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NME End Of Year Lists 2019

Albums


Billie Eilish


1. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep - Where Do We Go? (Darkroom)
2. Tyler - The Creator - Igor (A Boy Is A Gun)
3. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell (Polydor)
4. Slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain (Method Records)
5. Little Simz - Grey Area (Age 101 Music)
6. FKA Twigs - MAGDALENE (Young Turks)
7. Fontaines DC - Dogrel (Partisan)
8. Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA (Polydor)
9. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising (Sub Pop)
10. Clairo - Immunity (Fader Label)
11. Bring Me The Horizon - AMO (RCA)
12. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride (Columbia)
13. Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind (Roadrunner Records)
14. Solange - When I Get Home (Columbia)
15. Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 1) (Warner Bros)
16. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You (Atlantic)
17. Dave - Psychodrama (Neighbourhood)
18. The Chemical Brothers - No Geography (Virgin EMI)
19. Amyl & The Sniffers - Amyl & The Sniffers (Rough Trade)
20. Post Malone - Hollywoods Bleeding (Republic Records)
21. Kanye West - Jesus Is King (GOOD Music)
22. James Blake - Assume Form (Polydor)
23. AJ Tracey - AJ Tracey (Self-released)
24. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors (Jagjaguwar)
25. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (Ghosteen Ltd)
26. Pup - Morbid Stuff (Rise Records)
27. Kano - Hoodies All Summer (Parlophone)
28. JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs (EQT Recordings)
29. Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow (Jagjaguwar)
30. Ariana Grande - Thank U - Next (Republic Records)
31. Octo Octa - Resonant Body (T4T LUV NRG)
32. Various Artists - Desert Sessions - Vol. 11/12: (Matador)
33. Bon Iver - i - i (Jagjaguwar/4AD)
34. DIIV - Deceiver (Captured Tracks)
35. Denzel Curry - Zuu (PH Recordings)
36. BTS - Map Of The Soul: Persona (Big Hit Entertainment)
37. Stormzy – Heavy Is The Head (Merky)
38. Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missiles (Polydor)
39. Orville Peck - Pony (Sub Pop)
40. Doja Cat - Hot Pink (Kemosabe)
41. Taylor Swift - Lover (Republic Records)
42. Anderson .Paak - Ventura (12 Tone Music / Aftermath Entertainment)
43. Coldplay - Everyday Life (Parlophone)
44. Maggie Rogers - Heard It In A Past Life (Debay Sounds)
45. Madonna - Madame X (Interscope)
46. Sneaks - Highway Hypnosis (Merge Records)
47. Charli XCX - Charli (Asylum/Atlantic)
48. Rex Orange County - Pony (Sony)
49. Juice WRLD - Death Race For Love (Mom + Pop)
50. The Japanese House - Good at Falling (Dirty Hit)



NME Songs Of 2019


1. Mura Masa ft. slowthai - Deal Wiv It
2. Billie Eilish - Bad Guy
3. Georgia - About Work The Dancefloor
4. Lil Nas X - Old Town Road
5. Fontaines D.C. - Big
6. Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen
7. The 1975 - People
8. Girl In Red - dead girl in the pool
9. Little Simz - Boss
10. AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove
11. Foals - In Degrees
12. Post Malone - Circles
13. Tyler - The Creator - Earfquake
14. Clairo - Bags
15. Daphni - Sizzling
16. Slipknot - Unsainted
17. Dua Lipa - Dont Start Now
18. Michael Kiwanuka - You Ain’t The Problem
19. Lana Del Rey - Love Song
20. The Chemical Brothers - Got To Keep On
21. FKA Twigs - Cellophane
22. King Princess - Hit The Back
23. Squid - Houseplants
24. Sunflower Bean - King Of The Dudes
25. Tierra Whack - Only Child
26. Beabadoobee - I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus
27. Lizzo - Juice
28. Solange - Binz
29. Normani - Motivation
30. Dave - Location
31. Mark Ronson ft. Lykke Li - Late Night Feelings
32. Haim - Summer Girl
33. Bring Me The Horizon - Nihilist Blues
34. Anderson .Paak - King James
35. DIIV - Blankenship
36. Metronomy - Salted Caramel Ice Cream
37. Rico Nasty ft. EarthGang - Big Titties
38. Rosalia - Millionària
39. Amyl And The Sniffers - Monsoon Rock
40. Stormzy - Vossi Bop
41. Coldplay - Orphans
42. Little Simz - Selfish
43. Tyler - The Creator - I Think
44. Charli XCX & Christine & The Queens - Gone
45. Kanye West - Follow God
46. Tame Impala - Patience
47. Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall
48. Iggy Pop - James Bond
49. BTS ft. Halsey - Boy With Luv
50. Caroline Polachek - So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings