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From the film days to digital I have tried out almost every iteration of album design software available and SmartAlbums is the first that made it easy to actually design books in front of my clients as part of the sales process. M.Commenti: I've been a wedding photographer for more than 33 years and have been designing albums for our clients nearly that long. Those themes reflect real life for many of Ari’s fans, and her soulful way of addressing them in song is all her own. Soulful and fun songs like “Outside” make one want to body roll with the bass guitarist while singing the soprano notes other tracks show more sass, like “Blocking You” and “Boy Bye,” which features CandyDrip artist Lucky Daye. The next song is the cuffing season anthem of the year, with the Dreamville artist asking her lover plainly, “Can I get in that hoodie?” The remainder of the album is a deft balancing act. The nearly 40-minute album starts off with a jazzy-soul vibe that puts one in mind of Erykah Badu circa “On & On,” yet the slowness of the instruments and Ari’s sultry yet straightforward approach give “POF (Plenty of Fish)” a fresh identity. When Age/Sex/Locationdropped in the beginning of September, it felt like the perfect intro to fall.

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JordanĪri Lennox is a full class act, from her live streaming with fans as if she’s talking with friends, to her deeply relatable and personal music. It’s the kind of performance that makes it easy to see why fans rushed to get tickets to his tour earlier in the year, and raises expectations even higher for what’s to come. Even if you’re not from where he’s from, though, this music feels like home to anyone steeped in R&B: Songs like “About You,” which samples Case and Joe’s “Faded Pictures,” nod to the sensual music of the late Nineties and early 2000s that many listeners’ parents might once have accused us of “knowing nothing about.” And while the nostalgia pulls you in the direction of simpler days, Blxst’s lyricism is relevant to anyone looking for love in the 2020s. His Southern California roots are unassuming when listening for an accent, but this is an LP that’s guaranteed to make you feel as though you’re cruising on the freeway in 75-degree weather, no worries or anxiety. With his full-length debut, fusing hip-hop and R&B with melodic rhymes and smooth transitions, Blxst made listeners feel they were listening to one extended song. (To hear a podcast version of this list’s top 50, listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or press play above.) And those are just some of the sounds that shaped 2022 - a year in music we have a feeling we’ll be thinking about (and dancing to) for a long time to come.

Elsewhere, Wet Leg came out of seemingly nowhere to make one of the year’s funniest and straight-up best rock albums Steve Lacy achieved a pop breakthrough even he wasn’t expecting Alvvays reemerged from their Canadian hibernation with an instant indie-pop classic J-Hope went solo with terrific results.

Rosalía, King Princess, Omar Apollo, and Bartees Strange are just a few of those who won our attention as new acts over the past few years, then did truly amazing things with the spotlight they’d earned. It was also a time for artists to level up to stunning effect. It was a very big year for very big albums.

Beyoncé ended a six-year break between solo studio LPs with a masterful dance-music reinvention Bad Bunny celebrated yet another year as the biggest artist in the world with his latest chart-conquering smash Taylor Swift left her cottage Harry Styles took us back to his place Drake released not one but two blockbusters Pusha T reminded us that no one raps about anything as well as he raps about his favorite subjects. Every time we turned around in 2022, it felt like another superstar was blowing our minds with a headline-making event release.

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