Music's Greatest Years, Ranked

When was the golden age of Music? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best Music titles — a year rises when it delivered many strongly-rated entries, not just a lone classic. Data from 3eyedraven's catalog.

  1. #1 2020 25 great titles Best: Clouds
  2. #2 2021 25 great titles Best: Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
  3. #3 2025 25 great titles Best: KPop Demon Hunters
  4. #4 2026 25 great titles Best: Michael
  5. #5 2024 25 great titles Best: The Greatest Night in Pop
  6. #6 2022 25 great titles Best: Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
  7. #7 2019 24 great titles Best: Bring the Soul: The Movie
  8. #8 2018 22 great titles Best: Burn the Stage: The Movie
  9. #9 2016 21 great titles Best: Sing Street
  10. #10 2015 21 great titles Best: Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
  11. #11 2008 20 great titles Best: 25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert
  12. #12 2012 19 great titles Best: Searching for Sugar Man
  13. #13 2013 17 great titles Best: Bo Burnham: What.
  14. #14 2010 17 great titles Best: When You're Strange
  15. #15 2014 16 great titles Best: Whiplash
  16. #16 2007 16 great titles Best: Once
  17. #17 2017 15 great titles Best: Coco
  18. #18 2009 16 great titles Best: This Is It
  19. #19 2006 15 great titles Best: Vitus
  20. #20 2004 14 great titles Best: The Chorus
  21. #21 2003 14 great titles Best: Concert for George
  22. #22 2023 13 great titles Best: TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR
  23. #23 2005 12 great titles Best: Walk the Line
  24. #24 2011 12 great titles Best: The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
  25. #25 1999 12 great titles Best: Buena Vista Social Club
  26. #26 2001 10 great titles Best: Moulin Rouge!
  27. #27 1998 9 great titles Best: The Legend of 1900
  28. #28 2000 9 great titles Best: Billy Elliot
  29. #29 1984 8 great titles Best: Stop Making Sense
  30. #30 1991 8 great titles Best: Into the Woods
  31. #31 1982 8 great titles Best: Pink Floyd: The Wall
  32. #32 1994 8 great titles Best: Immortal Beloved
  33. #33 1967 8 great titles Best: Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
  34. #34 1983 7 great titles Best: Michael Jackson's Thriller
  35. #35 1986 7 great titles Best: Crossroads
  36. #36 1985 7 great titles Best: Live Aid
  37. #37 1997 6 great titles Best: Ghosts
  38. #38 1972 6 great titles Best: Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
  39. #39 1980 6 great titles Best: The Blues Brothers
  40. #40 1970 6 great titles Best: Woodstock