| # | Entity | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Ravi Shankar | 78.7 |
| 02 | M.S. Subbulakshmi (Vocals) | 59.6 |
| 03 | Ustad Bismillah Khan | 59.0 |
| 04 | Pete Seeger | 58.9 |
| 05 | Doc Watson | 55.8 |
| 06 | The Chieftains | 54.4 |
| 07 | Toumani Diabaté | 48.5 |
| 08 | Ustad Zakir Hussain | 41.2 |
| 09 | Odetta | 41.0 |
| 10 | Paddy Moloney | 37.9 |
| 11 | Christy Moore | 34.5 |
| 12 | Ballaké Sissoko | 33.4 |
| 13 | Youssou N’Dour | 31.6 |
| 14 | Wu Man | 30.0 |
| 15 | Ali Farka Touré | 29.7 |
| 16 | Umm Kulthum | 29.7 |
| 17 | Munir Bashir | 29.3 |
| 18 | Fairuz | 29.3 |
| 19 | Planxty | 29.1 |
| 20 | Bill Monroe | 28.5 |
| 21 | Paco de Lucía | 25.9 |
| 22 | Camarón de la Isla | 25.7 |
| 23 | Elizabeth Cotten | 25.6 |
| 24 | Mavis Staples | 24.1 |
| 25 | Séamus Ennis | 21.5 |
| 26 | Aly Bain | 20.5 |
| 27 | The Bothy Band | 20.1 |
| 28 | Ali Akbar Khan | 19.4 |
| 29 | Lata Mangeshkar | 18.8 |
| 30 | Bassekou Kouyaté | 17.8 |