- Matthieu Saglio – El Camino de los Vientos (ACT)
- Trio Tekke – Strovilos (Riverboat)
- Eliades Ochoa – Vamos A Bailar un Son (Eliades Ochoa)
- Ibrahima Cissokho & Mandingue – Liberte Mom Sa Bop (Narrator)
- El Amir – Andalucia (Galileo)
- Liga Latina – Liga Latina (Multination)
- Frigg – Frixx (Frigg)
- Yorkston/Thorne/Khan – Navarasa: Nine Emotions (Domino)
- V.A. – Uzelli Elektro Saz (Uzelli)
- V.A. – 12 Bombazos Bailables (Vampi Soul)
- Awale Jant Band – Yewoulen (ARC Music)
- Iyatra Quartet – Break the Dawn (Iyatra Quartet)
- Gao Hong/Issam Rafea – From Our World To Yours (ARC Music)
- Beto Jamaica – Rey De Mi Folclor Vallenato y Cumbia Colmbiana (OM Producciones Music)
- Cunao – Rayuela (Ides of March)
- Moonlight Benjamin – Simido (Ma Casa)
- John McLaughlin – Is That So? (Abstract Logix)
- Al DiMeola – Across the Universe (Ear Music)
- Seamus Egan – Early Bright (THL)
- Manhu – Voices of the Sani (Riverboat)
- V.A. – Soul Sega Sa Vol. 2 (Bongo Joe)
- Quintet Bumbac – Miroirs (Collectif Çok Malko)
- Zal Sissokho – Kora Flamenca (Analekta)
- Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra – Brasses for the Masses (Asphalt Tango)
- Les Amazones d’Afrique – Amazones Power (RealWorld)
- NCCP – Napoli 1534 (Squilibri)
- Xabi Aburruzaga – Bost (Xabi Aburruzaga)
- Erlend Viken – Sastrugi (Grappa)
- Yukihiro Atsumi – Kachofugetsu (Nippon Notes)
- Vedan Kolod – Wild Games (CPKL Music)
- Mahala – Californeasca (Mahala)
- Blato Zlato – In the Wake (Blato Zlato)
- Sam Lee – Old Wow (Cooking Vinyl)
- Black Market Brass – Undying Thirst (Colemine)
- Trilok Gurtu – God Is a Drummer (Jazzline)
- Custodio Castelo – Amalia Classics on Portuguese Guitar (ARC Music)
- Antibalas – Fu Chronicles (Daptone)
- Los Pirañas – Historia Natural (Glitterbeat)
- Kiki Valera - Vivencias en Clave Cubana (Origin)
- Hope Masike – The Exorcism of A Spinster (Riverboat)
Global Village Top 40 For May 2020
