Kā norāda NME, Kendriks Lamars ar savu ceturto studijas albumu „Damn.” ir atgriezis sev savas paaudzes labākā repera kroni, tomēr NME ierindojis Lamara veikumu tikai trešajā pozīcijā, priekšroku dodot Lorde otrajam studijas albumam „Melodrama”, kas izstaro popmūzikas maģiju, un otrajā vietā ierindojot londoniešu grupas „Wolf Alice” albumu „Visions Of A Life”, kas ir milzīgs solis grupas izaugsmē pēc 2015.gada albuma „My Love Is Cool”.
Ierasti atšķirīgs ir "Gigwise.com" albumu "Top-50", taču arī šī tiešsaistes vietne otrajā pozīcijā ierindojusi "Wolf Alice" albumu „Visions Of A Life” un pamanījusi Lamara albumu "Damn.", ierindojot to 11.pozīcijā.
"Pitchfork.com" „Top-10” un atsevišķas pozīcijas no „Top-50”:
1. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
2. SZA - Ctrl
3. King Krule - The OOZ
4. Kelela - Take Me Apart
5. Lorde - Melodrama
6. Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
7. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
8. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
9. Fever Ray - Plunge
10. Jlin - Black Origami
12. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
13. JAY-Z - 4:44
20. Björk - Utopia
32. Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life
38. Drake - More Life
39. Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
40. The xx - I See You
„Rolling Stone” „Top-10” un atsevišķas pozīcijas no „Top-50”:
1. Kendrick Lamar - Damn.
2. Lorde - Melodrama
3. U2 - Songs of Experience
4. Kesha - Rainbow
5. LCD Soundsystem - American Dream
6. Khalid - American Teen
7. Taylor Swift - Reputation
8. Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains
9. Migos - Culture
10. Sam Smith - The Thrill of It All
12. Jay-Z - 4:44
20. SZA - Ctrl
23. Jlin - Black Origami
26. Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life
27. Drake - More Life
32. Robert Plant - Carry Fire
35. Bob Dylan - Triplicate
37. Liam Gallagher - As You Were un Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Who Built the Moon?
42. Beck - Colors
NME „Top-10” un atsevišķas pozīcijas no „Top-50”:
1. Lorde – Melodrama
2. Wolf Alice – Visions Of A Life
3. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
4. Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
5. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
6. J Hus – Common Sense
7. SZA – CTRL
8. Lana Del Rey – Lust For Life
9. Wiley – Godfather
10. Liam Gallagher – As You Were
27. Foo Fighters – Concrete and Gold
29. Arcade Fire – Everything Now
30. Beck – Colors
31. Taylor Swift – Reputation
33. Kasabian – For Crying Out Loud
35. Queens Of The Stone Age – Villains
37. Jay Z – 4:44
38. Alt-J – Relaxer
46. The xx – I See You
"Gigwise.com" „Top-10” un atsevišķas pozīcijas no „Top-50”:
1. Grandaddy ‑ Last Place
2. Wolf Alice ‑ Visions of a Life
3. Ryan Adams ‑ Prisoner
4. Slowdive ‑ S/T
5. Idles ‑ Brutalism
6. Nadine Shah ‑ Holiday Destination
7. The Magnetic Fields ‑ 50 Song Memoir
8. The Horrors ‑ V
9. St. Vincent ‑ Masseducation
10. Richard Dawson ‑ Peasant
11. Kendrick Lamar – Damn.
15. LCD Soundsystem ‑ American Dream
16. Arcade Fire - Everything Now
19. Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains
20. Robert Plant ‑ Carry Fire
27. Björk ‑ Utopia
31. Noel Gallagher ‑ Who Built The Moon?
Jau vēstīts, ka “Pitchfork.com” un “Rolling Stone” par 2015. gada labāko albumu atzina amerikāņu repera Kendrika Lamara “To Pimp a Butterfly”, kamēr NME un “gigwise.com” Lamara veikumi ierindo otrajā pozīcijā.
