top 10 composers


John Coltrane

best composition: Ascension


J Dilla

best composition: Donuts (Intro)


John Fahey

best composition: Fare Forward Voyagers


Pharoah Sanders

best composition: The Creator Has a Master Plan


Slauson Malone

best composition: Sellin Soap


Zach Hill

best composition: Up My Sleeves


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best composition: Rainbow Six


Alice Coltrane

best composition: Leo


Joanna Newsom

best composition: Only Skin


Robert Ashley

best composition: The Park

top 10 vocalists


MC Ride

best performance: On GP


Bjork

best performance: Bachelorette


ECCO2K

best performance: Blue Eyes


Frank Ocean

best performance: Futura Free


Joanna Newsom

best performance: Does Not Suffice


Black Kray

best performance: Shorty 13 Onah Block


Chief Keef

best performance: Baby What's Wrong With You


Ichiko Aoba

best performance: amultetum


Erykah Badu

best performance: Next Lifetime


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best performance: Curb Stomp

top 10 songwriters


Mark Kozelek

best writing: Medicine Bottle


Joanna Newsom

best writing: Only Skin


Father John Misty

best writing: Holy Shit


Phil Elverum

best writing: Microphones in 2020


Kendrick Lamar

best writing: Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst


Bob Dylan

best writing: Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands


Earl Sweatshirt

best writing: Azucar


Doug Martsch

best writing: Velvet Waltz


Adam Demirjian

best writing: Born Again So Many Times You Forget You Are


Elliott Smith

best writing: Between the Bars