Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

by  Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast

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  1. Billboard: 25 Best Albums of 2015
  2. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  3. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2015
  4. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  5. Pretty Much Amazing: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  6. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
  7. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.