November 2021

The Halluci Nation

It is a nother month at the top of the !earshot Top 200 for The Halluci Nation. One More Saturday Night. by the band formerly known as A Tribe Called Red,is #1 for the second month on the October 2021 Top 200 for September 2021.

Suuns are back at at #2 as well with The Witness, their fifth studio album. Ada Lea's one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden is at #3, Low (Hey What) is at #4 and Andy Shauf is at #5 with Wilds.

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
Hip Hop:	Cartel Madras - The Serpent And The Tiger - (Sub Pop)
International:	Lakou Mizik and Joseph Ray - Leave The Bones - (Anjunadeep)
Jazz:	Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8 - (Warp)
Loud:	Bad Waitress - No Taste - (Royal Mountain)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Daniel Romano - Cobra Poems - (You've Changed)

Check out all the latest chart action on the weekly charts.

Features

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 200 of 2020 For January tp December 2020
1	Andy Shauf Neon Skyline - (Arts & Crafts)
2	Lido Pimienta Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
3	Wolf Parade Thin Mind - (Royal Mountain)
4	Zoon Bleached Wavves - (Paper Bag)
5	Caribou Suddenly - (Merge)
6	Tops I Feel Alive - (Musique TOPS)
7	Tough Age Which Way Am I? - (Mint)
8	U.S. Girls Heavy Light - (Royal Mountain)
9	Destroyer Have We Met - (Merge)
10	Thanya Iyer KIND - (Topshelf Records)
*View the full !earshot Top 200*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	Caribou - Suddenly - (Merge)
Hip Hop:	Run The Jewels - RTJ4 - (Jewel Runners)
International:	Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
Jazz:	Audrey Ochoa - Frankenhorn - (Chronograph)
Loud:	Lié - You Want It Real - (Mint)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	William Prince - Reliever - (Six Shooter Records)

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Latest Charts

CJRU Top 30 #1 shn shn 2 hours ago
CKUA Folk/Roots/Blues #1 T. Buckley 2 hours ago
CKUA Top 30 #1 T. Buckley 2 hours ago
CFMU Top 30 #1 Curtis Harding 7 hours ago
CILU Top 30 #1 Frvits 23 hours ago
CJSF Top 30 #1 Tush 2 days ago
CKDU Top 30 #1 Jeen 3 days ago
CFBX Top 30 #1 Montreal Jazz Trio 3 days ago
CFOU Loud #1 Mastodon 3 days ago
CFOU Top 30 #1 Illuminati Hotties 3 days ago
CISM Top 30 #1 BADBADNOTGOOD 3 days ago
Loud #1 Tunic 5 days ago
Hip Hop #1 Shad 5 days ago
Electronic #1 Ouri 5 days ago
Top 50 #1 Ada Lea 5 days ago
More Charts...
Adds This Week

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, November 23, 2021
1	Ada Lea one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden - (Next Door)
2	Andy Shauf Wilds - (Arts & Crafts)
3	Shad TAO - (Secret City)
4	Ducks Ltd. Modern Fiction - (Carpark)
5	BADBADNOTGOOD Talk Memory - (XL Recordings)
6	The Garrys Get Thee to a Nunnery - (Grey)
7	Homeshake Under The Weather - (Dine Alone)
8	Daniel Romano Cobra Poems - (You've Changed)
9	Illuminati Hotties Let Me Do One More - (Snack Shack Tracks / Hopeless)
10	Snotty Nose Rez Kids Life After - (Distorted Muse)
*View the full Top 50*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	Ouri - Frame of a Fauna - (Born Twice)
Hip Hop:	Shad - TAO - (Secret City)
Loud:	Tunic - Quitter - (Artoffact)

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot October Top 200 For the Month of October 2021
1	The Halluci Nation One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
2	Suuns The Witness - (Secret City)
3	Ada Lea one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden - (Next Door)
4	Low Hey What - (Sub Pop)
5	Andy Shauf Wilds - (Arts & Crafts)
6	Men I Trust Untourable Album - (Self-Released)
7	Homeshake Under The Weather - (Dine Alone)
8	Daniel Romano Cobra Poems - (You've Changed)
9	Bad Waitress No Taste - (Royal Mountain)
10	Amyl and the Sniffers Comfort To Me - (Self-Released)
*View the full !earshot Top 200*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)
Hip Hop:	Cartel Madras - The Serpent And The Tiger - (Sub Pop)
International:	Lakou Mizik and Joseph Ray - Leave The Bones - (Anjunadeep)
Jazz:	Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8 - (Warp)
Loud:	Bad Waitress - No Taste - (Royal Mountain)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	Daniel Romano - Cobra Poems - (You've Changed)

TW	Artist - Title - (Label)
!earshot Top 200 of 2020 For January tp December 2020
1	Andy Shauf Neon Skyline - (Arts & Crafts)
2	Lido Pimienta Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
3	Wolf Parade Thin Mind - (Royal Mountain)
4	Zoon Bleached Wavves - (Paper Bag)
5	Caribou Suddenly - (Merge)
6	Tops I Feel Alive - (Musique TOPS)
7	Tough Age Which Way Am I? - (Mint)
8	U.S. Girls Heavy Light - (Royal Mountain)
9	Destroyer Have We Met - (Merge)
10	Thanya Iyer KIND - (Topshelf Records)
*View the full !earshot Top 200*

Specialty Charts #1s
Electronic:	Caribou - Suddenly - (Merge)
Hip Hop:	Run The Jewels - RTJ4 - (Jewel Runners)
International:	Lido Pimienta - Miss Colombia - (Anti-)
Jazz:	Audrey Ochoa - Frankenhorn - (Chronograph)
Loud:	Lié - You Want It Real - (Mint)
Folk/Roots/Blues:	William Prince - Reliever - (Six Shooter Records)

Latest Charts
CJRU Top 30 #1 shn shn 2 hours ago
CKUA Folk/Roots/Blues #1 T. Buckley 2 hours ago
CKUA Top 30 #1 T. Buckley 2 hours ago
CFMU Top 30 #1 Curtis Harding 7 hours ago
CILU Top 30 #1 Frvits 23 hours ago
CJSF Top 30 #1 Tush 2 days ago
CKDU Top 30 #1 Jeen 3 days ago
CFBX Top 30 #1 Montreal Jazz Trio 3 days ago
CFOU Loud #1 Mastodon 3 days ago
CFOU Top 30 #1 Illuminati Hotties 3 days ago
CISM Top 30 #1 BADBADNOTGOOD 3 days ago
Loud #1 Tunic 5 days ago
Hip Hop #1 Shad 5 days ago
Electronic #1 Ouri 5 days ago
Top 50 #1 Ada Lea 5 days ago
More Charts...
Adds This Week

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