Albums Of The Year List Of Lists..

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The results were compiled using 35 "album of the year" lists published by the most influential magazines, newspapers and blogs in music - including the NME, Rolling Stone, Popsugar and The Times.

The following lists were found on the BBC News web site unless otherwise stated

2020


1. Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters
2. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
3. Taylor Swift - Folklore
4. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
5. Run The Jewels - Rtj4
6. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
7. Perfume Genius - Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
8. Haim - Women In Music Pt. Iii
9. Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways
10. Chloe X Halle - Ungodly Hour
11. Rina Sawayama - Sawayama
12. Bad Bunny - Yhlqmdlg
13. The Weekend - After Hours
14. Sault - Untitled (Black Is)
15. Moses Sumney - Gree
16. Fontains Dc - A Hero's Death
17. Lady Gaga - Chromatica
18. Yves Tumor - Heaven To A Tortured Mind
19. Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure
20. Thundercat - It Is What It Is


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2019





1. Lana Del Rey - Norman Rockwell
2. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
3. Tyler, The Creator - Igor
4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
5. FKA Twigs - Magdalene
6. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
7. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
8. Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next
9. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
10. Brittany Howard - Jaime
11. Fontaines DC - Dogrel
12. Vampire Weekend - Father Of The Bride
13. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
14. Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow
15. Little Simz - Grey Area
16. Big Thief - UFOF
17. Solange - When I Get Home
18. Dave - Psychodrama
19. Slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain
20. Aldous Harding - Designer


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2018



1. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
2. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
3. Mitski - Be The Cowboy
4. Cardi B - Invasion Of Privacy
5. Robyn - Honey
6. Ariana Grande - Sweetener
7. Christine & The Queens - Chris
8. Pusha T - Daytona
9. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Casino & Hotel
10. Low - Double Negative
11. Idles - Joy As An Act Of Resistance
12. Travis Scott - Astroworld
13. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
14. Camila Cabello - Camila
15. Blood Orange - Negro Swan
16. Thierra Whack - Whack World
17. Snail Mail - Lush
18. The Carters - Everything Is Love
19. Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears
20. Kendrick Lamar/Various - Black Panther


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2017




1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
2. SZA - CTRL
3. Lorde - Melodrama
4. St Vincent - Masseduction
5. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
6. The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
7. Jay-Z - 4:44
8. Perfume Genius - No Shape
9. Sampha - Process
10. Kelela - Take Me Apart
11. Kesha - Rainbow
12. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
13. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
14. Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy
15. The National - Sleep Well Beast
16. Taylor Swift - Reputation
=17. Khalid - American Teen
=17. King Krule - The Ooz
19. J Hus - Common Sense
20. Wolf Alice - Visions of a Life

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2016

According to the maths, the 50 albums that follow are the 2016 albums you really need to listen to according to the music press as a whole. The lists we crunched come from Stereogum, Spin, Clash, Paste, The Times, Uncut, Q, Billboard, Crack, Noisey, Complex, Pitchfork, The Guardian, The 405, Mojo, FACT, The Line of Best Fit and, of course, NME.

This List Was Found Hiding On NME.com





1. David Bowie – Blackstar – 864 points
2. Beyonce – Lemonade – 863 points
3. Frank Ocean – Blonde – 773 points
4. Solange – A Seat At The Table – 753 points
5. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool – 670 points
6. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service – 646 points
7. Angel Olsen – My Woman – 609 points
8. Kanye West – The Life of Pablo – 608 points
9. Bon Iver – 22, A Million – 607 points
10. Anohni – Hopelessness – 597 points
11. Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book – 596 points
12. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree – 547 points
13. Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition – 501 points
14. Rihanna – Anti – 471 points
15. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker – 463 points
16. Mitski – Puberty 2 – 443 points
17. Anderson .Paak – Malibu – 437 points
18. Kaytranada – 99.9% – 429 points
19. The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It – 399 points
20. Blood Orange – Freetown Sound – 367 points
21. Skepta – Konnichiwa – 363 points
22. Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial – 362 points
23. Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch – 356 points
24. Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered. – 284 points
25. Young Thug – Jeffery – 278 points
26. YG – Still Brazy – 228 points
27. Drake – Views – 224 points
28. Kamaiyah – A Good Night in the Ghetto – 208 points
29. Christine and the Queens – Chaleur Humaine – 193 points
30. Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression – 185 points
31. Parquet Courts – Human Performance – 179 points
32. Schoolboy Q – Blank Face LP – 175 points
33. Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate – 173 points
34. PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project – 166 points
35. Sturgill Simpson – A Sailors Guide To Earth – 160 points
36. Kano – Made in the Manor – 159 points
37. Paul Simon – Stranger to Stranger – 147 points
38. The Avalanches – Wildflower – 139 points
39. Cass McCombs – Mangy Love – 138 points
39. Whitney – Light Upon the Lake – 138 points
41. Lambchop – Flotus – 137 points
42. Margo Price – Midwest Farmers Daughter – 134 points
43. Wilco – Schmilco – 121 points
44. Pinegrove – Cardinal – 117 points
45. Noname – Telefone – 113 points
45. White Lung – Paradise – 113 points
47. Lets Eat Grandma – I, Gemini – 113 points
48. Nicholas Jaar – Sirens – 103 points
49. Kevin Gates – Islah – 99 points
50. James Blake – The Colour in Anything – 97 points
 

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2015

This list has been copied from the Album Of The Year List Project. For more information, please visit the web site for comprehensive rundown of stats and lists used.

1. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
2. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
3. Courtney Barnett – Sometime I Sit And Think…
4. Jamie XX – In Colour
5. Tame Impala – Currents
6. Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear
7. Vince Staples – Summertime ‘06
8. Grimes – Art Angles
9. Sleater-Kinney – No Cities Left
10. Bjork – Vulnicura
11. Joanna Newsom – Divers
12. Future – Ds2
13. Julia Holter – Have You In My Wilderness
14. Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden Of Delete
15. Kurt Vile – B’lieve I’m Goin’ Down
16. Kamasi Washington – The Epic
17. Holly Herndon – Platform
18. Carly Rae Jepson – E.M.O TION
19. Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
20. Natalie Prass – Natalie Prass
21. Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
22. Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free
23. Deerhunter – Fading Frontier
24. Blur – The Magic Whip
25. New Order – Music Complete
26. Beach House – Depression Cherry
27. Miguel – Wildheart
28. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment – Surf
29. Mbongwana Star – From Kinshasa
30. Wilco – Star Wars

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2014

This list has been copied from the Album Of The Year List Project. For more information, please visit the web site for comprehensive rundown of stats and lists used.




1. FKA Twigs – LP1
2. St Vincent – St Vincent
3. War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream
4. Run The Jewels – RTJ2
5. Angel Olson – Burn Your Fire For No Whitness
6. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
7. Aphex Twin – SYRO
8. Caribou – Our Love
9. Sun Kil Moon – Benji
10. Perfume Genius – Too Bright
11. Swans – To Be Kind
12. Flying Lotus – You’re Dead
13. Mac DeMarco – Salad Days
14. Future Islands – Singles
15. Spoon – They Want My Soul
16. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Piñata
17. Lana Del Ray – Ultraviolence
18. Todd Terje – It’s Album Time
19. YG – My Krazy Life
20. Cloud Nothings – Here And Nowhere Else
21. Grouper – Ruins
22. Taylor Swift – 1989
23. Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues
24. Ariel Pink – Pom Pom
25. Ty Segall – Manipulator
26. Andy Scott – Faith In Strangers
27. Real Estate – Atlas
28. Shabazz Palaces – Lese Majesty
29. Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
30. Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal


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2013

This list has been copied from the Album Of The Year List Project. For more information, please visit the web site for comprehensive rundown of stats and lists used.





1. Kanye West – Yeezus
2. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires In The City
3. Haim – Days Are Gone
4. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
5. Arcade Fire – Reflector
6. My Bloody Valentine – mbv
7. The National – Trouble Will Find Me
8. The Knife – Shaking The Habitual
9. Disclosure – Settle
10. Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap
11. Bill Callahan – Dream River
12. Danny Brown – Old
13. Kurt Vile – Walkin On A Pretty Daze
14. Savages – Silence Yourself
15. Laura Marling – Once I Was An Eagle
16. Neko Case – The Worse Things Get…
17. Earl Sweatshirt – Doris
18. Chverches – The Bones Of What You Believe
19. Autre Ne Veut – Anxiety
20. Janelle Monae – The Electric Lady
21. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away
22. David Bowie – The Next Day
23. Phosphorescent – Muchacho
24. Oneohtrix Point Never – R Plus Seven
25. These New Puritans – Field Of Reeds
26. Waxahatchee – Cerulean Salt
27. Run The Jewels – Run The Jewls
28. Drake – Nothing Was The Same
29. Arctic Monkeys – Am
30. Deafheaven – Sunbather