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Kanye West - Donda
August 29, 2021
Christian Hip Hop
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Hip Hop
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Experimental Hip Hop
Score
0
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2
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Rod Stewart - The Tears of Hercules
November 12, 2021
Pop Rock
Score
20
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Ringo Starr - Zoom In
March 19, 2021
Pop Rock
Score
20
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Khalid - Scenic Drive
December 3, 2021
R&B
,
Contemporary R&B
Score
40
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5
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Westlife - Wild Dreams
November 26, 2021
Score
40
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6
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Enrique Iglesias - Final Vol. 1
September 17, 2021
Latin Pop
Score
40
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Drake - Certified Lover Boy
September 3, 2021
Pop Rap
,
Trap
Score
40
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8
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Jake Bugg - Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
August 20, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
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Indie Pop
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Alternative Dance
,
Adult Contemporary
Score
40
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Lorde - Solar Power
August 20, 2021
Folk Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
40
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10
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Maroon 5 - JORDI
June 11, 2021
Pop
,
Contemporary R&B
Score
40
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11
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Van Morrison - Latest Record Project: Volume 1
May 7, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
Score
40
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12
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Rag'n'Bone Man - Life By Misadventure
May 7, 2021
Pop Soul
,
Blue-Eyed Soul
,
Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Pop
,
Adult Contemporary
Score
40
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13
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Pale Waves - Who Am I?
February 12, 2021
Pop Rock
Score
40
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14
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Black Country, New Road - For the first time
February 5, 2021
Experimental Rock
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Post-Punk
,
Post-Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
40
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15
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ZAYN - Nobody Is Listening
January 15, 2021
Pop
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R&B
,
Contemporary R&B
Score
40
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16
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Passenger - Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted
January 8, 2021
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Pop
Score
40
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17
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Alicia Keys - KEYS
December 10, 2021
Soul
,
R&B
,
Pop Soul
,
Adult Contemporary
,
Contemporary R&B
,
Jazz
Score
60
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18
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Barn
December 10, 2021
Folk Rock
Score
60
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19
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Peter Capaldi - St. Christopher
November 19, 2021
Score
60
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20
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Damon Albarn - The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
November 12, 2021
Ambient Pop
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Art Pop
,
Chamber Pop
Score
60
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21
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Ed Sheeran - =
October 29, 2021
Pop
,
Dance-Pop
Score
60
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22
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Elton John - The Lockdown Sessions
October 22, 2021
Pop
Score
60
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23
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Coldplay - Music of the Spheres
October 15, 2021
Pop Rock
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Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
60
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24
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BADBADNOTGOOD - Talk Memory
October 8, 2021
Jazz Fusion
,
Chamber Jazz
Score
60
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25
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Lindsey Buckingham - Lindsey Buckingham
September 17, 2021
Art Pop
,
Pop Rock
Score
60
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