| [unknown] | Other | Not applicable | [Worldwide] | 4.2 | instrument (as “tambora”) |
| Carlos Robles Arenas | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Tim Baxter | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | instrument (as “cognac vats”) |
| Ritchie Blackmore | Person | Male | United Kingdom | 5 | instrument (as “renaissance drum”) |
| Blama | Person | | | | instrument |
| Daniel Brevil | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “Petwo tanbou”), instrument (as “Rada tanbou”), instrument (as “tanbou”) |
| Stuart Brotman | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “Baraban”) |
| Diego Centeno | Person | Male | Puerto Rico | | instrument (as “barriles”), instrument (as “barriles de bomba”) |
| Serge Dafreville | Person | Male | Réunion | | instrument (as “roulèr”) |
| Krishnendu Das | Person | Male | India | | instrument (as “khol”) |
| Diaho Dembélé | Person | Male | Burkina Faso | | instrument (as “kenké”), member of band (as “kenke”) |
| Seloyi Dembélé | Person | Male | Burkina Faso | | instrument (as “kenké”) |
| Fatoma Dembélé | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Paulo Dias | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Roland Döringer | Person | Male | Germany | | instrument (as “poik”), member of band (as “poik”) |
| Lawrence Flavis | Person | Male | Saint Lucia | | instrument (as “ka drum”) |
| Jean-Didier Hoareau | Person | Male | Réunion | | instrument (as “roulèr”) |
| James Hurt | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “kidi”), instrument (as “sogo”) |
| Leonard John | Person | Male | Saint Lucia | | instrument (as “ka drum”) |
| George Julian | Person | Male | Trinidad and Tobago | | instrument (as “bula, supporting drum”) |
| Hiromitsu Katada | Person | | | | instrument (as “wadaiko”) |
| Damas "Fanfan" Louis | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “tanbou”) |
| Todd Manley | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “suspended and muted automobile brake drums”) |
| Woulele Marcelin | Person | Male | Haiti | | instrument (as “tanbour”) |
| Alexander Matthew | Person | Male | Trinidad and Tobago | | instrument (as “bula, supporting drum”) |
| Mariela Mendoza Solís | Person | Female | Puerto Rico | | instrument (as “barriles”), instrument (as “barriles de bomba”), instrument (as “primo”) |
| Napoléon | Person | Male | Romania | | instrument |
| Valerie Dee Naranjo | Person | Female | United States | | instrument |
| Joseph Noel | Person | Male | Trinidad and Tobago | | instrument (as “cutter, lead drum”) |
| Fernando “Lobo” Núñez | Person | Male | Uruguay | | instrument (as “tambor chico”), instrument (as “tambor piano”) |
| Noé Núñez | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “tambor repique”) |
| Willy Paitre | Person | Male | Réunion | | instrument (as “roulèr”) |
| Diego Paredes | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “tambor piano”) |
| Dave Pen | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | instrument |
| Jules Popo | Person | Male | Saint Lucia | | instrument (as “ka drum”) |
| Fanfan Jean-Guy Rene | Person | Male | New York | | instrument (as “tanbou”) |
| Sanba Zao | Person | Male | Haiti | | instrument (as “tanbour”) |
| Logan Schutts | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “tanbou”) |
| Markus Schwartz | Person | Male | New York | | instrument (as “Petwo tanbou”), instrument (as “Rada tanbou”), instrument (as “tanbou”) |
| Seckou Keita | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument (as “kpanlogo drum”) |
| Jon Seligman | Person | Male | Westminster | | instrument (as “kidi”) |
| Ives Simeon | | | Saint Lucia | | instrument (as “ka drum”) |
| Ches Smith | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “kata”) |
| Warren Smith | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “giant Chinese barrel drum”) |
| Victor “Papo” Sterling | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “buleador & primo”) |
| Mickaël Talpot | Person | Male | France | | instrument (as “roulèr”) |
| Jocelyn Virapin | Person | Male | Guadeloupe | | member of band |