The Spotirama Essentials 2011 (aggregated Top 50 Songs)

2011

D'you wanna know which are the best 50 songs of 2011, without choosing just one critic's, website's or magazine's chart? D'you wanna have all these songs in one Spotify playlist? Try this aggregated chart, based on all the 2011 Top 50 Songs lists I've published so far. The rule is simple: I assign 50 points to #1 song, 49 points to #2, 48 points to #3 and so on. I will keep this playlist updated, with the new ones coming. So... enjoy!

P.S. No countdown order, this time. It's from #1 to #50.

TRIVIA:
Artists with two songs:
Bon Iver, Adele, Jay Z & Kanye West, Cults
Songs most present in critics' lists:
Lana Del Rey's Videogames, Foster the People's Pumped Up Kicks (7 lists)
M83's Midnight City, Tyler the Creator's Yonkers, James Blake's The Wilhelm Scream (6 lists)
Bon Iver's Holocene, tUnE-yArDs' Bizness, Adele's Rolling in the Deep, Little Dragon's Ritual Union (5 lists)
#1 Songs:
M83's Midnight City (3 times)
Lana Del Rey's Videogames (2 times)
Adele's Rolling in the Deep, The Rapture's How Deep Is Your Love, Fleet Foxes' Helplessness Blues, Dum Dum Girls' Coming Down (1 time)

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THE SPOTIRAMA ESSENTIAL 2011 
(aggregated Top 50 songs, based on EOY critics' lists)
Sources: lists by Intro, Les Inrockuptibles, NME, Paste, Pitchfork, PopMatters, Rolling Stone, Spinner, Treble
Songs available on Spotify: 47/50 (94%)

1. M83 – Midnight City
2. Lana Del Rey – Video Games
3. Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks
4. Tyler, The Creator – Yonkers
5. Bon Iver – Holocene
6. Tune-Yards – Bizness
7. Real Estate – It's Real
8. Radiohead – Lotus Flower
9. Adele – Rolling In The Deep
10. James Blake – The Wilhelm Scream
11. St. Vincent – Cruel
12. Metronomy – The Look
13. Fucked Up – Queen Of Hearts
14. Jay Z & Kanye West – Otis
15. The Rapture – How Deep Is Your Love?
16. EMA – California
17. Destroyer – Kaputt
18. Florence + The Machine – Shake It Out
19. Girls – Vomit
20. Frank Ocean – Novacane
21. Little Dragon – Ritual Union
22. Nicki Minaj – Super Bass
23. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
24. Smith Westerns – Weekend
25. PJ Harvey – The Words That Maketh Murder
26. Jay Z & Kanye West – Ni**as In Paris
27. Beyoncé – Countdown
28. The Horrors – Still Life
29. Austra – Beat And The Pulse
30. The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
31. Cults – Go Outside
32. Cut Copy – Need You Now
33. Azealia Banks - 212
34. WU LYF – Dirt
35. Battles – Ice Cream (Featuring Matias Aguayo)
36. The Weeknd – The Morning
37. Adele – Rumour Has It
38. Wye Oak – Holy Holy
39. Cass McCombs – County Line
40. Bon Iver – Calgary
41. The Strokes – Under Cover Of Darkness
42. Beirut – Santa Fe
43. My Morning Jacket – Circuital
44. Drake – Marvins Room
45. Robyn – Call Your Girlfriend
46. Sbtrkt – Wildfire (feat. Little Dragon)
47. The Antlers – I Don't Want Love
48. Cults – Abducted
49. The Black Lips – Modern Art
50. Kurt Vile – Jesus Fever

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