- Balaphonics – Spicy Boom Boom (Vlad)
- Antonis Antoniou – Kkismettin (Ajabu!)
- Raul Gutierrez & His Cuban Big Band – Prado…Vive! (Cugate)
- South Pasifika Sound Project – Across the Pacific (Heaven)
- L’Alba – A’Principiu (Buda Musique)
- Christine Salem – Mersi (Blue Fanal)
- Stefano Saletti & Banda Ikona – Mediterraneo Ostinato (Finis Terre)
- Kady Diarra – Burkina Hakili (Adami)
- David Walters – Nocturne (Heavenly Sweetness)
- Radio Tutti & Barilla Sisters – Xogo (Adami)
- SES – Liberar As Arterias (Altafonte)
- Wu Man & Wu Wei – Distant Mountains (Dreyer Gaido)
- GreeKorea – Greeting the Moon (International Gugak Jazz Institute)
- LaLaLa Napoli – Cavalluccio (La curieuse)
- Ensemble Nova – This Is Ensemble Nova! (Ensemble Nova)
- Femi/Made Kuti – Legacy + (Partisan)
- Various Artists – Putumayo World Café (Putumayo_
- Various Artists – The Rough Guide to the Best Japanese Music You’ve Never Heard (World Music Network)
- Transglobal Underground – A Gathering of Stranger 2021 (Mule)
- Altan – Local Ground (Compass)
- Teaspoon & the Waves – Teaspoon & the Waves (Mr. Bongo
- Hallelujah Chicken Run Band – Take One (Analog Africa)
- Warsaw Village Band – Waterduction (Karrot Kommando)
- Various artists – Zanzibara Volume 10 (Buda Musique)
- Jupiter & Okwess – Nakozonga (Zamora)
- Monika Lakatos – Hangszin (FolkEuropa Kiado)
- Jah Light – Almighty Zion Keepers (AZK Productions)
- Joao Selva – Navegar (Underdog)
- Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde – Del Canto Gitano (ARC Music)
- Wu Man & Kojiro Umezaki – Flow (Inacircle)
- Rafiki Jazz – Dusck (Koni Music)
- Ayom – Ayom (Amplifica)
- Vaev – Vaev (Go Danish Folk Music)
- Choro de Rua – Santo Balsamo (Visage)
- Svang – In Trad We Trust (Galileo)
- Fely Tchaco – Yita (Tchaco)
- Afrika Mamas – Ilanga (ARC Music)
- Cati Plana and Pau Puig – Tretze Vares (Microscopi)
- Elida Almeida – Gerasonobu (LusAfrica)
- Raul Monsalve y Los Forajidos – Bichos (Olinda)
Global Village Top 40 - May 2021
