
May 24 - May 30, 2009
| TW | LW | # | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Easy Star All-Stars | Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band | Easy Star |
| 2 | 8 | 4 | Various Artists | Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky Lagos | Strut |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Frederico Aubele | Amatoria | ESL |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | Various Artists | Salsa! | Putumayo |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | Bela Fleck | Throw Down Your Heart Vol. 3 | Rounder |
| 6 | -- | 1 | Hennie Bekker * | African Tapestries Collection | Abbeywood |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Buju Banton | Rasta Got Soul | Gargamel |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | Doug Cox and Salil Bhatt * | Slide To Freedom 2 | Northern Blues |
| 9 | RE | 6 | Various Artists | India | Putumayo |
| 10 | -- | 1 | Myles Begelow | Good Life | Deep Culture |
Charts compiled from the following stations:
CFBX, CFRE, CFRU, CFUV, CHRW, CHUO, CIBL, CILU, CIUT, CJAM, CJSF, CJSR, CJSW, CKUT, CKXU
May 17 - May 23, 2009
| TW | LW | # | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Easy Star All-Stars | Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band | Easy Star |
| 2 | -- | 1 | Frederico Aubele | Amatoria | ESL |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Buju Banton | Rasta Got Soul | Gargamel |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Bela Fleck | Throw Down Your Heart Vol. 3 | Rounder |
| 5 | RE | 3 | Various Artists | Salsa! | Putumayo |
| 6 | 8 | 3 | Doug Cox and Salil Bhatt * | Slide To Freedom 2 | Northern Blues |
| 7 | RE | 5 | Hugh Masekela | Phola | Times Square |
| 8 | 9 | 3 | Various Artists | Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky Lagos | Strut |
| 9 | 10 | 8 | Chicago Afrobeat Project | Off The Grid | cABp |
| 10 | 4 | 10 | Chakavak Ensemble | The Journey Of Love | Global Heritage |
Charts compiled from the following stations:
CFBX, CFRE, CFRU, CFUV, CHRW, CHUO, CIBL, CILU, CIUT, CJAM, CJSF, CJSR, CJSW, CKUT, CKXU
May 10 - May 16, 2009
| TW | LW | # | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
| 1 | 4 | 3 | Easy Star All-Stars | Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band | Easy Star |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Bela Fleck | Throw Down Your Heart Vol. 3 | Rounder |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Buju Banton | Rasta Got Soul | Gargamel |
| 4 | 6 | 9 | Chakavak Ensemble | The Journey Of Love | Global Heritage |
| 5 | 8 | 4 | Somos Collective * | Todo Fluye Asi | Independent |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Buraka Som Sistema | Black Diamond | Fabric |
| 7 | RE | 5 | Various Artists | India | Putumayo |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | Doug Cox and Salil Bhatt * | Slide To Freedom 2 | Northern Blues |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Various Artists | Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky Lagos | Strut |
| 10 | RE | 7 | Chicago Afrobeat Project | Off The Grid | cABp |
Charts compiled from the following stations:
CFBX, CFRE, CFRU, CFUV, CHRW, CHUO, CIBL, CILU, CIUT, CJAM, CJLO, CJSF, CJSR, CJSW, CKUT, CKXU
May 03 - May 09, 2009
| TW | LW | # | ARTIST | ALBUM | LABEL |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Bela Fleck | Throw Down Your Heart Vol. 3 | Rounder |
| 2 | -- | 1 | Various Artists | Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky Lagos | Strut |
| 3 | -- | 1 | Buju Banton | Rasta Got Soul | Gargamel |
| 4 | 10 | 2 | Easy Star All-Stars | Easy Star's Lonely Hearts | Easy Star |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Buraka Som Sistema | Black Diamond | Fabric |
| 6 | RE | 8 | Chakavak Ensemble | The Journey Of Love | Global Heritage |
| 7 | -- | 1 | Doug Cox and Salil Bhatt * | Slide To Freedom 2 | Northern Blues |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Somos Collective * | Todo Fluye Asi | Independent |
| 9 | 2 | 20 | Amadou & Miriam | Welcome To Mali | Because |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Various Artists | Salsa! | Putumayo |
Charts compiled from the following stations:
CFBX, CFRE, CFRU, CFUV, CHRW, CHUO, CIBL, CILU, CIUT, CJLO, CJSF, CJSW, CKUT, CKXU

| 1 | Stars * Set Yourself On Fire |
| 2 | Death From Above 197 You're A Woman, I'm A... |
| 3 | Tom Waits Real Gone |
| 4 | Neko Case The Tigers Have Spoken |
| 5 | Arcade Fire * Funeral |

| 1 | Nightwish Once |
| 2 | Amon Amarth Fate Of The Norns |
| 3 | Megadeth The System Has Failed |
| 4 | Cradle Of Filth Nymphetamine |
| 5 | Augury Concealed |

| 1 | De La Soul The Grind Date |
| 2 | Talib Kweli The Beautiful Struggle |
| 3 | K-OS * Joyful Rebellion |
| 4 | Mixmaster Mike Bangzilla |
| 5 | McEnroe & Birdapes * Nothing Is Cool |

| 1 | Books On Tape The Business End |
| 2 | Junior Boys * Last Exit |
| 3 | DJ Krush Jaku |
| 4 | Solvent * Apples & Synthesizers |
| 5 | Peas Filters |

| 1 | Zap Mama Ancestry In Progress |
| 2 | Issa Bagayogo Tassoumakan |
| 3 | Various Artists Is It Rolling Bob?: Regga |
| 4 | Steel Pulse African Holocaust |
| 5 | Mike Brooks The Earth Is The Fullness |

| 1 | Art Ens. Of Chicago Sirius Calling |
| 2 | Bill Frisell Unspeakable |
| 3 | Buddy Rich No Funny Hats |
| 4 | Brad Mehldau Live In Tokyo |
| 5 | Medeski Martin & Woo End Of The World Party... |


