Billboard World Albums

قائمة بيلبورد لألبومات الموسيقى العالمية

The American magazine Billboard's chart of the best-selling world-music albums in the United States; the museum records an album's peak position as its sources give it, such as number 6 for Youssou N'Dour's Egypt in 2004.

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At a glance

Region
Americas & Oceania

Music and its permissibility

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Kind
Chart
By country
United States

Honoured3

YearWhoResultCategory
2004Egypt (Youssou N'Dour album)Ranked#6
1996Night Song (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan album)Ranked#4
1991Mustt MusttRanked#14

Summary

Billboard World Albums is the American magazine Billboard's chart of the best-selling world-music albums in the United States, cited in the chart table of the article on the album Egypt. 1

In the museum

The museum records an album's peak position on this chart as its sources give it: for example, number 6 for the Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour's Egypt in 2004, the album that went on to win a Grammy. 1

References

  • The chart table of the English Wikipedia article on Egypt, whose row cites Billboard's chart history. 1

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Awarded to
Egypt (Youssou N'Dour album)· Mustt Mustt· Night Song (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan album)

People and things also explored

Grammy Awards· UK Albums Chart· Real World Records· Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan· BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music· Dutch Album Top 100· French Albums Chart (SNEP)· Official Finnish Charts

Sources

  1. Egypt (album) — English Wikipedia
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islam.museum contributors. “Billboard World Albums”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/award/billboard-world-albums/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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Grammy Awards

The annual awards of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States, given since 1958; the museum records those won by Muslim artists or by works about Islam, such as the 2005 award for Best Contemporary World Music Album to Youssou N'Dour's Egypt.