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May 2023
Begonia
Begonia moves up to #1 on theApril 2023 !earshot Top 200 with her album Powder Blue.U.S. Girls' Bless this Mess moves up 6 spots to #2. Debby Friday rockerts into #3 with Good Luck and Yves Tumor (Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) and Andy Shauf (Norm) round out the Top 5. Lots is happening over on the weekly charts. Check it out!
Specialty Charts #1s Electronic: Debby Friday - GOOD LUCK - (Sub Pop) Hip Hop: Yaya Bey - Exodus The North Star EP - (Big Dada) International: The Good Samaritans - No Food Without Taste If By Hunger - (Analog Africa) Jazz: Ally Fiola & The Next Quest - Interblaze - (Self-Released) Loud: BIG|BRAVE - Nature Morte - (Thrill Jockey) Folk/Roots/Blues: Cat Clyde - Down Rounder - (Second Prize) Check out all the latest chart action on the weekly charts.
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!earshot Top 200 of 2021
For January to December 2021
TW Artist - Title - (Label) 1 TEKE::TEKE 
Shirushi - (Kill Rock Stars)2 The Halluci Nation
One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)3 Chad VanGaalen
World's Most Stressed Out Gardener - (Flemish Eye)4 The Weather Station
Ignorance - (Next Door)5 Kiwi Jr.
Cooler Returns - (Kiwi Club)6 Arlo Parks
Collapsed In Sunbeams - (Transgressive)7 Ada Lea
one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden - (Next Door)8 Sook-Yin Lee & Adam Litovitz
jooj two - (Mint)9 Suuns
The Witness - (Secret City)10 Andy Shauf
Wilds - (Arts & Crafts)View the full !earshot Top 200
Specialty Charts #1s Electronic: The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized) Hip Hop: Cadence Weapon - Parallel World - (Self-Released) International: Lakou Mizik and Joseph Ray - Leave The Bones - (Anjunadeep) Jazz: Adrian Younge - The American Negro - (Jazz Is Dead) Loud: Tunic - Exhaling - (Artoffact) Folk/Roots/Blues: Allison Russell - Outside Child - (Fantasy) Latest Charts
CJLO International #1 Rodrigo Y Gabriela 5 hours ago
CITR Top 30 #1 Vivek Shraya 6 hours ago
CJSF Top 30 #1 Brìghde Chaimbeul 9 hours ago
CJRU Top 30 #1 Bart 11 hours ago
CFUV Folk/Roots/Blues #1 William Prince 11 hours ago
CFUV Loud #1 Tunic 11 hours ago
CFUV Jazz #1 Mira Choquette 11 hours ago
CFUV International #1 Alex Cuba 11 hours ago
CFUV Hip Hop #1 Debby Friday 11 hours ago
CFUV Electronic #1 Devours 11 hours ago
CFUV Top 30 #1 Debby Friday 11 hours ago
CHYZ Top 30 #1 Zoon 13 hours ago
CJUM Folk/Roots/Blues #1 William Prince 14 hours ago
CJUM Loud #1 The Thrashers 14 hours ago
CJUM Hip Hop #1 Atmosphere 14 hours ago
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!earshot Top 50
For the Week Ending: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
TW Artist - Title - (Label) 1 Zoon
Bekka Ma'iingan - (Paper Bag)2 Debby Friday
GOOD LUCK - (Sub Pop)3 Feist
Multitudes - (Polydor/Interscope)4 William Prince
Stand in the Joy - (Six Shooter)5 Begonia
Powder Blue - (Birthday Cake)6 Unknown Mortal Orchestra
V - (Jagjaguwar)7 Wednesday
Rat Saw God - (Dead Oceans)8 Witch Prophet
Getaway Experience - (Heart Lake)9 boygenius
The Record - (Interscope)10 Alex Cuba
El Swing Que Yo Tengo - (Caracol)View the full Top 50
Specialty Charts #1s !earshot April Top 200
For the Month of April 2023
TW Artist - Title - (Label) 1 Begonia
Powder Blue - (Birthday Cake)2 U.S. Girls
Bless This Mess - (Royal Mountain)3 Debby Friday
GOOD LUCK - (Sub Pop)4 Yves Tumor
Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) - (Warp)5 Andy Shauf
Norm - (Arts & Crafts)6 Unknown Mortal Orchestra
V - (Jagjaguwar)7 Black Belt Eagle Scout
The Land, The Water, The Sky - (Saddle Creek)8 boygenius
The Record - (Interscope)9 The New Pornographers
Continue As A Guest - (Merge)10 Gayance
Mascarade - (Rhythm Section)View the full !earshot Top 200
Specialty Charts #1s Electronic: Debby Friday - GOOD LUCK - (Sub Pop) Hip Hop: Yaya Bey - Exodus The North Star EP - (Big Dada) International: The Good Samaritans - No Food Without Taste If By Hunger - (Analog Africa) Jazz: Ally Fiola & The Next Quest - Interblaze - (Self-Released) Loud: BIG|BRAVE - Nature Morte - (Thrill Jockey) Folk/Roots/Blues: Cat Clyde - Down Rounder - (Second Prize) !earshot Top 200 of 2021
For January to December 2021
TW Artist - Title - (Label) 1 TEKE::TEKE
Shirushi - (Kill Rock Stars)2 The Halluci Nation
One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized)3 Chad VanGaalen
World's Most Stressed Out Gardener - (Flemish Eye)4 The Weather Station
Ignorance - (Next Door)5 Kiwi Jr.
Cooler Returns - (Kiwi Club)6 Arlo Parks
Collapsed In Sunbeams - (Transgressive)7 Ada Lea
one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden - (Next Door)8 Sook-Yin Lee & Adam Litovitz
jooj two - (Mint)9 Suuns
The Witness - (Secret City)10 Andy Shauf
Wilds - (Arts & Crafts)View the full !earshot Top 200
Specialty Charts #1s Electronic: The Halluci Nation - One More Saturday Night - (Radicalized) Hip Hop: Cadence Weapon - Parallel World - (Self-Released) International: Lakou Mizik and Joseph Ray - Leave The Bones - (Anjunadeep) Jazz: Adrian Younge - The American Negro - (Jazz Is Dead) Loud: Tunic - Exhaling - (Artoffact) Folk/Roots/Blues: Allison Russell - Outside Child - (Fantasy) -
Latest Charts
CJLO International #1 Rodrigo Y Gabriela 5 hours ago
CITR Top 30 #1 Vivek Shraya 6 hours ago
CJSF Top 30 #1 Brìghde Chaimbeul 9 hours ago
CJRU Top 30 #1 Bart 11 hours ago
CFUV Folk/Roots/Blues #1 William Prince 11 hours ago
CFUV Loud #1 Tunic 11 hours ago
CFUV Jazz #1 Mira Choquette 11 hours ago
CFUV International #1 Alex Cuba 11 hours ago
CFUV Hip Hop #1 Debby Friday 11 hours ago
CFUV Electronic #1 Devours 11 hours ago
CFUV Top 30 #1 Debby Friday 11 hours ago
CHYZ Top 30 #1 Zoon 13 hours ago
CJUM Folk/Roots/Blues #1 William Prince 14 hours ago
CJUM Loud #1 The Thrashers 14 hours ago
CJUM Hip Hop #1 Atmosphere 14 hours ago
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