Metacritic Aggregate: 2022 New Music: World

Notes

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Rosalia: Motomami (Columbia) {17}: AM:*, BPM:*, Cl:*, Ev:*, I:*, LBF:*, NME:*, O:*, Pf:*, RS:*, Sl:*, T:*, YF:* -- A:(87/14), TH:A-
  2. Ibibio Sound Machine: Electricity (Merge) {9}: AD:*, AM:*, Cl:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, Gw:*, LW:*, O:*, U:* -- A:(80/11)
  3. Black Flower: Magma (Sdban Ultra) {7}: AM:*, LW:*, Mj:*, U:* -- A:(80/4), TH:***
  4. Rokia Kone & Jacknife Lee: Bamanan (Real World) {7}: AD:*, Mj:*, PM:*, PO:* -- A:(85/4), TH:***
  5. Stromae: Multitude (Mosaert) {7}: Cl:*, Ev:*, LBF:*, NME:*, Pf:* -- A:(82/5), TH:**
  6. Etran de L'Air: Agadez (Sahel Sounds) {6}: PO:*; scw:* -- TH:A-
  7. Gonora Sounds: Hard Times Never Kill (The Vital Record) {6}: PO:*; scw:* -- TH:A-
  8. Imarhan: Aboogi (City Slang) {6}: LQ:*, Mj:*, PM:*, U:* -- A:(82/5), TH:**
  9. Koffee: Gifted (RCA) {6}: Cl:*, Ev:*, G:*, NME:*, RS:*, T:* -- A:(77/7)
  10. Fulu Miziki: Ngbaka EP (Moshi Moshi -EP) {5}: PO:* -- TH:A-
  11. Combo Chimbita: Ire (Anti-) {2}: -- AM:*, U:*
  12. Teno Afrika: Where You Are (Awesome Tapes From Africa) {1}: AM:* -- A:(76/2)
  13. Horace Andy: Midnight Rocker (On-U Sound) {1}: Mj:* -- A:(75/2)
  14. Apink: Horn (IST) {1}: NME:* -- A:(80/1)
  15. Faoumata Diawara: Maliba (-EP) {1}: T:* -- A:(80/1)
  16. (G)I-Dle: I Never Die (Cube Entertainment) {1}: NME:* -- A:(80/1)
  17. Solar: Face (RBW -EP) {1}: NME:* -- A:(80/1)
  18. Stayc: Young-Luv.Com (High Up Entertainment -EP) {1}: NME:* -- A:(80/1)
  19. Stray Kids: Oddinary (JYP -EP) {1}: NME:* -- A:(80/1)
  20. Taeyeon: Invu (SM Entertainment) {1}: NME:* -- A:(100/1)
  21. Viviz: Beam of Prism (Big Planet Made -EP) {1}: NME:* -- A:(80/1)
  22. Whee In: Whee (The L1ve -EP) {1}: NME:* -- A:(80/1)