2018 In Music

  • Currently my 11th favorite year in music (out of the 111 years of which I own music).
  • It is my 6th favorite year in the 2010s
  • I bought 86 albums
  • Average album rating is 3.07 higher than 2010s average of 3.01 and overall average of 2.28
  • I have 1059 songs released in 2018 and have rated 856 of them (81%)
  • Average song rating is 3.02 higher than 2.53 average in
  • I listened to each song released in 2016 on average 5.1 minutes, less than average of the 2010s (5.7 minutes)
  • I listened to each song on average 6 times.

Here is genre breakdown of songs from 2018:

  1. Indie Rock – 290 Songs
  2. Emo – 196 Songs
  3. Indie Pop – 177 Songs
  4. Punk – 137 Songs
  5. Post Rock – 76 Songs
  6. Electronic – 33 Songs
  7. Ska – 26 Songs
  8. Insurgent Country – 21 songs
  9. Hip Hop – 19 songs
  10. Metal – 8 Songs

Here is a list of favorites from 2018