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Top 89 of 2022: Top Minnesota songs and albums

Left to right: Chastity Brown, Hippo Campus
Left to right: Chastity Brown, Hippo CampusArtwork by Natalia Toledo | MPR; Chastity Brown: Red House Records; Hippo Campus: Tonje Thilesen

by Staff

December 27, 2022

Here are The Current staff’s picks for the top Minnesota singles and albums of 2022.

Top Minnesota Singles

  1. Hippo Campus – “Ride or Die”  

  2. Durry – “Losers Club”  

  3. Cloud Cult – “One Way Out of a Hole”

  4. Chastity Brown – “Wonderment” 

  5. Ondara – “A Nocturnal Heresy” 

  6. Joe Rainey – “Bezhigo” 

  7. Trampled by Turtles - “It's So Hard To Hold On” 

  8. Raffaella – “BLONDE” 

  9. Ber – “Boys Who Kiss You In Their Car” 

  10. LASKA – “Funhouse”  

  11. Miloe – “Gaps” 

  12. Dua Saleh – “macrodosing”

  13. Polica – “Alive” 

  14. Colin Bracewell – “Making Me Crazy”  

  15. Jeremy Messersmith – “666” 

Top Minnesota Albums & EPs

  1. Trampled by Turtles – Alpenglow

  2. Chastity Brown – Sing To the Walls

  3. Cloud Cult – Metamorphosis

  4. Ondara – Spanish Villager No: 3

  5. Dua Saleh – Crossover EP

  6. Hippo Campus – LP3

  7. Polica – Madness

  8. The Cactus Blossoms – One Day

  9. Miloe – Gaps EP

  10. Night Moves – The Redaction EP

  11. Raffaella – LIVE, RAFF, LOVE (Act I) EP

  12. Joe Rainey – Niineta

  13. Scrunchies – Feral Coast

  14. S. Carey – Break Me Open

  15. Ber – And I’m Still Thinking About That EP

The Current's Top 89 Songs of 2022 will air on Sunday, Jan. 1. At 10 a.m. CT, we'll look back on past Top 89 winners. Then, around 12 p.m., we'll start this year's countdown, which wraps at 6 p.m. Hear it again starting at 8 a.m. on Jan. 2.

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