2020 Music Year End Lists Aggregate

[Rich Thot Joined: Apr 17th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 855 View Predictions]

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I never expected After Hours to do well in the year-end lists. I figured it’d be lucky to crack the aggregated top 20. Now, it looks like it’d be lucky to crack the 40. It already did fairly poor in the mid-year lists outside of the more “urban” leaning publications. And while it got overall solid reviews, there wasn’t much passion in those reviews.

It was predicted for all those Grammy noms based off of “Blinding Lights” being the biggest single of year, the good sales for the album, the aggressive promoting and campaigning, the album being solidly reviewed and that The Weeknd has previously garnered major noms. It didn’t have much at all to do with acclaim.

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[joesilver Joined: Oct 1st, 2011 Topics: 28 Posts: 1093 View Predictions]

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Dua is doing better than expected

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[Rich Thot Joined: Apr 17th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 855 View Predictions]

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Future Nostalgia is the go-to mainstream pop album this year.

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[LawC Joined: Jan 15th, 2017 Topics: 1 Posts: 2608 View Predictions]

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Taylor’s folklore is also appearing in one top 10 (DailyMail) and two top 20 lists (What Hi-Fi? & OOR), which would push its points to 37.

But idk if all of these will be included on the aggregate list.

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[epiphany Joined: Sep 6th, 2019 Topics: 6 Posts: 2056 View Predictions]

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Consequence of Sound : Top 50 Albums of 2020

50. Beach Bunny – Honeymoon
49. Megan Thee Stallion – Good News
48. Andy Shauf – The Neon Skyline
47. The Flaming Lips – American Head
46. Grimes – Miss Anthropocene
45. Armani Caesar – The Liz
44. AC/DC – Power Up
43. Becca Mancari – The Greatest Part
42. Bartees Strange – Live Forever
41. Westside Gunn – Pray for Paris
40. Lamb of God – Lamb of God
39. Shamir – Shamir
38. The Chicks – Gaslighter
37. Burna Boy – Twice as Tall
36. Anjimile – Giver Taker
35. Margo Price – That’s How Rumors Get Started
34. Boldy James and The Alchemist – The Price of Tea in China
33. Bruce Springsteen – Letter to You
32. Fleet Foxes – Shore
31. Oneohtrix Point Never – Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
30. Future Islands – As Long as You Are
29. Princess Nokia – Everything Is Beautiful
28. Caribou – Suddenly
27. Taylor Swift – folklore
26. Pallbearer – Forgotten Days
25. IDLES – Ultra Mono
24. Frances Quinlan – Likewise
23. Beabadoobee – Fake It Flowers
22. Jay Electronica – A Written Testimony
21. Hayley Williams – Petals for Armor
20. Lil Uzi Vert – Eternal Atake
19. Sufjan Stevens – The Ascension
18. Charli XCX – how i’m feeling now
17. Yves Tumor – Heaven to a Tortured Mind
16. Bad Bunny – YHLQMDLG
15. The Weeknd – After Hours
14. Thundercat – It Is What It Is
13. Rina Sawayama – SAWAYAMA
12. BTS – Map of the Soul: 7
11. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – Reunions
10. Pearl Jam – Gigaton
09. Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist – Alfredo
08. Lady Gaga – Chromatica
07. Deftones – Ohms
06. Waxahatchee – Saint Cloud
05. Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia
04. Perfume Genius – Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
03. Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
02. Run the Jewels – RTJ4
01. Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters

For you consideration :

Album of the year : folklore
Record of the year : Don't Start Now
Song of the year : cardigan
Best new artist : Phoebe Bridgers

Best pop vocal album : folklore
Best rap album : Alfredo
Best alternative music album : Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Best progressive R&B album : Ungodly Hour

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[joesilver Joined: Oct 1st, 2011 Topics: 28 Posts: 1093 View Predictions]

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In the songs list posted on album of the year WAP is currently the most acclaimed song of the year

People, I’ve been sad is #2, Rain on Me #3, Blinding Lights #4 and Midnight Sky #5

But it’s too soon obviously

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[Lemon Joined: Nov 24th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 904 View Predictions]

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https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a34777840/the-best-music-of-2020/

Stereogum has ranked folklore as the fifth best album of 2020

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[Rich Thot Joined: Apr 17th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 855 View Predictions]

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LawC wrote:

But idk if all of these will be included on the aggregate list.

A lot of these lists will not be counted on AOTY or MC.

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[joesilver Joined: Oct 1st, 2011 Topics: 28 Posts: 1093 View Predictions]

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03. Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
02. Run the Jewels – RTJ4
01. Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Based on what I’ve seen so far it seems like these 3 albums could finish in the final top 3

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[epiphany Joined: Sep 6th, 2019 Topics: 6 Posts: 2056 View Predictions]

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01. Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple
02. folklore – Taylor Swift
03. Rough and Rowdy Ways – Bob Dylan
04. Punisher – Phoebe Bridgers
05. RTJ4 – Run The Jewels
06. Set My Heart on Fire Immediately – Perfume Genius
07. Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
08. The Slow Rush – Tame Impala
09. Song for Our Daughter – Laura Marling
10. SAWAYAMA – Rina Sawayama
11. After Hours – The Weeknd
12. Women in Music Pt. III – HAIM
13. Heaven to a Tortured Mind – Yves Tumor
14. What’s Your Pleasure? – Jessie Ware
15. Ohms – Deftones
16. Saint Cloud – Waxahatchee
17. The Ascension – Sufjan Stevens
18. Reunions – Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
19. Græ – Moses Sumney
20. Shore – Fleet Foxes

My initial prediction. I don’t expect that Sault guys will overperform this hard.

For you consideration :

Album of the year : folklore
Record of the year : Don't Start Now
Song of the year : cardigan
Best new artist : Phoebe Bridgers

Best pop vocal album : folklore
Best rap album : Alfredo
Best alternative music album : Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Best progressive R&B album : Ungodly Hour

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[River Joined: Jan 9th, 2017 Topics: 0 Posts: 408 View Predictions]

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Rich Thot wrote:

A lot of these lists will not be counted on AOTY or MC.

They should be. AOTY counts even People Magazine.

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[Rich Thot Joined: Apr 17th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 855 View Predictions]

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I figured there was no way around Fiona, Run the Jewels and Phoebe being 1, 2 and 3. I figured Folklore was gonna be in a battle to get a top five spot (though there’s still plenty of counted lists to go).

What’s Your Pleasure is underperforming. So is Set My Heart On Fire Immediately, but it’ll still likely land in the top 8.

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[epiphany Joined: Sep 6th, 2019 Topics: 6 Posts: 2056 View Predictions]

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Rich Thot wrote:

A lot of these lists will not be counted on AOTY or MC.

AOTY count around 130+ lists, Metacritic are even bigger around 180+ lists

For you consideration :

Album of the year : folklore
Record of the year : Don't Start Now
Song of the year : cardigan
Best new artist : Phoebe Bridgers

Best pop vocal album : folklore
Best rap album : Alfredo
Best alternative music album : Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Best progressive R&B album : Ungodly Hour

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[LawC Joined: Jan 15th, 2017 Topics: 1 Posts: 2608 View Predictions]

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Looking at last year’s aggregate list, AOTY included like every random site that had a ranking, many of those weren’t even music-related in anyway. So there really isn’t a reason not to include those lists.

Metacritic I think is a little more selective, but AOTY includes everyone on the face of earth.

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[Rich Thot Joined: Apr 17th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 855 View Predictions]

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I think both sites will be slightly more selective this year. Neither site adds as many reviews as they used to. I’m thinking 100-120 lists will be counted for both. But there will still be some random inclusions and non-inclusions.

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