Best artists of 2017
Rap won the argument it had been having with the prize committees for thirty years. A Spanish-language song became the most-streamed thing on earth, which the American industry had spent two decades insisting could not happen. Pop, separately, got confessional and synth-heavy.
Everyone who released an album in 2017, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.
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Smino1 album here4.54.8 avg · 10 ratings
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Goldfrapp1 album here4.54.9 avg · 7 ratings
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Jul2 albums here4.54.6 avg · 24 ratings
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Liam Gallagher2 albums here4.44.8 avg · 7 ratings
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Jorge Ben Jor2 albums here4.44.8 avg · 6 ratings
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Bob Marley & The Wailers1 album here4.44.6 avg · 11 ratings
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Romeo Santos1 album here4.45.0 avg · 4 ratings
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L2B1 album here4.45.0 avg · 4 ratings
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Grupo Bryndis1 album here4.45.0 avg · 4 ratings
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Nujabes1 album here4.44.7 avg · 7 ratings
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The Who3 albums here4.44.5 avg · 21 ratings
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Fally Ipupa1 album here4.44.8 avg · 5 ratings
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Stormzy1 album here4.44.9 avg · 4 ratings
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Shania Twain1 album here4.44.5 avg · 11 ratings
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Hans Zimmer11 albums here4.44.5 avg · 14 ratings
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Dan Bull3 albums here4.44.5 avg · 10 ratings
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Dolu Kadehi Ters Tut1 album here4.35.0 avg · 3 ratings
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Kalben1 album here4.35.0 avg · 3 ratings
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Westside Gunn1 album here4.34.4 avg · 79 ratings
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Alice in Chains1 album here4.34.4 avg · 68 ratings
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George Harrison1 album here4.34.4 avg · 39 ratings
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Lacrim3 albums here4.34.4 avg · 24 ratings
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Elvis Presley2 albums here4.34.5 avg · 10 ratings
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Laibach1 album here4.34.6 avg · 7 ratings
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Oneohtrix Point Never1 album here4.34.4 avg · 23 ratings
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Tech N9ne2 albums here4.34.8 avg · 4 ratings
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Sinead Harnett1 album here4.34.8 avg · 4 ratings
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Scooter2 albums here4.34.5 avg · 9 ratings
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David Bowie8 albums here4.34.3 avg · 56 ratings
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Casper2 albums here4.34.6 avg · 6 ratings
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Chloe x Halle1 album here4.34.6 avg · 6 ratings
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Pete Rock3 albums here4.34.6 avg · 6 ratings
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Bob Dylan2 albums here4.34.3 avg · 52 ratings
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Goran Bregović2 albums here4.34.8 avg · 3 ratings
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Lady Pank1 album here4.34.8 avg · 3 ratings
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Esben and the Witch1 album here4.34.8 avg · 3 ratings
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Undying1 album here4.34.8 avg · 3 ratings
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CupcakKe1 album here4.34.6 avg · 5 ratings
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TWICE2 albums here4.34.4 avg · 16 ratings
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Toby Fox2 albums here4.34.5 avg · 7 ratings
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The Orb4 albums here4.34.5 avg · 7 ratings
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Citizen1 album here4.34.5 avg · 7 ratings
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Büyük Ev Ablukada2 albums here4.34.4 avg · 9 ratings
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Bill Withers1 album here4.34.4 avg · 11 ratings
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Benjamin Biolay1 album here4.34.4 avg · 17 ratings
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ATB1 album here4.34.6 avg · 4 ratings
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Culcha Candela1 album here4.34.6 avg · 4 ratings
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Low Roar1 album here4.34.6 avg · 4 ratings
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Johnnie Taylor1 album here4.34.6 avg · 4 ratings
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