, Benedicte Maurseth, Patrick Graham · Nordic Lights in Persian Sky · Glossa [5]
- Mandé Sila · Live @ Levon Helm · Contre-Jour [6]
- Cerys Hafana · Angel · Tak:til / Glitterbeat [-]
- Duo Ruut · Ilmateade · Duo Ruut [14]
- Sidsel Walstad & Ibou Cissokho · Tamoo · Global Sonics [11]
- Alaa Zouiten · Aficionado: Flamenco Moro · Alaa Zouiten [22]
- Balkan Taksim · Acide Balkanique · Buda Musique [-]
- Loko Gasy · Mifankatiava · AudioMaze [-]
- Da Lata · Edge of Blue · Da Lata Music [-]
- Kokoroko · Tuff Times Never Last · Brownswood Recordings [29]
- Ben Aylon · Small Room in Dakar · Rhythm Space [-]
- Luc Moindranzé Karioudja · Mon Balo · La Compagnie 4000 [-]
- Ahmed Mukhtar and Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde · Al-Hambra · ARC Music [26]
- Eljuri · Así Es el Mundo · Manovill [30]
- Anna Sato × Toshiyuki Sasaki · Life Goes On · Primitive Voice [-]
- Kaabi Kouyaté · Tribute to Kandia · Buda Musique [10]
- Kanazoé Orkestra · Balabeatz · Antipodes Music [7]
- Värttinä · Kyly · Rockadillo [9]
- Majid Bekkas, Nguyên Lê, Hamid Drake · Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XVII: Gnawa World Blues · ACT Music [19]
- Pipo Romero · Alborada · Pipo Romero [-]
- Brìghde Chaimbeul · Sunwise · Tak:til / Glitterbeat [20]
- Denez · Toenn-Vor / Chants des Sept Mers · Arfolk [39]
- Coco María / V.A. · New Dimensions in Latin Music · Club Coco [-]
- Gidiki · Planinata · Gidiki [-]
- Bindi Society · Falling in Light · X Dot 25 Music [-]
- Matthieu Saglio & Camille Saglio · Al Alba · ACT Music [27]
- Benedicte Maurseth · Mirra · Hubro / Grappa [-]
- Mulatu Astatke · Mulatu Plays Mulatu · Strut [36]
- Alan Kushan · Unforgotten Sketches · X Dot 25 Music [-]
NMR (photo: press Cheikh Lô)
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/
