2009

Anketa magazínu fRoots:

1. Staff Benda Bilili - Très Très Fort (Crammed/Rachot) [AVa 1807]
2. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - I Speak Fula (OutHere/PJ Music) [AVa 1803]
3. Oumou Sangare - Seya (World Circuit/PJ Music) [AVa 1801]
4. Martin Simpson - True Stories (Topic) [~AVa2196]
5. The Unthanks - Here’s The Tender Coming (EMI/Rabble Rouser)
6. Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara - Tell No Lies (Real World/Indies Scope) [AVa 1809]
7. Tinariwen - Imidiwan (Independiente/PJ Music) [AVa 1784]
8. Jackie Oates - Hyperboreans (Unearthed/One Little Indian)
9. Khaled - Liberté (Wrasse) [AVa 1812]
10. Spiro - Lightbox (Real World/Indies Scope)

Najhranejšie alba podľa WMCE:

1. Oumou Sangare - Seya (World Circuit/PJ Music) [AVa 1801]
2. Staff Benda Bilili - Très Très Fort (Crammed/Rachot) [AVa 1807]
3. Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara - Tell No Lies (Real. World/Indies Scope) [Ava 1809]
4. Dub Colossus – In A Town Called Addis (Real World/Indies Scope)
5. Novalima – Coba Coba (Cumbancha/PJ Music) [AVa 1808]
6. Tinariwen - Imidiwan (Independente) [AVa 1784]
7. Amadou & Mariam – Welcome To Mali (Universal) [AVa 1806]
8. DuOud – Ping Kong (World Village/PJ Music)
9. Baaba Maal – Television (Palm Pictures) [AVa2194]
10. Mara Aranda & Solatge – Deria ( Galileo MC)

Nominácie na Grammy:

1. Amadou & Mariam – Welcome To Mali (Universal) [Ava 1806]
2. Oumou Sangare - Seya (World Circuit/PJ Music) [AVa 1801]
3. Béla Fleck - Throw Down Your Heart, Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3: Africa Sessions (Rounder)
4. Femi Kuti – Day by Day (Downtown)
5. Omar Sosa - Across the Divide: A Tale of Rhythm and Ancestry by Omar Sosa (Halfnote Records).

Songlines Top Ten Albums:

1. Gurrumul – Gurrumul ( Dramatico/Skinnyfish)
2. Stelios Petrakis – Orion ( Buda/PJ Music)
3. Mohamed Ilyas – Taarab (Chita-Taku/Ace)
4. Faiz Ali Faiz & Titi Robin – Jaadu (Accords Croises)
5. Khaled – Liberté ( Wrasse) [AVa 1812]
6. Spiro – Lightbox ( Real World/Indies Scope)
7. Mahala Rai Banda - Ghetto Blasters (Asphalt Tango/PJ Music)
8. Kronos Quartet – Floodplain ( Nonesuch) [AVa 1984]
9. Bassekou Kouyaté - I Speak Fula ( Out Here/PJ Music) [AVa 1803]
10. Staff Benda Bilili - Très Très Fort (Crammed Disc/PJ Music) [AVa 1807]

Nat Geo Music Top Ten Albums:

1. Baaba Maal - Television (Palm Pictures) [AVa 2194]
2. Puerto Plata - Casita de Campo (IASO)
3. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Inspiration/Information, Vol. 3 (Strut)
4. Tinariwen - Imidiwan - Companions (World Village/PJ Music) [AVa 1784]
5. Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara Tell No Lies (Real World/Indies Scope) [AVa 1809]
6. BLK JKS - Mystery (Secretly Canadian)
7. Grupo Fantasma - Sonidos Gold (High Wire Music)
8. Céu - Vagarosa (Six Degrees/PJ Music) [AVa 2193]
9. The Very Best Warm Heart Of Africa (Green Owl)
10. Buika & Chucho Valdes - El Último Trago (WEA International) [AVa 1800]

Afropop Worlwide Top Albums:

1. Béla Fleck: Throw Down Your Heart: Tale From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 - Africa Sessions (Rounder)
2. Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara - Tell no Lies (Real World/Indies Scope) [AVa 1809]
3. Khaled - Liberté (Universal/Wrasse) [AVa 1812]
4. K'Naan - Troubadour (A&M Octone)
5. Mohammed Ilyas with the Nyota Zameremeta Orchestra of Zanzibar - Taarab (Chita)
6. Oumou Sangaré - Seya (World Circuit/PJ Music) [AVa 1801]
7. Staff Benda Bilili - Très Très Fort (Crammed Discs/Rachot) [AVa 1807]
8. Tinariwen - Imidiwan ( World Village/PJ Music ) [AVa 1784]
9. The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa (Green Owl)
10. Vieux Farka Touré - Fondo (Six Degrees/PJ Music) [Ava2191]