2000 TOP TEN WORLD MUSIC VIDEOS (In no particular order)

BEST WORLD MUSIC VIDEOS OF 2000: (listed alphabetically- not in order of importance)

  • Carlinhos Brown "Anamorada" (Brazil)
  • Thomas Gubitsch & Hughes de Courson "Toma Que Toma" (Transcontinental)
  • Femi Kutu "Beng Beng" (Nigeria)
  • Cheb Mami "Parisien Du Nord" (Algeria/France)
  • Ziggy Marley, Gipsy Kings & others "One Love 2000" (Transcontinental)
  • Youssou N'Dour with Wyclef Jean "Birima" (Senegal/US)
  • Lee Perry "Techno Party" (JA/UK/Switzerland)
  • Tito Puente "Mambo Birdland" (Puerto Rico/US)
  • Bill Ringennberg, Seemantis "Devil In U" (Canada)
  • Soweto String Quartet "Imbube" (South Africa)
  • Yothu Yindi "Ghost Spirits" (Australia)

    2000 WORLD MUSIC VIDEOS-HONORABLE MENTIONS: (also listed alphabetically-not in order of importance)

  • Enya "Only Time" (Ireland)
  • Eros Flamazzotto "Fuoco Nel Fuoco" (Italy)
  • Laurent Gannier "The Man With The Red Face" (France/Pakistan)
  • Hakeem "El Taxi" (Egypt)
  • Lauryn Hill & Bob Marley "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (US/JA)
  • Last Bandits "This & That" (Russia)
  • Yunchen Lhamo "Happiness Is" (Tibet)
  • Los Pericos "Sin Cadenas" (Argentina)
  • Claude McKenzie "Tshe Manito" (Canada)
  • Mana "Clavado En Un Bar" (Mexico)
  • Maraca "Descarga Total" (Cuba)
  • Bob Marley "Sun Is Shining (Messy Boys remix)" (JA/Europe)
  • Orishas "A Lo Cubano" (Cuba)
  • Proyecto Uno "Latinos" (Dominican Republic)
  • Sacred Spirits "Legends" (USA)
  • Santana with Mana "Corazon Espinado" (Mexico/USA)
  • Shaggy "Dance & Shout" & "It Wasn't Me" (Jamaica)
  • Tarkan "Bu Gece" & "Sikidim" (Turkey)
  • Lou Vega "Mambo #5" (USA)
  • Wayne Wonder "Bashment Girls" (Jamaica)
  • Yulduz "Tak Boom" (Uzbekestan)

    BEST REVIVAL SHORT VIDEO:
  • Los Zafiros "Y Sabes Bien" (Cuba)

    BEST LONG FORM VIDEO:
  • GENGHIS BLUES with Kongar-ol Ondar & Paul "Earthquake" Pena (Tuva)

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