From disco-trap to deconstructed techno to Dolly-style country, we rank our favorite tracks this year.

And it was all thanks to the music.

you could’t help but root for her.Gerrad Hall

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Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, Alex G, Kendrick Lamar and Steve Lacy

Harry Styles; Taylor Swift; Steve Lacy; Kendrick Lamar; Alex G.Credit: Getty Images

Arctic Monkeys “There’d Better Be a Mirrorball”

8.

Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero”

What do you do when the monsters under your bed materialize?

I’m the problem, it’s me.

“Emlyn Travis

6.

Kendrick Lamar “The Heart Part 5”

There’s a reason this man hasa Pulitzer Prize.

Rosalia “CUUUUuuuuuute”

It shouldn’t work, but it does.

First, a sample of Vietnamese social-media starSoytietcounting to 21.

This is dance music for dark times.Lester Fabian Brathwaite

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