The Individual Lists
The overall list was compiled using the lists below. How Points are Measured: How Points are Measured:
Unranked Lists
10 Albums or Less:
5 points
25 Albums or Less:
3 points
More than 25 Albums:
1 point
Alternative Press
- Grayscale - "Forever Yours"
- The Homeless Gospel Choir - "Normal"
- Phoebe Bridgers - "Motion Sickness"
- With Confidence - "Here For Nothing"
- PVRIS - "No Mercy"
- All Time Low - "Good Times"
- Creeper - "Misery"
- A Will Away - "Here Again"
- Sorority Noise - "No Halo"
- Counterparts - "Bouquet"
American Songwriter
- Craig Finn - "God in Chicago"
- Rhiannon Giddens - "At the Purchaser's Option"
- The Weather Station - "Thirty"
- Lee Ann Womack - "Hollywood"
- David Rawlings - "Airplane"
- Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - "If We Were Vampires"
- Joan Shelley - "Where I'll Find You"
- The National - "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness"
- Hurray For The Riff Raff - "Rican Beach"
- Kendrick Lamar, Kendrick Lamar - "DNA."
BET
- SZA - "Love Galore"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- GoldLink - "Crew"
- SZA - "The Weekend"
- Future - "Mask Off"
- DJ Khaled - "Wild Thoughts"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Rihanna, N.E.R.D - "Lemon"
- G-Eazy - "No Limit"
Billboard
- Selena Gomez - "Bad Liar"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Calvin Harris - "Slide"
- Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - "Despacito"
- Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- J Balvin - "Mi Gente (Remix)"
- Harry Styles - "Sign of the Times"
- The Weeknd - "I Feel It Coming"
- Portugal. The Man - "Feel It Still"
Complex
- Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Kendrick Lamar - "DNA."
- Frank Ocean - "Chanel"
- SZA - "Love Galore"
- Playboi Carti - "Magnolia"
- Migos - "T-Shirt"
- Drake - "Do Not Disturb"
- Future - "Use Me"
- Frank Ocean - "Biking (Solo)"
Complex UK
- Jorja Smith & Preditah - "On My Mind"
- Mostack, Dave - "No Words"
- Mabel - "Finders Keepers"
- Not3s - "Aladdin"
- J Hus - "Spirit"
- IAMDDB - "Shade"
- Kojo Funds - "Warning"
- Fredo - "Change"
- Hardy Caprio - "Unsigned"
- Stormzy - "Cold"
Consequence of Sound
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Lorde - "Green Light"
- Portugal. The Man - "Feel It Still"
- SZA - "Love Galore"
- Migos - "T-Shirt"
- Johnny Jewel - "Windswept"
- St. Vincent - "New York"
- Childish Gambino - "Redbone"
- Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile - "Over Everything"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
Cosmopolitan
- Perfume Genius - "Slip Away"
- Miley Cyrus - "Malibu"
- Carly Rae Jepsen - "Cut To The Feeling"
- Thundercat - "Show You The Way"
- Khalid - "Young Dumb & Broke"
- DJ Khaled - "Wild Thoughts"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Future - "Mask Off"
- Valerie June - "Shakedown"
- Julien Baker - "Appointments"
Crack Magazine
- J Hus - "Did You See"
- Objekt - "Theme From Q"
- King Krule - "Dum Surfer"
- Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Future Islands - "Shadows"
- Playboi Carti - "Magnolia"
- Peder Mannefelt, Hodge - "All My Love"
- Stormzy - "First Things First"
- Future - "Mask Off"
Dazed
- BROCKHAMPTON - "Lamb"
- SZA - "Love Galore"
- Yaeji - "Drink I'm Sippin On"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- SOPHIE - "It's Okay to Cry"
- King Krule - "Dum Surfer"
- Tyler, the Creator - "Boredom"
- Frank Ocean - "Chanel"
- Charli XCX - "Boys"
- Lana Del Rey - "Love"
Diffuser
- Fleet Foxes - "Third of May / Ōdaigahara"
- Aimee Mann - "Patient Zero"
- The National - "Day I Die"
- Lorde - "Supercut"
- Spoon - "Tear it Down"
- Arcade Fire - "We Don't Deserve Love"
- Queens of the Stone Age - "Domesticated Animals"
- LCD Soundsystem - "call the police"
- Gorillaz - "Let Me Out"
- Grandaddy - "The Boat Is in the Barn"
Dummy
- Kelela - "LMK"
- J Hus - "Did You See"
- IAMDDB - "Shade"
- Drake - "KMT"
- Mabel - "Finders Keepers"
- Jorja Smith & Preditah - "On My Mind"
- King Krule - "Dum Surfer"
- Stormzy - "Cold"
- Gaika - "Battalion"
- AJ Tracey - "False 9"
Entertainment Weekly
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Kesha - "Praying"
- Sampha - "(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano"
- Carly Rae Jepsen - "Cut To The Feeling"
- Calvin Harris - "Slide"
- Hurray For The Riff Raff - "Pa'lante"
- Arcade Fire - "Everything Now"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - "White Man's World"
- Selena Gomez - "Bad Liar"
Esquire
- Kevin Morby - "City Music"
- Tyler, the Creator - "911 / Mr. Lonely"
- The xx - "Replica"
- St. Vincent - "New York"
- Rae Sremmurd - "Perplexing Pegasus"
- HAIM - "Want You Back"
- Fever Ray - "IDK About You"
- Selena Gomez - "Bad Liar"
- Sufjan Stevens - "Visions of Gideon"
- Kamasi Washington - "Truth"
FACT
- Bad Gyal - "Jacaranda"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow (Zora Jones & Sinjin Hawke Bootleg)"
- J Hus - "Did You See"
- M.E.S.H. - "Search. Reveal."
- E.M.M.A. - "Mindmaze"
- Stormzy - "Big For Your Boots"
- Thundercat - "Show You The Way"
- Jorja Smith & Preditah - "On My Mind"
- Playboi Carti - "Magnolia"
- Zora Jones, Jlin - "Dark Matter"
FLOOD Magazine
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Lorde - "Green Light"
- Thundercat - "Show You The Way"
- Alex Cameron - "Marlon Brando"
- Aldous Harding - "Imagining My Man"
- Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie - "Sleeping Around the Corner"
- Alex G - "Proud"
- LCD Soundsystem - "call the police"
- The Weather Station - "Kept It All to Myself"
- Chad VanGaalen - "Old Heads"
Fuse
- Kendrick Lamar - "DNA."
- Calvin Harris - "Slide"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"
- Gallant - "Cave Me In"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Daniel Caesar - "Best Part"
- Travis Scott - "BUTTERFLY EFFECT"
- DEAN - "Love"
- Jay-Z - "The Story of O.J."
Gaffa (Norway)
- Sigrid - "Don't Kill My Vibe"
- Father John Misty - "Ballad Of The Dying Man"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Frank Ocean - "Chanel"
- Alex Cameron - "Stranger's Kiss"
- Jakob Ogawa - "You Might Be Sleeping"
- LCD Soundsystem - "tonite"
- Cezinando - "Håper Du Har Plass"
- Lorde - "Green Light"
- Arcade Fire - "Everything Now"
Gorilla vs. Bear
- Men I Trust - "Tailwhip"
- Playboi Carti - "Magnolia"
- TOPS - "Cutlass Cruiser"
- Yaeji - "Raingurl"
- Carly Rae Jepsen - "Cut To The Feeling"
- Laurel Halo - "Moontalk"
- Future - "Mask Off"
- Shabazz Palaces - "Shine a Light"
- Kelly Lee Owens - "Throwing Lines"
- Vince Staples - "Yeah Right"
Highsnobiety
- Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Vince Staples - "Big Fish"
- Frank Ocean - "Chanel"
- Playboi Carti - "Magnolia"
- Kelela - "LMK"
- Charli XCX - "Boys"
- SZA - "Love Galore"
- Yaeji - "Raingurl"
Junkee
- Aminé - "Spice Girl"
- Creek Boyz - "With My Team"
- Kaiit - "Natural Woman"
- Future - "Mask Off"
- Stella Donnelly - "Boys Will Be Boys"
- St. Vincent - "Los Ageless"
- Alex The Astronaut - "Not Worth Hiding"
- Alvvays - "In Undertow"
- Lorde - "Writer In The Dark"
- Drake - "Passionfruit"
KCRW
- Amber Mark - "Lose My Cool"
- Portugal. The Man - "Feel It Still"
- Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile - "Over Everything"
- ODESZA - "Across the Room"
- The National - "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness"
- Café Tacvba - "Me Gusta tu Manera"
- Father John Misty - "Ballad Of The Dying Man"
- Mondo Cozmo - "Plastic Soul"
- Grizzly Bear - "Mourning Sound"
- Sampha - "(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano"
Mixmag
- Objekt - "Theme From Q"
- Bicep - "Glue"
- Shan, Gerd Janson - "Surrender"
- The Blessed Madonna - "He is the Voice I Hear"
- Lanark Artefax - "Touch Absence"
- Avalon Emerson - "One More Fluorescent Rush"
- Special Request - "Brainstorm"
- KiNK - "Perth"
- Lorenzo Senni - "The Shape of Trance to Come"
- Yaeji - "Raingurl"
NME
- Lorde - "Green Light"
- Charli XCX - "Boys"
- Paramore - "Hard Times"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Stormzy - "Big For Your Boots"
- Wolf Alice - "Don't Delete The Kisses"
- Calvin Harris - "Slide"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- The Killers - "The Man"
- Selena Gomez - "Bad Liar"
Noisey
- Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"
- GoldLink - "Crew"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- SZA - "Drew Barrymore"
- Alex G - "Bobby"
- Future - "Mask Off"
- Kelela - "LMK"
- Frank Ocean - "Biking"
- Kendrick Lamar - "FEAR."
- King Krule - "Dum Surfer"
Northern Transmissions
- St. Vincent - "New York"
- Father John Misty - "Pure Comedy"
- LCD Soundsystem - "call the police"
- Spoon - "Hot Thoughts"
- Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile - "Over Everything"
- Sampha - "(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Kamasi Washington - "Truth"
- The War on Drugs - "Pain"
- Alex Cameron - "Stranger's Kiss"
NPR Music
- Big Thief - "Mary"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Charly Bliss - "Glitter"
- Kesha - "Praying"
- Hurray For The Riff Raff - "Pa'lante"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Now, Now - "SGL"
- Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"
- SZA - "The Weekend"
- Frank Ocean - "Chanel"
Okayplayer
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- GoldLink - "Crew"
- Playboi Carti - "Magnolia"
- GoldLink - "Meditation"
- Drake - "Passionfruit"
- DJ Khaled - "Wild Thoughts"
- Tyler, the Creator - "Boredom"
- Khalid - "Location"
- Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"
Paste
- Kevin Morby - "City Music"
- Kendrick Lamar - "DNA."
- Jay Som - "The Bus Song"
- Father John Misty - "Pure Comedy"
- Alvvays - "In Undertow"
- The xx - "On Hold"
- Lizzo - "Truth Hurts"
- Sampha - "(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano"
- Spoon - "Hot Thoughts"
- Phoebe Bridgers - "Motion Sickness"
Pigeons & Planes
- Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"
- Frank Ocean - "Chanel"
- Kendrick Lamar - "DNA."
- Lorde - "Perfect Places"
- Vince Staples - "Yeah Right"
- SZA - "The Weekend"
- Metro Boomin, 21 Savage, Offset - "Ghostface Killers"
- Tyler, the Creator - "Boredom"
- Ty Dolla $ign - "Dawsin's Breek"
- BROCKHAMPTON - "STAR"
Pitchfork
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Kendrick Lamar - "DNA."
- Lorde - "Green Light"
- SZA - "Love Galore"
- Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"
- Frank Ocean - "Chanel"
- King Krule - "Dum Surfer"
- Future - "Mask Off"
- Kelela - "Frontline"
- Charli XCX - "Boys"
PopMatters
- The xx - "On Hold"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Sampha - "(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano"
- Lorde - "Perfect Places"
- Fever Ray - "To The Moon and Back"
- SZA - "Love Galore"
- Spoon - "Hot Thoughts"
- Algiers - "The Underside of Power"
- Blanck Mass - "Please"
- LCD Soundsystem - "american dream"
Pretty Much Amazing
- Father John Misty - "Pure Comedy"
- Future - "Mask Off [Remix]"
- Carly Rae Jepsen - "Cut To The Feeling"
- St. Vincent - "New York"
- Calvin Harris - "Slide"
- Lorde - "Green Light"
- LCD Soundsystem - "call the police"
- Kendrick Lamar - "DNA."
- Selena Gomez - "Bad Liar"
- Frank Ocean - "Chanel"
Radio X
- London Grammar - "Big Picture"
- Blossoms - "Honey Sweet"
- Biffy Clyro - "Friends And Enemies"
- Gorillaz - "We Got The Power"
- Wolf Alice - "Don't Delete The Kisses"
- Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - "Holy Mountain"
- Beck - "Up All Night"
- The Courteeners - "Modern Love"
- Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - "It's A Beautiful World"
- alt-J - "In Cold Blood"
Resident Advisor
- Skee Mask - "Routine"
- Errorsmith - "I'm Interesting, Cheerful & Sociable"
- Powder - "Heart"
- Equiknoxx - "Congo Get Slap (Mark Ernestus Remix)"
- D. Tiffany - "How RU Plush"
- Natural/electronic.system. - "Sicut Erat"
- Klein - "Cry Theme"
- Batu - "Marius"
- S.A.M. - "Pour Aisha"
- Machine Woman - "Camile From OHM Makes Me Feel Loved"
Rolling Stone
- Harry Styles - "Sign of the Times"
- Lorde - "Homemade Dynamite"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- U2 - "Lights of Home"
- Migos - "Bad and Boujee"
- Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - "Despacito"
- Portugal. The Man - "Feel It Still"
- Lana Del Rey - "Lust for Life"
- Future - "Mask Off"
Slant Magazine
- Childish Gambino - "Redbone"
- Lorde - "Green Light"
- Thundercat - "Show You The Way"
- Carly Rae Jepsen - "Cut To The Feeling"
- Kendrick Lamar - "DNA."
- St. Vincent - "Los Ageless"
- Sheer Mag - "Need to Feel Your Love"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Kelela - "LMK"
- Luke James - "Drip"
Spectrum Culture
- Kendrick Lamar - "DNA."
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Lorde - "Green Light"
- The National - "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness"
- Carly Rae Jepsen - "Cut To The Feeling"
- Perfume Genius - "Slip Away"
- Julien Baker - "Turn Out The Lights"
- Björk - "The Gate"
- Japanese Breakfast - "Road Head"
- King Krule - "Dum Surfer"
SPIN
- Calvin Harris - "Slide"
- Kendrick Lamar - "DNA."
- Big Thief - "Mary"
- Carly Rae Jepsen - "Cut To The Feeling"
- Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"
- Paramore - "Hard Times"
- SZA - "Love Galore"
- The War on Drugs - "Strangest Thing"
- Lorde - "The Louvre"
- Hurray For The Riff Raff - "Living In The City"
Stereogum: Chris DeVille
- Calvin Harris - "Slide"
- Kendrick Lamar - "DNA."
- Alvvays - "Dreams Tonite"
- Lorde - "Supercut"
- Migos - "T-Shirt"
- Elder - "Sanctuary"
- Lana Del Rey - "Love"
- Drake - "Passionfruit"
- Sorority Noise - "No Halo"
- The War on Drugs - "Thinking of a Place"
Stereogum: Gabriela Tully Claymore
- SZA - "Drew Barrymore"
- Lorde - "The Louvre"
- Alex G - "Sportstar"
- Charlotte Gainsbourg - "Deadly Valentine"
- Priests - "Nicki"
- St. Vincent - "New York"
- Björk - "Arisen My Senses"
- SOPHIE - "It's Okay to Cry"
- Waxahatchee - "Hear You"
- Fever Ray - "To The Moon and Back"
Stereogum: James Rettig
- Allison Crutchfield - "Mile Away"
- Waxahatchee - "Never Been Wrong"
- Fever Ray - "This Country"
- Girlpool - "It Gets More Blue"
- Priests - "Suck"
- Lorde - "Hard Feelings/Loveless"
- Perfume Genius - "Valley"
- Japanese Breakfast - "Till Death"
- Lomelda - "From Here"
- Half Waif - "Severed Logic"
Stereogum: Michael Nelson
- The War on Drugs - "Strangest Thing"
- Counterparts - "A Memory Misread"
- Incendiary - "Awakening"
- Body Count - "No Lives Matter"
- Kreator - "Gods Of Violence"
- Quicksand - "Cosmonauts"
- Ostraca - "Waiting For The Crash"
- Slowdive - "Sugar for the Pill"
- Heaven In Her Arms - "Abyss Of The Moonbow"
- Pallbearer - "A Plea For Understanding"
Stereogum: Peter Helman
- Jay Som - "The Bus Song"
- Frank Ocean - "Chanel"
- Perfume Genius - "Die 4 You"
- Charly Bliss - "Percolator"
- BROCKHAMPTON - "TOKYO"
- Charli XCX - "Boys"
- Kelela - "LMK"
- DJ Khaled - "I'm the One"
- Madeline Kenney - "Rita"
- Fred Thomas - "Voiceover"
Stereogum: Ryan Leas
- Nation of Language - "I've Thought About Chicago"
- LCD Soundsystem - "call the police"
- Liima - "1982"
- Slowdive - "Star Roving"
- The National - "I'll Still Destroy You"
- The Weather Station - "Thirty"
- The New Pornographers - "Whiteout Conditions"
- Lorde - "Green Light"
- Perfume Genius - "Slip Away"
- St. Vincent - "Hang on Me"
Stereogum: Scott Lapatine
- Paramore - "Hard Times"
- Kamasi Washington - "Truth"
- Forest Swords - "Arms Out"
- Katy Perry - "Chained To The Rhythm"
- Susanne Sundfør - "Bedtime Story"
- Quicksand - "Illuminant"
- Hand Habits - "Book On How To Change"
- Great Grandpa - "Fade"
- Mutoid Man - "Bandages"
- Hundred Waters - "Fingers"
Stereogum: Tom Breihan
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - "If We Were Vampires"
- Carly Rae Jepsen - "Cut To The Feeling"
- GoldLink - "Crew"
- Future - "Mask Off"
- Julien Baker - "Turn Out The Lights"
- Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - "Despacito"
- BROCKHAMPTON - "GUMMY"
- J Balvin, Willy William - "Mi Gente"
The 405
- Kendrick Lamar - "DNA."
- Perfume Genius - "Slip Away"
- Protomartyr - "A Private Understanding"
- Big Thief - "Mary"
- Yaeji - "Raingurl"
- The War on Drugs - "Pain"
- Arca - "Desafio"
- Blanck Mass - "Rhesus Negative"
- Fever Ray - "This Country"
- Fleet Foxes - "If You Need to, Keep Time on Me"
The Fader
- Phoebe Bridgers - "Funeral"
- Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"
- J Hus - "Did You See"
- Frank Ocean - "Chanel"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- SZA - "Love Galore"
- Creek Boyz - "With My Team"
- Ozuna - "Se Preparó"
- Yaeji - "Raingurl"
The Guardian
- Lorde - "Green Light"
- Charli XCX - "Boys"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Selena Gomez - "Bad Liar"
- Future - "Mask Off"
- Perfume Genius - "Slip Away"
- The Horrors - "Something To Remember Me By"
- Stormzy - "Big For Your Boots"
- Drake - "Passionfruit"
- Paramore - "Hard Times"
The Line of Best Fit
- SZA - "Drew Barrymore"
- Charli XCX - "Boys"
- Björk - "The Gate"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Phoebe Bridgers - "Motion Sickness"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Sigrid - "Don't Kill My Vibe"
- Dua Lipa - "New Rules"
- Perfume Genius - "Slip Away"
- Stefflon Don - "Hurtin' Me"
The Music
- Lorde - "Green Light"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- HAIM - "Want You Back"
- Arcade Fire - "Everything Now"
- All Our Exes Live In Texas - "Candle"
- Methyl Ethel - "Drink Wine"
- Ocean Grove - "Intimate Alien"
- Cable Ties - "Say What You Mean"
- Ali Barter - "Cigarette"
- Charli XCX - "Boys"
The Needle Drop
- Father John Misty - "Pure Comedy"
- Kirin J Callinan - "Bravado"
- BROCKHAMPTON - "GOLD"
- Algiers - "The Underside of Power"
- Mount Eerie - "Real Death"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Rina Sawayama - "Cyber Stockholm Syndrome"
- Jay-Z - "The Story of O.J."
- Alex Cameron - "Stranger's Kiss"
- Injury Reserve - "See You Sweat"
The New York Times: Jon Caramanica
- Chris Jeday - "Ahora Dice"
- A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - "Wild Thots"
- Don Q - "Protect Ya Patek"
- A Boogie Wit da Hoodie - "Drowning"
- Brett Young - "In Case You Didn't Know"
- Charlie Puth - "Attention"
- SahBabii - "Pull Up Wit Ah Stick"
- Ashley McBryde - "A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega"
- LouGotCash - "Pipe Down"
- LouGotCash - "Make 10"
The New York Times: Jon Pareles
- Julia Michaels - "Issues"
- Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - "Call on God"
- Ibibio Sound Machine - "The Chant (Iquo Isang)"
- Lil Peep - "Awful Things"
- Feist - "Pleasure"
- Father John Misty - "Pure Comedy"
- Chris Stapleton - "Without Your Love"
- Protomartyr - "My Children"
- Kelela - "Take Me Apart"
- Ed Sheeran - "Shape of You"
The Quietus
- AMOR - "Higher Moment"
- Confidence Man - "Better Sit Down Boy"
- Kelela - "LMK"
- Insecure Men - "Subaru Nights"
- Algiers - "The Underside of Power"
- Baxter Dury - "Miami (Parrot And Cocker Too Mix)"
- Foreign Beggars - "Toast"
- Objekt - "Theme From Q"
- The Horrors - "Machine"
- Nadine Shah - "Out The Way"
The Ringer
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Lorde - "Supercut"
- SZA - "Supermodel"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- DJ Khaled - "I'm the One"
- DJ Khaled - "Wild Thoughts"
- Waxahatchee - "Never Been Wrong"
- Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"
- St. Vincent - "Happy Birthday, Johnny"
- Perfume Genius - "Slip Away"
The Washington Post
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Kendrick Lamar - "DNA."
- Lee Ann Womack - "The Lonely, the Lonesome and the Gone"
- GoldLink - "Crew"
- Selena Gomez - "Bad Liar"
- Sam Hunt - "Body Like a Back Road"
- Playboi Carti - "Magnolia"
- Dreamcast - "Liquid Deep"
- Lorde - "Green Light"
- Chelsea Wolfe - "The Culling"
The Wild Honey Pie
- Phoebe Bridgers - "Motion Sickness"
- Big Thief - "Mary"
- Kendrick Lamar - "DNA."
- St. Vincent - "New York"
- Sufjan Stevens - "Tonya Harding"
- SZA - "Love Galore"
- Big Thief - "Shark Smile"
- Julien Baker - "Appointments"
- Moses Sumney - "Plastic"
- Frank Ocean - "Chanel"
Thrillist
- Selena Gomez - "Bad Liar"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - "Hope the High Road"
- Syd - "All About Me"
- Lorde - "Perfect Places"
- Kelela - "LMK"
- Demi Lovato - "Sorry Not Sorry"
- Rostam - "Gwan"
- Craig Finn - "God in Chicago"
Time
- Dua Lipa - "New Rules"
- St. Vincent - "New York"
- Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - "Despacito"
- Frank Ocean - "Chanel"
- King Krule - "Biscuit Town"
- Portugal. The Man - "Feel It Still"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Selena Gomez - "Bad Liar"
- Jay-Z - "The Story of O.J."
- Kelsea Ballerini - "Legends"
Tiny Mix Tapes
- Yaeji - "Passionfruit"
- Mount Kimbie - "Blue Train Lines"
- Mhysa - "Strobe"
- Laurel Halo - "Jelly"
- Valerie June - "Man Done Wrong"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Yves Tumor - "E. Eternal"
- KeitaroTamura - "chorororo"
- Malibu - "Malibu"
- Nídia - "Puro Tarraxo"
Treble
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- Alex G - "Bobby"
- King Krule - "Dum Surfer"
- The National - "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness"
- Run the Jewels - "Talk To Me"
- Frank Ocean - "Chanel"
- Vince Staples - "BagBak"
- Slowdive - "Sugar for the Pill"
- Cloakroom - "Seedless Star"
- Fleet Foxes - "Third of May / Ōdaigahara"
Uproxx
- Kesha - "Praying"
- SZA - "Love Galore"
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- The War on Drugs - "Thinking of a Place"
- Lorde - "Liability"
- Father John Misty - "Ballad Of The Dying Man"
- DJ Khaled - "Wild Thoughts"
- Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - "If We Were Vampires"
- St. Vincent - "Smoking Section"
- Fleet Foxes - "If You Need to, Keep Time on Me"
V Magazine
- MUNA - "Everything"
- Tei Shi - "Keep Running"
- Harry Styles - "Sign of the Times"
- Calvin Harris - "Slide"
- Aly & AJ - "Take Me"
- J Balvin - "Mi Gente (Remix)"
- Paramore - "Hard Times"
- Lana Del Rey - "Love"
- St. Vincent - "Slow Disco"
- Yaeji - "Raingurl"
Vanity Fair
- Future - "Selfish"
- Sampha - "(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano"
- Selena Gomez - "Bad Liar"
- N.E.R.D - "Lemon"
- Kesha - "Praying"
- Kendrick Lamar - "HUMBLE."
- SZA - "Drew Barrymore"
- Taylor Swift - "Delicate"
- Paramore - "Forgiveness"
- Lorde - "Homemade Dynamite"
Vulture
- Lil Uzi Vert - "XO Tour Llif3"
- Kendrick Lamar - "FEAR."
- Cardi B - "Bodak Yellow"
- Lorde - "Supercut"
- Kelela - "LMK"
- SZA - "20 Something"
- Sampha - "(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano"
- Future - "Solo"
- Tyler, the Creator - "911 / Mr. Lonely"
- Playboi Carti - "Magnolia"