For this year's rankings, I decided to use data: I rated every single song on every single album I added to my library this year.
Hit the jump to see the rankings across genres, track counts, and what I learned about emotions vs analytics.
(For reference, here are my 2019 rankings).
Top 10 Overall
#1
4.29 ☆
Overture
Gaidaa
#2ᵀ
4.25 ☆
HOUSE (feat. Virgil Abloh) - EP
Lupe Fiasco & Kaelin Ellis
#2ᵀ
4.25 ☆
- Ugh those feels again
2019
Snoh Aalegra
#4
4.21 ☆
Circles
Mac Miller
#5
4.14 ☆
Man On the Moon III: The Chosen
Kid Cudi
#6
4.07 ☆
After Hours
The Weeknd
#7
4.05 ☆
Insignia
Nate Quest
#8ᵀ
4.00 ☆
Cincoriginals
Tobe Nwigwe
#8ᵀ
4.00 ☆
BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US
Jessie Reyez
#10
3.90 ☆
Black Pontiac - EP
Floyd Fuji
Top 10 by Genre
Hip-Hop Projects
#1
4.25 ☆
HOUSE (feat. Virgil Abloh) - EP
Lupe Fiasco & Kaelin Ellis
#2
4.14 ☆
Man On the Moon III: The Chosen
Kid Cudi
#3
4.05 ☆
Insignia
Nate Quest
#4
4.00 ☆
Cincoriginals
Tobe Nwigwe
#5ᵀ
3.74 ☆
Krit Wuz Here
2010
BIG K.R.I.T.
#5ᵀ
3.74 ☆
Return Of 4eva
2011
Big K.R.I.T.
#7ᵀ
3.57 ☆
The Circus
Mick Jenkins
#7ᵀ
3.57 ☆
V TAPE
VIC MENSA
#9
3.50 ☆
Spilligion
Spillage Village JID & EARTHGANG
#10
3.47 ☆
Black Habits
D Smoke
R&B Projects
#1
4.29 ☆
Overture
Gaidaa
#2
4.25 ☆
- Ugh those feels again
2019
Snoh Aalegra
#3
4.21 ☆
Circles
Mac Miller
#4
4.07 ☆
After Hours
The Weeknd
#5
4.00 ☆
BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US
Jessie Reyez
#6
3.90 ☆
Black Pontiac - EP
Floyd Fuji
#7
3.88 ☆
Love Language - EP
2019
UMI
#8ᵀ
3.50 ☆
ATM - EP
2019
Jess Connelly
#8ᵀ
3.50 ☆
Dinner Party
Terrace Martin Robert Glasper 9th Wonder & Kamasi Washington
#8ᵀ
3.50 ☆
Lianne La Havas
Lianne La Havas
Instrumentals/Beat Tapes
#1
3.46 ☆
Kimi No Machi
ビクター MKII
#2
3.42 ☆
So Sad So Depressed - EP
2018
Foolie $urfin
#3
3.10 ☆
To Forgive - EP
2019
lophiile
#4
2.89 ☆
Caribbean Bites
Cookin Soul
#5
2.80 ☆
Soul Juice - EP
Terrace Martin
#6
2.75 ☆
After Thoughts
Kaelin Ellis
#7
2.36 ☆
Adult Themes
El Michels Affair
#8
1.79 ☆
VWETO II
2019
Georgia Anne Muldrow
Top 10 by Best Songs
Best 5 Songs
#1
5.30 ☆
- Ugh those feels again
2019
+1
Snoh Aalegra
#2
5.20 ☆
Man On the Moon III: The Chosen
+3
Kid Cudi
#3
5.10 ☆
After Hours
+3
The Weeknd
#4
4.90 ☆
Circles
Mac Miller
#5ᵀ
4.80 ☆
Overture
-4
Gaidaa
#5ᵀ
4.80 ☆
BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US
+3
Jessie Reyez
#5ᵀ
4.80 ☆
Music To Be Murdered By
+21
Eminem
#8ᵀ
4.60 ☆
Insignia
-1
Nate Quest
#8ᵀ
4.60 ☆
Krit Wuz Here
2010
+4
BIG K.R.I.T.
#8ᵀ
4.60 ☆
Black Habits
+13
D Smoke
Best 3 Songs
#1ᵀ
5.67 ☆
- Ugh those feels again
2019
+1
Snoh Aalegra
#1ᵀ
5.67 ☆
Man On the Moon III: The Chosen
+4
Kid Cudi
#3ᵀ
5.33 ☆
Circles
+1
Mac Miller
#3ᵀ
5.33 ☆
After Hours
+3
The Weeknd
#5ᵀ
5.17 ☆
Overture
-4
Gaidaa
#5ᵀ
5.17 ☆
Music To Be Murdered By
+21
Eminem
#7ᵀ
5.00 ☆
Insignia
Nate Quest
#7ᵀ
5.00 ☆
BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US
+1
Jessie Reyez
#7ᵀ
5.00 ☆
Black Pontiac - EP
+3
Floyd Fuji
#7ᵀ
5.00 ☆
Black Habits
+14
D Smoke
Top 10 by Track Length
EPs (0-6 Tracks)
#1
4.25 ☆
HOUSE (feat. Virgil Abloh) - EP
+1
Lupe Fiasco & Kaelin Ellis
#2
3.90 ☆
Black Pontiac - EP
+8
Floyd Fuji
#3
3.88 ☆
Love Language - EP
2019
+8
UMI
#4
3.60 ☆
Gone Is Yesterday - EP
+10
Pat Lok
#5
3.50 ☆
ATM - EP
2019
+12
Jess Connelly
#6
3.42 ☆
So Sad So Depressed - EP
2018
+18
Foolie $urfin
#7
3.25 ☆
Texas Sun - EP
+20
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges
#8
3.20 ☆
Ruby - EP
+22
MALIYA
#9
3.10 ☆
To Forgive - EP
2019
+24
lophiile
#10
2.83 ☆
Introspection - EP
+32
UMI
Short Projects (7-10 Tracks)
#1
4.29 ☆
Overture
Gaidaa
#2ᵀ
3.57 ☆
The Circus
+13
Mick Jenkins
#2ᵀ
3.57 ☆
V TAPE
+13
VIC MENSA
#4
3.50 ☆
Dinner Party
+13
Terrace Martin Robert Glasper 9th Wonder & Kamasi Washington
#5
3.45 ☆
Lyrics to Go Vol. 1
+18
Kota the Friend
#6
3.38 ☆
Quaranqueen
+19
Lady Leshurr
#7
3.25 ☆
Inglewood High
2019
+20
D Smoke
#8
3.15 ☆
Moon Shoes EP
2016
+24
Ravyn Lenae
#9
3.07 ☆
Dinner Party: Dessert
+25
Terrace Martin Robert Glasper 9th Wonder & Kamasi Washington
#10
3.00 ☆
Blindspotting: The Collin EP
2018
+26
Various Artists
Medium Projects (11-15 Tracks)
#1
4.25 ☆
- Ugh those feels again
2019
+1
Snoh Aalegra
#2
4.21 ☆
Circles
+2
Mac Miller
#3
4.07 ☆
After Hours
+3
The Weeknd
#4
4.05 ☆
Insignia
+3
Nate Quest
#5ᵀ
4.00 ☆
Cincoriginals
+3
Tobe Nwigwe
#5ᵀ
4.00 ☆
BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US
+3
Jessie Reyez
#7ᵀ
3.50 ☆
Spilligion
+10
Spillage Village JID & EARTHGANG
#7ᵀ
3.50 ☆
Lianne La Havas
+10
Lianne La Havas
#9
3.46 ☆
Kimi No Machi
+13
ビクター MKII
#10
3.21 ☆
New Beginnings
+19
REASON
Long Projects (16+ Tracks)
#1
4.14 ☆
Man On the Moon III: The Chosen
+4
Kid Cudi
#2ᵀ
3.74 ☆
Krit Wuz Here
2010
+10
BIG K.R.I.T.
#2ᵀ
3.74 ☆
Return Of 4eva
2011
+10
Big K.R.I.T.
#4
3.47 ☆
Black Habits
+17
D Smoke
#5
3.26 ☆
Music To Be Murdered By
+21
Eminem
#6
3.07 ☆
Music To Be Murdered By - Side B (Deluxe Edition)
+28
Eminem
#7
2.94 ☆
Blue Note Re:imagined
+31
Various Artists
#8
2.92 ☆
Detroit 2
+32
Big Sean
#9
2.89 ☆
Caribbean Bites
+32
Cookin Soul
#10
2.75 ☆
Little Dominiques Nosebleed
+36
The Koreatown Oddity