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2013 Music Year End List Aggregate
Comments (1)
These numbers are obtained from the
60
lists found at the end of this page.
1
Kanye West
Yeezus
278 Points
1st Place
12
2nd Place
5
3rd Place
7
Top 10
7
Top 25
12
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
2
Vampire Weekend
Modern Vampires of the City
216 Points
1st Place
6
2nd Place
5
3rd Place
3
Top 10
13
Top 25
9
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
3
Arcade Fire
Reflektor
148 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
3
3rd Place
1
Top 10
14
Top 25
15
Other
3
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
4
my bloody valentine
m b v
135 Points
1st Place
3
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
2
Top 10
8
Top 25
14
Other
11
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
5
Daft Punk
Random Access Memories
130 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
2
Top 10
13
Top 25
9
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
6
HAIM
Days Are Gone
125 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
3
3rd Place
0
Top 10
13
Top 25
10
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
7
The National
Trouble Will Find Me
124 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
2
Top 10
12
Top 25
12
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
8
The Knife
Shaking the Habitual
113 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
5
Top 25
15
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
9
Arctic Monkeys
AM
108 Points
1st Place
3
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
2
Top 10
7
Top 25
5
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
10
Disclosure
Settle
105 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
3
Top 10
9
Top 25
6
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
11
Savages
Silence Yourself
99 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
8
Top 25
11
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
12
David Bowie
The Next Day
96 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
5
Top 10
5
Top 25
7
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
13
Chance the Rapper
Acid Rap
92 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
6
Top 25
12
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
14
CHVRCHΞS
The Bones of What You Believe
92 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
8
Top 25
11
Other
3
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
15
Kurt Vile
Wakin on a Pretty Daze
88 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
7
Top 25
9
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
16
Jon Hopkins
Immunity
87 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
7
Top 25
9
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
17
Lorde
Pure Heroine
87 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
2
Top 10
8
Top 25
6
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
18
Queens of the Stone Age
...Like Clockwork
86 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
8
Top 25
5
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
19
Julia Holter
Loud City Song
80 Points
1st Place
3
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
0
Top 25
8
Other
12
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
20
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Push the Sky Away
79 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
1
Top 10
4
Top 25
12
Other
1
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
21
Oneohtrix Point Never
R Plus Seven
75 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
5
Top 25
5
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
22
James Blake
Overgrown
74 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
3
Top 25
10
Other
15
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
23
Janelle Monáe
The Electric Lady
73 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
4
Top 25
9
Other
12
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
24
Danny Brown
Old
71 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
0
Top 10
5
Top 25
6
Other
12
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
25
John Grant
Pale Green Ghosts
68 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
6
Top 25
2
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
26
Deafheaven
Sunbather
66 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
2
Top 10
4
Top 25
5
Other
11
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
27
Neko Case
The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
63 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
1
Top 10
3
Top 25
6
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
28
Drake
Nothing Was The Same
60 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
6
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
29
Run the Jewels
Run the Jewels
60 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
3
Top 25
9
Other
10
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
30
Tim Hecker
Virgins
59 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
4
Top 25
5
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
31
Boards of Canada
Tomorrow's Harvest
58 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
5
Top 25
5
Other
12
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
32
Earl Sweatshirt
Doris
56 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
7
Other
15
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
33
Sky Ferreira
Night Time, My Time
53 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
4
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
34
Phosphorescent
Muchacho
53 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
0
Top 25
8
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
35
Laura Marling
Once I Was an Eagle
51 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
8
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
36
Bill Callahan
Dream River
49 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
5
Other
14
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
37
Autre Ne Veut
Anxiety
47 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
2
Top 25
4
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
38
Deerhunter
Monomania
44 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
6
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
39
Waxahatchee
Cerulean Salt
44 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
1
Top 25
10
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
40
Parquet Courts
Light Up Gold
43 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
3
Top 25
5
Other
3
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
41
Factory Floor
Factory Floor
43 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
3
Top 25
7
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
42
Darkside
Psychic
42 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
6
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
43
Kacey Musgraves
Same Trailer Different Park
41 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
5
Top 25
4
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
44
James Holden
The Inheritors
40 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
4
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
45
Atoms for Peace
AMOK
40 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
4
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
46
These New Puritans
Field of Reeds
39 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
3
Top 25
2
Other
10
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
47
Kelela
Cut 4 Me
38 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
4
Top 25
3
Other
3
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
48
Foals
Holy Fire
37 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
3
Top 25
5
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
49
Pusha T
My Name Is My Name
36 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
1
Top 25
4
Other
13
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
50
Rhye
Woman
34 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
1
Top 25
5
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
Honorable Mention:
King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
(33),
Laurel Halo - Chance of Rain
(32),
Paramore - Paramore
(31),
Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
(31),
DJ Rashad - Double Cup
(30),
Jason Isbell - Southeastern
(29),
Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus
(28),
Dean Blunt - The Redeemer
(27),
Hookworms - Pearl Mystic
(27),
Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe
(27),
Special Request - Soul Music
(26),
KA - The Night's Gambit
(26),
M.I.A. - Matangi
(26),
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
(26),
Jagwar Ma - Howlin
(26),
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - II
(26),
Charli XCX - True Romance
(26),
The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
(26),
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2
(25),
Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
(25),
Daniel Avery - Drone Logic
(25),
Okkervil River - The Silver Gymnasium
(24),
Mikal Cronin - MCII
(24),
Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob
(24),
Pet Shop Boys - Electric
(24),
Forest Swords - Engravings
(22),
Daughter - If You Leave
(21),
Local Natives - Hummingbird
(21),
Matthew E. White - Big Inner
(20),
Jenny Hval - Innocence Is Kinky
(20),
Toro y Moi - Anything in Return
(20),
Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe
(19),
Moderat - II
(19),
London Grammar - If You Wait
(19),
Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ
(18),
DJ Koze - Amygdala
(18),
Yo La Tengo - Fade
(17),
Majical Cloudz - Impersonator
(17),
Iceage - You're Nothing
(17),
Caitlin Rose - The Stand-In
(17),
Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse
(16),
Jai Paul - Jai Paul
(16),
A$AP Rocky - LONG.LIVE.A$AP
(16),
Grumbling Fur - Glynnaestra
(15),
Cass McCombs - Big Wheel and Others
(15),
John Wizards - John Wizards
(15),
Future of the Left - How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident
(15),
Jessy Lanza - Pull My Hair Back
(15),
Logos - Cold Mission
(15),
Deptford Goth - Life After Defo
(14)
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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Evanmnm
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Forgot how boring of a year 2013 was, only had a couple massive releases that aged well.
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