base talk AOTY: Best songs of the 2020s so far. Is your fave in?

[bielneira]

The ranking is by average, based on their year-end lists aggregator from 2020 to 2024.

#1 "Not Like Us", Kendrick Lamar (2024) [215 points, 32 lists] AVG: 6.718
#2 "Girl, so confusing feat. lorde", Charli XCX & Lorde (2024) [139 points, 22 points] AVG: 6.318

#3 "WAP", Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion (2020) [197 points, 33 lists] AVG: 5.969
#4 "BREAK MY SOUL", Beyoncé (2022) [107 points, 18 lists] AVG: 5.944

#5 "Good Luck, Babe!", Chappell Roan (2024) [177 points, 31 lists] AVG: 5.709
#6 "What Was I Made For?", Billie Eilish (2023) [90 points, 16 lists] AVG: 5.625
#7 "I Know The End", Phoebe Bridgers (2020) [94 points, 17 lists] AVG: 5.529

#8 "Boy's a liar Pt. 2", PinkPantheress & Ice Spice (2023) [123 points, 23 lists] AVG: 5.347

#9 "A&W", Lana Del Rey (2023) [137 points, 26 lists] AVG: 5.269

#10 "Espresso", Sabrina Carpenter (2024) [82 points, 16 lists] AVG: 5.125

 

Note: I opted for an average ranking because the amount of lists considered each year changes throughout the years in study. Year-end lists for 2024 songs are still incoming.

 

[Contessa]

oh charli & lorde don't make that face

[fememeist]

i expect BOAF to overtake glb! and maybe WAP

[Sazare]

Well my former fave is here.

[unclefloprry]

#1 Houdini

#2 Physical

#3 Love Again 

 

[bielneira]

45 minutes ago, Contessa said:

oh charli & lorde don't make that face

They made history

[bielneira]

23 minutes ago, fememeist said:

i expect BOAF to overtake glb! and maybe WAP

Hardly. Its average is 4.066 for now

[fememeist]

2 minutes ago, bielneira said:

Hardly. Its average is 4.066 for now

That's weird bc I thought it was making higher YE placements than GLB!

[Katy.Kat.23]

No Woman's World? 

[Kayseri Mantisi]

Lorde being number two during a hiatus omg  

 

2025 can't come soon enough i can't wait for her fourth masterpiece 

[Alldeezy]

the way boys a liar, A&W & Expresso is the only listenable song in that list      but I'm not surprised 

[Heldenzeit]

#3 "WAP", Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion (2020) [197 points, 33 lists] AVG: 5.969
#4 "BREAK MY SOUL", Beyoncé (2022) [107 points, 18 lists] AVG: 5.944

 

[Kavish]

It must be a bad decade if the best song has an average of only 6.718.

 

[Kayseri Mantisi]

30 minutes ago, Alldeezy said:

the way boys a liar & Expresso is the only listenable song in that list      but I'm not surprised 

we're also not surprised at your disgustingly low music taste but we keep ourselves quiet. sometimes we should think about our takes before sharing them with others.

[Alldeezy]

4 minutes ago, Kayseri Mantisi said:

we're also not surprised at your disgustingly low music taste but we keep ourselves quiet. sometimes we should think about our takes before sharing them with others.

yeah well I rather my boys only  taste than Chappell Roan so I'm okay with that     

 

You can't tell me WAP is better than most music today like be real 

 

 

[flower moon]

pinkpatheress and charli

[Ger]

What is WAP doing there

[Prodigal Self]

1 hour ago, Alldeezy said:

yeah well I rather my boys only  taste than Chappell Roan so I'm okay with that     

 

You can't tell me WAP is better than most music today like be real 

 

 

I can tell you it's better than literally ANYTHING you listen to

[bielneira]

8 hours ago, fememeist said:

That's weird bc I thought it was making higher YE placements than GLB!

It isn't. "Good Luck, Babe"! Is way far ahead.

[bielneira]

Why are people so triggered by "WAP"?

 

[RoseBud]

 

What you are doing here doesn't work.  Looked at year end rankings and I see songs that ended up higher on the actual list than what was done here.    You are penalizing songs with more listings even though they ended up higher on the actual list.  That is why these placings seem so odd.  Common sense tells you this is inaccurate at best. 

 

and yes i am fun at parties !  

[bielneira]

28 minutes ago, RoseBud said:

 

What you are doing here doesn't work.  Looked at year end rankings and I see songs that ended up higher on the actual list than what was done here.    You are penalizing songs with more listings even though they ended up higher on the actual list.  That is why these placings seem so odd.  Common sense tells you this is inaccurate at best. 

 

and yes i am fun at parties !  

Well, "Not Like Us" wasn't penalized, and it has the most lists of them all lol

 

Apart from that, AOTY doesn't consider the same publications every year, and it also considers genre-specific lists, so doing an average is way more fair than just adding points.

[bielneira]

But if you want a list solely by points, here it is:

 

#1 "Not Like Us", Kendrick Lamar (2024) [215 points, 32 lists]
#2 "WAP", Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion (2020) [197 points, 33 lists]

#3 "Good Luck, Babe!", Chappell Roan (2024) [177 points, 31 lists]
#4 "Girl, so confusing feat. lorde", Charli XCX & Lorde (2024) [139 points, 22 lists]

#5 "A&W", Lana Del Rey (2023) [137 points, 26 lists]

#6 "Savage (Remix)", Megan Thee Stallion & Beyoncé [128 points, 28 lists]

#7 "Boy's a liar Pt. 2", PinkPantheress & Ice Spice (2023) [123 points, 23 lists]

#8 "Bad Habits", Steve Lacy [123 points, 26 lists]

#9 "People I've Been Sad", Christine And The Queens [122 points, 27 lists]
#10 "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" [111 points, 28 lists]

 

@RoseBud

Edited 27 minutes ago by bielneira

[RoseBud]

 

I can go into any year using this methodology and find a song ranked lower on the actual chart and show how it will rise above others that are above it.  Doing that across years makes it even worse.  

 

 

[Draper.]

12 minutes ago, bielneira said:

But if you want a list solely by points, here it is:

 

#1 "Not Like Us", Kendrick Lamar (2024) [215 points, 32 lists]
#2 "WAP", Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion (2020) [197 points, 33 lists]

#3 "Good Luck, Babe!", Chappell Roan (2024) [177 points, 31 lists]
#4 "Girl, so confusing feat. lorde", Charli XCX & Lorde (2024) [139 points, 22 lists]

#5 "A&W", Lana Del Rey (2023) [137 points, 26 lists]

#6 "Savage (Remix)", Megan Thee Stallion & Beyoncé [128 points, 28 lists]

#7 "Boy's a liar Pt. 2", PinkPantheress & Ice Spice (2023) [123 points, 23 lists]

#8 "Bad Habits", Steve Lacy [123 points, 26 lists]

#9 "People I've Been Sad", Christine And The Queens [122 points, 27 lists]
#10 "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" [111 points, 28 lists]

 

@RoseBud

Your methodology might be accurate because it makes for a better list than this, thank you.