| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label |
| 1 | ANTIBALAS | Antibalas | Daptone |
| 2 | ONDATROPICA | Ondatropica | Soundway |
| 3 | LOS LOBOS | KIKO | SLASH-Warner Bros. |
| 4 | CAETANO VELOSO AND DAVID BYRNE | Live At Carnegie Hall | Nonesuch |
| 5 | GAELIC STORM | Chicken Boxer | Lost Again |
| 6 | NIYAZ | Sumud | Six Degrees |
| 7 | ZION | Different Denominations | |
| 8 | SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALL STARS | Radio Salone | Cumbancha |
| 9 | BUNNY WAILER, KYMANI MARLEY, AND ANDREW TOSH | Never Ending Wailers | |
| 10 | ZION | Different Denominations |
