Guess I should revisit that Beyonce album. Really was not a fan of it. Then again, I didn't like Lemonade much either.
It’s probably not going to make nearly as many lists on here because this isn’t a pop website, but Renaissance should definitely be on a lot of lists. A truly great album. (Also I liked Lemonade a lot too)
I’m terribly hit-or-miss with full Beyoncé albums. My previous favorite of hers was 4. I’m 99.9% sure Renaissance is my favorite album of this year. A lot of that is probably right-place-right-time. But, like, that thing was my soundtrack for basically the whole back half of the summer and front half of fall. It’s just like, such a fabulously, defiantly celebratory album experience. Love how it all flows. “Break My Soul” has gotta be my favorite song this year, and “Pure/Honey” also continues to get heavy car play.
I've got a list here of 100+ confirmed/scheduled releases, and also a bunch that are rumoured/expected to come out.
The two albums that I saw across a few lists that I’ve added to my check out list is the Soul Glo album and then the Bandmanrill one.
There's three tabs on there to different spreadsheets: one for 2022, one for 2023, and one for rumoured/expected.
we at FLOOD Magazine posted our top 25 today! I wasn't involved but I am by proxy because I wrote about our #20 pick: The Best Albums of 2022
For the past week or so I've been compiling a list of the best songs of the year according to online publications. I went through 30 websites with a non-genre specific ranked top ten and averaged out every songs ranking number and the number of top 10 lists it appeared in and here are the results as of (updated: 12/19): 1. Steve Lacy - Bad Habit 2. Harry Styles - As It Was 3. Beyonce - Break My Soul 4. Alex G - Runner 5. Bad Bunny - Titi Me Pregunto 6. Hitkidd, GloRilla - F.N.F. (Let's Go) 7. Beyonce - Cuff It 8. Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero 9. Ethel Cain - American Teenager 10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Perfume Genius - Spitting Off The Edge Of The World 11. Kendrick Lamar - N95 12. Rosalia - Saoko 13. Big Thief - Simulation Swarm 14. Paramore - This Is Why (TIE) 14. Sudan Archives - Home Maker (TIE) 16. Beyonce - Alien Superstar 17. Arctic Monkeys - There'd Better Be A Mirrorball (TIE) 17. Eliza Rose, Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) (TIE) 19. Two Shell - Home 20. Sam Smith, Kim Petras - Unholy (TIE) 20. Destroyer - June (TIE) 22. Lil Yachty - Poland 23. Lizzo - About Damn Time (TIE) 23. Pharrell Williams, 21 Savage, Tyler The Creator - Cash In Cash Out (TIE) 23. Rosalia - Despecha (TIE) 23. The Weeknd - Less Than Zero (TIE) 23. Wet Leg - Wet Dream (TIE) 28. Braxe+Falcon, Panda Bear - Step By Step 29. Fontaines D.C. - Jackie Down The Line 30. Gunna, Future, Young Thug - Pushin' P (TIE) 30. Ice Spice - Munch (Feelin' U) (TIE) 32. Utada Hikaru - Somewhere Near Marseilles 33. Yeule - Bites On My Neck 34. Alvvays - Belinda Says 35. Kendrick Lamar, Beth Gibbons - Mother I Sober 36. Bad Bunny - Despues De La Playa (TIE) 36. Burna Boy - Last Last (TIE) 38. Jockstrap - Greatest Hits 39. Rina Sawayama - This Hell 40. The 1975 - Part Of The Band (TIE) 40. Denzel Curry - Walkin (TIE) 40. Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5 (TIE) 40. Wet Leg - Angelica (TIE) 44. The Smile - The Smoke 45. Beyonce - Virgo's Groove (TIE) 45. Momma - Speeding 72 (TIE) 45. Pusha T - Diet Coke (TIE) 45. Bartees Strange - Heavy Heart (TIE) 45. Jockstrap - Concrete Under Water (TIE) 50. Quavo, Takeoff - Hotel Lobby 51. SZA - Shirt "Bad Habit" appeared in 14 lists, "As It Was" was in 11 lists, "Break My Soul" was on 10 lists, "Runner" was on 7 lists. Songs 5-10 (6 lists) Songs 11-12 (5 lists) Songs 13-21 (4 lists) Songs 22-33 (3 lists) Songs 34-51 (2 lists) I love doing this every year because I always find so many good songs and artists I've never heard before, and this year is certainly no exception.