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Hello lovelies! Can you believe I've been on ATRL for 10 years as of November?! WHAT. And doing Best Ofs for like 7 of those years. It's the most wonderful time of year: Best Of season! I'm so excited to see what you all enjoyed this year, and to see what I missed so that I can find some new amazing music. I'm excited to reveal that I'm building on my sellout era from 2020 and doing not only a full ranked EP and album list like last year, but also a full song ranking this year. God it fucking sucked doing LMAO. Here's the lineup: Worst 10 Albums of 2021 Best 10 EPs of 2021 (with honorable mentions) Best 100 Songs of 2021 (only one song per artist!) Best 50 Albums of 2021 (with honorable mentions) In addition, I will probably also list out my full ordered ranking of EPs and albums all in a chart, similar to last year. Absolutely not doing that for songs tho. We'll be starting with the worst albums, then the best EPs, then songs and albums will run concurrently. See you all tomorrow. Maybe. Hopefully. If not then definitely Sunday. BYEEEEEEE!

Hello! Well, here we go. top 50 albums top 100 songs top 25 EPs Maybe some worst of material too Let's do it! ps. who wants to make me a banner?

Yo, back again ladies and gentlemen. Wouldn't be a Best Of without some of my contribution. But guys i'm getting old so the thrill of seeking out 100s of newly released albums is dwindling down with it. I wasn't really that impressed with the year either but it did have some gems ofc. And with that said; Albums/Songs update coming within the week

The acclaimed music critic is back with his first best of since 2019, beating covid and other personal challanges to bring you this serve. Includes: Fav Albums Fav Songs Fav Videos And More!

50... okay 60 songs, 50 albums, 10 eps... let's get into it

Sup guys. It's that time of year again. Y'all know how it goes at this point. I'll be listing my favorite albums and songs from this year. If I'm being honest, this is going to be a very small list this time around since I didn't get to listen to a ton of albums, and of the albums I did listen to, some didn't have much staying power. Nonetheless, I found some real gems this year and I'd like to share them with you all All that being said, I haven't even begun making my lists and I still have a final next Friday to study for so I won't be officially starting until after next Friday lolz. But I might as well get this thread up and running I'm thinking 15 albums, 15 singles, and 15 album tracks with HM's thrown in for good measure. Stay tuned

um hi welcome to the thread where I count down my top favorite songs/music videos of the year 2021 is truly special imo (b/c I barely survived from covid-19 ) anyways let's review last year's content with top 10 songs of 2010 (correction: oh wow 2020 lol) #10 Fiona Apple - Shameika #9 Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky #8 Billie Eilish - everything i wanted #7 Tate McRae - you broke me first #6 BENEE - Supalonely #5 TONES AND I - DANCE MONKEY #4 Doja Cat - Say So #3 Lady Gaga, BLACKPINK - Sour Candy #2 Dua Lipa - Physical #1 Wallows - Are You Bored Yet? this year there would be a list for top 20 songs who are you expected to chart?

Music that healed my Wounded Soul™ a bit in 2021.

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to my thirteenth YECD. It has been a quieter year than 2020 musically-wise, but still. There have been many good songs and albums throughout this year. In addition to both 2021 CDs, I will continue with the 2010s countdowns. Last year I revealed my 200 favorite albums of the 2010s. This year, I will reveal my Top 200 songs of the 2010s (2010-2019). Yes, I know there is no such a thing as year 0, but just for the sake of keeping up with the musical tradition, we'll keep it like that. This year, my five most listened music generes have been indie rock, dreampop/shoegaze, indie pop, neo-psychedelia and post-punk in that order respectively, so expect them to dominante most of this year's lists. This year will feature the following countdowns: Top 10 EPs of 2021 Top 100 albums of 2021 (+ close calls) Top 100 songs of 2021 (+400 close calls) Top 200 songs of the 2010s Looking forward to checking some of your lists as well. This year's schedule will be presented later today.

JGib's Best of 2021 | Starts 12.11.2021: Music list cutoff eligibility date for Top 360 of 2021: 12.06.2021. Welcome to the 2021 edition of the JGib's Best of lists here on ATRL. Musically, this has been a big year for Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Foo Fighters, Machine Gun Kelly, Glass Animals, Luke Combs, Dua Lipa, Adele, Avril Lavigne, Thomas Rhett, Jason Aldean (both musically and for his open far-right views), and the return of S Club 7 lead singer Jo O'Meara, as they have released songs and/or albums. This year brought the demise of Morgan Wallen's fast-rising Country stardom, although Wallen has partially recovered from that fall from grace. This served as the year that the #FreeBritney movement got a big win, as Britney Spears's nearly 14-year conservatorship at the hands of Jamie Spears ended. COVID and its variants (Delta, Omicron, etc.) still dominated this year in the news worldwide, with vaccination efforts are growing across the world by the day by several companies, such as Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson and Johnson, AstraZeneca, Novavax, and others to get the COVID vaccine shots (and boosters) out to people across the world, with distribution to the nations varying. The COVID death toll continues its rise. As more and people across the world get vaccinated and boosted up, there remains an ugly undercurrent of anti-(COVID) vaccine propaganda being spread to people on social media outlets and news outlets across the political spectrum but is driven mainly by far-right actors featuring resistance to vaccination mandates issued by employers, schools, and local, state, and national jurisdictions, conspiracies about the COVID vaccines (eg. the false "vaccine shedding" conspiracy), and taking unproven "cures" such as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. Even certain vaccinated folks-- mostly right-leaning ones-- are also against vaccine mandates. More and more places are enacting vaccine mandates-- either unilaterally or for certain institutions-- such as Australia, New Zealand, New York City and Los Angeles in the US, Germany, and Austria. While we're still on that note, COVID restrictions were aplenty at the beginning of the year, and depending on where you reside in the world, the non-vaccine mandate COVID restrictions (such as capacity limits, closure of in-person operations, or mask mandates) have either dwindled to almost nothing (many red states in the US, esp. Florida, Texas, and Missouri), kept somewhat intact (most blue states in the US, esp. New York, Illinois, Oregon, California; mainly mask mandates), or almost fully intact (most Canadian provinces, New Zealand, Australia, Germany). Abortion rights in the US are in very serious jeopardy, especially in red states like Texas, Mississippi, and Ohio. Texas passed the highly insane 6-week abortion ban law SB8 with bounty hunting provisions, and a big case at the Supreme Court looms with Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization regarding the 15-week ban in law HB1510, which seeks to overturn both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. A ruling on Dobbs is expected to happen most likely in June 2022, and it's expected that Roe and Casey will be overturned in some form, meaning that at least 25 states-- largely GOP-controlled states-- will have abortion banned or seek to ban it within their borders. Thankfully, in blue states like California, Illinois, and New York, abortion access and reproductive freedom are greatly protected by state law and such states will seek to enact further protections on the right to obtain abortion. If anti-abortion forces are successful in getting Roe and Casey overturned outright or weakened significantly (keeping those two cases as settled law but rendered as though the cases are overturned) in Dobbs, then birth control, contraception, and LGBTQ+ rights (marriage equality and trans rights especially) could be on the chopping block at the court. The QAnon delusion cult's conspiracies show no signs of stopping, despite the alleged "Q" no longer posting to 8kun. The JFK Jr. reinstatement whackos have been camping out at Dealey Plaza in Dallas in the last month-plus. A small group of QAnon conspiracists have turned on Trump, mainly for being too pro-vaccine; however, most Q cultists still worship him and wrongly believe that he is the rightfully elected President that they want to see reinstated (Trump won't be reinstated and he lost the election legitimately). January 6th, 2021 was a dark day in American history, as a large mob of far-right Stop The Steal extremists fueled by conspiracies about a "stolen election" aided by Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 Presidential election outcome stormed the Capitol in DC in a bid to deny the certification of President Joe Biden (D)'s election to the Presidency in order to illegally keep Trump (R) in office past January 20th. After a long delay and 2 objections (AZ, PA), Biden was officially certified as the President by a joint session to ratify the Electoral College's results. The aftermath led to arrests and public shunnings of the insurrection participants and a 2nd impeachment of Donald Trump that he sadly got acquitted for in the Senate for his role in inciting the insurrection. Most GOP politicians and their conservative media allies embrace the Big Lie that Trump "won" the election that he lost fair and square. On the sports side, Arsenal missed out on European qualification for the first time since the 1994-95 season, before the Wenger era. Manchester City won the Premier League. Chelsea won the UEFA Champions League and Villarreal won the Europa League on penalties over Manchester United. This year saw the addition of the third-tier UEFA Europa Conference League. Tampa Bay Lightning repeated as Stanley Cup champions in the COVID-shortened NHL season. The Atlanta Braves won the World Series. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the Super Bowl in the NFL. The Milwaukee Bucks won the NBA Finals. NYCFC won the 2021 MLS Cup on penalties over Portland Timbers. Canada won the women's footy Gold in the COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics (the USWNT medaling Bronze), with Brazil doing the same on the men's side. In my home state of Illinois, longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan (D) resigned after a long run in the State House, chairing the Democratic Party of Illinois, and his long tenure as House Speaker after multiple scandals have emerged in recent years. A new President took over America on January 20th, with Joe Biden (D) defeating the twice-impeached (once impeached at the time of election) incumbent "President" Donald Trump (R) to become the nation's 46th President. Kamala Harris (D) took the reigns as the 49th Vice President and the 1st Black and Asian person to occupy the role and the 1st woman to occupy one of the top 2 positions of power in the US (a woman has never been President of the US, although it came close to happening in 2016). The Democrats kept a majority in the House (albeit a much smaller majority) and flipped control of the Senate via a double-barreled runoff in Georgia (Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff) and the tiebreaking 101st vote via VP Harris. Best of 2021: - 12.11.2021: Top 360 Songs: Wannabes (410-361), Top 360 Songs (360-341) - 12.12.2021: Top 360 Songs (340-321) - 12.13.2021: Top 360 Songs (320-301) - 12.14.2021: Top 360 Songs (300-281) - 12.15.2021: Top 360 Songs (280-261) - 12.16.2021: Top 360 Songs (260-241) - 12.17.2021: Top 360 Songs (240-221) - 12.18.2021: Top 360 Songs (220-201), Final Mediabase Alt Top 30 of 2021 - 12.19.2021: Top 360 Songs (200-181) - 12.20.2021: 2022 Artists to Watch, 25 Worst Songs of 2021 -.12.21.2021: MLB Review - 12.22.2021: NHL Review - 12.23.2021: Soccer/Footy Roundup (MLS [USA/CAN], Premier League [ENG/WAL], Championship [ENG/WAL], La Liga [ESP], Bundesliga [GER], Ligue 1 [FRA], Serie A [ITL], Primeira Liga [POR], Süper Lig [TUR], Eredivisie [NED], Premiership [SCO], Liga MX [MEX], Série A [BRA], Superliga Argentina [ARG], Chinese Super League [CHN], A-League [AUS], 2020 Euros, UEFA Champions League, Copa Libertadores, and UEFA Europa League) - 12.24.2021: Top 125 Best/Worst People of 2021, Christmas Eve, 15Rock in session. - 12.25.2021: No Best Of lists or countdowns, Christmas Day, Mediabase Alt Top 60 of 2021 [60-31] - 12.26.2021: Top 10 TV Shows of 2021, 15Rock returns - 12.27.2021: Recap of Top 360 [360-181], Top 360 Songs (180-161) - 12.28.2021: Top 360 Songs (160-141) - 12.29.2021: Top 360 Songs (140-121) - 12.30.2021: Top 360 Songs (120-101) - 12.31.2021: Top 360 Songs (100-81), Top 150 Rock songs of 2021, New Year's Eve - 01.01.2022: Top 360 Songs (80-61), Mediabase Alt Top 60 of 2021 [30-1], New Year's Day - 01.02.2022: Top 360 Songs (60-41), 15Rock returns. - 01.03.2022: Top 360 Songs (40-21) - 01.04.2022: Recap of Top 360 [180-21] - 01.05.2022: Top 360 Songs (20-1) - 01.06.2022: = - 01.07.2022: 2022 Midterms Preview - 01.08.2022: Top 160 Recurrents/Golds (160-81) - 01.09.2022: Top 160 Recurrents/Golds (80-1), - 01.10.2022: Full Top 160 Recurrents/Golds list, NFL Review - 01.11.2022: Full Top 360 recap, Finale NOTE: Songs must be out prior to 2019 to be eligible for the The Top 160 Recurrents/Golds list. (This disqualifies songs like The Bones, bad guy, Cringe, Trampoline, Doin' Time, and Someone You Loved from inclusion on the list). 2020 Edition: Hashtags: #JGibsBestof2021, #ATRLBestof2021 Top 360 Songs of 2021 Updates: Wannabees | 360-341 | 340-321 | 320-301 | 300-281 | 280-261 | 260-241 | 240-221 | 220-201 | 200-181 | Recap [360-181] | 180-161 | 160-141 | 140-121 | 120-101 | 100-81 | 80-61 | 60-41 | 40-21 | Recap [180-21] | 20-1 | Full Recap Top 160 Recurrents/Golds of 2021 Updates: 160-81 | 80-1 | Full List Others: Bests and Worsts | 25 Worst Songs of 2021 | Top 150 Rock Songs of 2021 | 2022 Artists to Watch | Top 10 TV Shows of 2021 | NFL Review | MLB Review | Soccer/Footy Roundup (England, MLS, Other Domestic, European, International) | NHL Review | Most Played Songs of 2021 | 2022 Midterms Preview My previous years' Best Ofs on ATRL: 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | All of my Best Ofs lists will be at JGib's Best of Lists WordPress page, alongside this site.

TOP 125 SINGLES (125-111) It's that time of the year again. Welcome everyone to my Best of 2021. I'll start with my Top favorite 125 singles of the past year. Billie Eilish - "Your Power" Shakira - "Don't Wait Up" NEIKED, Mae Muller & Polo G - "Better Days" Sebastián Yatra & Myke Towers - "Pareja del Año" Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood - "If I Didn't Love You" Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga - "I Get A Kick Out Of You" Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix - "Heartbreak Anthem" Taylor Swift - "Mr. Perfectly Fine" Tate McRae & Khalid - "working" Lana Del Rey - "Chemtrails Over The Country Club" Becky Hill & Topic - "My Heart Goes (La Di Da)" James Blake - "Say What You Will" Doja Cat - "Woman" Ingrid Andress & Sam Hunt - "Wishful Drinking" Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd - "Moth To A Flame"

Well, hello gorgeous! We're here again, sharing our favorite music of the year! It's been a bit of long wait, but I'm so happy to see ATRLs favorites here! This was a bit of tough year for me, mainly because of work change I have this year and new begginings, but I'm still finding escape in music, which I would like to share with all of you! This is my 6th 'best of' countdown (you can find here 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th (+best of decade) and it's based on my last.fm scrobbling stats along with point system that reflects not only the amount of plays/scrobbles, but also chart performance in my YTT This year it's 150 singles and 50 albums ---schedule for next weeks:---- ---previous winners---

Past ATRL Best Ofs 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 Hey guys! it's that time of year again! you know it! The Best Of! My favourite time of year! and yes it's 100% finish which means! This Year There will be Top 140 singles and Top 30 Albums! and Maybe Artist Of The Year! There Will Be 12 or 14 Parts! so keep a look out! All types of genres! from Pop, Rnb, Metal, Jpop & Kpop and ofcourse Pop Punk! that has made a comeback recently! There will be a short under 2 minute recap videos, so if an update with songs you don't know, I hope you guys quickly check it out, before commenting, since you never know what you may discover! LAST YEARS TOP 10! #01. Machine Gun Kelly – Bloody Valentine #02. Bring Me The Horizon x Yungblud – “Obey” #03. Story Untold – “Fake For You” #04. YUNGBLUD – “Strawberry Lipstick” #05. Machine Gun Kelly – Why Are You Here #06. Kelsea Ballerini x Halsey – The Other Girl” #07. The Pussycat Dolls – “React” #08. Iann Dior x Machine Gun Kelly – “Sick And Tired” #09 Asking Alexandria – “Antisocialist” #10. Lady Gaga x Ariana Grande – “Rain One Me” FULL THING! HERE BEST OF | I N D E X 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2019 (07-18) are around! just not put together yet! BEST OF 2021! HONNABLE MENTIONS! Sistar Ray - Foxes Don't Need Nothing - Aly & AJ 25 - The Pretty Reckless Inferno -Sub Urbane Bella Poach Symphonies Of Your Touch - Aly & AJ Butter - BTS You For Me - Sigala x Rita Ora Feel like **** - Tate McRae Upgrade - Jesse Murph Salt - daine x Oli Sykes Nessa Barrett - if u love me Lonely Army - Sophie Powers So call life - Three Days Grace PA mis muchachas - Christina Aguilera Abcdefu - GAYLE One Right Now - Post Malone x The Weeknd Ellise - Feeling Something Bad Lisa - LALISA Twice - The Feels EVERGROW - Pirate Loren Gray x TELYKAST - Nobody To Love DIAMANTE - Ghost Myself Doja Cat - Get Into It Jojo - Anxiety

Hello! Just not to miss the tradition here's my list of favorite songs from 2021. Last year was pretty awful for music but that allowed me to explore different genres and artists that I didn't had the opportunity to experience before. Hope you find something you like. 1 P!nk - All I Know So Far 2 ADELE - Easy On Me 3 AURORA - Cure for Me 4 Julien Baker - Hardline 5 Wolf Alice - How Can I Make It Ok? 6 ABBA - I Still Have Faith In You 7 Lorde - Mood Ring 8 Dayglow - Close to You 9 SZA - Good Days 10 Beabadobee - Cologne 11 Japanese Breakfast - Be Sweet 12 Lana del Rey - White Dress 13 Sigrid - Mirror 14 Holly Humberstone - The Walls Are Way Too Thin 15 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 16 Lord Huron - Love Me Like You Used To 17 Taylor Swift - Willow 18 Bleachers - Stop Making This Hurt 19 Unknown Mortal Orchestra - That Life 20 King Princess - Pain 21 Beabadobee - Last Day on Earth 22 Arlo Parks - Hope 23 Dayglow - Medicine 24 Spacey Jane - Booster Seat 25 Taylor Swift - All Too Well (Taylor's Version) 26 Jungle - Truth 27 Clairo - Blouse 28 twenty one pilots - Shy Away 29 MUNA & Phoebe Bridgers - Silk Chiffon 30 Lukas Graham - Happy for You 31 Maisie Peters - Psycho 32 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 33 Kero Kero Bonito - The Princess and the Clock 34 Kings of Leon - The Bandit 35 Conan Gray - Overdrive 36 Lorde - Solar Power 37 Japanese Breakfast - Paprika 38 Years & Years & Elton John - It's A Sin 39 Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd - Moth to a Flame 40 Avril Lavigne - Bite Me 41 Lana del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club 42 Romy - Lifetime 43 The Weeknd - Take My Breath 44 Wet - Clementine 45 Faye Webster - A Dream With a Baseball Player 46 Bleachers - Chinatown (feat. Bruce Springsteen) 47 Gwen Stefani - Let Me Reintroduce Myself 48 Magdalena Bay - Chaeri 49 Foxes - Sister Ray 50 Sigrid - Burning Bridges 51 AURORA - Giving In to the Love 52 The War On Drugs & Lucious - I Don't Live Here Anymore 53 Beach Bunny - Cloud 9 (feat. Tegan and Sara) 54 Modest Mouse - Leave A Light On 55 Snail Mail - Ben Franklin 56 CHVRCHES & Robert Smith - How Not To Drown 57 Jungle - Keep Moving 58 Hatchie - This Enchanted 59 Jessie Ware - Remember Where You Are 60 Still Woozy - Kenny 61 The Strokes - The Adults Are Talking 62 Maisie Peters - John Hughes Movie 63 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Shanghai 64 Wallows - I Don't Want to Talk 65 Alfie Templeman - Wait I Lied 66 The Marias - Hush 67 Arlo Parks - Caroline 68 BENEE - Kool 69 Ed Sheeran - Shivers 70 The Lumineers - Brightside 71 Foals - Wake Me Up 72 Conan Gray - Astronomy 73 Lana del Rey - Arcadia 74 Coldplay - Higher Power 75 Mitski - The Only Heartbreaker 76 Orla Gartland - You're Not Special, Babe 77 Holly Humberstone - Scarlett 78 Birdy - Surrender 79 Foushée - Deep End 80 twenty one pilots - Saturday 81 Ed Sheeran - Visiting Hours 82 Foo Fighters - Shame Shame 83 The Knocks - All About You (feat. Foster the People) 84 John Mayer - Last Train Home 85 Alec Benjamin - The Way You Felt 86 Alfie Templeman - Forever Isn't Long Enough 87 Winona Oak - Nobody Loves Me 88 LP - How Low Can You Go 89 Japanese Breakfast - Savage Good Boy 90 Jessie Ware - Please 91 Sons of the East - You Might Think 92 Clairo - Amoeba 93 Billie Eilish - Your Power 94 Indochine & Christine and the Queens - 3SEX 95 Dreamer Boy - Don't Be A Fool 96 Gabriels - Blame 97 Faye Webster - Cheers 98 Zella Day - Golden 99 Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen - Like I Used To 100 Dijon - The Dress 101 Mitski - Working for the Knife 102 Alessia Cara - Shapeshifter 103 The Million - Last Call 104 Of Monsters and Men - Phantom 105 Sia & David Guetta - Floating Through Space 106 Foxes - Kathleen 107 Bow Anderson - Island 108 LP - One Last Time 109 Sam Smith - Kids Again 110 Ruel - Distance 111 Taylor Swift - I Bet You Think About Me (feat. Chris Stapleton) 112 Jake Bugg - Lost 113 Caroline Polachek - Bunny Is a Rider 114 Sleater Kinney - Worry With You 115 Metronomy - It's Good To Be Back 116 Hippocampus - Sx Tape 117 Kylie Minogue - Magic 118 Finn Askew - Roses 119 girl in red - Serotonin 120 Lizzy McAlphine & Jacob Collier - Erase Me 121 The Marias - Calling U Back 122 Kylie Minogue & Years & Years - A Second to Midnight 123 Louane - Game Girl 124 ABBA - Little Things 125 Clean Bandit - Drive

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. The eligibility period for my Best Of list are things released between October 30, 2020 – October 28, 2021. Previous Best Of Lists: 2019 • 2020

hi friends, we've made it ? since once again I don't have the mental capacity to update the thread consistently, I will be dumping both my album and song lists ...whenever they are ready ? (most likely in two or three weeks from now). keeping it short and sweet, but before that, I'm gonna have to make up my mind and get everything ready. in the meantime, I will be lurking in your threads (and leaving some comments eventually) ? cheers!

Previous Ceremonies | 2011 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2010s • 2020 half-queer here for another year! nothing new, nothing changed just strap in & deal with it hehe be prepared for more alt/indie/basic/flop pop with some other stuff in the mix - and for the first time ever -- K-POP?!?! (but not much so don't get too excited... or afraid?) REM-EMBERING 2021 Pre-Show: DISCOVERIES Best Films (Pre-2021) • Best Albums (Pre-2021) • Best Songs (Pre-2021) Main Show: ENTERTAINMENT Best Films: Top 25+ <This one is gonna be ugly again, sorry> MCU Series Ranking <New category!> MUSIC Best Albums: Top 50+ <This list is... not one of my strongest> Best EPs: Top 30+ Best Singles: More than ever... 175+? Best Non-Singles: Top 100? Best Collabs: Top 25? Best Opening Tracks: Top 25? Best Closing Tracks: Top 25? Most Played: Albums Most Played: Songs Most Played: Artists Most Played: Recurrents MINI CATEGORIES Best YouTuber • Best Twitch Streamer Best Album Cover • Worst Album Cover Biggest Grower (Song + Album) • Best Soundtrack Song Best Music Video • Best Song Transition <New category!> Probably not doing this year: Best+Worst Single Covers & Best Music Video? Yearly reminder: Your Top Ten still exists! If you enjoy sharing your taste in Best Of every year, you should consider doing it every week/month in Your Top Ten! The section is severely underfunded and we're running out of basic necessities, so this is a real chance to make a change in the world. If you need an example of what a YTT chart looks like, here's my latest update It'll also give you a peek at what you'll see in this thread.

Welcome to ATRL's Best of 2021! It's the most wonderful time of the year, and it's time for you to give us your best. You are invited to share all of the music, entertainment, and moments that defined your year. Guidelines for Best of 2021: 1. It's your show You get one thread per year to share your stuff. No one else gets to vote on your lists and countdowns, your thread is all about you. 2. Start with an intro Use your first post to tell us what you're going to do. Will you list your top songs, singles, videos, albums, artists, concerts, TV shows, movies, video games, whatever? It's all up to you. Let us know first, and get into the actual list later. 3. Don't post all at once You want to post your countdown(s) in installments. For example, if you have one list of 50 songs, post it in daily blocks of 5 or so. The suspense makes things interesting. 4. Use words and pictures Your thread will be more fun to follow if you put some effort into it. Describe every item on your list with at least a full sentence. If you add pictures and graphics, that's even better. 5. Actively participate We encourage you to support each other. Reply with your comments to let them know you're reading. If someone is taking the time to read your thread, try and return the favor. Be supportive and have fun. 6. Limited time only This year, the Best of 2021 forum will be open until January 10th, 20212 Finish up before then! If you need inspiration, take a look at ATRL's Best of 2020!

Hello everyone, welcome to witness1.3's 2021 year-end countdown. Although I am not very active on ATRL, I love making my own music charts every week. I love sharing them at the end of the year and looking at everyone's too! I will be listing my Top 100 singles, Top 50 albums, and Top 50 artists of 2021. Here is how they are calculated and their respective countdowns: Lastly, here is the tentative schedule I plan to release the charts. I hope to actually finish this (or they extend Best Of for a couple weeks) because I will be traveling to go to the opening night of PLAY

I wasn't originally going to do one of these but am kinda left with no choice after reviewing some of these DISASTROUS lists R E C A P Best Songs Worst Songs Best Albums Worst Albums Best Films Best Television Best(ie) Members

Previous editions: 2017 2018 2019 2020 2010-2019 Tracking period: December 1, 2020 - December 10, 2021 Hope to see you here!

TOP SONGS (MY FAVORITE SONGS OF 2021, ELIGIBILITY DEC 1, 2020 - NOV 30, 2021) 40-31 30-21 20-11 10-6 5-1 ALBUMS (FAVORITE ALBUMS, NON-COUNTDOWN) TOP ARTISTS (FAVORITE ARTISTS OF THE YEAR, REGARDLESS OF NEW MATERIAL) 10-6 5-1 TIMEHOP (FAVORITE FLASHBACK SONGS OF THE YEAR. ELIGIBILITY 2019 & EARLIER) 30-21 20-11 10-6 5-1 OBSESSED (BASICALLY A COMBINATION OF TOP SONGS & TOP TIMEHOP) 30-21 20-11 10-6 5-1 LINKS SONGS OF THE YEAR PLAYLIST Thank You!!

Here we are. I think I'll only have the capacity to go through the Top 100 Songs of 2021. Zero albums have had a hold on me but I generally don't have beef with this years in music. Those who follow, know that my taste changes all the time so you just won't know what will make the cut but I will say the indie rock girls, rap girls and R&B artists really carried this year. This may be my final countdown as I've been doing this for 12 years and getting burned out from this, so I may even push through to do a Best of the Best of countdown of my favorites from the last 11 years. I'm sure my taste and feelings on many songs along with new discoveries after my CDs would shift things up. The Lists: Previous Years #1s: 2009: Lady Gaga, "Poker Face" · 2010: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, "Round and Round" · 2011: Beyonce, “Countdown” · 2012: Miguel, “Adorn” · 2013: Arcade Fire, “Reflektor” · 2014: FKA Twigs, “Two Weeks” · 2015: Tame Impala, "Let It Happen" · 2016: The 1975, “Somebody Else” · 2017: Sampha, “Plastic 100’C” · 2018: Ravyn Lenae, “Sticky” · 2019: FKA Twigs, “Cellophane” · 2020: Chloe x Halle, “Forgive Me” · Best of 2021: Top 100 Songs

K.D.S. Best Of 2021 Countdown I am apparently stupid, because i only saw now that there already is a Best Of 2021 section. That's what you can expect in the following weeks: Top 100 Songs of 2021 When i get into the Top 50 of the songs: Top 50 Albums of 2021 Top 50 Artists of 2021 In January 2022: Best TV Shows of 2021 Best Movies of 2021 (seperate lists for Cinema and Streaming/Physical Media) RECAP Top 100 Songs of 2021 Top 50 Albums of 2021 Top 50 Artists of 2021 Best TV Shows of 2021 Best Movies of 2021 (Cinema) Best Movies of 2021 (Streaming & Physical Media)