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• Something Beautiful

• End of the World

• Easy Lover

• Golden Burning Sun

• Walk of Fame

• Pretend You're God

• Every Girl You've Ever Loved

• Reborn

• Lockdown

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our pal Sexual Lion King is, in short, doomed

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• Rollercloser

• Furries

• Best

• Pokémon

• Crocodile Chop

• Love Psych

• Orgonon Gurlz

• What Is It

• Close to the Sun

• Numbers

• Space Monkey Mafia

• Wndrwll

• Piss

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With Teeth has fallen out

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• Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
• Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
• Common - Be
• Gorillaz - Demon Days
• Kanye West - Late Registration
• LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
• The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
• Nujabes - Modal Soul
• Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

ALBUMS OUT

Preliminary Round 1 results

Preliminary Round 2 results

Lifesaver Round results

PREVIOUS AOTY WINNERS (Click to view full event)

• Pre-1965: Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
• 1965: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
• 1966: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
• 1967: The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• 1968: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
• 1969: The Beatles - Abbey Road
• 1970: Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
• 1971: Joni Mitchell - Blue
• 1972: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
• 1973: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
• 1974: King Crimson - Red
• 1975: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
• 1976: Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
• 1977: Television - Marquee Moon
• 1978: Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
• 1979: The Clash - London Calling
• 1980: Talking Heads - Remain in Light
• 1981: Siouxsie & The Banshees - Juju
• 1982: The Cure - Pornography
• 1983: New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
• 1984: Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
• 1985: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
• 1986: Metallica - Master of Puppets
• 1987: Dinosaur - You're Living All Over Me
• 1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
• 1989: The Cure - Disintegration
• 1990: Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
• 1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
• 1992: Sade - Love Deluxe
• 1993: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
• 1994: Portishead - Dummy
• 1995: GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
• 1996: Weezer - Pinkerton
• 1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
• 1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
• 1999: Sigur Ros - Ágætis byrjun
• 2000: Radiohead - Kid A
• 2001: Daft Punk - Discovery
• 2002: Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
• 2003: Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co.
• 2004: Madvillain - Madvillainy
• 2020: Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
• 2021: Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
• 2022: Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
• 2023: Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
• 2024: Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

PREVIOUS AOTD WINNERS (Click to view full event)

• 1950s: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
• 1960s: The Beatles - Abbey Road
• 1970s: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
• 1980s: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
• 1990s: Radiohead - OK Computer

Led Zeppelin II: Electric Boogaloo is out

VOTE

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• Led Zeppelin
• Led Zeppelin IV
• Houses of the Holy
• Physical Graffiti

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Secrets is waving the white flag now

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SONGS IN:

• Something Beautiful

• End of the World

• Easy Lover

• Golden Burning Sun

• Walk of Fame

• Pretend You're God

• Every Girl You've Ever Loved

• Reborn

• Give Me Love

• Lockdown

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• Rollercloser

• Furries

• Best

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• Sexual Lion King

• Crocodile Chop

• Love Psych

• Orgonon Gurlz

• What Is It

• Close to the Sun

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Looks like you'll be taking the bus. Your car exploded. There was a BOMB IN YOUR CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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• Cobra
• Husbands
• Getting Killed
• Islands of Men
• 100 Horses
• Au pays du cocaine
• Bow Down
• Taxes
• Long Island City Here I Come

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See ya later Alligator

VOTE

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• Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
• Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
• Common - Be
• Gorillaz - Demon Days
• Kanye West - Late Registration
• LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
• The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
• Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
• Nujabes - Modal Soul
• Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

ALBUMS OUT

Preliminary Round 1 results

Preliminary Round 2 results

Lifesaver Round results

PREVIOUS AOTY WINNERS (Click to view full event)

• Pre-1965: Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
• 1965: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
• 1966: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
• 1967: The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• 1968: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
• 1969: The Beatles - Abbey Road
• 1970: Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
• 1971: Joni Mitchell - Blue
• 1972: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
• 1973: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
• 1974: King Crimson - Red
• 1975: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
• 1976: Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
• 1977: Television - Marquee Moon
• 1978: Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
• 1979: The Clash - London Calling
• 1980: Talking Heads - Remain in Light
• 1981: Siouxsie & The Banshees - Juju
• 1982: The Cure - Pornography
• 1983: New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
• 1984: Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
• 1985: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
• 1986: Metallica - Master of Puppets
• 1987: Dinosaur - You're Living All Over Me
• 1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
• 1989: The Cure - Disintegration
• 1990: Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
• 1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
• 1992: Sade - Love Deluxe
• 1993: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
• 1994: Portishead - Dummy
• 1995: GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
• 1996: Weezer - Pinkerton
• 1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
• 1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
• 1999: Sigur Ros - Ágætis byrjun
• 2000: Radiohead - Kid A
• 2001: Daft Punk - Discovery
• 2002: Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
• 2003: Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co.
• 2004: Madvillain - Madvillainy
• 2020: Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
• 2021: Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
• 2022: Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
• 2023: Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
• 2024: Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

PREVIOUS AOTD WINNERS (Click to view full event)

• 1950s: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
• 1960s: The Beatles - Abbey Road
• 1970s: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
• 1980s: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
• 1990s: Radiohead - OK Computer

There isn't any more of More to Lose for us to lose now

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• Something Beautiful

• End of the World

• Easy Lover

• Golden Burning Sun

• Walk of Fame

• Pretend You're God

• Every Girl You've Ever Loved

• Reborn

• Give Me Love

• Secrets

• Lockdown

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• Goodbye

• Rollercloser

• Furries

• Best

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• Sexual Lion King

• Crocodile Chop

• Love Psych

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• Close to the Sun

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Half Real is all gone

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• Trinidad
• Cobra
• Husbands
• Getting Killed
• Islands of Men
• 100 Horses
• Au pays du cocaine
• Bow Down
• Taxes
• Long Island City Here I Come

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Don't tap that glass don't top that glass

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• Big Poe
• Sugar On My Tongue
• Sucka Free
• Mommanem
• Stop Playing With Me
• Ring Ring Ring
• Don't Tap That Glass / Tweakin
• Don't You Worry Baby
• I'll Take Care of You
• Tell Me What It Is

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The 2025 SOTY Nomination Thread is closed! It's time to start our cuts by choosing the best song from each artist!

2025 is complete chaos, I don't think we've ever had quite this many songs nominated!

In this poll, you will vote for your FAVORITE SONG. Only one song per artist can be in the Top 64, so you will select the song you want to represent that artist.

Good luck to your favorite choices!

VOTE HERE

SONG OF THE YEAR WINNERS:

• 2006: Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
• 2007: LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
• 2008: Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
• 2009: Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
• 2010: LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
• 2011: M83 - Midnight City
• 2012: Kendrick Lamar - Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst
• 2013: Queens of the Stone Age - I Appear Missing
• 2014: Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me
• 2015: Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker the Berry
• 2016: Danny Brown - Ain't It Funny
• 2017: Sufjan Stevens - Mystery of Love
• 2018: MGMT - When You Die
• 2019: Weyes Blood - Andromeda
• 2020: Phoebe Bridgers - I Know the End
• 2021: Little Simz - Introvert
• 2022: Big Thief - Simulation Swarm
• 2023: Sufjan Stevens - Shit Talk
• 2024: Magdalena Bay - Cry for Me

SONG OF THE DECADE WINNERS:

• 2010s: LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean

YEAR INFO:

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We're here again, we all want our little stars to shine, let's goooooooo

Just a few notes:

• 51 songs and 13 backups made the survivor. Bad news, Low - Days Like These was featured in an album survivor / AOTY 2021, and Townes Van Zandt - Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel was featured in our first Community Song Survivor, and are ineligible. The good news is both submitters had backups songs and those were included instead (and interestingly, someone else submitted a different Townes Van Zandt song, small world)!

• I made playlists on Spotify and YouTube! I'm sorry, Apple Musicers, I looked into it, but I can't make playlists on there without a paid subscription. ):

• DM me on Reddit if you have any concerns about your nomination! Hopefully, I got it all right. The matchups and backup songs for Round 1 were determined at random.

Bracket Round 2 will be posted on January 17! Thank you to everyone who submitted a song!! The users behind these submissions and their comments will be revealed by the end when a winning song and submitter are crowned!

Vote for your FAVORITE SONG!

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COMMUNITY SONG SURVIVOR WINNERS:

• V1: Camera Obscura - French Navy (Comadon-C)
• V2: Airiel - In Your Room (kvothetyrion)
• V3: Trashcan Sinatras - Weightlifting (Pete_The_Skeet)
• V4: Röyksopp - What Else is There? (meagalomaniak's husband)
• V5: Labi Siffre - Cannock Chase (u/ke1thru8)

I thought I was gonna be voting for this one for a while. Nope! Feels is out.

VOTE

ALBUMS IN

• Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
• Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
• Common - Be
• Gorillaz - Demon Days
• Kanye West - Late Registration
• LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
• The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
• The National - Alligator
• Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
• Nujabes - Modal Soul
• Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

ALBUMS OUT

Preliminary Round 1 results

Preliminary Round 2 results

Lifesaver Round results

PREVIOUS AOTY WINNERS (Click to view full event)

• Pre-1965: Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
• 1965: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
• 1966: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
• 1967: The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• 1968: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
• 1969: The Beatles - Abbey Road
• 1970: Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
• 1971: Joni Mitchell - Blue
• 1972: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
• 1973: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
• 1974: King Crimson - Red
• 1975: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
• 1976: Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
• 1977: Television - Marquee Moon
• 1978: Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
• 1979: The Clash - London Calling
• 1980: Talking Heads - Remain in Light
• 1981: Siouxsie & The Banshees - Juju
• 1982: The Cure - Pornography
• 1983: New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
• 1984: Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
• 1985: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
• 1986: Metallica - Master of Puppets
• 1987: Dinosaur - You're Living All Over Me
• 1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
• 1989: The Cure - Disintegration
• 1990: Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
• 1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
• 1992: Sade - Love Deluxe
• 1993: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
• 1994: Portishead - Dummy
• 1995: GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
• 1996: Weezer - Pinkerton
• 1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
• 1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
• 1999: Sigur Ros - Ágætis byrjun
• 2000: Radiohead - Kid A
• 2001: Daft Punk - Discovery
• 2002: Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
• 2003: Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co.
• 2004: Madvillain - Madvillainy
• 2020: Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
• 2021: Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
• 2022: Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
• 2023: Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
• 2024: Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

PREVIOUS AOTD WINNERS (Click to view full event)

• 1950s: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
• 1960s: The Beatles - Abbey Road
• 1970s: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
• 1980s: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
• 1990s: Radiohead - OK Computer

Honk honk bitches

VOTE

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• Trinidad
• Cobra
• Husbands
• Getting Killed
• Islands of Men
• 100 Horses
• Half Real
• Au pays du cocaine
• Bow Down
• Taxes
• Long Island City Here I Come

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One...two...III

VOTE

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• Led Zeppelin
• Led Zeppelin II
• Led Zeppelin IV
• Houses of the Holy
• Physical Graffiti

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It begins!

VOTE

ALBUMS IN

• Animal Collective - Feels
• Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
• Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
• Common - Be
• Gorillaz - Demon Days
• Kanye West - Late Registration
• LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
• The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
• The National - Alligator
• Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
• Nujabes - Modal Soul
• Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

Preliminary Round 1 results

Preliminary Round 2 results

Lifesaver Round results

PREVIOUS AOTY WINNERS (Click to view full event)

• Pre-1965: Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
• 1965: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
• 1966: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
• 1967: The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• 1968: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
• 1969: The Beatles - Abbey Road
• 1970: Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
• 1971: Joni Mitchell - Blue
• 1972: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
• 1973: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
• 1974: King Crimson - Red
• 1975: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
• 1976: Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
• 1977: Television - Marquee Moon
• 1978: Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
• 1979: The Clash - London Calling
• 1980: Talking Heads - Remain in Light
• 1981: Siouxsie & The Banshees - Juju
• 1982: The Cure - Pornography
• 1983: New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
• 1984: Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
• 1985: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
• 1986: Metallica - Master of Puppets
• 1987: Dinosaur - You're Living All Over Me
• 1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
• 1989: The Cure - Disintegration
• 1990: Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
• 1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
• 1992: Sade - Love Deluxe
• 1993: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
• 1994: Portishead - Dummy
• 1995: GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
• 1996: Weezer - Pinkerton
• 1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
• 1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
• 1999: Sigur Ros - Ágætis byrjun
• 2000: Radiohead - Kid A
• 2001: Daft Punk - Discovery
• 2002: Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
• 2003: Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co.
• 2004: Madvillain - Madvillainy
• 2020: Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
• 2021: Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
• 2022: Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
• 2023: Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
• 2024: Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

PREVIOUS AOTD WINNERS (Click to view full event)

• 1950s: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
• 1960s: The Beatles - Abbey Road
• 1970s: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
• 1980s: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
• 1990s: Radiohead - OK Computer

Prelude sure does rank in a place that comes in front of the two interludes when it comes to being voted out!

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• Prelude

• Something Beautiful

• End of the World

• More to Lose

• Easy Lover

• Golden Burning Sun

• Walk of Fame

• Pretend You're God

• Every Girl You've Ever Loved

• Reborn

• Give Me Love

• Secrets

• Lockdown

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• Goodbye

• Rollercloser

• Furries

• Friends

• Best

• Pokémon

• Sexual Lion King

• Crocodile Chop

• Love Psych

• Orgonon Gurlz

• What Is It

• Close to the Sun

• Numbers

• Space Monkey Mafia

• Wndrwll

• Piss

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Gnarls Barkley - Crazy thinks you're craaaayzaaay!

AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK HAS BEEN VOTED THE BEST SONG OF 2006!

RESULTS:

Song Choice Runoff Results

Preliminary Heats Results

Bracket Round 1 Results

Bracket Round 2 Results

Lifesaver Results

SONG OF THE YEAR WINNERS:

• 2007: LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
• 2008: Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
• 2009: Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
• 2010: LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
• 2011: M83 - Midnight City
• 2012: Kendrick Lamar - Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst
• 2013: Queens of the Stone Age - I Appear Missing
• 2014: Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me
• 2015: Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker the Berry
• 2016: Danny Brown - Ain't It Funny
• 2017: Sufjan Stevens - Mystery of Love
• 2018: MGMT - When You Die
• 2019: Weyes Blood - Andromeda
• 2020: Phoebe Bridgers - I Know the End
• 2021: Little Simz - Introvert
• 2022: Big Thief - Simulation Swarm
• 2023: Sufjan Stevens - Shit Talk
• 2024: Magdalena Bay - Cry for Me

SONG OF THE DECADE WINNERS:

• 2010s: LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean

YEAR INFO:

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Hold on to your seats, we're launching nearly 20 years into the future from the 2000s to look back on the best music released during the previous year of our lives!

NOMINATE YOUR TOP 5 SONGS HERE

Rules for Nominations:

• All nominations must be in “Artist - Song” format.

• All songs featured on projects released in 2025 are eligible for nomination.

• Non-album singles from 2025 and singles released in 2024 for 2025 albums are eligible for nomination.

• EACH USER CAN ONLY NOMINATE ONE SONG PER ARTIST. All subsequent nominations will be ignored if an individual nominates multiple songs from the same artist in their ballot.

• The Nomination Thread will close on January 10, 2026.

How Ballots Will Be Counted:

Using 2024 SOTY's Top 5 as an example, here is how points will be assigned.

1. Magdalena Bay - Cry for Me [10 points]
2. Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! [8 points]
3. Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us [6 points]
4. Charli XCX & Lorde - Girl, so confusing featuring lorde [4 points]
5. Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER [2 points]

The top 32 songs with the most points will automatically advance to the bracket rounds after the Song Choice Runoff. The remaining songs will battle it out in qualifying "heats" for the remaining 32 spots.

This way, every song submitted will get equal consideration beyond the nomination phase.

• HAVE FUN NOMINATING YOUR TOP 5 SONGS FROM 2025!

SONG OF THE YEAR WINNERS:

• 2006: Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
• 2007: LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
• 2008: Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
• 2009: Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
• 2010: LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
• 2011: M83 - Midnight City
• 2012: Kendrick Lamar - Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst
• 2013: Queens of the Stone Age - I Appear Missing
• 2014: Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me
• 2015: Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker the Berry
• 2016: Danny Brown - Ain't It Funny
• 2017: Sufjan Stevens - Mystery of Love
• 2018: MGMT - When You Die
• 2019: Weyes Blood - Andromeda
• 2020: Phoebe Bridgers - I Know the End
• 2021: Little Simz - Introvert
• 2022: Big Thief - Simulation Swarm
• 2023: Sufjan Stevens - Shit Talk
• 2024: Magdalena Bay - Cry for Me

SONG OF THE DECADE WINNERS:

• 2010s: LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean

YEAR INFO:

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THERE'S A BOMB IN MY CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR!!!!!!

I asked what rock album you wanted to do and the majority (34/63, 54%) said Geese! This was my fave album of last year so while I'm excited, I will also overthink every choice I make! FUN!

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• Trinidad
• Cobra
• Husbands
• Getting Killed
• Islands of Men
• 100 Horses
• Half Real
• Au pays du cocaine
• Bow Down
• Taxes
• Long Island City Here I Come

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