Mūzikas izdevumi par labāko 2015. gada ierakstu atzīst Kendrika Lamara albumu

Jau vēstīts, ka Lamars ir līderis šīgada “Grammy” nomināciju skaita ziņā, taču augsts ir Lamara albuma novērtējums arī tradicionālajos gada albumu top-50 sarakstos. Lielākā konkurente reperim bijusi grupa "Grimes" ar albumu "Art Angels", Džeimijs Smits jev "Jamie xx" ar ierakstu "In Colour" un Adele ar albumu "25", kurš šoruden kļuva par visātrāk pārdoto albumu Lielbritānijas vēsturē.

"Pitchfork.com" top-10:

1. Kendrick Lamar. To Pimp a Butterfly
2. Jamie xx. In Colour
3. Grimes. Art Angels
4. Vince Staples. Summertime '06
5. Tame Impala. Currents
6. Sufjan Stevens. Carrie & Lowell
7. D'Angelo and The Vanguard. Black Messiah
8. Miguel. Wildheart
9. Courtney Barnett. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
10. Kamasi Washington. The Epic

"NME.com" top-10:

1. Grimes. Art Angels
2. Kendrick Lamar. To Pimp A Butterfly
3. Jamie xx. In Colour
4. Wolf Alice. My Love Is Cool
5. Tame Impala. Currents
6. Chvrches. Every Open Eye
7. Lana Del Rey. Honeymoon
8. Foals. What Went Down
9. The Maccabees. Marks To Prove It.
10. Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Multi-Love

"Gigwise.com" top-10:

1. Ezra Furman. Perpetual Motion People
2. Kendrick Lamar. To Pimp a Butterfly
3. Father John Misty. I Love You. Honeybear
4. Sufjan Stevens. Carrie & Lowell
5. Wolf Alice. My Love Is Cool
6. Deerhunter. Fading Frontier
7. Courtney Barnett. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
8. New Order. Music Complete
9. Laura Marling. Short Movie
10. Toro Y Moi. What For?

"Rollingstone.com" top-10:

1. Kendrick Lamar. To Pimp a Butterfly
2. Adele. 25
3. Drake. If You're Reading This It's Too Late
4. D'Angelo and the Vanguard. Black Messiah
5. The Weeknd. Beauty Behind the Madness
6. Courtney Barnett. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
7. Jason Isbell. Something More Than Free
8. Various Artists. Hamilton: Original Broadway Soundtrack
9. The Arcs. Yours, Dreamily
10. Blur. The Magic Whip

"NME.com" un "Rolling Stone" albumu topā pamanāmi ir arī veterāni. Piemēram, "NME.com" 15. vietā ir "Blur" albums "The Magic Whip", 25. vietā - Bjorkas albums "Vulnicura", 29. vietā atrodas "The Libertines" ar albumu "Anthems For A Doomed Youth", 35. vietā - "Coldplay" ar "A Head Full Of Dreams", 40. pozīcijā - "Florence and The Machine" ar "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful", 41. vietā - "Muse" albums "Drones".

Savukārt "Rolling Stone" topa 49. vietā ir Bobs Dilans ar "Shadows in the Night", 45. vietā - Madonnas albums "Rebel Heart", 42. vietā - Bjorkas "Vulnicura", 39. vietā - "Muse" albums "Drones", 34. pozīcijā - Merilins Mensons ar "The Pale Emperor", 23. vietā - Marks Noflers ar "Tracker", 22. - "Florence and the Machine"  ar ierakstu "How Big How Blue How Beautiful", bet 17. vietā - Kīta Ričardsa albums "Crosseyed Heart".