Year-End List Aggregate: Beyoncé's 'RENAISSANCE' is the Album of the Year
Year-end list aggregation website albumoftheyear.org analyzed the placement of 2022 albums on 76 year-end lists, and it's official: RENAISSANCE, the glittering seventh studio album by Beyoncé, is the album of the year with a total of 318 points. (This time last year, Little Simz topped the list with 232 points for Sometimes I Might Be Introvert.)
Point System:
• 1st Place = 10 points
• 2nd Place = 8 points
• 3rd Place = 6 points
• Top 10 = 5 points
• Top 25 = 3 points
• Other = 1 point
2. ROSALÍA, MOTOMAMI (212 points)
3. Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (194 points)
4. Wet Leg, Wet Leg (189 points)
5. Big Thief, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (159 points)
#6-50 and lists analyzed at the source
What's your album of the year?