World Hits
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Country | |
| .1 | Harry Belafonte | Jamaica Farewell | Calypso | RCA | Jamaica |
| .2 | Jimmy Cliff | The Harder They Come | Ultimate Collection / World Hits | Hip-O / Putumayo | Jamaica |
| .3 | Deep Forest | Sweet Lullabye | Deep Forest | Epic | France |
| .4 | Gipsy Kings | Bamboleo | Gipsy Kings / World Hits | Elektra/Nonesuch / Putumayo | France |
| .5 | Peter Tosh w/ Mick Jagger | (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back | Best of Peter Tosh / World Hits | Columbia / Putumayo | Jamaica / UK |
| .6 | Johnny Clegg and Savuka | Scatterlings of Africa | Third World Child | Capitol | South Africa |
| .7 | Youssou N'Dour w/ Neneh Cherry | 7 Seconds | The Guide (Wommat) / World Hits | Chaos / Columbia / Putumayo | Senegal / Sweden / USA |
| .8 | Enya | Orinoco Flow | Watermark | Reprise | Ireland |
| .9 | Sergio Mendes | Mas Que Nada | Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 | A&M | Brazil |
| .10 | Mongo Santamaria | Watermelon Man* | Skin on Skin: The Mongo Santamaria Anthology (1985-1995) | Rhino Records | Cuba |
| .11 | Manu Dibango | Soul Makossa* | Soul Makossa / World Hits | Unidisc / Putumayo | Cameroon |
| .12 | Santana | Oye Como Va | Abraxas | Columbia | USA / Mexico |
| .13 | Touré Kunda | E'mma | Les Freres Griots | Celluloid Records | Senegal |
| .14 | Manu Chao | Bongo Bong | Clandestino | Ark 21 | France |