It's Tradition Now

Every year, we scour all the award ceremonies, the end-of-year lists, ask the folks in our networks, and reflect on what really stood out to us in the year just gone. We first did this for 2017, and that is our most ever circulated playlist.

What To Expect

We don't necessarily care so much for genre, although we are majorly biased toward the pop-rock world. We also are not fussed about the size of the act, this is by no means a rival to the charts of Billboard. The best, in our opinion; can be super popular, still kind of undiscovered, and anywhere in between.

This year we start with a nod to the one and only queen, Beyoncé, with Bow Down from her live Coachella performance, both available as an album and a Netflix performance (and an interesting lesson on audience intensity, but that's a story for another time...).

What a year it has been for female artists, and that is reflected in this selection. It's impossible to create a list of memorable music from 2019 without the likes of Ariana Grande, Lana Del Rey, Billie Eilish, and Lizzo being heavily featured.

Tell us what you think, or what we may have missed, on social!