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)