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Sputnikmusic
File:SputnikMusicLogo.jpg
Type of site
Music website
Available inEnglish
Founded2005; 21 years ago (2005)
FounderJeremy Ferwerda[1]
URLsputnikmusic.com

Sputnikmusic (abbreviated as Sputnik) is a music website that publishes music reviews and news entries. The site hosts both professional and amateur content,[2] covering metal, punk, indie, rock, hip-hop, pop and other styles. Its reviews are used by the review aggregate Metacritic.

Reception

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Metacritic incorporates Sputnikmusic's staff reviews into its review aggregate ratings.[3] The site was cited by The Guardian[4] and Neil Daniels.[5] Michael Miller wrote that "you're likely to fine [sic] a wide variety of opinions in the site".[2] A Master's thesis utilized Sputnikmusic's music database for its research, due to its "focus on non-mainstream artists" and its "encompassing database".[6] The ethnomusicologist Jorge Mercado Méndez references Sputnikmusic as an 'acclaimed' review source adjacent to Pitchfork,[7] while musicologist Giuseppe Catani cites Sputnikmusic's Alex Robertson alongside the NME.[8]

Stratification and rating systems

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On Sputnikmusic, there are four levels of reviewers, which differentiate professional and amateur content:[9]

  • Staff Reviewers: these are the editors who contribute to the professional section by producing analyses and reviews. Their reviews are referenced on Metacritic.
  • Contributors: These writers are recognized by the current Staff members as good enough writers to be featured. Nevertheless, they are not taken into account by Metacritic or Wikipedia.
  • Emeritus: status given to former Staff members who no longer contribute to the site. Their reviews are considered professional.
  • User: this category includes all other people who are not listed at a higher level. They can add new reviews, artists and albums to the database, as well as edit and submit reviews or lists.

The Sputnikmusic notation system is based on a 5-point system, starting at 1.0 and ending at 5.0 in 0.5 steps. Each note is associated with a word, ranging from "Awful" for 1.0 to "Classic" for 5.0. Staff members are also allowed to score in 0.1 steps.

Each album analysis shows the score given by the reviewer, but also the score given by the other reviewers on an associated page where an average is calculated from all the scores. A bar chart also shows the number of ratings each score has received for each album.

Album of the Year

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Year Artist Album Source
2006 Converge No Heroes [10]
2007 Burial Untrue [11]
2009 Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion [12]
2010 The Tallest Man on Earth The Wild Hunt [13]
2011 Bon Iver Bon Iver [14]
2012 Swans The Seer [15]
2013 Julia Holter Loud City Song [16]
2014 Flying Lotus You're Dead! [17]
2015 Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly [18]
2016 David Bowie Blackstar [19]
2017 The National Sleep Well Beast [20]
2018 Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour [21]
2019 Laura Stevenson The Big Freeze [22]
2020 Charli XCX how i'm feeling now [23]
2021 Mastodon Hushed and Grim [24]
2022 Ethel Cain Preacher's Daughter [25]
2023 JPEGMafia and Danny Brown Scaring the Hoes [26]
2024 Charli XCX Brat [27]

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