Tra riviste di settore e altre che lo sono molto meno (decisamente molto meno), ecco di seguito un resoconto delle classifiche di fine anno più significative stilate fuori dai confini dell’Italia. Quasi tutte le classifiche in questione nella loro pubblicazione originale vanno ben oltre la Top 10 da noi riportata, ma il quadro che viene fuori da queste prime 10 posizioni per ciascuna testata è piuttosto significativo, con la costante Kendrick Lamar a farla da padrona.
ROLLING STONE (AMERICA)
01 – Kendrick Lamar, “To Pimp A Butterfly”
02 – Adele, “25”
03 – Drake, “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late”
04 – D’Angelo And The Vanguard, “Black Messiah”
05 – The Weeknd, “Beauty Behind The Madness”
06 – Courtney Barnett, “Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit”
07 – Jason Isbell, “Something More Than Free”
08 – AA.VV., “Hamilton: Original Broadway Soundtrack”
09 – The Arcs, “Yours, Dreamily,”
10 – Blur, “The Magic Whip”
SPIN
01 – Kendrick Lamar, “To Pimp A Butterfly”
02 – Courtney Barnett, “Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit”
03 – Jamie xx, “In Colour”
04 – Tame Impala, “Currents”
05 – Vince Staples, “Summertime ‘06”
06 – Waxahatchee, “Ivy Tripp”
07 – Deerhunter, “Fading Frontier”
08 – Kacey Musgraves, “Pageant Material”
09 – Shamir, “Ratchet”
10 – Alex G, “Beach Music
TIME
01 – Miguel, “Wildheart”
02 – Sleater-Kinney, “No Cities To Love”
03 – Kendrick Lamar, “To Pimp A Butterfly”
04 – Carly Rae Jepsen, “E•MO•TION”
05 – Girl Band, “Holding Hands With Jamie”
06 – Kacey Musgraves, “Pageant Material”
07 – Courtney Barnett, “Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit”
08 – Vijay Iyer Trio, “Break Stuff”
09 – Jamie xx, “In Colour”
10 – Ashley Monroe, “The Blade”
THE GUARDIAN
01 – Kendrick Lamar, “To Pimp A Butterfly”
02 – Sufjan Stevens, “Carrie & Lowell”
03 – Father John Misty, “I Love You, Honeybear”
04 – Julia Holter, “Have You In My Wilderness”
05 – Björk, “Vulnicura”
06 – Sleater-Kinney, “No Cities To Love”
07 – Courtney Barnett, “Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit”
08 – Kamasi Washington, “The Epic”
09 – Young Fathers, “White Men Are Black Men Too”
10 – Joanna Newsom, “Divers”
THE QUIETUS
01 – Jlin, “Dark Energy”
02 – Stara Rzeka, “Zamknęły Się Oczy Ziemi”
03 – Mbongwana Star, “From Kinshasa”
04 – Carter Tutti Void, “f(x)”
05 – Matana Roberts, “Coin Coin Chapter Three”
06 – East India Youth, “Culture Of Volume”
07 – EEK featuring Islam Chipsy, “Kahraba”
08 – Oneohtrix Point Never, “Garden Of Delete”
09 – New Order, “Music Complete”
10 – Holly Herndon, “Platform”
NME
01 – Grimes, “Art Angels”
02 – Kendrick Lamar, “To Pimp A Butterfly”
03 – Jamie xx, “In Colour”
04 – Wolf Alice, “My Love Is Cool”
05 – Tame Impala, “Currents”
06 – Chvrches, “Every Open Eye”
07 – Lana Del Rey, “Honeymoon”
08 – Foals, “What Went Down”
09 – The Maccabees, “Marks To Prove It”
10 – Unknown Mortal Orchestra, “Multi-Love”
NOISEY
01 – Kendrick Lamar, “To Pimp A Butterfly”
02 – Future, “DS2”
03 – Carly Rae Jepsen, “E•MO•TION”
04 – Jamie xx, “In Colour”
05 – Grimes, “Art Angels”
06 – JME, “Integrity>”
07 – G.L.O.S.S., “S/T”
08 – Hop Along, “Painted Shut”
09 – Misþyrming, “Söngvar Elds Og Óreiðu”
10 – Miguel, “Wildheart”
COSMOPOLITAN
01 – Carly Rae Jepsen, “E•MO•TION”
02 – Grimes, “Art Angels”
03 – Kendrick Lamar, “To Pimp A Butterfly”
04 – Lana Del Rey, “Honeymoon”
05 – Joanna Newsom, “Divers”
06 – Janet Jackson, “Unbreakable”
07 – Bully, “Feels Like”
08 – Björk, “Vulnicura”
09 – Sleater-Kinney, “No Cities To Love”
10 – Justin Bieber, “Purpose”
BILLBOARD
01 – Kendrick Lamar, “To Pimp A Butterfly”
02 – AA.VV., “Hamilton: Original Broadway Soundtrack”
03 – Grimes, “Art Angels”
04 – Vince Staples, “Summertime ‘06”
05 – Adele, “25”
06 – Jamie xx, “In Colour”
07 – Alabama Shakes, “Sound And Color”
08 – D’Angelo And The Vanguard, “Black Messiah”
09 – Father John Misty, “I Love You, Honeybear”
10 – Jason Isbell, “Something More Than Free”
MOJO
01 – Julia Holter, “Have You In My Wilderness”
02 – Kendrick Lamar, “To Pimp A Butterfly”
03 – New Order, “Music Complete”
04 – Tame Impala, “Currents”
05 – Jim O’Rourke, “Simple Songs”
06 – Bill Ryder-Jones, “West Kirby County Primary”
07 – Songhoy Blues, “Music In Exile”
08 – Mbongwana Star, “From Kinshasa”
09 – Sleaford Mods, “Key Markets”
10 – Sufjan Stevens, “Carrie & Lowell”
CLASH
01 – Kendrick Lamar, “To Pimp A Butterfly”
02 – Tame Impala, “Currents”
03 – Grimes, “Art Angels”
04 – Björk, “Vulnicura”
05 – Sufjan Stevens, “Carrie & Lowell”
06 – Darkstar, “Foam Island”
07 – Sleater-Kinney, “No Cities To Love”
08 – Father John Misty, “I Love You, Honeybear”
09 – Real Lies, “Real Life”
10 – Flako, “Natureboy”
PITCHFORK
01 – Kendrick Lamar, “To Pimp A Butterfly”
02 – Jamie xx, “In Colour”
03 – Grimes, “Art Angels”
04 – Vince Staples, “Summertime ’06”
05 – Tame Impala, “Currents”
06 – Sufjan Stevens, “Carrie & Lowell”
07 – D’Angelo And The Vanguard, “Black Messiah”
08 – Miguel, “Wildheart”
09 – Courtney Barnett, “Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit”
10 – Kamasi Washington, “The Epic”
CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND
01 – Kendrick Lamar, “To Pimp A Butterfly”
02 – Sufjan Stevens, “Carrie & Lowell”
03 – Grimes, “Art Angels”
04 – Oneohtrix Point Never, “Garden Of Delete”
05 – Tame Impala, “Currents”
06 – Jamie xx, “In Colour”
07 – D’Angelo And The Vanguard, “Black Messiah”
08 – Sleater-Kinney, “No Cities To Love”
09 – Titus Andronicus, “The Most Lamentable Tragedy”
10 – Vince Staples, “Summertime ’06”
STEREOGUM
01 – Grimes, “Art Angels”
02 – Kendrick Lamar, “To Pimp A Butterfly”
03 – Carly Rae Jepsen, “E•MO•TION”
04 – Vince Staples, “Summertime ’06”
05 – Sufjan Stevens, “Carrie & Lowell”
06 – Courtney Barnett, “Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit”
07 – Hop Along, “Painted Shut”
08 – Colleen Green, “I Want To Grow Up”
09 – Jim O’Rourke, “Simple Songs”
10 – Deafheaven, “New Bermuda”
FACT
01 – Dawn Richard, “Blackheart”
02 – Oneohtrix Point Never, “Garden Of Delete”
03 – Kendrick Lamar, “To Pimp A Butterfly”
04 – Arca, “Mutant”
05 – Grimes, “Art Angels”
06 – Future, “56 Nights” / “DS2”
07 – Jlin, “Dark Energy”
08 – Kelela, “Hallucinogen”
09 – DJ Richard, “Grind”
10 – Eartheater, “RIP Chrysalis”
