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ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

Top 10 Albums of 2022 (in alphabetical order)

1. Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (Rap)
2. JID – The Forever Story (Rap)
3. Saba – Few Good Things (Rap)
4. Conway the Machine – God Don’t Make Mistakes (Rap)
5. Black Thought & Danger Mouse – Cheat Codes (Rap)
6. Don Michael Jr – This is not music (Rap)
7. Pusha T – It’s Almost Dry (Rap)
8. Nas – King’s Disease III (Rap)
9. Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyez See Your Future (Rap)
10. SZA – SOS (R&B / Pop / Soul)

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order)

38 Spesh – Beyond Belief (Rap)
Big K.R.I.T. – Digital Roses Don’t Die (Rap)
Cal Scruby – CASINO (Rap)
Che Noir – Food For Thought (Rap)
Cormega – The Realness II (Rap)
Freddie Gibbs – $oul $old $eparately (Rap)
Joey Bada$$ – 2000 (Rap)
Little Simz – NO THANK YOU (Rap)
Lupe Fiasco – Drill Music in Zion (Rap)
Metro Boomin – HEROES & VILLAINS (Rap)
Ransom – No Rest For The Wicked (Rap)
Vince Staples – RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART (Rap)
Taylor Swift – Midnights (3am Edition) (Pop)
Toby Ganger – Free Machine (Rap / Pop)
The Weeknd – Dawn FM (Pop)
Westside Boogie – MORE BLACK SUPERHEROES (Rap)

Top 25 Most Played Albums of 2022

1. Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
2. Saba – Few Good Things
3. JID – The Forever Story
4. Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyez See Your Future
5. Big K.R.I.T. – Digital Roses Don’t Die
6. The Weeknd – Dawn FM
7. Taylor Swift – Midnights (3am Edition)
8. Vince Staples – RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART
9. SZA – SOS
10. EARTHGANG – GHETTO GODS
11. Westside Boogie – MORE BLACK SUPERHEROES
12. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
13. Nas – King’s Disease III
14. Sir – Chasing Summer
15. Che Noir – Food For Thought
16. Joey Bada$$ – 2000
17. Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
18. Don Michael Jr – This is not music.
19. Benny the Butcher – Tana Talk 4
20. Conway the Machine – God Don’t Make Mistakes
21. FKA twigs – CAPRISONGS
22. Cordae – From a Birds Eye View
23. Ransom – No Rest For The Wicked
24. Logic – Vinyl Days
25. Future – I NEVER LIKED YOU

The 50 Most Played Artists of 2022

1. Kendrick Lamar
2. Mariah Carey
3. Nas
4. Kanye West
5. Che Noir
6. Saba
7. Denzel Curry
8. The Weeknd
9. JID
10. Big K.R.I.T.
11. Conway the Machine
12. Ransom
13. Taylor Swift
14. SZA
15. Vince Staples
16. The Roots
17. Sir
18. Westside Boogie
19. EARTHGANG
20. Joey Bada$$
21. Lil Wayne
22. Little Simz
23. Benny the Butcher
24. Cordae
25. Don Michael Jr
26. Dvsn
27. James Blake
28. Pusha T
29. FKA twigs
30. Adele
31. Frank Ocean
32. Logic
33. Ludacris
34. Brent Faiyaz
35. Future
36. Eminem
37. Black Thought
38. Marian Hill
39. 38 Spesh
40. Westside Gunn
41. Elzhi
42. KXNG Crooked & Joel Ortiz
43. Musiq Soulchild
44. Boldy James
45. Cormega
46. Rome Streetz
47. Russ
48. Freddie Gibbs
49. Frankie Cosmos
50. Lupe Fiasco

Top 50 Most Played Artists of All-Time (since like late summer 2020) [last year’s ranking in brackets]

1. Nas [3]
2. Kendrick Lamar [44]
3. Kanye West [7]
4. Benny the Bucher [2]
5. Eminem [1]
6. Mariah Carey [unranked]
7. Conway the Machine [5]
8. Black Thought / The Roots [12]
9. JID / Spillage Village [unranked]
10. Che Noir [14]
11. J. Cole [4]
12. Lil Wayne [6]
13. Earthgang / Spillage Village [27]
14. The Weeknd [42]
15. Big K.R.I.T. [36]
16. Mc Eiht [8]
17. Ransom [32]
18. Boldy James [15]
19. Westside Gunn [18]
20. Vince Staples [40]
21. Toby Ganger [17]
22. 38 Spesh [26]
23. Scarface [9]
24. SZA [unranked]
25. Outkast / Big Boi [22]
26. Isaiah Rashad [10]
27. Denzel Curry [unranked]
28. Saba [unranked]
29. DMX [11]
30. Drake [43]
31. Elzhi [38]
32. Taylor Swift [unranked]
33. Logic [unranked]
34. Sa-Roc [13]
35. Lana Del Rey [16]
36. Kool G Rap [20]
37. Little Simz [unranked]
38. Adele [unranked]
39. Amine [21]
40. Freddie Gibbs [49]
41. Dave [19]
42. Cordae [unranked]
43. Westside Boogie [unranked]
44. Mac Miller [28]
45. Jadakiss / The Lox [23]
46. Jessie Ware [37]
47. MF Doom [25]
48. Dua Lipa [24]
49. Future [unranked]
50. Joey Bada$$ [unranked]

Dropped Out: Dueling Experts / Recognize Ali [29], Ty Dolla $ign [30], The Notorious B.I.G. [31], Tyrone’s Jacket [33], KOTA the Friend [34], Berner [35], Busta Rhymes [39], Kid Cudi [41], Pop Smoke [45], Blu [46], Flip Huston [47], Mach-Hommy [48], and Brother Ali [50]

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