- U Roy – Solid Gold (BMG/Trojan Jamaica)
- La Chicana – Hikikomoei (La Chicana)
- Stringflip – Stringflip (Go Danish Folk Music)
- Los Tangueros del Oeste – Alma Vieja (Avantango)
- Maarika & the Frocodiles – Tree-Dimensional Tunes
- Belcirque – La Grande Fete (Arc Music)
- Rachel Magoola – Resilience (Arc Music)
- Fadhilee Itulya – Shindu Shi (Naxos World)
- Stefano Saletti & Banda Ikona – Mediterraneo Ostinato (Finis Terre)
- Angelique Kidjo – Mother Nature (Decca)
- Ojoyo – Plays Safrojazz (Sunnyside)
- Lunar Octet – Convergence (Summit)
- Transorient Orchestra – Zip Zip (Double Moon)
- Balkan Taksim – Disko Telegraf (Buda)
- Ben Aylon – Xalam (Riverboat)
- Pangea Ultima – Camino a Mictlan
- L’Alba – A’Principiu (Buda Musique)
- Caamani & Ameixeiras – Aire! (Microscopi)
- Big Chief Monk Boudreaux – Bloodstains and Teardrops (Whiskey Bayou)
- Emedin Rivera – Tropical Turbulence (Turbulence)
- Delgres – 4 AM (PIAS)
- Johannes Linstead – Bohemian Strings (Johannes Linstead)
- Diego Baliardo – Este Ritmo (Moondo Music)
- Juan Carlos Quintero – Caminando (Moondo Music)
- Hamdi Benani, Mehdi Haddab & Speed Caravan – Nuba Nova (Buda Musique)
- Various Artists – Club Coco (Bongo Joe)
- Okute – Okute (Chulo)
- DagaDana – Tobie (Agora)
- Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino – Meridiana (Ponderosa)
- Perttula – Pajavasara (Bafe’s Factory/Galileo)
- Balaphonices – Spicy Boom Boom (Vlad)
- Curt Ramm – Rogue Island (Rocktorium)
- Jah Light – Almighty Zion Keepers (AZK)
- Aigua – Nonino (Microscopi)
- Eva Quartet – Minka (Riverboat)
- Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – Dost 1 (Bongo Joe)
- Dobet Gnahore – Couleur (Cumbancha)
- Christine Salem – Mersi (Blue Fanal)
- Boubacar ‘Badian’ Diabate – Mande Guitar (Lion Songs)
- Antonis Antoniou – Kkismettin (Ajabu!)
Global Village Top 40 For August
