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As said in previous years, this award started long before the site
was even a thought, in one publication, radio show or another. Since
2000, I have handed out a "League of Their Own" Award to an album that
is made by an artist who is the most forward thinking, open minded,
revolutionary musician out there today. Their accomplishments in the
past 12 months have either resurrected a sound, broke down walls and
created new frontiers or have totally reinvented a genre all together.
The choices for "League of Their Own" have become more than just the
best album of the year but the most important record to be released at
that time.
In the past winners have included:
2000 - Radiohead - Kid A
2001 - The Strokes - Is This It?
2002 - NERD - In Search of...
2003 - The White Stripes - Elephant
2004 - The Killers - Hot Fuss
2005 - The Mars Volta - Francis the Mute
2006 - TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
2007 - Kanye West - Graduation
2008 - Santigold
2009 - Mastodon - Crack the Skye
2010 - Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
2011 - Bjork - Biophilia
2012 - Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
2013 - Arcade Fire - Reflektor
2014 - Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
2015 - Kamasi Washington - The Epic
2016 - David Bowie - Blackstar
2017 - Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
2018 - Richard Russell - Everything is Recorded
2019 - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats Nest
2020 - Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
2021 - St. Vincent - Daddy's Home
2022 - Black Midi - Hellfire
2023 - Algiers - Shook
2024 - Tyler, The Creator - Chromakopia
...and the 2025 League of their Own winner is...
FKA Twigs - Eusexua
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