Metacritic Aggregate: 2024 New Music: World

Notes

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

• Blues/Gospel
• Country/Americana/Folk
• Classical/New Age
• Electronica/Dance
• Hip-Hop/R&B
• Jazz
• Metal
• World
• Everything

Ranking

1. Mdou Moctar: Funeral for Justice (Matador) {33}: CS:++, Ex:*, FO:*, G:+, HV:+, LBF:*, Mj:*, MO:*, NME:*, NT:*, O:*, Pf:*+, PM:*, RC:*, RS:*+, S:*, SC:*, Sp:*, Tr:+, U:*, UR:*; am:*, e:+, ti:+, xjdc:*, ysp:* -- A:88/19, MT:***, TH:***
2. Kali Uchis: Orquídeas (Geffen) {23}: AV:+, Cl:*, Ev:*, G:*, HV:+, LBF:*, NME:*, O:*, P:*, Pf:*+, PM:*, RS:+, Sk:*, Up:+; am:*, cmp:+, ti:+, xsp:* -- A:80/15, MT:B-, TH:A-
3. Les Amazones d'Afrique: Musow Danse (Real World) {16}: AD:*, DW:+, GTV:*, HV:+, Mj:*, PM:*, RS:*+, U:*, XCI:**; xjdc:*, ysp:* -- A:78/9, TH:***
4. Arooj Aftab: Night Reign (Verve) {12}: BPM:*, CS:+, FO:*, G:*, Mj:*, NT:*, Pf:*, RS:*+, S:*, U:*; am:* -- A:84/10
5. Shakira: Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (Sony Music Latin) {9}: Cl:*, NME:*, O:*, RS:*+; am:* -- A:72/8, TH:***
6. Ibibio Sound Machine: Pull the Rope (Merge) {7}: FO:*, PM:*, U:*; am:*, ysp:* -- A:78/5, TH:**
7. Aziza Brahim: Mawja (Glitterbeat) {5}: AD:*, MO:*, U:* -- A:80/3, TH:**
8. Omar Souleyman: Erbil (Mad Decent) {5}: DW:+; xjdc:* -- TH:***
9. Anitta: Funk Generation (Republic) {4}: xjdc:* -- TH:***
10. Bab L' Bluz: Swaken (Real World) {4}: AD:*, Mj:*, S:* -- A:83/4, TH:*
11. Bruno Berle: No Reino Dos Afetos 2 (Psychic Hotline) {4}: PO:+ -- TH:***
12. Hermanos Gutierrez: Sonido Cósmico (Easy Eye Sound) {4}: -- TH:A-
13. Ann Savoy: Another Heart (Smithsonian Folkways) {3}: PO:+; ysp:* -- TH:*
14. Lord Spikeheart: The Adept (Hækalu) {2}: G:*, Tr:+ -- A:75/3
15. Ngwaka Son Systeme: Iboto Ngenge (Eck Echo) {2}: SpL:**
16. Twice: With You-th (JYP/Republic -EP) {2}: SpL:**
17. Ateez: Golden Hour: Part 1 (KQ Entertainment -EP) {1}: Cl:* -- A:80/1
18. Alvaro Diaz: Sayonara (Universal Music Latino) {1}: RS:+
19. DJ Anderson do Paraiso: Queridao (Nyege Nyege Tapes) {1}: G:+ -- TH:B
20. RaiNao: Capicu (Sonar) {1}: RS:+
21. Mama Sissoko: Live (Meruba-ML) {1}: SpL:*