Favorite Music of 1H2022
It's not time for the Monthly Music Recap yet, but welcome to the first ever Favorite Music issue! I understand that not everyone has the time to go through weekly nor monthly new music releases, so this issue is a way for me to provide a concise summary of new music that everyone should check out.
I’m listing my top singles and projects for the first half of 2022 (January to June 2022) in no particular order (other than alphabetical). Similar to Monthly Music Recap, each issue might differ in terms of number of entries, as this will depend on the number of new releases. The number for this issue is 40 (forty).
Monthly Music Recap
Here are the issues for each Monthly Music Recap for your reference and convenience, in case you missed them. I will use these issues as the base for the Favorite Music lists.
Monthly Music Recap (January 2022) | Revue — www.getrevue.co
Monthly Music Recap (February 2022) | Revue — www.getrevue.co
Monthly Music Recap (March 2022) | Revue — www.getrevue.co
Monthly Music Recap (April 2022) | Revue — www.getrevue.co
Monthly Music Recap (May 2022) | Revue — www.getrevue.co
Monthly Music Recap (June 2022) | Revue — www.getrevue.co
Top Singles
2022 has been a great year for music so far. In terms of singles, there are some artists with multiple entries because I enjoyed all their singles thus far. There's a good mix of pop, indie, rock, rap and even some R&B in the list as well, similar to the Monthly Music Recap.
I would also mention that the singles are removed from consideration if the artist releases a project that includes the single by the end of June 2022, so if you don't see a worthy single that I should have mentioned, take a look further at the top projects where I might have listed the entire project instead.
Here are my top 40 singles for the first half of 2022:
Top Singles - 1H2022 — www.youtube.com
My favorite singles for the first half of 2022.
Top Projects (Albums, Mixtapes, EPs)
Similar to the singles, I have made sure to include a bit of diversity in genres as part of my music taste. I've also made sure to include some non-mainstream projects as I also enjoy being pleasantly surprised. As expected, some projects are still in my daily rotation as of today, such as The Weeknd's Dawn FM and Kehlani's blue water road, with Harry Styles' Harry's House and Conan Gray's Superache also being added to the daily rotation in recent weeks.
Here are my top 40 projects for the first half of 2022:
And there you have it, my top singles and projects for the first half of 2022. Again, my intention is to provide a summary so that people can check out music if they don’t have enough time to do so. This list also gives you a taste of my favorite genres, and I hope you enjoy every one of them like I do. The next Favorite Music issue will include the entire 2022, while the next Monthly Music Recap will happen at the end of July. Until then, happy listening!
P.S. If you want to actually stalk what I’m listening to at any time, feel free to do so on my Last.fm profile here. You can also check out my Musicboard profile here, where I track my backlog (under Listen Later) and reviews for music releases. Don’t worry, the long reviews are here to stay and I do also crosspost the long reviews there too.
On a less music-related note, I have a Letterboxd account here in case you’re interested in seeing which films I’m watching along with my brief film reviews. I also have a Serializd account for TV shows here.