2021 Ants Album of the Year Voting/Results (Due: Dec 31st, Results Early 2022)

[coldengrey12]

Greetings, everyone!

Back for our 14th year!

The big change this year to the rules is a carryover from 2020, which is a minimum of five albums from this year to participate instead of 10.

Here's how to participate if you've never done this before. Feel free to post any questions or comments:

1. Please order your lists with #1 being your favorite album of the year. Please be sure to spell correctly and number your lists! This is a huge timesaver for me.

2. Please PM your lists to me. If my PM box is full, feel free to get cranky with me in the comments.

3. Lists are capped at 100, with a minimum of five (previously 10)

4. Scoring will be the same as we've done for years past.
- #1 album will be worth 100 points for every list
- The #2 album will be worth 100 - (100/size of list) and so on...
- Example: A list with 100 albums will be (1. 100 points, 2. 99 points, 3. 98 points, etc...
- A list with 10 albums will be (1. 100 points, 2. 90 points, 3. 80 points, etc...)
- After calculating the total points, each album will be weighted as follows: Total Points * (Lists Appearing/2)

5. Albums and EPs are eligible. Singles and taper recordings are not.

6. Comment below if you have any questions.

Gallery of past winners:

2020s (and the #1):
2020 Taylor Swift - Folkore

2010s:
2019 Bon Iver - i,i
2018 Beach House - 7
2017 The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
2016 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
2015 The Tallest Man on Earth - Dark Bird Is Home
2014 The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
2013 The National - Trouble Will Find Me
2012 Grizzly Bear - Shields
2011 Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
2010 Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

2000s:
2009 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
2008 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
2007 Radiohead - In Rainbows

Albums of the Decade:
2000s Radiohead - Kid A
2010s The National - High Violet

[coldengrey12]

Would love a sticky if mods/admins are game!

[coldengrey12]

First big eligibility debate: Should Taylor Swift's Red and Fearless re-records be eligible?

The consensus in the AOTD thread is leaning toward no

[TwoStep2888]

I know my #1, I think I can think of a top ten

[laura22]

yay. let's get this stickied!!!

[coldengrey12]

One ballot cast!

It's me, I voted first so I'm not biased as results come in

[lieinmygrave41]

okay lets goooo

[coldengrey12]

Ooh, stickied! Thanks!

[laura22]

i'll prob submit mine after christmas

[iMAC386]

Hell yeah.

Also big No to the taylor re-releases being counted.

[BTCS_JTR]

Thanks for taking this on again Colden!

[coldengrey12]

Thanks for the thanks, friends!

Let’s go without the Taylor re-recordings on our lists

[TwoStep2888]

submitted!

[coldengrey12]

Two! Two lists! Ah ah ah!

Thanks, TwoStepDigits!

[iMAC386]

been busy, try my best to get it in on time, planning to submit a list for sure

[coldengrey12]

Three lists in now!

[coldengrey12]

Four lists deep now!

If you want a peak at how the race is going, no album has appeared on all four lists

[vkratliff]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

Four lists deep now!

If you want a peak at how the race is going, no album has appeared on all four lists

It's definitely one of those years...

Do we have some crossover among the Top 3?

[coldengrey12]

Originally Posted by vkratliff

It's definitely one of those years...

Do we have some crossover among the Top 3?

The top three are pretty tight right now, separated by about 30 points

Each of the top 3 appeared on three lists

[coldengrey12]

More lists, MOAR

[coldengrey12]

We're up to six! One album is definitely starting to pull away — and it was not one of the previously mentioned top three

Might do a top 25 instead of top 50 if we don't get too many more

[laura22]

maybe we just push the deadline out a little? if some regular submitters haven't PMed you yet

bridge where u at!

[coldengrey12]

We got a few more, but I am OK with holding it open a few more days

[iMAC386]

Yeah haven't done my list yet, will do it this weekend. EXTEND THE DEADLINE (and put it in the thread title).

[coldengrey12]

Originally Posted by iMAC386

Yeah haven't done my list yet, will do it this weekend. EXTEND THE DEADLINE (and put it in the thread title).

Extended through Jan. 3!

We're up to 10 lists!

[coldengrey12]

Midnight Eastern today, fam, we're gonna call it

[coldengrey12]

IMAC, how's it going?

[iMAC386]

sorry, will submit tonight i promise for real this time.

[coldengrey12]

You’re good

And anyone else who gets it in before IMAC counts, too

[dmbetc]

Lemme submit mine in a minute! Just saw this, it’ll only be 5 or 10 albums