Around the World Around the World Around the World Around the Wo
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ForegroundNoise 
Just a personal project of mine! I think it's extremely important to be mindful of the demographics of our musical tastes, especially given how Anglo-American centric us westerners can end up being in our listening habits. For many of these countries, I've only listened to one or two albums from them, and even then I've only covered roughly a quarter of all the countries in the world – really puts my knowledge (or lack thereof) into perspective.
NB. For classical works, I figured it makes more sense to use the nationality of the composer and not the performer (unlike BEA).
13 – Africa
13 – Asia
30 – Europe
7 – North America
2 – Oceania
8 – South America
- Chart updated: 07/20/2026 09:15
- (Created: 01/12/2023 11:20).
- Chart size: 73 albums.
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AR
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AT
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AU
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Year of Release:
2016
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4,477
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BA
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BG
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7. (=)
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BJ
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BO
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BR
[First added to this chart: 01/12/2023]
Year of Release:
1972
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Rank Score:
3,939
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Year of Release:
1970
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1,406
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Total albums: 73. Page 1 of 8
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Around the World Around the World Around the World Around the Wo composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 2 | 3% | |
| 1970s | 13 | 18% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 9 | 12% | |
| 2000s | 7 | 10% | |
| 2010s | 15 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 21 | 29% |
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Hayden TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/28/2026 04:27 | #313665
Hayden TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/28/2026 04:27 | #313665
Some great choices on here Foreground, and a handful I've yet to hear (those particular recordings of Ligeti, Frey & Schnittke, and the albums by Cheng Daoyuan, Fatoumata Diawara & Mura Masa are all going on my listen-list)—
If you ever want to add some more countries to the list, I know some solid recs (Rwanda, Somalia, Djibouti, Egypt, Morocco, Benin, Bolivia, Cameroon, Haiti, Uruguay, Thailand, Panama, etc etc)—
(& surely Jamaica's omission is an oversight? if not—)
Hope this hits 100 :)
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ForegroundNoise 04/08/2026 10:58 | #313798
ForegroundNoise 04/08/2026 10:58 | #313798
Please send any and all!! <3 (Edited)
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