At a time when cd sales are slow, fortune may well be shining on the record labels whose artists have been nominated by Tim Walker in the Independent Newspaper's top 10 world music albums. Top of the list is a compilation of live cuts from Baaba Maal.

1. Baaba Maal - On The Road Edition Bootleg - Palm Pictures
2. Bassekou Kouyate Ngoni Ba - Segue Blue - Outhere Records
3. CSS - Cansei De Ser Sexy - Warner
4. Camile - Hole - EMI
5. Seun Kuti and Fela's Egypt 80 - Many Things - Tot Ou Tard
6. Various Artists - Nigeria Special - Soundway
7. DengueFever - Venus on Earth - M80/Real World
8. Various Artists - The Very Best of Ethiopiques - Nascente
9. Manu Chao - La Radiolina - Because
10. Sa Ding Ding - Alive - Universal / Wrasse