*indicates Canadian Content
1 KIRAN AHLUWALIA* 7 Billion (Six Degrees)
2 MAZ* ID (Self-Released)
3 SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80 Black Times (Strut)
4 SOUTH RIVER SLIM* Who the F is South River Slim (Self-Released)
5 JAMES O-L AND THE VILLAINS* Wild Goose Jack (Famous Last)
6 QRISTINA BROOKE* Linger (Self-Released)
7 LES POULES À COLIN* Morose (Self-Released)
8 LOÏC APRIL* Loïc April (Bonsound)
9 ANBA TONEL Bellegarde (Self-Released)
10 ETENESH WASSIE & MATHIEU SOURISSEAU Yenealem (Self-Released)
11 POST ANIMAL When I Think of You in a Castle (Polyvinyl)
12 STIMULATOR JONES Exotic Worlds and Masterful Treasures (Stones Throw)
13 GABACHO MARCO Tawassol (Cristal)
14 DJÉNÉBA AT FOUSCO Kayeba Khasso (Lusafrica)
15 HAMMA SANKARE Ballebe – Calling All Africans (Clermont Music)
16 HUMANS* The Feels (Haven)
17 DIANE MOTEL* Lonesome for the Colour (Self-Released)
18 BLACK MILK FEVER (Mass Appeal)
19 DABRYE Three/Three (Ghostly International)
20 BEATRICE DEER My All To You (Self-Released)
21 A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS Pinned (Dead Oceans)
22 DANNY GREEN TRIO PLUS STRINGS One Day It Will (OA2)
23 THE BROOKS* Freewheelin’ Walking (Self-Released)
24 ANNA BURCH Quit the Curse (Polyvinyl)
25 BEAUTIFUL NUBIA AND THE ROOTS RENAISSANCE BAND* Amunudun (Eniobanke)
26 CALLA KINGLIT* Dreamer’s Sea (Self-Released)
27 CAMAROMANCE* Chasing Clouds (Simone)
28 DAVID KECHLEY The Walbrzych Project (Innova)
29 DOM FLEMONS Black Cowboys (Smithsonian Folkways)
30 EYTREG One?s Hidden Agony (Urbnet)