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2011 Music Year End List Aggregate
Comments
These numbers are obtained from the
51
lists found at the end of this page.
1
PJ Harvey
Let England Shake
217 Points
1st Place
9
2nd Place
4
3rd Place
3
Top 10
12
Top 25
4
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
2
Bon Iver
Bon Iver, Bon Iver
186 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
6
3rd Place
3
Top 10
12
Top 25
12
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
3
St. Vincent
Strange Mercy
129 Points
1st Place
4
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
10
Top 25
10
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
4
The Weeknd
House Of Balloons
125 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
0
Top 10
11
Top 25
10
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
5
Fleet Foxes
Helplessness Blues
121 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
4
Top 10
6
Top 25
11
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
6
Tune-Yards
w h o k i l l
119 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
0
Top 10
13
Top 25
6
Other
10
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
7
James Blake
James Blake
101 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
6
Top 25
16
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
8
Adele
21
99 Points
1st Place
4
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
2
Top 10
5
Top 25
3
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
9
Shabazz Palaces
Black Up
95 Points
1st Place
3
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
6
Top 25
5
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
10
Destroyer
Kaputt
92 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
12
Other
10
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
11
Girls
Father, Son, Holy Ghost
91 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
6
Top 25
7
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
12
JAY-Z & Kanye West
Watch The Throne
86 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
3
Top 10
5
Top 25
5
Other
12
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
13
The Horrors
Skying
85 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
3
3rd Place
3
Top 10
5
Top 25
4
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
14
M83
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.
76 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
2
Top 10
4
Top 25
7
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
15
Kurt Vile
Smoke Ring for My Halo
76 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
5
Top 25
13
Other
12
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
16
The Antlers
Burst Apart
75 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
6
Top 25
7
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
17
Drake
Take Care
75 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
2
Top 10
6
Top 25
7
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
18
Wild Beasts
Smother
75 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
7
Top 25
7
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
19
Fucked Up
David Comes to Life
74 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
2
Top 10
4
Top 25
6
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
20
Metronomy
The English Riviera
73 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
3
3rd Place
2
Top 10
4
Top 25
2
Other
1
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
21
Tom Waits
Bad as Me
72 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
4
Top 25
11
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
22
Radiohead
The King of Limbs
71 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
5
Top 25
12
Other
10
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
23
Real Estate
Days
64 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
6
Top 25
8
Other
10
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
24
EMA
Past Life Martyred Saints
59 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
2
Top 25
8
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
25
The War on Drugs
Slave Ambient
55 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
1
Top 25
8
Other
10
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
26
Yuck
Yuck
55 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
1
Top 25
12
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
27
Florence + The Machine
Ceremonials
54 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
7
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
28
Lykke Li
Wounded Rhymes
51 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
7
Other
12
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
29
Frank Ocean
nostalgia,ULTRA.
51 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
4
Top 25
6
Other
7
Amazon
30
Wilco
The Whole Love
49 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
3
Top 25
5
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
31
Gang Gang Dance
Eye Contact
49 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
7
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
32
Tim Hecker
Ravedeath, 1972
48 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
1
Top 25
7
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
33
Wild Flag
Wild Flag
46 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
3
Top 25
6
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
34
Oneohtrix Point Never
Replica
45 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
3
Top 25
5
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
35
Washed Out
Within and Without
44 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
8
Other
10
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
36
Panda Bear
Tomboy
40 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
2
Top 25
6
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
37
Katy B
On a Mission
38 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
2
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
38
SBTRKT
SBTRKT
35 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
1
Top 25
7
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
39
Kate Bush
50 Words for Snow
34 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
6
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
40
Atlas Sound
Parallax
33 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
3
Top 25
4
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
41
The Decemberists
The King is Dead
32 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
3
Top 25
2
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
42
Danny Brown
XXX
32 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
3
Top 25
3
Other
2
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
43
Cults
Cults
32 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
2
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
44
Gillian Welch
The Harrow & The Harvest
31 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
0
Top 10
1
Top 25
1
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
45
A$AP Rocky
LIVE.LOVE.A$AP
31 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
3
Other
2
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
46
Beyoncé
4
30 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
4
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
47
Colin Stetson
New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
29 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
1
Top 25
4
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
48
Björk
Biophilia
28 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
1
Top 25
5
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
49
Nicolas Jaar
Space Is Only Noise
27 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
1
Top 25
2
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
50
The Black Keys
El Camino
27 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
5
Other
2
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
Honorable Mention:
Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
(27),
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx - We're New Here
(26),
Wye Oak - Civilian
(25),
Battles - Gloss Drop
(25),
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
(25),
Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See
(25),
Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
(25),
Beirut - The Rip Tide
(25),
Iceage - New Brigade
(25),
John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
(25),
White Denim - D
(24),
Feist - Metals
(24),
TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
(24),
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
(23),
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
(22),
Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What
(22),
Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!
(22),
Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
(22),
Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
(22),
Clams Casino - Instrumentals
(21),
Toro y Moi - Underneath The Pine
(21),
WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
(20),
Josh T. Pearson - Last of the Country Gentlemen
(20),
Cut Copy - Zonoscope
(20),
Bright Eyes - The People's Key
(20),
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80
(20),
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine
(20),
Smith Westerns - Dye It Blonde
(19),
Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2
(19),
Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
(19),
Peaking Lights - 936
(18),
Death Grips - Exmilitary
(18),
Austra - Feel It Break
(18),
I Break Horses - Hearts
(17),
Ghostpoet - Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
(17),
Korallreven - An Album by Korallreven
(17),
Rustie - Glass Swords
(17),
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
(17),
Zomby - Dedication
(17),
Black Lips - Arabia Mountain
(17),
Little Dragon - Ritual Union
(17),
Big K.R.I.T. - Return Of 4eva
(17),
Das Racist - Relax
(15),
Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
(15),
Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix
(14),
The Field - Looping State of Mind
(14),
Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong
(13),
Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots
(13),
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Mirror Traffic
(12),
Friendly Fires - Pala
(12)
How Points are Measured
Ranked Lists
1st Place:
10 points
2nd Place:
8 points
3rd place:
6 points
Top 10:
5 points
Top 25:
3 points
Other:
1 point
Unranked Lists
10 Albums or Less:
5 points
25 Albums or Less:
3 points
More than 25 Albums:
1 point
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Dec 03
TIME
Jun 11
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May 05
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May 03
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Jan 02
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Dec 26
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