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2019 Music Year End List Aggregate
Comments (76)
These numbers are obtained from the
127
lists found at the end of this page.
1
Lana Del Rey
Norman Fucking Rockwell!
451 Points
1st Place
13
2nd Place
10
3rd Place
5
Top 10
29
Top 25
11
Other
17
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
2
FKA twigs
MAGDALENE
315 Points
1st Place
10
2nd Place
3
3rd Place
2
Top 10
16
Top 25
19
Other
26
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
3
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Ghosteen
299 Points
1st Place
7
2nd Place
7
3rd Place
5
Top 10
19
Top 25
11
Other
11
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
4
Billie Eilish
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
281 Points
1st Place
5
2nd Place
5
3rd Place
6
Top 10
17
Top 25
9
Other
23
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
5
Tyler, The Creator
IGOR
270 Points
1st Place
4
2nd Place
4
3rd Place
3
Top 10
18
Top 25
17
Other
21
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
6
Angel Olsen
All Mirrors
257 Points
1st Place
3
2nd Place
4
3rd Place
3
Top 10
19
Top 25
18
Other
18
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
7
Weyes Blood
Titanic Rising
223 Points
1st Place
4
2nd Place
5
3rd Place
0
Top 10
17
Top 25
15
Other
13
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
8
Sharon Van Etten
Remind Me Tomorrow
201 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
3
Top 10
18
Top 25
13
Other
22
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
9
Purple Mountains
Purple Mountains
194 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
3
3rd Place
4
Top 10
15
Top 25
12
Other
11
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
10
Solange
When I Get Home
183 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
0
Top 10
13
Top 25
19
Other
25
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
11
Vampire Weekend
Father of the Bride
180 Points
1st Place
3
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
2
Top 10
14
Top 25
12
Other
22
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
12
Lizzo
Cuz I Love You
175 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
3
3rd Place
3
Top 10
19
Top 25
6
Other
14
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
13
Big Thief
U.F.O.F.
163 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
7
Top 10
13
Top 25
12
Other
10
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
14
Brittany Howard
Jaime
154 Points
1st Place
3
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
9
Top 25
16
Other
13
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
15
Little Simz
GREY Area
141 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
4
Top 10
9
Top 25
15
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
16
Fontaines D.C.
Dogrel
136 Points
1st Place
3
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
12
Top 25
6
Other
12
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
17
Michael Kiwanuka
Kiwanuka
136 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
3
3rd Place
1
Top 10
11
Top 25
9
Other
10
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
18
Big Thief
Two Hands
122 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
3
Top 10
6
Top 25
11
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
19
slowthai
Nothing Great About Britain
113 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
3
3rd Place
1
Top 10
8
Top 25
9
Other
12
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
20
Ariana Grande
thank u, next
112 Points
1st Place
3
2nd Place
3
3rd Place
1
Top 10
2
Top 25
6
Other
16
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
21
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
Bandana
106 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
0
Top 10
5
Top 25
13
Other
18
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
22
Bon Iver
i,i
103 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
7
Top 25
12
Other
16
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
23
Dave
PSYCHODRAMA
102 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
8
Top 25
10
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
24
Aldous Harding
Designer
101 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
7
Top 25
10
Other
10
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
25
black midi
Schlagenheim
95 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
10
Top 25
9
Other
12
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
26
Jamila Woods
LEGACY! LEGACY!
92 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
2
Top 10
3
Top 25
13
Other
14
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
27
TOOL
Fear Inoculum
83 Points
1st Place
3
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
4
Top 25
4
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
28
Thom Yorke
ANIMA
83 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
2
Top 10
4
Top 25
10
Other
13
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
29
Bill Callahan
Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
81 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
3
Top 10
4
Top 25
5
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
30
Alex G
House of Sugar
77 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
6
Top 25
7
Other
14
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
31
Taylor Swift
Lover
76 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
2
Top 10
6
Top 25
7
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
32
Julia Jacklin
Crushing
75 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
1
Top 10
4
Top 25
6
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
33
The National
I Am Easy to Find
71 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
11
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
34
Danny Brown
uknowhatimsayin¿
70 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
4
Top 25
7
Other
19
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
35
James Blake
Assume Form
70 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
10
Top 25
4
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
36
Bruce Springsteen
Western Stars
66 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
6
Top 25
6
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
37
Jenny Lewis
On the Line
65 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
5
Top 25
8
Other
14
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
38
Floating Points
Crush
64 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
0
Top 10
3
Top 25
6
Other
13
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
39
Charli XCX
Charli
61 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
4
Top 25
4
Other
13
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
40
The Comet Is Coming
Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery
60 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
6
Top 25
7
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
41
Cate Le Bon
Reward
59 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
9
Other
12
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
42
Kano
Hoodies All Summer
58 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
5
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
43
100 gecs
1000 gecs
58 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
5
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
44
Jenny Hval
The Practice of Love
57 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
5
Other
14
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
45
Megan Thee Stallion
Fever
56 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
5
Other
11
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
46
Charly Bliss
Young Enough
53 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
5
Top 25
4
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
47
Kim Gordon
No Home Record
52 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
1
Top 25
9
Other
10
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
48
Jessica Pratt
Quiet Signs
52 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
7
Other
11
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
49
Carly Rae Jepsen
Dedicated
52 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
5
Top 25
5
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
50
Barker
Utility
51 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
3
Top 25
4
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
Honorable Mention:
Clairo - Immunity
(49),
Caroline Polachek - Pang
(48),
Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center
(48),
The Highwomen - The Highwomen
(48),
Ari Lennox - Shea Butter Baby
(46),
JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs
(46),
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury
(46),
Rapsody - Eve
(45),
Lingua Ignota - CALIGULA
(44),
Maggie Rogers - Heard It In A Past Life
(44),
Denzel Curry - ZUU
(44),
Beyoncé - HOMECOMING: THE LIVE ALBUM
(42),
Nilüfer Yanya - Miss Universe
(42),
Loraine James - For You and I
(41),
Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind
(41),
Summer Walker - Over It
(41),
billy woods & Kenny Segal - Hiding Places
(40),
Flying Lotus - Flamagra
(40),
Sampa the Great - The Return
(39),
Burna Boy - African Giant
(39),
Richard Dawson - 2020
(37),
PUP - Morbid Stuff
(37),
Holly Herndon - PROTO
(37),
Mannequin Pussy - Patience
(36),
Bat For Lashes - Lost Girls
(35),
Young Thug - So Much Fun
(35),
Fat White Family - Serfs Up!
(34),
Sunn O))) - Life Metal
(34),
Helado Negro - This Is How You Smile
(34),
75 Dollar Bill - I Was Real
(32),
Sleaford Mods - Eton Alive
(32),
King Princess - Cheap Queen
(32),
DaBaby - Baby On Baby
(32),
Wilco - Ode to Joy
(31),
The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears
(31),
Raphael Saadiq - Jimmy Lee
(31),
DaBaby - KIRK
(31),
Caterina Barbieri - Ecstatic Computation
(30),
The Chemical Brothers - No Geography
(30),
Baroness - Gold & Grey
(30),
Faye Webster - Atlanta Millionaires Club
(30),
Vanishing Twin - The Age Of Immunology
(28),
Angel Bat Dawid - The Oracle
(27),
Octo Octa - Resonant Body
(27),
Anderson .Paak - Ventura
(27),
Sudan Archives - Athena
(27),
Mark Ronson - Late Night Feelings
(27),
Hot Chip - A Bath Full of Ecstasy
(27),
Rammstein - Rammstein
(26),
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land
(26)
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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Jan 20
NBHAP
Jan 13
Magnet
,
The Key
,
Chorus.fm
Jan 06
MondoSonoro
,
Good Morning America
,
Idolator
,
Okayplayer
Jan 05
Norman Records
Jan 02
Obscure Sound
,
Passion of the Weiss
,
Spill Magazine
,
American Songwriter
,
Under the Radar
Dec 31
Kerrang!
Dec 30
The Young Folks
,
The Observer: Kitty Empire
Dec 28
XLR8R
Dec 27
Vinyl Me, Please
,
The Wild Honey Pie
,
GQ [UK]
,
WIRED
Dec 26
Magnetic
Dec 25
The Music
Dec 24
Far Out Magazine
,
Esquire (UK)
,
BrooklynVegan
Dec 23
Classic Rock Magazine
,
Vibe
,
Dummy
Dec 22
musicOMH
,
Spectrum Culture
Dec 21
The Needle Drop
,
Thrillist
Dec 20
Sputnikmusic
,
The Alternative
,
NOW Magazine
,
Gigwise
,
The Line of Best Fit
,
The Independent
,
The Guardian
Dec 19
MTV News
,
Yahoo Entertainment
,
FACT
,
The FADER
,
The A.V. Club
Dec 18
Mixmag
,
PAPER
,
Clash
Dec 17
The Vinyl Factory
,
Q Magazine
,
God Is In The TV
,
SPIN
,
Entertainment Weekly
,
Hypebeast
,
USA Today
,
No Ripcord
Dec 16
Junkee
,
Northern Transmissions
,
NME
,
DJ Mag
,
Metal Hammer
Dec 15
Louder Than War
,
Gothamist
,
Gaffa (Denmark)
,
Gaffa (Sweden)
Dec 13
Bandcamp Daily
,
PEOPLE
,
The Wall Street Journal: Mark Richardson
,
Us Weekly
Dec 12
Noisey
,
Slant Magazine
,
The Sydney Morning Herald
,
Esquire
Dec 11
The New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich
,
Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood
,
Les Inrocks
,
Dazed
,
NPR Music
Dec 10
Resident Advisor
,
Billboard
,
The Atlantic
,
Pitchfork
,
Slate
,
Loud and Quiet
Dec 09
Chicago Tribune: Greg Kot
,
Fresh Air: Ken Tucker
,
Associated Press
,
OOR
,
Radio X
,
The Washington Post: Chris Richards
,
Crack Magazine
,
PopMatters
Dec 05
AllMusic
,
Fopp
,
Rolling Stone
,
KCRW
,
The New York Times: Jon Caramanica
,
The New York Times: Jon Pareles
Dec 04
Vulture
,
FLOOD
,
The Wire
Dec 03
Gorilla vs. Bear
,
Double J
,
Complex
,
GQ
,
Stereogum
,
The Ringer
,
Treble
Dec 02
Consequence of Sound
,
Uproxx
,
Glide
,
Paste
,
The Quietus
Dec 01
Albumism
Nov 29
Bleep
Nov 27
Piccadilly Records
,
TIME
Nov 26
Drift
,
The Skinny
Nov 25
Alternative Press
,
Revolver
,
BBC Radio 6 Music
Nov 21
Uncut
Nov 16
MOJO
Nov 12
Decibel
,
Rough Trade
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icy_witch
2y
that's history
VeniceBitch
4y
Norman Records and Idolator are out
VeniceBitch
4y
Lana is truly winning last year, wow. We love to see it
Copy
4y
Please, consider adding Nialler9 Top 40 Albums of 2019, it’s a well known music blog from Ireland (2)
1
NickHay69
4y
The Observer - Kitty Empire's Top Ten Albums of 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/30/kitty-empire-best-rock-pop-2019
KinoKonformist
4y
GQ Russia (different from english version)
https://www.gq.ru/entertainment/best-albums-2019
VeniceBitch
4y
The Music (Australia) are out, sumbitted it x
MusicXXY
4y
Can admin post the criteria needed for the lists to be included into the aggregate? Anyway, why did both NPR lists (Ken Tucker and general consensus) count but not for Rolling Stone?
1
Swanky
4y
yikes list
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