Choc Quib Town, CéU and Luisa Maita in World Music Chart Europe’s Top 20 of 2010
03 December, 2010World Music Charts Europe have just released their list of the most-listened to World Music artists of 2010, according to European radio stations that is. There are quite a few latin artists featured here including Choc Quib Connection’s Oro, CéU’s Vagarosa, Afrocubism and Luisa Maita’s Lero-Lero in the top 20.
Here’s the top 20 in full, as well as all the Latin American artists from the rest of the top 200.
1. RISE AND SHINE Cumbancha
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars – Sierra Leone
2. HANDMADE Blue Note
Hindi Zahra – Morocco/France
3. ALI & TOUMANI World Circuit
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate – Mali
4. SHOUKA Nubenegra
Mariem Hassan – Western Sahara/Spain
5. DJITOUMOU Lusafrica
Idrissa Soumaoro – Mali/France
6. MUN Rockadillo Records
Wimme – Finland
7. JAMM World Circuit
Cheikh Lo – Senegal
8. AFROCUBISM World Circuit
Afrocubism – Mali/Cuba
9. ORO World Connection
Choc Quib Town – Colombia
10. I SPEAK FULA Outhere
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – Mali
11. KOLI Rockadillo
Piirpauke – Finland
12. NKOLO World Village
Lokua Kanza – D.R.Congo/France/Brasil
13. LISTEN TO THE BANNED Freemuse/Grappa
Various Artists – various
14. VAGAROSA Six Degrees
Ceu – Brazil
15. CHOPIN ON 5 CONTINENTS CM
Maria Pomianowska and friends – Poland
16. LERO LERO Cumbancha
Luisa Maita – Brazil
17. OPA HEY! Asphalt Tango Records
Kottarashky – Bulgaria
18. MAMBO SKA Casino Sounds
Ska Cubano – UK/Cuba
19. ADAGH Glitterhouse Records
Tamikrest – Mali
20. OYO Naive
Angelique Kidjo – Benin
30. PESEBRE Crammed
Axel Krygier – Argentina
34. LA BODEGA Astar
Toto La Momposina – Colombia
36. EN PARIS – LIVE A FIP World Village
Lila Downs y la Mysteriosa – Mexico/USA
50. PALENQUE PALENQUE CHAMPETA CRIOLLA & AFRO ROOTS IN COLOMBIA Soundway Rec
Various Artists – Columbia
53. TRICOTA Galileo MC
Otros Aires – Argentina
62. PANAMA! 3 Soundway Rec
various artists – Panama
77. THE ROOTS OF CHICHA 2:PSYCHODELIC CUMBIAS FROM PERU Crammed/Barbes
Various Artists – Peru
81. MAMBO LOCO Analog Africa
Anibal Velasquez y su Conjunto – Colombia
92. UN LEON D-MENTE EMI
Leon Gieco & D-Mente – Argentina
93. CHUCHO’S STEPS World Village
Chucho Valdes – Cuba
102. EL GAUCHO Naive
Christoph Müller & Eduardo Makaroff – Argentina/France
123. CUMBIA BESTIAL Chusma
Various Artists – Columbia
129. SONANDO YA World Village
Sierra Maestra – Cuba
133. TELECOTECO Skip Records
Paula Morelenbaum – Brazil
143. BUENOSAURIOS/LEXENDAS DE LA NOCHE DE LOS TANGOS Galileo MC
Acho Estol y la Orquesta Moscas de Bar – Argentina
146. AFRICA LATINA Ayva Music
Leo Blanco – Venezuela
155. PUEBLO VIVO/VIBRANT PEOPLE Otrabandamusic
La Otrabanda – Venezuela
157. TANDE-LA Real World
The Creole Choir of Cuba – Cuba
159. MANANA, EL TANGO/PERLAS DE LABEL Manana
various artists – Argentina
175. HAVANIZATION Naive
Raul Paz – Cuba
193. FE NA FESTA Emarcy/Universal
Gilberto Gil – Brazil
You can view the lists from this year, as well as all other years, in full at http://www.giftmusic.de/wmce/index.html
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