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$$ – 2000 (Rap)
Little Simz – NO THANK YOU (Rap)
Lupe Fiasco – Drill Music in Zion (Rap)
Metro Boomin – HEROES & VILLAINS (Rap)
Ransom – No Rest For The Wicked (Rap)
Vince Staples – RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART (Rap)
Taylor Swift – Midnights (3am Edition) (Pop)
Toby Ganger – Free Machine (Rap / Pop)
The Weeknd – Dawn FM (Pop)
Westside Boogie – MORE BLACK SUPERHEROES (Rap)
Top 25 Most Played Albums of 2022
- Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
- Saba – Few Good Things
- JID – The Forever Story
- Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyez See Your Future
- Big K.R.I.T. – Digital Roses Don’t Die
- The Weeknd – Dawn FM
- Taylor Swift – Midnights (3am Edition)
- Vince Staples – RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART
- SZA – SOS
- EARTHGANG – GHETTO GODS
- Westside Boogie – MORE BLACK SUPERHEROES
- Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
- Nas – King’s Disease III
- Sir – Chasing Summer
- Che Noir – Food For Thought
- Joey Bada$$ – 2000
- Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
- Don Michael Jr – This is not music.
- Benny the Butcher – Tana Talk 4
- Conway the Machine – God Don’t Make Mistakes
- FKA twigs – CAPRISONGS
- Cordae – From a Birds Eye View
- Ransom – No Rest For The Wicked
- Logic – Vinyl Days
- Future – I NEVER LIKED YOU
The 50 Most Played Artists of 2022
- Kendrick Lamar
- Mariah Carey
- Nas
- Kanye West
- Che Noir
- Saba
- Denzel Curry
- The Weeknd
- JID
- Big K.R.I.T.
- Conway the Machine
- Ransom
- Taylor Swift
- SZA
- Vince Staples
- The Roots
- Sir
- Westside Boogie
- EARTHGANG
- Joey Bada$$
- Lil Wayne
- Little Simz
- Benny the Butcher
- Cordae
- Don Michael Jr
- Dvsn
- James Blake
- Pusha T
- FKA twigs
- Adele
- Frank Ocean
- Logic
- Ludacris
- Brent Faiyaz
- Future
- Eminem
- Black Thought
- Marian Hill
- 38 Spesh
- Westside Gunn
- Elzhi
- KXNG Crooked & Joel Ortiz
- Musiq Soulchild
- Boldy James
- Cormega
- Rome Streetz
- Russ
- Freddie Gibbs
- Frankie Cosmos
- Lupe Fiasco
Top 50 Most Played Artists of All-Time (since like late summer 2020) [last year’s ranking in brackets]
- Nas [3]
- Kendrick Lamar [44]
- Kanye West [7]
- Benny the Bucher [2]
- Eminem [1]
- Mariah Carey [unranked]
- Conway the Machine [5]
- Black Thought / The Roots [12]
- JID / Spillage Village [unranked]
- Che Noir [14]
- J. Cole [4]
- Lil Wayne [6]
- Earthgang / Spillage Village [27]
- The Weeknd [42]
- Big K.R.I.T. [36]
- Mc Eiht [8]
- Ransom [32]
- Boldy James [15]
- Westside Gunn [18]
- Vince Staples [40]
- Toby Ganger [17]
- 38 Spesh [26]
- Scarface [9]
- SZA [unranked]
- Outkast / Big Boi [22]
- Isaiah Rashad [10]
- Denzel Curry [unranked]
- Saba [unranked]
- DMX [11]
- Drake [43]
- Elzhi [38]
- Taylor Swift [unranked]
- Logic [unranked]
- Sa-Roc [13]
- Lana Del Rey [16]
- Kool G Rap [20]
- Little Simz [unranked]
- Adele [unranked]
- Amine [21]
- Freddie Gibbs [49]
- Dave [19]
- Cordae [unranked]
- Westside Boogie [unranked]
- Mac Miller [28]
- Jadakiss / The Lox [23]
- Jessie Ware [37]
- MF Doom [25]
- Dua Lipa [24]
- Future [unranked]
- Joey Bada$$ [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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