You’re welcome. 
I can also recommend “Brazil Classics 2: O Samba”, “Brazil Classics 3: Forro etc.” (which is my personal favourite right now, because my wife is from Northern Brazil, and Forro just sounds so different from what most people expect Brazilian music to be), and “Beleza Tropical 2: Novo! Mais! Melhor!”. All are from David Byrne’s (of Talking Heads fame) own label Luaka Bop .
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Ok, make it five.
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading
Yes, yes indeed; plus,
Seal - Seal
Songs of a New Depression - Bette Miller
Rooms in My Father’s House - Vinx
The Singles - - The Carpenters (I’m a black male, but my inner, teenaged white girl was trying to get out, okay. Karen’s voice had an ethereal quality that got me through some really bad times.)
Note: Gossip - Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls: never heard of it but love the name of the band.
Babylon By Bus – Bob Marley.
Living In Clip – Ani DiFranco.
Electric Ladyland – Jimi Hendrix
Rattle and Hum or Wide Awake in America – U2
A Greatest Hits or similar album by Frank Sinatra.