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2021 Music Year End List Aggregate
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These numbers are obtained from the
130
lists found at the end of this page.
Genre
All
All
Art Pop
Electronic
Folk
Hip Hop
Jazz
Metal
Pop
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
1
Little Simz
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
374 Points
1st Place
13
2nd Place
8
3rd Place
7
Top 10
17
Top 25
8
Other
19
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
2
Tyler, The Creator
CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
299 Points
1st Place
4
2nd Place
4
3rd Place
2
Top 10
26
Top 25
16
Other
21
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
3
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra
Promises
271 Points
1st Place
6
2nd Place
4
3rd Place
3
Top 10
20
Top 25
14
Other
11
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
4
Japanese Breakfast
Jubilee
269 Points
1st Place
7
2nd Place
7
3rd Place
4
Top 10
9
Top 25
17
Other
17
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
5
Olivia Rodrigo
SOUR
244 Points
1st Place
4
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
4
Top 10
19
Top 25
11
Other
18
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
6
Low
HEY WHAT
231 Points
1st Place
3
2nd Place
6
3rd Place
5
Top 10
12
Top 25
12
Other
17
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
7
Dry Cleaning
New Long Leg
213 Points
1st Place
3
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
2
Top 10
19
Top 25
13
Other
19
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
8
Turnstile
GLOW ON
208 Points
1st Place
6
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
3
Top 10
12
Top 25
10
Other
14
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
9
Arlo Parks
Collapsed In Sunbeams
208 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
3
3rd Place
4
Top 10
17
Top 25
13
Other
16
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
10
Jazmine Sullivan
Heaux Tales
187 Points
1st Place
6
2nd Place
4
3rd Place
1
Top 10
11
Top 25
5
Other
11
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
11
Wolf Alice
Blue Weekend
187 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
6
3rd Place
3
Top 10
13
Top 25
8
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
12
The Weather Station
Ignorance
161 Points
1st Place
3
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
15
Top 25
8
Other
14
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
13
Self Esteem
Prioritise Pleasure
152 Points
1st Place
4
2nd Place
4
3rd Place
2
Top 10
9
Top 25
3
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
14
Billie Eilish
Happier Than Ever
139 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
2
Top 10
8
Top 25
14
Other
15
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
15
Lil Nas X
MONTERO
137 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
10
Top 25
11
Other
12
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
16
Mdou Moctar
Afrique Victime
137 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
10
Top 25
16
Other
17
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
17
Lucy Dacus
Home Video
129 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
2
Top 10
11
Top 25
8
Other
20
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
18
Snail Mail
Valentine
128 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
3
Top 10
8
Top 25
14
Other
14
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
19
Adele
30
127 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
2
Top 10
9
Top 25
6
Other
14
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
20
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
CARNAGE
123 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
3
Top 10
7
Top 25
12
Other
12
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
21
Squid
Bright Green Field
118 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
3
3rd Place
1
Top 10
7
Top 25
10
Other
11
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
22
The War on Drugs
I Don't Live Here Anymore
112 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
7
Top 25
11
Other
18
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
23
St. Vincent
Daddy's Home
107 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
3
3rd Place
0
Top 10
9
Top 25
9
Other
11
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
24
Black Country, New Road
For the first time
105 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
11
Top 25
9
Other
13
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
25
Halsey
If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
92 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
7
Top 25
12
Other
11
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
26
Dave
We're All Alone In This Together
88 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
8
Top 25
5
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
27
Cassandra Jenkins
An Overview On Phenomenal Nature
87 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
8
Top 25
12
Other
11
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
28
PinkPantheress
to hell with it
86 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
1
Top 10
8
Top 25
5
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
29
Julien Baker
Little Oblivions
83 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
4
Top 25
10
Other
15
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
30
Lana Del Rey
Chemtrails Over the Country Club
78 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
1
Top 10
4
Top 25
6
Other
14
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
31
Doja Cat
Planet Her
75 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
8
Top 25
5
Other
12
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
32
IDLES
CRAWLER
73 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
6
Top 25
8
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
33
black midi
Cavalcade
68 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
10
Other
16
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
34
Madlib
Sound Ancestors
68 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
2
Top 10
6
Top 25
4
Other
12
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
35
Vince Staples
Vince Staples
67 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
3
Top 25
10
Other
12
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
36
Mach-Hommy
Pray For Haiti
66 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
2
Top 10
5
Top 25
5
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
37
L'Rain
Fatigue
63 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
0
Top 10
1
Top 25
7
Other
11
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
38
Amyl & The Sniffers
Comfort to Me
60 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
1
Top 25
5
Other
10
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
39
For Those I Love
For Those I Love
57 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
5
Top 25
7
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
40
Sam Fender
Seventeen Going Under
56 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
3
Top 25
6
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
41
Mogwai
As the Love Continues
56 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
5
Top 25
4
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
42
Clairo
Sling
56 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
3
Top 25
5
Other
14
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
43
Silk Sonic
An Evening with Silk Sonic
54 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
7
Other
15
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
44
The Armed
Ultrapop
53 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
3
Top 25
8
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
45
SAULT
Nine
53 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
8
Other
9
Amazon
46
Summer Walker
STILL OVER IT
52 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
6
Top 25
5
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
47
Sleaford Mods
Spare Ribs
50 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
6
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
48
The Bug
Fire
49 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
0
Top 25
6
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
49
Dean Blunt
Black Metal 2
49 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
3
Top 25
7
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
50
Kacey Musgraves
star-crossed
49 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
5
Top 25
3
Other
13
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
Honorable Mention:
Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - HARAM
(49),
Every Time I Die - Radical
(48),
Tirzah - Colourgrade
(48),
Bicep - Isles
(47),
Sons of Kemet - Black To The Future
(46),
Brandi Carlile - In These Silent Days
(45),
Lingua Ignota - SINNER GET READY
(45),
Indigo De Souza - Any Shape You Take
(44),
Grouper - Shade
(43),
Isaiah Rashad - The House Is Burning
(42),
CHVRCHΞS - Screen Violence
(42),
Yola - Stand for Myself
(42),
Allison Russell - Outside Child
(40),
Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time, Take Time
(40),
Gojira - Fortitude
(39),
Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)
(39),
Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince
(39),
John Glacier - SHILOH: Lost for Words
(38),
Kanye West - Donda
(38),
Porter Robinson - Nurture
(37),
Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant
(37),
serpentwithfeet - DEACON
(37),
Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark
(37),
Mustafa - When Smoke Rises
(36),
Ghetts - Conflict Of Interest
(36),
Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8
(34),
Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
(34),
Jane Weaver - Flock
(34),
Loraine James - Reflection
(34),
Deafheaven - Infinite Granite
(34),
SPELLLING - The Turning Wheel
(33),
illuminati hotties - Let Me Do One More
(33),
girl in red - if i could make it go quiet
(33),
Lorde - Solar Power
(33),
Spiritbox - Eternal Blue
(32),
Eris Drew - Quivering in Time
(32),
SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH
(32),
Faye Webster - I Know I'm Funny haha
(32),
Koreless - Agor
(31),
Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth
(31),
Mastodon - Hushed and Grim
(30),
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine - A Beginner’s Mind
(30),
Damon Albarn - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
(30),
Parquet Courts - Sympathy for Life
(30),
Space Afrika - Honest Labour
(29),
Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters
(29),
Remi Wolf - Juno
(29),
shame - Drunk Tank Pink
(29),
Erika de Casier - Sensational
(29),
Cleo Sol - Mother
(28)
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
Recent Additions
Jan 08
Under the Radar
Jan 04
Chorus.fm
Dec 31
Norman Records
,
Atwood Magazine
,
Magnetic
,
Rolling Stone: Rob Sheffield
,
Passion of the Weiss
,
Dork
Dec 30
What's Good
Dec 29
The Young Folks
,
Record Collector
Dec 28
MondoSonoro
,
BrooklynVegan
,
Good Morning America
Dec 26
The Observer: Kitty Empire
Dec 24
HYPEBEAST
,
WIRED
Dec 23
No Ripcord
,
A.V. Club
,
The Needle Drop
Dec 22
Sputnikmusic
,
Okayplayer
,
Yahoo Entertainment
,
The Music
,
KCRW
,
Complex UK
Dec 21
The Alternative
,
The New Yorker: Sheldon Pearce
,
Slate
,
Evening Standard
,
The Forty-Five
,
The Independent
Dec 20
Bandcamp Daily
Dec 18
Les Inrocks
Dec 17
Coup De Main
,
MAGNET
,
DIY
,
American Songwriter
,
The Telegraph
,
musicOMH
,
Dazed
,
The Guardian
,
Associated Press
,
Spectrum Culture
,
Junkee
Dec 16
Clash
,
Dummy
,
The Wild Honey Pie
,
Beats Per Minute
,
Resident Advisor
Dec 15
Punktastic
,
Los Angeles Times
,
DJ Mag
Dec 14
People
,
The FADER
,
USA Today: Patrick Ryan
,
USA Today: Melissa Ruggieri
,
FLOOD
,
The Irish Times
,
BBC Culture
,
The Atlantic
Dec 13
Vinyl Me, Please
,
Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis
,
Sound Opinions: Greg Kot
,
SPIN
,
The Line of Best Fit
,
Vulture
,
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Dan DeLuca
,
Northern Transmissions
,
The Wall Street Journal
Dec 12
Piccadilly Records
,
Gaffa (Sweden)
,
Far Out Magazine
Dec 11
The Sunday Times
Dec 10
Esquire
,
RIFF
,
Kerrang!
,
The Vinyl Factory
,
NME
Dec 09
Our Culture
,
Variety: Chris Willman
,
Variety: Jem Aswad
,
Gaffa (Denmark)
,
Double J
Dec 08
NZ Herald
,
The Economist
,
Entertainment Weekly
,
God Is In The TV
,
PopMatters
,
Loud and Quiet
Dec 07
The Wire
,
The Washington Post
,
Slant Magazine
,
Albumism
,
Pitchfork
,
Consequence of Sound
,
Treble
,
The Ringer
Dec 06
AllMusic
,
Billboard
,
Crack Magazine
,
Stereogum
Dec 04
TIME
Dec 03
Rolling Stone
,
NBHAP
Dec 02
The New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz
,
The New York Times: Jon Caramanica
,
The New York Times: Jon Pareles
Dec 01
Complex
,
Exclaim!
,
The Skinny
,
The Quietus
,
Louder Than War
,
Gorilla vs. Bear
,
Gigwise
,
NPR Music
Nov 30
The Key
,
OOR
Nov 29
Uproxx
,
Glide
,
Paste
Nov 27
Prog Magazine
,
The New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich
Nov 26
BBC Radio 6 Music
Nov 25
Revolver
Nov 23
Bleep
Nov 18
Decibel
Nov 16
Rough Trade (UK)
,
MOJO
Nov 11
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Quet
2y
SIMBI wins
TigerandJack
2y
https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/under_the_radars_top_100_albums_of_2021_news
elychalamet
2y
Chorus.fm -
https://chorus.fm/features/articles/chorus-fms-top-30-albums-of-2021/
SmartSaver
2y
É UMA PIADA
Eles só adicionam os sites que bem entendem, vários sites com credibilidade no Entretenimento ficando de fora porquê estão com preguiça ou má vontade de adicionar, ou será que é para os favoritos deles não caírem posições?
TomRGB
2y
No Injury Reserve still? They got slept on hard
1
elychalamet
2y
This should be included as well since their best albums list was added.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-2021-rob-sheffield-1268531/
KOMHStan13
2y
Insider- top songs
https://www.insider.com/best-songs-this-year-ranked-2021-12#1-all-too-well-10-minute-version-by-taylor-swift-20
Variety- top songs
https://variety.com/lists/best-songs-2021-music/
SantaAna
2y
The RollingStone albums list was added.
But they also posted a songs list.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-2021-rob-sheffield-1268531/
fidelous
2y
The Lantern published their top 5 albums. Add it:
https://www.thelantern.com/2021/12/ohio-state-students-top-five-albums-of-2021-feature-newcomers-to-the-industry-and-returning-artists-alike/
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