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Best-selling african albums of 2024 on Bandcamp

Check this year top highlights.

Reyna Tropical - Malegría

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Jason Moran - From the Dancehall to the Battlefield

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Les Amazones d'Afrique - Musow Danse

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Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit

#			Released	Sales	Earnings	Tags
1	Franco Luambo Makiadi Presents Les Editions Populaires (1968-1970)	Franco & O.K. Jazz →	29 February 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african congolese-rumba franco o.k.-jazz world bolero merengue reggae rumba brussels
2	La Vie Est Belle	Amadou & Mariam →	08 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	world african-beat world-beat world-music mali
3	Dar Disku	Dar Disku →	edits of middle	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	arabic bahrain disco electronic middle-east swana turkey world arabic bollywood dance folk funk north-african united-kingdom
4	From the Dancehall to the Battlefield	Jason Moran →	01 January 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african jazz r-b art avant-garde big-band black-music blues classical contemporary-art experimental jazz new-york
5	Voice of the Mountain	Chiriseri Mbira Collective →	22 December 2014	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african mbira sacred shona traditional world zimbabwe field-recordings roots zimbabwe
6	Dieu De La Guitare	Docteur Nico →	22 September 201	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african congolese-rumba world bolero congo folk hawaiian-guitar merengue reggae rumba brussels
7	Being	Baaba Maal →	31 March 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	world african electro fusion jazz dakar
8	Hali	Mohamed Errebbaa & Tagna Groove →	24 December 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afrobeat world african african-music blues folk funk gnaoua gnawa roots bristol
9	You're The One	Rhiannon Giddens →	18 August 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	folk african-american-music americana banjo bluegrass roots nashville
10	A Stranger That You Met Before	A Day Without Love →	13 October 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african-american-music alternative blacklivesmatter boston-music folk-punk indie-rock philly-music songwriter boston
11	Aban	The Garifuna Collective →	15 September 201	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african-drums afro-caribbean belize world african caribbean dub folk garifuna paranda traditional tropical tropical-bass world-2.0 belize
12	Black Beauty	Allen Kwela →	27 July 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz african afro fusion guitar jazz modal south-africa township united-kingdom
13	BONFIDO 009	Gledd →	27 June 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african afro-disco afro-house disco disco-edit disco-house disco-remix folamour house world exotic tropical greece
14	Alternate African Reality – Electronic, electroacoustic and experimental music from Africa and the diaspora	Compilation →	29 January 2020	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	africa electronic african ambient asian bass-music electroacoustic electronica experimental free-improvisation hip-hop noise singeli
15	eep	Specs →	29 August 2012	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	80%27s-pop alternative african cajun folk-pop warrington
16	Return of the Astro-Goth	Yugen Blakrok →	21 October 2013	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	-esoteric hip-hop-rap boom-bap dark-wave south-african underground south-africa
17	Paris Bamako (Live)	Amadou & Mariam →	28 November 2005	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	world african-beat world-beat world-music mali
18	Factory Girl - EP	Rhiannon Giddens →	27 November 2015	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	folk african-american-music americana banjo bluegrass roots nashville
19	In the Fast Lane	Jean-Luc Ponty →	19 November 2021	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	deep-house detroit electronic fusion gilles-peterson house jazz-fusion modern-jazz world african balearic disco jazz reissue soul united-kingdom
20	Mama Weja	Raz & Afla →	03 June 2022	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african afrobeat afropop electronic ghana house uk-bass-music afro-house world london

#			Released	Sales	Earnings	Tags
1	Global Party	Putumayo World Music →	you?ll get unl	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african latin world folk reggae world-music new-orleans
2	Bamako*Chicago Sound System	Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké Sissoko →	23 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	aacm african chicago-jazz experimental jazz avantgarde-jazz bamako griot kora mali soulful north-carolina
3	Nkanzarirwa Hanu (Born From Here)	Batwa Bwindi Artists →	11 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	uganda world african-music folk indigenous-music singing uganda
4	Dar Disku	Dar Disku →	edits of middle	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	arabic bahrain disco electronic middle-east swana turkey world arabic bollywood dance folk funk north-african united-kingdom
5	Women of Resistance - Congo	Kiss Nuka →	11 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african drum-bass electronic congolese dance electro footwork techno tribal mumbai
6	Constitution	Asher Gamedze & The Black Lungs →	30 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	electronic improvisational-music jazz soul south-african-jazz avant-jazz free-jazz jazz-and-improvised-music poetry psychedelic chicago
7	Franco Luambo Makiadi Presents Les Editions Populaires (1968-1970)	Franco & O.K. Jazz →	29 February 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african congolese-rumba franco o.k.-jazz world bolero merengue reggae rumba brussels
8	La Vie Est Belle	Amadou & Mariam →	08 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	world african-beat world-beat world-music mali
9	Paradise Cinema	Paradise Cinema →	09 October 2020	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african ambient contemporary-jazz crossover-jazz electronic-folk jazz world gondwana-records leftfield senegal
10	BUTU	KOKOKO! →	05 July 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african alternative electronic post-punk kinshasa
11	First Demo Session 1978	Falling Mirror →	02 February 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	80s rock south-african alternative blues-rock demo demos guitar pop rock cape-town
12	African Tapes	Lessless x Oskar Zieliński →	03 December 2019	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african afrobeat electronic hip-hop house rap analog bass dubstep tape poland
13	Being	Baaba Maal →	31 March 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	world african electro fusion jazz dakar
14	From the Dancehall to the Battlefield	Jason Moran →	01 January 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african jazz r-b art avant-garde big-band black-music blues classical contemporary-art experimental jazz new-york
15	Olatuja	Alicia and Michael Olatuja →	31 May 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz african-jazz afrobeat alicia-ojatuja funk michael-olatuja nu-jazz soul spiritual-jazz whirlwindrecordings new-york
16	BANGS	Jason Moran →	30 May 2017	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african jazz blues classical contemporary-art new-york
17	Including Janet	WITCH →	20 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	rock african afrorock rock world zamrock zambia
18	Voice of the Mountain	Chiriseri Mbira Collective →	22 December 2014	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african mbira sacred shona traditional world zimbabwe field-recordings roots zimbabwe
19	RUN COME	PRINCE MALACHI →	04 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	reggae dubplate-rastamusic king-african roots-dub-reggae solardub-black london
20	Jungle Run	Nubiyan Twist →	15 February 2019	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african-styles afro-jazz jazz latin rnb soul dub funk groove hip-hop jazz nubiyan-twist soul london

#			Released	Sales	Earnings	Tags
1	Bamako*Chicago Sound System	Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké Sissoko →	23 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	aacm african chicago-jazz experimental jazz avantgarde-jazz bamako griot kora mali soulful north-carolina
2	Constitution	Asher Gamedze & The Black Lungs →	30 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	electronic improvisational-music jazz soul south-african-jazz avant-jazz free-jazz jazz-and-improvised-music poetry psychedelic chicago
3	From the Dancehall to the Battlefield	Jason Moran →	01 January 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african jazz r-b art avant-garde big-band black-music blues classical contemporary-art experimental jazz new-york
4	BUTU	KOKOKO! →	05 July 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african alternative electronic post-punk kinshasa
5	Global Party	Putumayo World Music →	you?ll get unl	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african latin world folk reggae world-music new-orleans
6	Malegría	Reyna Tropical →	29 March 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	diaspora electronic latin latin-pop mexico world african globalbass indie-pop latin tropical worldmusic los-angeles
7	Dar Disku	Dar Disku →	edits of middle	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	arabic bahrain disco electronic middle-east swana turkey world arabic bollywood dance folk funk north-african united-kingdom
8	BALLAKÉ SISSOKO AND DEREK GRIPPER	Ballaké Sissoko and Derek Gripper →	10 May 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	acoustic african south-african west-african-music world acoustic classical instrumental kora mali cape-town
9	Homeland (Chapter 1)	Seckou Keita →	18 October 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	world african griot kora senegal united-kingdom
10	BANGS	Jason Moran →	30 May 2017	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african jazz blues classical contemporary-art new-york
11	Including Janet	WITCH →	20 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	rock african afrorock rock world zamrock zambia
12	Two Sessions	Sean Gaskell →	25 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	west-african-music world folk relaxation soothing-music tacoma
13	La Vie Est Belle	Amadou & Mariam →	08 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	world african-beat world-beat world-music mali
14	The Sky Is The Same Colour Everywhere	Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabaté →	05 May 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	west-african-music world african-music persian-music spiritual world-music united-kingdom
15	RUN COME	PRINCE MALACHI →	04 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	reggae dubplate-rastamusic king-african roots-dub-reggae solardub-black london
16	Nkanzarirwa Hanu (Born From Here)	Batwa Bwindi Artists →	11 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	uganda world african-music folk indigenous-music singing uganda
17	Machete Mágico	Champetos del Jùjú →	02 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african afrobeat experimental jazz. latin world champeta improvisation latino mexico-city
18	Colours of the Night	Maalem Mahmoud Gania →	08 September 201	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	world african gnaoua gnawa moroccan roots vinyl essaouira
19	Paradise Cinema	Paradise Cinema →	09 October 2020	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african ambient contemporary-jazz crossover-jazz electronic-folk jazz world gondwana-records leftfield senegal
20	Franco Luambo Makiadi Presents Les Editions Populaires (1968-1970)	Franco & O.K. Jazz →	29 February 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african congolese-rumba franco o.k.-jazz world bolero merengue reggae rumba brussels

#			Released	Sales	Earnings	Tags
1	Malegría	Reyna Tropical →	29 March 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	diaspora electronic latin latin-pop mexico world african globalbass indie-pop latin tropical worldmusic los-angeles
2	From the Dancehall to the Battlefield	Jason Moran →	01 January 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african jazz r-b art avant-garde big-band black-music blues classical contemporary-art experimental jazz new-york
3	Musow Danse	Les Amazones d'Afrique →	16 February 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african benin burkina-faso congolese ivory-coast world africa electronic hip-hop mali trap paris
4	Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit	Ethnic Heritage Ensemble →	08 March 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz african-rhythms afrofuturism deep-groove kahil-el%27zabar spiritual-jazz chicago
5	3	Abdullah Ibrahim →	you’ll get unl	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	abdullah-ibrahim barbican jazz live live-recording piano post-bop solo south-african-jazz south-africa
6	BALLAKÉ SISSOKO AND DEREK GRIPPER	Ballaké Sissoko and Derek Gripper →	10 May 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	acoustic african south-african west-african-music world acoustic classical instrumental kora mali cape-town
7	BUTU	KOKOKO! →	05 July 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african alternative electronic post-punk kinshasa
8	Rail Band	Rail Band →	05 April 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african african-guitar mali new-york
9	You're The One	Rhiannon Giddens →	18 August 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	folk african-american-music americana banjo bluegrass roots nashville
10	Maisha	The Zawose Queens →	07 June 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african wagogo world traditional bagamoyo
11	Bamako*Chicago Sound System	Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké Sissoko →	23 August 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	aacm african chicago-jazz experimental jazz avantgarde-jazz bamako griot kora mali soulful north-carolina
12	TRUE STORY	Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O →	14 June 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz world avant-garde south-african-jazz johannesburg
13	African Time	Herbie Tsoaeli →	30 January 2012	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	jazz african-time johannesburg
14	HIDDO DHAWR	Sahra Halgan →	29 January 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	experimental african indie-folk indie-rock somaliland traditional hargeisa
15	Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground	Jantra →	16 June 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african-electronic dance disco-house east-africa electronica world afro-house dance-music sudan synth synthesizer new-york
16	Wagadu Grooves: The Hypnotic Sound of Camara 1987-2016	Hot Mule →	on cassettes or	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african mauritania soninke soul world camara-production disco fusion hot-mule mali reggae senegal zouk paris
17	Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper	Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper →	10 May 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african guinea guitar jazz kora mali african afro fusion improvisation modal united-kingdom
18	Franco Luambo Makiadi Presents Les Editions Populaires (1968-1970)	Franco & O.K. Jazz →	29 February 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african congolese-rumba franco o.k.-jazz world bolero merengue reggae rumba brussels
19	A Trip To Bolgatanga	African Head Charge →	07 July 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	reggae african alternative dub experimental psychedelic london
20	Boreya	M'Bemba Bangoura →	15 June 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	world african-drumming djembe drum-and-dance drumming malinke new-york-city new-york