The second part of our best tracks of 2015 review features a young songwriter who helped shaping Adele’s recent weapon of mass distraction; the hottest UK grime act; ’70s and noughties merged in the most unexpected collaboration of the year; a masked female rapper; the most popular Peruvian kid shepherdess turned pop diva thanks to Chilean pop maverick; an enigmatic UK producer’s anti-consumerism dance anthems and our favourite contemporary French songwriter.
All of this and more here:
| 75-TOBIAS JESSO, JR. Hollywood (True Panther) |
| 74--YEARS & YEARS King (Polydor) |
| 73-FREDDIE GIBBS FEAT. BLACK THOUGHT Extradite (ESGN) |
| 72-SKEPTA Shutdown (Self-Released) |
| 71-FFS Call Girl (Domino) |
| 70-HOLLY HERNDON Interference (4AD) |
| 69-ALABAMA SHAKES Don't Wanna Fight (ATO) |
| 68-LEIKELI47 Heard Em Say (RCA) |
| 67-CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS Paradis Perdus (Saint Claude EP) (Because) |
| 66-SONGHOY BLUES Soubour (Transgressive) |
| 65-NIGHTMARE BOY Chivalry Is Alive And Well And Living In Glasgow (Nightmare) |
| 64-LEON BRIDGES Coming Home (Columbia) |
| 63-JAZMINE SULLIVAN FEAT. MEEK MILL Dumb (RCA) |
| 62-GEPE CON WENDY SULCA Hambre (Quemasucabeza) |
| 61-SOPHIE Just Like We Never Say Goodbye (Numbers) |
| 60-DU BLONDE Black Flag (Mute) |
| 59-VIET CONG Silhouettes (Jagjaguwar) |
| 58-U.S. GIRLS Woman's Work (4AD) |
| 57-FKA TWIGS In Time (M3LL155X EP) (XL) |
| 56-WAXAHATCHEE Breathless (Wichita) |
| 55-SAUNA YOUTH Transmitters (Upset The Rhythm) |
| 54-DJANGO DJANGO Reflections (Believe) |
| 53-NATALIA LAFOURCADE Hasta La Raíz (Sony) |
| 52-BOOGIE Oh My (Self-Released) |
| 51-DOMINIQUE A Éléor (Cinq 7) |
And the rest of the Top 10: