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Billboard has Chromatica at #5 (their list is mediocre beyond that though, I mean Conan Gray???? :lol: )

 

5. Lady Gaga, Chromatica

Leave it to the stans to say it best: “Interesting that #Chromatica is arguably @ladygaga’s most personal album to date and also her very first without any ballads,” tweeted go-to news source Gaga Daily on the day of its release. By then, the world was craving relief from a challenging year, and a heart-pumping return to form following the detours of Joanne and A Star Is Born. But when it finally crashed in from outer space, Chromatica proved to be no retread. It was certainly extravagant — there are orchestral suites, unplaceable accents, invitations to serve it ancient-city style -- but also more focused than ever. You don't have to look far beneath the hissing house beats to find a songwriter working through her traumas and preoccupations with devastating clarity on songs like "Fun Tonight" and "1000 Doves." Previously in the Gaga Cinematic Universe, every look had a story, every song had a double meaning, every performance was a parable. Maybe we'll get some of that when she tours in 2021 — but for now, pop's supreme shape-shifter has created something rarer: A world where she doesn't have to explain herself. -- N.F.

 

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lis...ms-2020-top-50/

 

 

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I think The Guardian's album ranking hasn't been posted yet? Chromatica is #19

 

19 Lady Gaga – Chromatica

 

If there were ever a year for Gaga to get back to basics, this was it. The concept of Chromatica was unusually light for her: a planet of kindness punks? Sure! Plus it quickly fulfilled its promise by offering escape when it arrived in the darkest days of the pandemic. The dominant mode was strafing house. Towering choruses burst with relief for the simple fact of survival. And after the unconvincing authenticity of her album Joanne (2016), Gaga was at her most potent, roaring about being “LUVAHS even just tonight”, and concluding the defiant chorus of Free Woman with a tart finger-wagging “uh-uh”. LS

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/dec/...-albums-of-2020

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NME places Rain on Me #20. Their album list is still to come.

 

20. Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande – ‘Rain On Me’

 

On Gaga and Grande’s pulsing collaboration, it didn’t rain – it poured. One of the greatest things about pop music is the way that it takes pain and trauma and elevates them into something joyful and healing, and ‘Rain On Me’ was the textbook execution of that. “I’d rather be dry, but at least I’m alive,” the pair belted out in the chorus, finding hope and resilience in the darkest of places.

 

Best bit: That mangled-vocal hook – it’s just automatically unmistakable and iconic. EH

 

https://www.nme.com/features/nme-best-songs...ar-2020-2833773

Billboard staff ranks 2020’s Best Songs:

#1 Rain On Me @ladygaga

#2 Blinding Lights @theweeknd

#3 Savage @theestallion

#4 Adore You @Harry_Styles

#5 WAP @iamcardib

#6 Say So @DojaCat

#7 Dynamite @BTS_twt

#8 Mood @24kGoldn

#9 ROCKSTAR @DaBabyDaBaby

#10 Break My Heart @DUALIPA

 

AMAZING!

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That list is awful :kink: but #1 is all that matters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Great accolade!

 

 

1. Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande, "Rain on Me"

 

It’s common practice for music fans to dub different songs “the anthem” of a specific year. But in 2020 — a year defined (and constantly redefined) by how preternaturally awful things can actually get — one song in particular served as its saving grace. “Rain on Me,” Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s front-facing pop testimonial to the power of crying and persevering through your own trauma, is 2020’s unofficial theme song.

 

For starters, Gaga and Grande’s voices prove to be a perfect match: The strong, theatrical mezzo Gaga brings to the table meshes faultlessly with Grande’s light, shimmering soprano. Their duet is only further bolstered by the house-shaking production, courtesy of BloodPop, BURNS and Tchami, whose intricate mix of French house basslines, ‘90s dance-pop beats and hallucinatory techno drops (with some good-old fashioned disco drama thrown in for fun) thrust "Rain on Me" to a stratospheric level of pop perfection. But the key to what makes “Rain on Me” such a glorifying success lies in its writing. The song manages to be specific in its approach to Gaga’s use of alcohol to numb her pain -- the chorus' hopeful refrain of "I'd rather be dry, but at least I'm alive" also refers to Gaga being thankful she's still here, even if she isn't sober yet -- while also leaving enough room for fans to insert their own respective traumas, or to simply enjoy the ride unburdened.

 

“Rain on Me” has already made history: It made Grande the first solo artist to debut four singles at No. 1; it made Gaga the artist with the longest range between No. 1 debuts; and it became the first all-female collaboration to replace another all-female collaboration (Megan Thee Stallion & Beyoncé’s “Savage” remix) at the Hot 100’s summit. But the song's true historical legacy will become clearer years from now when we look back on 2020 — “Rain on Me” stands apart as the song that helped millions of people cope with the uncertainty, tragedy and anxiety of an endless downpour of a year, reminding us that, yes, while we’d all rather be dry, at least we're still alive. -- S.D.

 

https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/news...gs-2020-top-100

But the song's true historical legacy will become clearer years from now when we look back on 2020 — “Rain on Me” stands apart as the song that helped millions of people cope with the uncertainty, tragedy and anxiety of an endless downpour of a year, reminding us that, yes, while we’d all rather be dry, at least we're still alive.

 

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