Piero Merola Awards 2022

50 albums

1. Rosalía – “Motomami”
2. BEYONCÉ – “Renaissance”
3. Kendrick Lamar – “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers”
4. Billy Woods – “Aethiopes”
5. Bad Bunny – “Un Verano Sin Ti”
6. SZA – “SOS”
7. Lucrecia Dalt – “¡Ay!”
8. Sudan Archives – “Natural Brown Prom Queen”
9. Marina Herlop – “Pripyat”
10. Jockstrap – “I Love You Jennifer B”
11. Yaya Bey – “Remember Your North Star”
12. Earl Sweatshirt – SICK!
13. Denzel Curry – “Melt My Eyez See Your Future”
14. Pusha T – “It’s Almost Dry”
15. Black Thought & Danger Mouse – “Cheat Codes”
16. 700 Bliss – “Nothing To Declare”
17. Black Rave Culture – “Black Rave Culture Vol. 2”
18. Two Shell – “Icons EP”
19. Ethel Cain – “Preacher’s Daughter”
20. Little Simz – “NO THANK YOU”
21. Caterina Barbieri – “Spirit Exit”
22. Shygirl – “Nymph”
23. Loyle Carner – “HUGO”
24. Nick Leon – “Xstasis”
25. Organ Tapes – “唱着那无人问津的歌谣”
26. Ravyn Lenae – “HYPNOS”
27. Bladee & Ecco2k – “Crest”
28. SAULT – “11”
29. FKA TWIGS – “caprisongs”
30. Saba – “Few Good Things”
31. Ariel Zetina – “Cyclorama”
32. Soul Glo – “Diaspora Problems”
33. Show Me The Body – “Trouble The Water”
34. Carmen Villain – “Only Love From Now On”
35. Steve Lacy – “Gemini Rights”
36. Heith – “X, wheel”
37. D. Tiffany & Roza Terenzi – “Edge Of Innocence”
38. Binker and Moses – “Feeding the Machine”
39. Nas – “King’s Disease III”
40. Huerco S. – “Plonk”
41. Gabriels -“Angels & Queens – Part I”
42. Yeule – “Glitch Princess”
43. Lil Silva – “Yesterday Is Heavy”
44. Quelle Chris – DEATHFAME
45. Conway the Machine – “God Don’t Make Mistakes”
46. WU-LU – “Loggerhead”
47. Stormzy – “This Is What I Mean”
48. Charli XCX – “CRASH”
49. Beach House – “Once Twice Melody”
50. Björk – “Fossora”

10 live

1. Kendrick Lamar, Milano
2. Tyler The Creator, Primavera Sound 2022
3. Gorillaz, Primavera Sound 2022
4. Little Simz, Primavera Sound 2022
5. Megan Thee Stallion, Primavera Sound 2022
6. Arca, C2C 2022
7. Autechre, Primavera Sound 2022
8. Yung Lean, Primavera Sound 2022
9. Jorja Smith, Primavera Sound 2022
10. MC Yallah & Debmaster, Primavera Sound 2022

24 hours of tracks

5 videos
A$AP Rocky – “D.M.B.”
A$AP Rocky

Kendrick Lamar – “Count Me Out”
Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar

Oliver Sim – “Hideous”
Yann Gonzalez

Pharrell, Tyler, The Creator & 21 Savage – “Cash In Cash Out”
François Rousselet

Rosalia – “Saoko”
Valentin Petit

1 Photo

Emilio Morenatti / AFP – Kyiv