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By Joshua Gutierrez - Editor

It’s AOTY time!

For the first time with Playlist Odyssey, I have compiled my favorite albums of the year. Though it was a tedious process throughout the year, I have highlighted albums in three categories: Hidden Gem, Below Radar and Everything else above 1 million listens on Spotify.

This article is dedicated to the bedroom, small club and opening acts I refer to as Hidden Gem, which specifically targets artists with monthly listens below 100K on Spotify.

These 30 albums prove how special music is across the spectrum of releases. While some of these albums were more obscure to discover than others, every one of these albums is special.

Check out the Hidden Gem playlist below, which features all the songs selected from each of these 30 albums!

Bye!