In addition to being recognized as one of the Top 5 World Music Record Labels by WMCE/WOMEX, Mercan Dede's "800" captured the 1 place in the TOP-15 WORLD MUSIC CDs OF THE YEAR. Doublemoon also released 2 albums, Taksim Trio & Baba Zula "Roots", which placed into the Top 20 world music albums released this year! WOMEX TOP LABEL LIST 2008 1) Cumbancha (USA) Chart-topping CDs: The Garifuna Women's Project: Umalali; Habib Koité: Afriki; Rupa & The April Fishes: Extraordinary Rendition 2) Sterns (UK) Chart-topping CDs: Les Amazones de Guinea : Wamato ; Tabu Ley Rochereau : The Voice of Lightness; Mbilia Bel: Bel Canto - Best of the Genidia Years 3) Crammed / Ziriguiboom (Belgium) Chart-topping CDs: Taraf de Haidouks: Maskarada ; DJ Dolores : 1 Real ; Kasai All Stars : Congotronics 3: In the 7th Moon 4) Doublemoon (Turkey) Mercan Dede: 800; Various Artists: Doublemoon Remixed 5) Naïve (France) Melingo: Maldito Tango; Hadouk Trio: Baldamore 6) Riverboat / World Music Network (UK) Debashish Bhattacharya: Calcutta Chronicles; Bob Brozman Orchestra: Lumiere 7) Network Medien (Germany) Djivan Gasparyan: The Soul of Armenia; Various Artists: Desert Blues 3 8) World Circuit (UK) Orchestra Baobad: Made in Dakar; Toumani Diabate: The Mande Variations 9) Six Degrees (USA) Niyaz: Nine Heavens ; Issa Bagayogo: Mali Koura 10) Lusafrica (Cape Verde / France) Tcheka: Lonji; Teofilo Chantre: Viaja TOP-15 WORLD MUSIC CDs OF THE YEAR 1) Mercan Dede: 800 (Doublemoon, Turkey) 2) The Garifuna Women's Project: Umalili (Cumbancha - USA, Stonetree -Belize) 3) Project 3MA; Rajery/Ballake Sissoko/Driss El Maloumi : 3MA (Contre-Jour, Belgium) 4) Orchestra Baobab : Made in Dakar (World Circuit, UK) 5) Habib Koité: Afriki (Cumbancha, USA) 6) Huong Thanh & Nguyen Le: Fragile Beauty (The Act Company, Germany) 7) Djivan Gasparyan: The Soul of Armenia (Network Medien, Germany) 8) Shantel: Disko Partizani (Crammed - Belgium, Essay - Germany) 9) Youssou N'Dour: Rokku mi Rokka (Nonesuch, USA) 10) Sa Dingding: Alive (Wrasse, UK) 11) Toumani Diabate: The Mande Variations (World Circuit, UK) 12) Melingo: Maldito Tango (Naïve, France) 13) Manu Chao: La Radiolina (Because, France) 14) Taksim Trio: Taksim Trio (Doublemoon, Turkey) 15) Les Amazones de Guineé: Wamato (Sterns, UK