The Individual Lists
The overall list was compiled using the lists below. How Points are Measured: 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
American Songwriter
- Mickey Guyton - "Black Like Me"
- The Buckleys - "Money"
- Lady Gaga - "Rain on Me"
- John Prine - "I Remember Everything"
- Erik Dylan - "JJ's Market"
- Ariana Grande - "Rain on Me"
- Hailey Whitters - "Janice at the Hotel Bar"
- Public Enemy - "State of the Union"
- Bob Dylan - "Murder Most Foul"
- Perfume Genius - "Describe"
BBC Culture
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Miley Cyrus - "Midnight Sky"
- Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande - "Rain on Me"
- Arlo Parks - "Black Dog"
- RAYE - "Natalie Don't"
- The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"
- Harry Styles - "Watermelon Sugar"
Beats Per Minute
- Fiona Apple - "Shameika"
- Half Waif - "Ordinary Talk"
- U.S. Girls - "4 American Dollars"
- Young Jesus - "(un)knowing"
- Open Mike Eagle - "Everything Ends Last Year"
- Moses Sumney - "Me in 20 Years"
- Jessie Ware - "Spotlight"
- Perfume Genius - "Describe"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Boldy James, The Alchemist - "Surf & Turf"
Billboard
- Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande - "Rain on Me"
- The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- Harry Styles - "Adore You"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Doja Cat - "Say So"
- BTS - "Dynamite"
- 24kGoldn - "Mood"
- DaBaby - "Rockstar"
- Dua Lipa - "Break My Heart"
Clash
- KO - "Right Or Wrong"
- Enny - "Peng Black Girls (Remix)"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- The 1975 - "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)"
- Abra Cadabra - "On Deck"
- Freddie Gibbs - "Look At Me"
- Lady Gaga - "Rain on Me"
- Fontaines D.C. - "Televised Mind"
- J Hus - "Helicopter"
- The Alchemist - "Look At Me"
Complex
- Lil Baby - "The Bigger Picture"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- Pop Smoke - "Christopher Walking"
- The Weeknd - "Escape From LA"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Metro Boomin, 21 Savage - "Runnin"
- Bad Bunny - "Yo Perreo Sola"
- Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist - "Scottie Beam"
- Westside Gunn - "327"
- Lil Baby - "We Paid"
Consequence of Sound
- The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"
- Phoebe Bridgers - "I Know The End"
- BTS - "Dynamite"
- Run the Jewels - "Ooh La La"
- Waxahatchee - "Fire"
- Lady Gaga - "Stupid Love"
- Fiona Apple - "Under the Table"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- Dua Lipa - "Don't Start Now"
- Pearl Jam - "Superblood Wolfmoon"
Crack Magazine
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- India Jordan - "For You"
- Yves Tumor - "Gospel For A New Century"
- Pa Salieu - "Betty"
- Bad Bunny - "Safaera"
- Christine and the Queens - "People, I've been sad"
- Bullion - "We Had a Good Time"
- Dua Lipa - "Hallucinate"
- Anz - "Gary Mission"
- Beabadoobee - "Care"
Dazed
- Shygirl - "FREAK"
- Pa Salieu - "My Family"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Rina Sawayama - "XS"
- Dua Lipa - "Physical"
- Phoebe Bridgers - "I Know The End"
- Yves Tumor - "Gospel For A New Century"
- Bree Runway - "ATM"
- Christine and the Queens - "La vita nuova"
- Billie Eilish - "My Future"
DIY
- Phoebe Bridgers - "Kyoto"
- Arlo Parks - "Black Dog"
- Dua Lipa - "Hallucinate"
- The 1975 - "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)"
- Perfume Genius - "On the Floor"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande - "Rain on Me"
- Rina Sawayama - "XS"
- Miley Cyrus - "Midnight Sky"
- Hayley Williams - "Dead Horse"
Dummy
- Pangaea - "Like This"
- Headie One - "Ain't It Different"
- Bicep - "Apricots"
- K-Trap - "Paid The Cost"
- HAAi - "Bon Viveur"
- Ghetts - "Mozambique"
- Ragz Originale - "4AM"
- 070 Shake - "Guilty Conscience"
- Frisco - "Red Card"
- Breaka - "The Startup"
Esquire
- Fiona Apple - "Under the Table"
- Beabadoobee - "Horen Sarrison"
- Little Big Town - "Next to You"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Tame Impala - "Breathe Deeper"
- Ruston Kelly - "Changes"
- The Lone Bellow - "Martingales"
- Christine and the Queens - "People, I've been sad"
- Waxahatchee - "Lilacs"
- Jamie xx - "Idontknow"
FLOOD
- The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"
- Perfume Genius - "On the Floor"
- Christine and the Queens - "People, I've been sad"
- Fiona Apple - "Shameika"
- Channel Tres - "Weedman"
- Romy - "Lifetime"
- Sufjan Stevens - "America"
- Denzel Curry, Terrace Martin - "Pig Feet"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Nothing - "Say Less"
Gaffa (Denmark)
- The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"
- Dua Lipa - "Don't Start Now"
- Billie Eilish - "No Time To Die"
- Taylor Swift - "exile"
- Miley Cyrus - "Midnight Sky"
- Christine and the Queens - "People, I've been sad"
- Run the Jewels - "JU$T"
- Bob Dylan - "Murder Most Foul"
- HAIM - "The Steps"
- Bon Iver - "AUATC"
Gigwise
- Phoebe Bridgers - "Kyoto"
- Fontaines D.C. - "A Hero's Death"
- Christine and the Queens - "People, I've been sad"
- Arlo Parks - "Hurt"
- Rina Sawayama - "XS"
- Doves - "Carousels"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Dua Lipa - "Don't Start Now"
- Porridge Radio - "Sweet"
- Idles - "Model Village"
Gorilla vs. Bear
- Salem - "Starfall"
- SAULT - "Wildfires"
- Oklou - "unearth me"
- 070 Shake - "Guilty Conscience"
- Pa Salieu - "My Family"
- Grimes - "Delete Forever"
- SAULT - "Little Boy"
- Christine and the Queens - "People, I've been sad"
- Dua Lipa - "Levitating"
- Oneohtrix Point Never - "Lost But Never Alone"
KCRW
- Jamila Woods - "Sula (Paperback)"
- Jessie Ware - "Remember Where You Are"
- Moses Sumney - "Virile"
- Kate Bollinger - "Grey Skies"
- Khruangbin - "Time (You and I)"
- Nathy Peluso - "Buenos Aires"
- Devon Gilfillian - "The Good Life"
- Ricky Reed - "Real Magic"
- EOB - "Brasil"
- Mac Miller - "Good News"
Los Angeles Times
- Lady Gaga - "Rain on Me"
- BLACKPINK - "How You Like That"
- Fiona Apple - "Shameika"
- Machine Gun Kelly - "Forget Me Too"
- Miley Cyrus - "Prisoner"
- Khruangbin - "Time (You and I)"
- Lucinda Williams - "Man Without a Soul"
- Ariana Grande - "Rain on Me"
- BTS - "Dynamite"
- Taylor Swift - "august"
NBHAP
- Phoebe Bridgers - "I Know The End"
- Sufjan Stevens - "Video Game"
- Porridge Radio - "Sweet"
- Gordi - "Aeroplane Bathroom"
- Braids - "Snow Angel"
- Fontaines D.C. - "I Don't Belong"
- Becky And The Birds - "Wondering"
- Idles - "Mr. Motivatior"
- Caribou - "Never Come Back"
- Mura Masa - "Teenage Headache Dreams"
NME
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Dua Lipa - "Physical"
- Idles - "Grounds"
- Arlo Parks - "Black Dog"
- Romy - "Lifetime"
- Run the Jewels - "JU$T"
- Rina Sawayama - "XS"
- Taylor Swift - "The Last Great American Dynasty"
- Phoebe Bridgers - "I Know The End"
- The Strokes - "Bad Decisions"
Noisey
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Lil Baby - "The Bigger Picture"
- Glaive - "Astrid"
- Sada Baby - "Whole Lotta Choppas"
- DJ Suede the Remix God, IMarkkeyz - "You About to Lose Your Job (Remix)"
- Pa Salieu - "Frontline"
- RMR - "Rascal"
- SZA - "Hit Different"
- Soul Glo - "29"
- 100 gecs - "hand crushed by a mallet (remix)"
NPR Music
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Christine and the Queens - "People, I've been sad"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- Mickey Guyton - "Black Like Me"
- Bad Bunny - "Safaera"
- Adrianne Lenker - "anything"
- Bob Dylan - "Murder Most Foul"
- Thundercat - "Dragonball Durag"
- Ana Tijoux - "Antifa Dance"
- Adia Victoria - "South Gotta Change"
Okayplayer
- KeiyaA - "Negus Poem 1 & 2"
- Thundercat - "Dragonball Durag"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- SZA - "Hit Different"
- Bad Bunny - "Si Veo a Tu Mamá"
- Lil Baby - "The Bigger Picture"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- Noname - "Song 33"
- Jhené Aiko - "Pussy Fairy (OTW)"
- Roddy Ricch - "The Box"
Paste
- Christine and the Queens - "People, I've been sad"
- Soccer Mommy - "circle the drain"
- Fiona Apple - "I Want You To Love Me"
- Perfume Genius - "Describe"
- Waxahatchee - "Fire"
- Bob Dylan - "Murder Most Foul"
- SAULT - "Fearless"
- Adrianne Lenker - "anything"
- Thundercat - "Dragonball Durag"
- Lido Pimienta - "Eso Que Tu Haces"
Pitchfork
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Christine and the Queens - "People, I've been sad"
- Fiona Apple - "I Want You To Love Me"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- Bad Bunny - "Safaera"
- Bob Dylan - "Murder Most Foul"
- Yves Tumor - "Gospel For A New Century"
- Perfume Genius - "Describe"
- Phoebe Bridgers - "Garden Song"
- Waxahatchee - "Fire"
Refinery29
- The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"
- BTS - "Dis-ease"
- JoJo - "What U Need"
- Rina Sawayama - "XS"
- Bad Bunny - "Yo Perreo Sola"
- Odunsi (The Engine) - "Body Count"
- MONSTA X - "Love Killa"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- Billie Eilish - "My Future"
- TWICE - "I Can't Stop Me"
Rolling Stone
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Bob Dylan - "Key West (Philosopher Pirate)"
- Christine and the Queens - "People, I've been sad"
- The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"
- Taylor Swift - "august"
- Dua Lipa - "Don't Start Now"
- BTS - "Dynamite"
- Fiona Apple - "Ladies"
- Harry Styles - "Adore You"
- The Chicks - "Gaslighter"
Slant Magazine
- Phoebe Bridgers - "I Know The End"
- Grimes - "Delete Forever"
- Jessie Ware - "Spotlight"
- Taylor Swift - "exile"
- Dua Lipa - "Levitating"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Troye Sivan - "Easy"
- The 1975 - "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)"
- Charli XCX - "anthems"
- Bad Bunny - "Yo Perreo Sola"
Slate
- Perfume Genius - "On the Floor"
- Burna Boy - "20:10:20"
- Zagga - "New Hail"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- IMarkkeyz - "You About to Lose Your Job (Remix)"
- Sam Hunt - "Hard to Forget"
- DJ Suede the Remix God - "You About to Lose Your Job (Remix)"
- Mickey Guyton - "Black Like Me"
- Bob Dylan - "I Contain Multitudes"
- John Prine - "I Remember Everything"
Spectrum Culture
- Phoebe Bridgers - "I Know The End"
- John Prine - "I Remember Everything"
- Run the Jewels - "walking in the snow"
- Perfume Genius - "On the Floor"
- Sufjan Stevens - "America"
- Bob Dylan - "Murder Most Foul"
- Adrianne Lenker - "anything"
- Sevdaliza - "Joanna"
- Bob Dylan - "Key West (Philosopher Pirate)"
- Yves Tumor - "Gospel For A New Century"
SPIN
- Bartees Strange - "Boomer"
- Run the Jewels - "yankee and the brave (ep. 4)"
- Fiona Apple - "Heavy Balloon"
- The 1975 - "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"
- Waxahatchee - "Fire"
- Caribou - "New Jade"
- Tame Impala - "Borderline"
- Deftones - "Ohms"
Stereogum: Chris DeVille
- Sam Hunt - "2016"
- Soccer Mommy - "circle the drain"
- Thundercat - "Dragonball Durag"
- HAIM - "The Steps"
- Laura Marling - "Held Down"
- Pop Smoke - "Dior"
- The 1975 - "Me & You Together Song"
- ME REX - "Heart Of Garbage"
- Little Kid - "Losing"
- Jeff Rosenstock - "Ohio Tpke"
Stereogum: James Rettig
- Katie Dey - "Dancing"
- Frances Quinlan - "Went to L.A."
- Told Slant - "Family Still"
- Braids - "Young Buck"
- Rico Nasty - "IPHONE"
- Pinkshift - "I'm Gonna Tell My Therapist On You"
- Knot - "The World"
- Cartalk - "Las Manos"
- The Innocence Mission - "On Your Side"
- Katie Gately - "Waltz"
Stereogum: Peter Helman
- Yves Tumor - "Kerosene!"
- Oneohtrix Point Never - "I Don't Love Me Anymore"
- Annie - "The Bomb"
- clipping. - "Say the Name"
- Waxahatchee - "Lilacs"
- Peel Dream Magazine - "Pill"
- Hum - "Waves"
- Machinedrum - "Kane Train"
- The Strokes - "At The Door"
- Bicep - "Apricots"
Stereogum: Ryan Leas
- Nation of Language - "The Wall & I"
- Casper Clausen - "Used To Think"
- Kelly Lee Owens - "Corner Of My Sky"
- Taylor Swift - "seven"
- Fontaines D.C. - "Sunny"
- Sorry - "Right Round The Clock"
- Westerman - "Blue Comanche"
- Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - "Cameo"
- Annie - "The Streets Where I Belong"
- The Weather Station - "Robber"
Stereogum: Scott Lapatine
- The 1975 - "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)"
- Porridge Radio - "Lilac"
- Bartees Strange - "Boomer"
- Militarie Gun - "Life In Decline"
- Oneohtrix Point Never - "Long Road Home"
- Ashley McBryde - "Never Will"
- GUM - "Low To Low"
- Disheveled Cuss - "Oh My God"
- Chris Stapleton - "Hillbilly Blood"
- Thundercat - "I Love Louis Cole"
Stereogum: Tom Breihan
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- BRELAND - "My Truck (Remix)"
- Lil Baby - "We Paid"
- One Step Closer - "Lead To Grey"
- Touché Amoré - "Reminders"
- Masterpiece Machine - "Rotting Fruit"
- Bfb Da Packman - "Free Joe Exotic"
- ZillaKami & SosMula - "ACAB"
- Young T & Bugsey - "Don’t Rush (Remix)"
- Napalm Death - "Logic Ravaged By Brute Force"
The FADER
- HAIM - "The Steps"
- Thundercat - "Dragonball Durag"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- U.S. Girls - "4 American Dollars"
- Bladee, ECCO2K - "Girls just want to have fun"
- Glaive - "Astrid"
- Bob Dylan - "Murder Most Foul"
- Skullcrusher - "Places/Plans"
- RMR - "Rascal"
- Koffee - "Pressure"
The Forty-Five
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Christine and the Queens - "People, I've been sad"
- Phoebe Bridgers - "Kyoto"
- Arlo Parks - "Eugene"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"
- Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga - "Rain on Me"
- HAIM - "I Know Alone"
- Romy - "Lifetime"
- Taylor Swift - "exile"
The Guardian
- Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga - "Rain on Me"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Christine and the Queens - "People, I've been sad"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- SAULT - "Wildfires"
- The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"
- Waxahatchee - "Fire"
- Dua Lipa - "Physical"
- Perfume Genius - "On the Floor"
- Rina Sawayama - "XS"
The Line of Best Fit
- Phoebe Bridgers - "Kyoto"
- Dua Lipa - "Hallucinate"
- Rina Sawayama - "XS"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Arlo Parks - "Black Dog"
- Charli XCX - "anthems"
- Skullcrusher - "Places/Plans"
- Fiona Apple - "Under the Table"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- Flohio - "Unveiled"
The Needle Drop
- Mac Miller - "Good News"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- The Strokes - "At The Door"
- Jessie Ware - "Spotlight"
- Blu, Exile - "The Feeling"
- Dorian Electra - "My Agenda"
- HMLTD - "Blank Slate"
- 100 gecs - "ringtone (remix)"
- Lianne La Havas - "Weird Fishes"
- RMR, RMR - "Rascal"
The New York Times: Jon Caramanica
- ppcocaine - "3 Musketeers"
- Lil Baby - "Emotionally Scarred"
- Saweetie - "Tap In"
- Lil Mosey - "Blueberry Faygo"
- Internet Money - "Lemonade"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Cam'ron - "50 bars"
- Vedo - "You Got It"
- BRELAND - "My Truck (Remix)"
The New York Times: Jon Pareles
- Avenue Beat - "F2020 (Remix)"
- BTS - "Dynamite"
- Ashley McBryde - "One Night Standards"
- Sarah Jarosz - "Johnny"
- Tame Impala - "Lost in Yesterday"
- Lido Pimienta - "Nada"
- Bad Bunny - "Yo Perreo Sola"
- Tiwa Savage - "Koroba"
- Stevie Wonder - "Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate"
- Rapsody - "12 Problems"
The New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- U.S. Girls - "4 American Dollars"
- Charli XCX - "anthems"
- Bad Bunny - "Yo Perreo Sola"
- Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande - "Rain on Me"
- Sufjan Stevens - "America"
- The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"
- The 1975 - "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)"
- Kathleen Edwards - "Glenfern"
- Taylor Swift - "Betty"
The Quietus
- Sleaford Mods - "Mork N Mindy"
- Jockstrap - "Acid"
- Shit & Shine - "Hillbilly Moonshine"
- Divide And Dissolve - "Denial"
- Chloe x Halle - "Do It"
- Kelly Lee Owens - "Corner Of My Sky"
- Black Country, New Road - "Science Fair"
- Terrace Martin, Denzel Curry - "Pig Feet"
- Nadine Shah - "Buckfast"
- Headie One - "Ain't It Different"
The Ringer
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- Phoebe Bridgers - "I Know The End"
- Lil Baby - "We Paid"
- Chloe x Halle - "Do It"
- Christine and the Queens - "People, I've been sad"
- Bartees Strange - "Boomer"
- RMR - "Rascal"
- Digga D - "Woi"
- Lianne La Havas - "Weird Fishes"
- Yves Tumor - "Strawberry Privilege"
Thrillist
- Jay Electronica - "Ghost of Soulja Slim"
- Early Eyes - "Marigolds"
- Lil Uzi Vert - "I'm Sorry"
- Samia - "Is There Something in the Movies?"
- Dua Lipa - "Physical"
- Westerman - "Blue Comanche"
- Lomelda - "Hannah Sun"
- DEHD - "Loner"
- Run the Jewels - "walking in the snow"
- Jay-Z - "Ghost of Soulja Slim"
TIME
- Christine and the Queens - "People, I've been sad"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Bad Bunny, Nesi, Ivy Queen - "Yo Perreo Sola [Remix]"
- Bree Runway - "Little Nokia"
- Mac Miller - "Good News"
- Daði Freyr - "Think About Things"
- Morgan Wallen - "7 Summers"
- Stray Kids - "Back Door"
- Prince Kaybee, Shimza, Black Motion, Ami Faku - "Uwrongo"
- Oneohtrix Point Never - "Long Road Home"
Treble
- Yves Tumor - "Gospel For A New Century"
- Fiona Apple - "I Want You To Love Me"
- Moses Sumney - "Virile"
- Phoebe Bridgers - "Kyoto"
- Run the Jewels - "walking in the snow"
- Caribou - "Never Come Back"
- Jeff Parker - "After the Rain"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- Mary Lattimore - "Til a Mermaid Drags You Under"
- Fiona Apple - "Heavy Balloon"
Uproxx
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- Run the Jewels - "A Few Words For The Firing Squad (Radiation)"
- Roddy Ricch - "The Box"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- The Killers - "My Own Soul's Warning"
- Phoebe Bridgers - "I Know The End"
- Doja Cat - "Say So"
- Terrace Martin, Denzel Curry - "Pig Feet"
- Ariana Grande - "34+35"
- Pop Smoke - "Dior"
USA Today
- Billie Eilish - "My Future"
- Dua Lipa - "Levitating"
- Chappell Roan - "Pink Pony Club"
- Cardi B - "WAP"
- The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"
- Taylor Swift - "invisible string"
- Bob Dylan - "I Contain Multitudes"
- HAIM - "Gasoline"
- Run the Jewels - "Ooh La La"
- Christine and the Queens - "La vita nuova"
Variety
- Dua Lipa - "Don't Start Now"
- Bob Dylan - "Murder Most Foul"
- Phoebe Bridgers - "Kyoto"
- SAULT - "Wildfires"
- John Prine - "I Remember Everything"
- Mickey Guyton - "What Are You Gonna Tell Her"
- Benee - "Supalonely"
- HAIM - "I Know Alone"
- Taylor Swift - "mirrorball"
- Chloe x Halle - "Ungodly Hour"
Vulture
- Phoebe Bridgers - "I Know The End"
- Charli XCX - "anthems"
- Megan Thee Stallion - "Savage (Remix)"
- Bad Bunny - "Safaera"
- Fiona Apple - "I Want You To Love Me"
- Waxahatchee - "Lilacs"
- Victoria Monét - "Jaguar"
- Lil Baby - "The Bigger Picture"
- Lil Uzi Vert - "POP"
- Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande - "Rain on Me"
