I stumbled across this page while looking for decade lists to include.

Many of these appear to be lists by individual writers or blogs, but I suspect there many be some eligible lists we haven't encountered in there somewhere!

I don't have time to go through all of them, but it seems like a good potential source for lists!

These ones seem like they may be eligible:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2320308/the_20_best_albums_of_the_decade_20002009.html?cat=33

http://bodyspace.net/artigos.php?rub_id=146&pag=1 (different people seem to provide the comments)

http://www.theboombox.com/2009/11/24/best-songs-2000s/ (hip hop songs)

http://www.theboot.com/2009/11/24/best-songs-2000s/ (country songs)

Not sure about this one, as I can't read Greek!

http://greekyouth.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/the-best-albums-of-the-decade/

This one may make the grade:

http://www.indiecision.com/thedecade/

Another? http://www.knoxroad.com/2009/11/23/knox-roads-top-albums-of-the-2000s/

Metal songs! http://www.noisecreep.com/2009/11/24/best-songs-2000s/

Popdose songs: http://popdose.com/the-popdose-100-the-best-songs-of-the-decade/

PopEater songs: http://www.popeater.com/2009/11/24/best-pop-songs-of-the-decade/

RaggedWords albums: http://www.raggedwords.com/content/top-100-albums-2000s

Spinner songs: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/spinner.com

I love how when you're reading the Indie lists, you just know that Funeral will be #1, and it never dissapoints. If these are eligible than Funeral should have a pretty nice jump.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2320308/the_20_best_albums_of_the_decade_20002009.html?cat=33

This looks like a list from a single writer.



http://bodyspace.net/artigos.php?rub_id=146&pag=1 (different people seem to provide the comments)

Alexa ranking not (quite) good enough.



http://www.theboombox.com/2009/11/24/best-songs-2000s/ (hip hop songs)

I couldn't find this list (is it gone?), but here's an alltime list that seems eligible.
http://www.theboombox.com/2008/08/27/top-20-hip-hop-albums-of-all-time-no-1/



http://www.theboot.com/2009/11/24/best-songs-2000s/ (country songs)

Personally, I don't think any list that includes "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" should be included, but who am I to judge.

Pretty sure Associated Content wouldn't be eligible.

That one songs list really had some odd mainstream choices (Lifehouse?)

Alexa ranking too poor. Hopefully there are other Greek lists coming.

Not just indie, but Indian indie! This one has a borderline Alexa ranking, but anyway I don't we should add national lists to the spreadsheet if there ain't no accompanying international list.

http://www.knoxroad.com/2009/11/23/knox-roads-top-albums-of-the-2000s/

The current Alexa ranking is OK, but it seems as if they've come from nowhere and have had an extraordinary last week (maybe because of the '00s list?) and the number of sites linking in is just 31. Moreover, there seem to be only three writers, so I don't think this list should be included.



Metal songs! http://www.noisecreep.com/2009/11/24/best-songs-2000s/

Let some noise creep in.



Popdose songs: http://popdose.com/the-popdose-100-the-best-songs-of-the-decade/

Should be included.



PopEater songs: http://www.popeater.com/2009/11/24/best-pop-songs-of-the-decade/

Hmmm, no doubt this site has a lot of readers, but popeater doesn't seem to do any music reviews, just music/celebrity news. I'm not sure how I have handled cases like this in the past. Comments/opinions are welcome.



RaggedWords albums: http://www.raggedwords.com/content/top-100-albums-2000s

Has already been discussed I think. Alexa site ranking not good enough.



Spinner songs: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/spinner.com

http://www.spinner.com/2009/11/24/best-songs-2000s/
This is the link, right? The list looks eligible, but I wish there was a page about the staff.

What is the cutoff for Alexa rankings?

Good question, John. I'm not exactly sure, but it has turned out to be something like this:

1. If it's a music site only with several contributors, the Alexa site ranking is <1,000,000 and the number of sites linking in is >100 then it should be eligible.

2. If none of these are fulfilled then it's not eligible.

3. When one or two of them are fulfilled we're in the grey zone and then it has be be decided on a case by case basis.

I like it as it is. this site I believe is about the view of professionals on music, about lists from well known and respected sources and diluting it and making it less transparent by adding some fan sites doesnt help its cause Im afraid. If you allow smaller lists to be included then you cant cover all of them which would help some artists over others depending on which corner the afflux of lists come from.
Saying that I hope Nettavisen is deemed eligible (even though Im not familiar with it as its Norwegian press) as In Rainbows definitely needs to improve its rest of the world position.

Perth Now Songs: http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,26410962-5005368,00.html

Not quite clear on the Alexa rankings. I know what they are, but is it something that you just recently started using, Henrik? If so, has/will the entire AM site be re-edited to delete the non-Alexa qualifying lists? I haven't heard the term before this thread. Granted, I don't frequent these forums enough...

The Alexa ranking comes from this thread:
http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=3172289350&frmid=10&msgid=1016824&cmd=show

I haven't used the criteria before, but I've checked some of my older sources and almost all of them are OK. This is more or less a modern issue, with all the webzines and blogs.

Country Universe's Top 100 Country Albums of the 2000s is being unveiled.

Popeater's Top 10 Pop Albums of the 2000s

Countryuniverse OK when it's counted down to #1. Note that according to Alexa, 35.9 of the visitors are from Pakistan!!!
Popeater probably not OK. See above about their songs list.

It's there at the URL...great list, too.

SaladDaysMusic Top 80 albums: Alexa rank of 303,194 and 538 sites linking in. Only 3 contributors, so I'm not sure if it's eligible.

Moonbeam, you're making things difficult for me! I think I'm gonna say no here because of the low number of writers that probably aren't professional critics. But maybe it would make more sense to go strictly after the Alexa ranking? 538 linking sites is quite impressive...

Sorry, Henrik! Thanks again for taking the time to look at all of these. I just figure that the more comprehensive the decade lists are, the better! I don't really have any opinion about where to draw the line, so to speak.

Three contributors, but only one guy did this list, taken from site:
"Welcome to day two of my favorite albums of the aughts. I should remind everyone that these are MY favorite albums of the past decade, which coincidentally means they might not be the same as yours. Compiling this list was an arduous task and honestly it could be different every single day depending on my mood. It just so happens that this is the final product of months of work and is what goes out on the internets for everyone to see.
Anyways I hope you enjoy and maybe even stumble upon something you haven’t heard in awhile."

Thanks Rocky! Then the decision is easy. Not include.

The 9513's Top 100 Country Albums

Boombox's Top 10 Albums

OESQEMA's Top 100 Albums: Alexa and sites linking in are ok, but I'm not sure how many contributors there are, as I don't speak Portguese! I think "os" means our, though, so it seems to be multiple.

Tufts Daily's Top 10 Albums

and songs

State (Ireland)'s Top 50 Albums of the 2000s.

I see that State was included in last year's 2008 Albums list, so I'm assuming it's ok here, too.

Hence, here's the list!

50. Justice – † (2007)
49. Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)
48. Efterklang – Tripper (2004)
47. Antony & The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now (2005)
46. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (2009)
45. Beirut – The Flying Cup Club (2007)
44. Kanye West – Late Registration (2005)
43. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend (2008)
42. Broken Social Scene- You Forgot It In People (2003)
41. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free (2004)

40. Outkast – Stankonia (2000)
39. Band of Horses – Everything All The Time (2006)
38. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm (2005)
37. Fight Like Apes – Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion (2008)
36. Fever Ray – Fever Ray (2009)
35. Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf (2002)
34. The Knife – Deep Cuts (2004)
33. Stephen Malkmus – Stephen Malkmus (2001)
32. Death From Above 1979 – You’re a Woman, I’m A Machine (2004)
31. Burial – Untrue (2007)

30. Wolf Parade – Apologies To The Queen Mary (2005)
29. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion (2009)
28. M.I.A. – Arular (2005)
27. Four Tet – Rounds (2003)
26. Jape – Ritual (2008)
25. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black (2006)
24. Radiohead – In Rainbows (2007)
23. The Knife – Silent Shout (2006)
22. Joanna Newsom – Ys (2006)
21. Jay-Z – The Black Album (2003)

20. Sigur Ros – ( ) (2002)
19. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells (2001)
18. Daft Punk – Discovery (2001)
17. Panda Bear – Person Pitch (2007)
16. And So I Watch You From Afar – And So I Watch You From Afar (2009)
15. The Immediate – In Towers and Clouds (2006)
14. David Kitt – The Big Romance (2001)
13. The National – Alligator (2005)
12. The Streets – Original Pirate Material (2002)
11. Sufjan Stevens – Illinoise (2005)

10. Florence & The Machine – Lungs (2009)
9. LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver (2007)
8. Damien Rice – O (2002)
7. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago (2008)
6. At The Drive-In – Relationship Of Command (2000)
5. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006)
4. The Strokes – Is This It (2001)
3. Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
2. PJ Harvey – Stories From The City Stories From The Sea (2000)
1. Arcade Fire – Funeral (2005)

Word Magazine's Top 15 Songs

It looks like the print issue of the magazine may have an albums list as well.

Vice's Top 10 Albums of the Decade

NOW Magazine (Canada) also weighs in with a top 10 albums list.

Sorry, I missed the other thread!