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By far the biggest year of discoveries for myself. Though, I was probably a bit too open with listening to music. Lots of duds, but there were some very nice finds too.

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The eligibility period for my Best Of list are things released between October 30, 2020 – October 28, 2021.

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Previous Best Of Lists:

2019Β β€’Β 2020

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  1. MISOGI – little*stars
  2. Makari – Continuum
  3. Raissa – HEROGIRL
  4. L Devine – Near Life Experience Part One
  5. Pilar Victoria – Hi, My Name Is Pily!
  6. ELIO – Can You Hear Me Now?
  7. Alaska Reid – Big Bunny
  8. Magdalena Bay – Mini Mix, Vol. 2
  9. ADOY – her
  10. LAUREL – Limbo Cherry
  11. Maggie Lindemann – PARANOIA
  12. RINSE – Wherever I Am
  13. Lava La Rue – Butter-Fly
  14. Fauness – Maiden No More
  15. Annie – Neon Nights
  16. YUKIKA – timeabout,
  17. Ellis – nothing is sacred anymore
  18. Fickle Friends – Weird Years (Season 1)
  19. Hope Tala – Girl Eats Sun
  20. Blu DeTiger – How Did We Get Here?
  21. Valley – Last Birthday
  22. beabadoobee – Our Extended Play
  23. Rebecca Black – Rebecca Black Was Here
  24. Ralph – Gradience
  25. Dad Sports – I Am Just A Boy Leave Me Alone !!!
  26. Doss – 4 New Hit Songs
  27. Alfie Templeman – Forever Isn’t Long Enough
  28. Foxes – Friends in the Corner
  29. Judah Just Kidding – Rocker Boy
  30. Ginger Root – City Slicker

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  1. CHVRCHES – Screen Violence
  2. Videoclub – Euphories
  3. Terror Jr – Rancho Catastrophe
  4. Magdalena Bay – Mercurial World
  5. Kylie Minogue – DISCO
  6. Roosevelt – Polydans
  7. Claud – Super Monster
  8. Sunshine Boysclub – Hut on the Hill
  9. Hayden Casey – Calamities
  10. Porter Robinson – Nurture
  11. girl in red – if i could make it go quiet
  12. Aly & AJ – a touch of the beat gets you up on your feet gets you out and then into the sun
  13. Kacy Hill – Simple, Sweet, and Smiling
  14. The MarΓ­as – CINEMA
  15. Zara Larsson – Poster Girl
  16. SG Lewis – times
  17. CHUNG HA – Querencia
  18. chloe moriondo – Blood Bunny
  19. Men I Trust – Untourable Album
  20. Small Black – Cheap Dreams
  21. BENEE – Hey u x
  22. Maisie Peters – You Signed Up for This
  23. Bladee – The Fool
  24. Tinashe – 333
  25. LΓ‰ON – Apart
  26. Tigers Jaw – I Won’t Care How You Remember Me
  27. Hovvdy – True Love
  28. Paloma Mami – SueΓ±os de DalΓ­
  29. Madison Beer – Life Support
  30. Sydney Sprague – maybe i will see you at the end of the world
  31. Wet – Letter Blue
  32. Far Caspian – Ways To Get Out
  33. allie – maybe next time
  34. Kinlaw – The Tipping Scale
  35. Mini Trees – Always In Motion
  36. Pom Pom Squad – Death of a Cheerleader
  37. THALA – adolescence
  38. Petite Amie – Petite Amie
  39. Luna Shadows – Digital Pacific
  40. COIN – Rainbow Mixtape
  41. Pale Waves – Who Am I?
  42. Half Waif – Mythopoetics
  43. Ali Gatie – The Idea Of Her
  44. Sam Smith – Love Goes
  45. slenderbodies – Are We?
  46. Bebe Rexha – Better Mistakes
  47. Foliage – Foliage
  48. ELIO – ELIO and Friends: The Remixes
  49. Porches – All Day Gentle Hold !
  50. Adult Oriented Pop – 6:15 AM

SONGS TBD

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ALBUMS

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  • Julia Michaels – β€œNot In Chronological Order” (Electropop)
  • Molly Burch – β€œRomantic Images” (Indie Pop)
  • Blackstarkids – β€œPuppies Forever” (Indie Pop)
  • MARINA – β€œAncient Dreams In A Modern Wonderland” (Pop)
  • Sweet Trip – β€œA Tiny House, in Secret Speeches, Polar Equals” (Dream Pop)
  • Ariana Grande – β€œpositions” (Contemporary R&B)
  • Svrcina – β€œOrchards” (Pop)
  • Kacey Musgraves – β€œstar-crossed” (Folk Pop)
  • Slayyyter – β€œTroubled Paradise” (Electro-pop)
  • caroβ™‘ – β€œHeartbeats/Heartbreaks” (Ambient Pop)
  • Mina Okabe – β€œBetter Days” (Indie Pop)
  • Amy Shark – β€œCry Forever” (Electro-pop)
  • Ruth B. – β€œMoments In Between” (Adult Contemporary)
  • Dreamer Boy – β€œAll The Ways We Are Together” (Bedroom Pop)
  • Demi Lovato – β€œDancing With The Devil… The Art of Starting Over” (Pop)

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  • Emotional Oranges – β€œThe Juicebox” (Contemporary R&B)
  • Future Jr. – β€œIf You Don’t Love Me Back” (Synth-pop)
  • Alex Porat – β€œMISS SICK WORLD” (Indie Pop)
  • XYLØ – β€œOutsiders Club” (Electro-pop)
  • Samia – β€œScout” (Bedroom Pop)
  • Charlie Houston – β€œI Hate Spring” (Bedroom Pop)
  • Griff – β€œOne Foot In Front Of The Other” (Electro-pop)
  • DAYA – β€œThe Difference” (Electro-Pop)
  • Selena Gomez – β€œRevalaciΓ³n” (Latin Pop)
  • Nasty Cherry – β€œThe Movie” (Synth-pop)
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Nice honorable mentions, Slayyyter is definitely my favorite here and I would put her higher but a lot of these are fitting. Sweet Trip, Caro, Ariana are cute!

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Samia and Nasty Cherry had good EPs too though I've liked their other projects better

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Julia and MARINA in HMs, twinsΒ :clap3:Β DWTDTAOSO was worthy of a mention too, good for them

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Daya and Selena in EPs :clap3: kinda robbed tho!

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had to erase The Juicebox from my mind because there’s no way they declined that fast after The Juice Vol 2Β :wave:

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Lots of awesome honorable mentions. Marina, Molly, Sweet Trip, Kacey, Slayyyter :clap3:I'm sure the official list will be even BETTER.

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Daya released an Ep? Let me look

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Edit: nevermind I heard this I didn't realize Bad Girl came out in 2021

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MARINA, Ariana, Kacey, Griff * Julia Michaes on HMΒ :clap3:

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Until this this day i haven't listen to Selena's spanish EPΒ :deadbanana4:Β But happy for her to snatch her first Grammy nomination

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Troubled Paradise deserved more than an honorable mention :giraffe:

Star Crossed and Positions were really cute albums :clap3:Β Marina and Julia had 2 or 3 bops as well!

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thanks y'allΒ :heart2:

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On 12/12/2021 at 2:18 PM, TheWayWeWere said:

Positions, NICO, Ancient Dreams only on HMs :cries:

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these 3 were within the next 10 spots, so they were close to making itΒ :'(

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On 12/12/2021 at 3:02 PM, BlackoutZone said:

Fair honorable mentions though I would put some of these albums way higher!

it gets real tough ranking theseΒ :psyduck:Β 

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23 hours ago, Sanguine said:

Nice honorable mentions, Slayyyter is definitely my favorite here and I would put her higher but a lot of these are fitting. Sweet Trip, Caro, Ariana are cute!

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Samia and Nasty Cherry had good EPs too though I've liked their other projects better

slayyyter's was an album i just didn't revisit as much, but i like hearing the songs when they come up on shuffle! tea about Nasty Cherry thoΒ 

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23 hours ago, dreamofyou said:

ancient dreams and star-crossed:clap3:Β kinda deserved main list though

taste! i'm sure this opinion is like a broken record, but star-crossed just didn't hiT me like Golden Hour didΒ :emofish:

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23 hours ago, luckystrike said:

Julia and MARINA in HMs, twinsΒ :clap3:Β DWTDTAOSO was worthy of a mention too, good for them

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Daya and Selena in EPs :clap3: kinda robbed tho!

i noticed that too!Β :clap3:Β the EPs are cute, but kinda faded into the back for me

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23 hours ago, dangerousalex said:

had to erase The Juicebox from my mind because there’s no way they declined that fast after The Juice Vol 2Β :wave:

what?! i probably enjoyed The Juicebox more tbhΒ :frown:Β 

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22 hours ago, hofork said:

TP excellence, wish it was higher but at least it was mentioned!

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Samia and Nasty Cherry also had great EPs!

TP definitely is enjoyable! and for what it's worth, i didn't delete any of the songs from my library like i tend to do with some albumsΒ :fan:

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22 hours ago, Sempiternal said:

Ari & Demi β™‘

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21 hours ago, Ewan Chaos said:

Lots of awesome honorable mentions. Marina, Molly, Sweet Trip, Kacey, Slayyyter :clap3:I'm sure the official list will be even BETTER.

we love to see tasteΒ :clap3:

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12 hours ago, ChapelHooker said:

scout ep ! :clap3:

a cute EPΒ :jamming:

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11 hours ago, Tinashegrande6 said:

One foot in front of the other was a solid debut EP, can't wait for her albumΒ :clap3:

it was! def keen on hearing more from herΒ 

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11 hours ago, Insanity said:

Daya released an Ep? Let me look

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Edit: nevermind I heard this I didn't realize Bad Girl came out in 2021

lol yesss. it was released at the beginning of the year, so i dont blame you for forgetting

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7 hours ago, Mr. Blue_Shirt said:

MARINA, Ariana, Kacey, Griff * Julia Michaes on HMΒ :clap3:

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Until this this day i haven't listen to Selena's spanish EPΒ :deadbanana4:Β But happy for her to snatch her first Grammy nomination

tasteΒ :clap3:Β but oop! really? the EP is a cute moment

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5 hours ago, Sunderland 4ever said:

Romantic Images and Troubled Paradise are by far by faves off this set. :hippo:

i wish i came back to Romantic Images some more, was real cuteΒ :jamming:

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1 hour ago, KasioKas said:

Perched! DWAT just an HM though.. ouch

at least it got some recognitionΒ :'(Β 

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7 minutes ago, K$Ellie said:

Troubled Paradise deserved more than an honorable mention :giraffe:

Star Crossed and Positions were really cute albums :clap3:Β Marina and Julia had 2 or 3 bops as well!

they were cute, likely would have done better if i listened some more!

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30. Ginger Root – City Slicker

Is city pop having a resurgence, or have I just been blind to it? Either way, I really enjoy the genre. There’s a feel-good vibe to it and I think Ginger Root captures it well.

Favorites: β€œLoretta”, β€œEntertainment”

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29. Judah Just Kidding – Rocker Boy

Cute, summery songs backed by a guitar.

Favorites: β€œSunflower”, β€œIs It Over?”

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28. Foxes – Friends in the Corner

This is the first full body of work I’ve listened to of her’s, and I thought it was cute. Nothing too special, but I am really looking forward to her new album.

Favorites: β€œLove Not Loving You”, β€œDance”

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27. Alfie Templeman – Forever Isn’t Long Enough

I discovered Alfie last year with his EP β€˜Happiness in Liquid Form’ and while this may not be as strong as that one, it’s still a pretty fun listen.

Favorites: β€œEverybody’s Gonna Love Somebody”, β€œTo You”

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26. Doss – 4 New Hit Songs

The title is self explanatory. Short EP, but the songs all pack a punch.Β 

Favorites: β€œPuppy”, β€œStrawberry”

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50. Adult Oriented Pop – 6:15 AM

This album teeters on the edge of being dreamy, without being full out dream pop.

Favorites: β€œGood Golly Miss Molly”, β€œSome Might Say”

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49. Porches – All Day Gentle Hold !

The production can feel pretty noisy and clashy. It won’t be to everyone’s taste, but there’s some catchy songs.Β 

Favorites: β€œI Miss That”, β€œWatergetsinside”

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48. ELIO – ELIO and Friends: The Remixes

Her first β€œalbum” being a collection of remixes of tracks from her EPs is a cackle. I like her music, but other than the collab with Charli, the tracks aren’t really better than their originals.

Favorites: β€œCHARGER (feat. Charli XCX)”, β€œLA in Two (feat. Valley)”

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47. Foliage – Foliage

This has some hazy vocals and production, which I tend to be a fan of.

Favorites: β€œStraight Out of the Gate”, β€œHand”

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46. Bebe Rexha – Better Mistakes

These tracks are all over the place and definitely don’t make for a cohesive album or anything, but a lot of them are decent alone. Most noticeably the banger that is Sacrifice.

Favorites: β€œSacrifice”, β€œOn the Go (feat. Pink Sweat$ & Lunay)”

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Didn't really like bebe's album I ran through it and only kept Sabotage

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