#1: The War on Drugs - I Don’t Live Here Anymore

 

408.75 raw points, 7 lists, 1,430.63 total points (#1: wvufan2010, TwoStep2888)

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I Don’t Live Here Anymore voting facts:

• This marks the third time The War on Drugs has captured the top spot in the Ants AOTY

• They previously took the crown in 2014 for Lost in the Dream and 2017 for A Deeper Understanding

• They join Radiohead (2007, 2016, 2000s) as the only three-time winner of Ants AOTY/AOTD. Other multi-year winners include The National (2013, 2010s) and Bon Iver (2011, 2019)

• The only album this year to receive multiple first-place votes

• Finished just 1.25 raw points ahead of Brandi Carlile, but appeared on one more list, which made the difference between finishing in third and finishing in first 

• Also War on Drugs' closest margin of victory, right around 140 total points. For comparison, Lost in the Dream won in 2014 by almost 600

• Appeared on 7 of our 12 lists, which tied with Julien Baker’s Little Oblivions for the most

• Early returns favored Julien Baker, Tyler, The Creator and Lucy Dacus (“the top three are pretty tight right now”), but I Don’t Live Here Anymore jumped up to the top and kept holding on as more lists came in (“one album is definitely starting to pull away”)

• 150 different albums were submitted this year