World Music: An Exploration
Some Well-Received Global Songs:

























At Carnegie Mellon University, I taught a class about popular international music from every country in the world. Here are some links to materials from the course that will help you discover and listen to songs from the course (since many of them are really good).
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Masterlist of all songs (plus a short, objective description of each)
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Video of 26 songs from 26 countries in 5 minutes (the most popular songs in the video above according to a survey of 20 "experts")