BEST MUSIC of 2015 lists.

Here’s a list of recordings selected by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and other sources as the year’s best.

ALBUMS

Sean Clancy

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

2015 Favorites (In alphabetical order) Julien Baker, Sprained Ankle Benchmarks, American Night Brent Best, Your Dog, Champ Con Brio, Kiss the Sun High on Fire, Luminiferous Hop Along, Painted Shut Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free Lucero, All A Man Should Do

James McMurtry, Complicated

Game

Micah Schnabel, Not the Boy You Used to Know

Screaming Females, Rose Mountain

Slayer, Repentless Sleater- Kinney, No Cities to

Love

The Suffers, Make Some Room Titus Andronicus, The Most Lamentable Tragedy

Ellis Widner

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

2015 favorites (In alphabetical order) Adele, 25 Leon Bridges, Coming Home Joe Ely, Panhandle Rambler Rhiannon Giddens, Tomorrow

Is My Turn

Fred Hersch, Solo Jason Isbell, Something More

Than Free

Anthony de Mare, Liaisons — Re-imagining Sondheim From

The Piano Ashley Monroe, The Blade Cecile McLorin Salvant, For

One To Love

Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal, Musique de Nuit Chris Stapleton, Traveller The Staves, If I Was Rolling Stone

1. Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a

Butterfly

2. Adele, 25 3. Drake, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late

4. D’Angelo and the Vanguard,

Black Messiah

5. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind

the Madness

6. Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

7. Jason Isbell, Something More

Than Free

8. Various Artists, Hamilton: Original Broadway Soundtrack

9. The Arcs, Yours, Dreamily 10. Blur, The Magic Whip Paste

1. Father John Misty, I Love You

Honeybear

2. Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A

Butterfly

3. Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes

I Just Sit

4. Sleater-Kinney, No Cities to

Love

5. Hop Along, Painted Shut 6. Sufjan Stevens, Carrie &

Lowell

7. Natalie Prass, Natalie Prass 8. Tame Impala, Currents 9. Leon Bridges, Coming Home 10. Deerhunter, Fading Frontier

Best Popmatterscountry 1. Ashley Monroe, The Blade 2. Chris Stapleton, Traveller 3. Kacey Musgraves, Pageant

Material

4. Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen, Hold My Beer, Vol. 1 5. Dwight Yoakam, Second

Hand Heart

6. Eric Church, Mr. Misunderstood

7. Maddie & Tae, Start Here 8. Brett Eldredge, Illinois 9. Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard,

Django and Jimmie 10. Sam Outlaw, Angeleno

Time

1. Miguel, Wildheart 2. Sleater-Kinney, No Cities to

Love

3. Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly

4. Carly Rae Jepson, E-Mo-Tion 5. Girl Band, Holding Hands With Jamie

6. Kacey Musgraves, Pageant Material

7. Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit

8. Vijay Iyer Trio, In Colour Break Stuff 9. Jamie xx,

10. Ashley Monroe, The Blade American Songwriter

1. Chris Stapleton, Traveller

2. Torres, Sprinter

3. Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free

4. Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit

5. James McMurtry, Complicated Game

6. John Moreland, High on Tulsa Heat

7. Wilco, Star Wars

8. Craig Finn, Faith in the Future

9. Natalie Prass, Natalie Prass

10. Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell

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Best hip-hop

1. Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly

2. Vince Staples, Summertime ’06

3. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment, Surf

4. Future, DS2

5. Young Fathers, White Men Are Black Men Too

6. Roots Manuva, Bleeds

7. Dr. Dre, Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre

8. Death Grips, Jenny Death

9. Freddie Gibbs, Shadow of a Doubt

10. Jay Rock, 90059

SONGS

Instagram’s 10 Biggest Songs 1. Justin Bieber, “What Do You Mean” 2. Selena Gomez, “Good for You” 3. Adele, “Hello” 4. Seconds of Summer, “She’s Kinda Hot” 5. Taylor Swift, “Blank Space” 6. Taylor Swift, “Bad Blood” 7. Ariana Grande, “Focus” 8. Fifth Harmony, “Worth It” 9. Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud” 10. The Game feat. Drake, “100” Paste

1. Courtney Barnett, “Pedestrian at Best” 2. Kendrick Lamar, “King Kunta” 3. The Mountain Goats, “Legend of Chavo Guerro” 4. Natalie Prass, “My Baby Don’t Understand Me” 5. Father John Misty, “Chateau Lobby #4” 6. Leon Bridges, “Lisa Sawyer” 7. Hop Along, “Waitress” 8. Drake, “Hotline Bling” 9. Tame Impala, “Let It Happen” 10. Sufjan Stevens, “Should Have Known Better”

MUSIC VIDEOS

Vevo’s 10 Most Viewed Videos of 2015 1. Mark Ronson, “Uptown Funk,” 1,135,011,558 2. Taylor Swift, “Blank Space,” 1,055,708,218 3. Maroon 5, “Sugar,” 908,567,807 4. Ellie Goulding, “Love Me Like You Do,” 842,425,620 5. Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off,” 762,904,682 6. Meghan Trainor, “All About That Bass,” 692,419,231 7. Taylor Swift, “Bad Blood,” 656,351,040 8. Adele, “Hello,” 593,957,168 9. Sia, “Chandelier,” 593,251,569 10. Enrique Iglesias, “Bailando,” 533,037,712