Ambäck (CH): Chreiselheuer (Eigenverlag)
Mayra Andrade (Cabo Verde): Manga (Columbia)
Claire Antonini & Renaud Garcia-Fons (F/E): Farangi – Du Baroque À L’Orient (E-Motive Records)

Natacha Atlas (Ägypten/B/GB): Strange Days (Whirlwind Records)
Blick Bassy (Kamerun): 1958 (NoFormat)
Nicholas Britell (USA): OST If Beale Street Could Talk (Invada Records)

Chicuelo & Marco Mezquida (Catalunya): No Hay Dos Sin Tres (Galileo)
Roberto Fonseca (Kuba): Yesun (3ème Bureau)
Niels Frevert (D): Putzlicht (Grönland Records)

Kayhan Kalhor & Rembrandt Frerichs Trio (Iran/NL): It’s Still Autumn (Kepera Records)
Lakou Mizik (Haiti): HaitiaNola (Cumbancha)
Mísia (P): Pura Vida (Galileo)

Lydia Persaud (CAN): Let Me Show You (Next Door Records)
Roseaux (F): Roseaux II (Tôt Ou Tard)
Céline Rudolph (D/F): Pearls (Obsessions)

Javier Ruíbal (E): Paraísos Mejores (Karonte)
Shake Stew (A/D): Gris Gris (Traumton)
Salvador Sobral (P): Paris, Lisboa (Warner)

Vampire Weekend (USA): Father Of The Bride (Sony)
Patrick Watson (CAN): Wave (Domino Records)