This annual list of the WMCE is compiled not only from the top ranking CDs during 2004 ,
but from the all nominations in all 12 months.

The full list will be displayed soon at http://www.wmce.de

1   AMASSAKOUL Triban Union/Emma Tinariwen Mali

2  THE LIVING ROAD Warner Jazz Lhasa Canada

3  EGYPT Nonesuch Youssou N'Dour Senegal

4  BOOMERANG Wrasse Daara-J Senegal

5  MANGUSTAO ACT Huong Thanh Vietnam/France

6  SAVE THE WORLD Wrasse Enzo Avitabile & Bottari Italy

7  BOWMBOI Tama Rokia Traore Mali

8  MARES PROFUNDOS Edge Music/Deutsche Grammophon Virginia Rodrigues Brazil

9  SU Doublemoon Mercan Dede Turkey/Canada

10  UNA SANGRE Narada Lila Downs Mexico/USA

11  CHUVA EM PO Zonk Think of One Belgium/Brazil

12  WHO STOLE THE SKY? Ponderosa Sainkho Namtchylak Tuva

13 TRUE LOVE V2  Toots & The Maytals Jamaica/various

14 SOUNDS OF OUR LIFE - PART 1 Heaven & Earth  Armenian Navy Band Armenia

15 HOTEL VIETNAM King Records  Blue Asia Japan/Malaysia/Vietnam

16 SALT Righteous Baby  Arto Lindsay USA

17 MZANSI MUSIC - YOUNG URBAN SOUTH AFRICA Trikont  V.A. South Africa

18 TEKITOI Wrasse  Rachid Taha Algeria/France

19 BELEZA BELEZA BELEZA Ziriguiboom  Trio Mocoto Brazil

20 THE KING IS AMONG US WAM Belgian Afro Beat Association Belgium

21 MASSAFAT Barraka el Farnatshi  Azzddine Morocco

22 SABOU Riverboat  Mory Kante Guinea

23 AY VALERIA Mopiato Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca Congo

24 LAUGHTER THROUGH TEARS Outcaste Oi Va Voi UK

25 YA-RAYI Universal Khaled Algeria

26 LI TURCHI VIAGGIANO Oriente Media Aetas Italy

27 AZULANDO Lusafrica Teofilo Chantre Cape Verde

28 PALYRRIA Cantini Palyrria Greece

29 MUDANIN KATA Riverboat David Darling & The Wulu Bunun USA/Taiwan

30 ACROSS THE 110TH STREET Rykodisc Spanish Harlem Orchestra USA

31 ALONG THE PATH Poets Club Eastenders Germany/various

32 TASSOUMAKAN Six Degrees Issa Bagayogo Mali

33 GHOSTBOY Megadisc Gabriel Rios Puerto Rico

34 HOT WOMEN Kein und Aber V.A. USA

35 WORLD 2004 Wrasse V.A. various

36 KATA Galileo MC Miquel Gil Spain

37 SUBURBAN BUCHAREST Trikont V.A. Romania

38 450 SHEEP Warner Zdob Shi Zdub Moldavia

39 GLOBAL HIP HOP Manteca V.A. various

40  NAPOLI MEDITERRANEA Empreinte Digitale Pietra Montecorvino Italy

41 DESERTORE Elkar Oskorri Spain

42 FLOR DE AMOR World Circuit Omara Portuondo Cuba

43 HORSE AND FISH Hannibal Vinicius Cantuaria Brazil

44 MAHALA RAI BANDA Crammed Mahala Rai Banda Romania

45 THE ROUGH GUIDE TO ITALIA NOVA World Music Network V.A. Italia

46 TANGO CRASH Galileo MC Tango Crash Argentina/Germany

47 SANDIYA Contre-Jour Keletigui Diabate Mali

48 ANCETSRY IN PROGRESS Luaka Bop Zap Mama Belgium

49 BODJAL Amigo Ale Möller Band Sweden

50 TUTUKI Warm Earth Records Te Vaka New Zealand

51 WHENDO Contre jour Gangbe Brass Band Benin

52 MITSOURA Mitsoura Production Mitsou Hungary

53 PSYCHEBELLY DANCE MUSIC Doublemoon BabaZula Turkey

54 LA RAIZ Palm Pictures Radio Mundial USA

55 MIN BERIYA TE KIRYE Daqui Sivan Perwer Turkey

56 ELECTRIC GYPSYLAND Crammed V.A. Romania/various

57 ALEZANE Naive Thierry Titi Robin France

58 RUKE Piranha Darko Rundek & Cargo Orkestar Croatia

59 OUR WORLD BMG Soweto String Quartet South Africa

60 MUNIA Universal Richard Bona Cameroun/USA

61 ANDE LINDRI Daqui Romano Drom Hungary

62 ZION ROOTS Network Medien Abyssinia Infinite Ethiopia/USA

63 OCHRE Cloud valley Andrew Cronshaw UK

64 MARANNUI Forrest Hill Epifani Barbers Italy

65 UMA BATIDA DIFERENTE Ziriguiboom Bossacucanova Brazil

66 THE ROUGH GUIDE TO AFRICAN RAP World Music Network V.A. various

67 HEMAVAZ Kalan Müzik Kardes Türküler Turkey

68 NUBES DEL ALMA Footprint Cerro Esperanza Band Sweden

69 AJRU Discmedi Mercedes Peon Spain

70 CANTOS DE AGUA DULCE Chesky Marta Gomez Colombia

71 AFRICA SHRINE Uwe Femi Kuti Nigeria

72 IAIE Resistencia Lidia Pujol Spain

73 MAPOU Riverboat Rene Lacaille Reunion

74 ESSENTIAL LATIN FLAVAS 2 Outcaste V.A. various

75 PARAISO DI GUMBE Wrasse Manecas Costa Guinea Bissau

76 THE ART AND SOUL OF THE MANDE GRIOTS Syllart Mandekalou Mali

77 THE DIASPORA OF REMBETICO Network Medien V.A. Greece

78 REBELDIA CON ALEGRIA EMI Amparanoia Spain

79 AMERICAN US Six Degrees Los Mocosos USA

80 WORDS Next Music Geoffrey Oryema Uganda

81 KRIOYO Network Izaline Callister Curacao

82 THREE FIELDS Sketis Volga Russia

83 SRBIJA: SOUNDS GLOBAL 3 B92 V.A. Serbia

84 MAASAI HIP HOP Out Here Records X Plastaz Tanzania

85 STREET SINGS Realworld Ozomatli USA

86 ROOTS Sony The Gypsy Kings France

87 DAKAMERAP Out There Records Alif Senegal

88 UPROOTING Jaro Warsaw Village band Poland

89 INTRODUCING SHIYANI NGCOBO World Music Network Shiyani Ngcobo South Africa

90 RAMESH RE-VISITED Jubilee Ramesh Germany/Sri Lanka

91 WU XING CRC Wu Xing China

92 NATIONAL COLLECTIVE INSTITUTO Beleza V.A. Brazil

93 TOTO, BONA, LOKUA No Format Toto, Bona, Lokua Cameroun/Congo

94 BEBEL GILBERTO Ziriguiboom Bebel Gilberto Brazil

95 DI KORPU KU ALMA Lusafrica Lura Cape Verde

96 MEMORIA Lusafrica Polo Montanez Cuba

97 NA SVYAZI Virgin Markscheider Kunst Russia

98 NU EUROPE Manteca V.A. various

99 SKA CUBANO Casinosounds Ska Cubano Cuba

100 RAVAL TA JOIE Organic 08001 Spain

101 WORLD REGGAE Putumayo V.A. various

102 ROMANCE & YASMIN Choice Music Yasmin Levy Israel

103 ZUME DE TERRA Boa Xose Manuel Budino Spain

104 BAMBAS AND BIRITAS Ether BiD Brazil

105 END OF THE HOLIDAY NMC Chava Alberstein Israel

106 OYAYA Sony Angelique Kidjo Benin

107 JAROM AZ UTAM Fono Parno Graszt Hungary

108 THE PEOPLE LOVE IT Wam The Internationals Belgium

109 UNIVERSUM D'AMOUR Jigit Lecker Sachen Germany

110 AFRICAN CITIZEN M10 Ze Manel Guinea-Bissau

111 MAGICNA VIOLINA B92 Aleksandar Sisic Serbia

112 MISIYA Harmonia Mundi Etienne Mbappe cameroun

113 RUSSENSOUL Trikont V.A. Russia

114 TANA TANI Realworld State of Bengal vs Paban Das Baul India/UK

115 ESSENTIAL ASIAN FLAVAS Outcaste V.A. various

116 ELUSIVE Westpark Zulya Australia

117 RED & GREEN World Circuit Ali Farka Toure Mali

118 PAST ET PRESENT Orange World Kriwi Belarus

119 REFLECTIONS Gallo Miriam Makeba South Africa

120 SELWA Six Degrees Choying Drolma & Steve Tibbets ??

121 ABANTU Nation The Mighty Zulu Nation & Aki Nawaz UK/Southafrica/Pakistan

122 BALKEA Network Sandy Lopicic Orkestar Serbia

123 PALMWINE A GO GO Stern's Abdul Tee-Jay Sierra Leone

124 XALIMA Stargaze Records Seydina Insa Wade Senegal

125 CONTRASTS Farout Marcos Valle Brazil

126 DIDA ZIG ZAG WORLD Manou Gallo Ivory Coast

127 Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal World Circuit Manuel "Guajira" Mirabal Cuba

128 OUMOU World Circuit Oumou Sangare Mali

129 BABJE LETO Dallas Katalena Slovenia

130 Barcelona Raval Sessions K-Industria V.A. Spain

131 CRU Naive Seu Jorge Brazil

132 KORA JAZZ TRIO Celluloid Kora Jazz Trio various

133 LIIR F2F Diogal Senegal

134 ANO NEKO Contre Jour Dobet Gnahor Ivory Coast

135 VOZ D'AMOR Lusafrica Cesaria Evora Cape Verde

136 SAINT ALLAH Jololi Youssou N'Dour Senegal

137 AIWA Wikkid Aiwa France/Iraq

138 KOTE Syllart/Wrasse Idrissa Soumaoro Mali

139 ANZIX Folkeuropa Makam Hungary

140 NU BRAZIL 2 Manteca V.A. Brazil

141 PORTO ALTO Uguru Rao Kyao Portugal

142 NU TANGO Manteca V.A. Argentina/various

143 KWAITO - SOUTHAFRICAN URBAN BEATS EMI V.A. South Africa

144 BRASILEIRINHO Biscoito Fino Maria Bethania Brazil

145 ANDANDO EL TIEMPO ACT Gerardo Nunez Spain

146 SOY CUBANITO Lusafrica CUBANITO 20.02 Cuba

147 INTIMO Danza Y Movimento Blas Rivera Artgentina

148 ZUF DE ZUR Finisterre Partigiani Italy

149 CHAMPAGNE & GRITS Realworld Little Axe UK/USA

150 THE FIRST 20 YEARS 1977-1997 Stern's Papa Wemba & Viva la Musica Congo