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The Boss just made three 3 hour long concerts in Sweden and 17 Swedish journalists and musicians took the opportunity to rank their 30 favorite songs. The ballots were compiled into an overall top 30 list.

http://www.expressen.se/noje/har-ar-sup ... ens-basta/

1. "Thunder road" 355
2. "The river" 308
3. "Jungleland" 262
4. "Born to run" 239
5. "Badlands" 238
6. "Atlantic city" 207
7. "New York City serenade" 188
8. "Because the night" 186
9. "Hungry heart" 182
10."Drive all night" 176
11. "Backstreets" 171
12. "Darkness on the edge of town" 169
13. "Point blank" 163
14. "The ghost of Tom Joad" 162
15. "Racing in the street" 156
16. "4th of July, Asbury park (Sandy)" 152
17. "Bobby Jean" 145
18. "Lost in the flood" 141
19. "Tougher than the rest" 138
20. "Dancing in the dark" 135
21. "The promised land" 120
22. "Streets of Philadelphia" 114
23. "Land of hope and dreams" 111
24. "Downbound train" 110
25. "Prove it all night" 106
26. "The promise" 96
27. "Stolen car" 94
28. "Cover me" 91
29. "Brilliant disguise" 85
30. "Rosalita (come out tonight)" 81

Is this AM-eligible, or do new artists lists still have to be top 50?

While I don't particularly like 'Born in the USA', I think it should still be on this list...

And 'Born to Run' should absolutely be number one IMO...

"Born in the USA" isn't one of my favorites among his hits. But, based on its AM ranking, you're right.

JR wrote:Is this AM-eligible, or do new artists lists still have to be top 50?

I think it could be eligible, as 30 is closer to 50 than 10...geometrically.

More seriously, I think it should be eligible because there are 17 people behind the list and perhaps also because there are no other BS lists at AM.

Sounds good to me. By the way- I inquired in the "June Update" thread in the forum how the update was coming along.

Henrik, what is the exact rule about "the best of artist" lists? I know quite a few such lists, but I'm not sure if they are eligible.

I'm not Henrik, but there have been lists as short as 10 that are included. Henrik decided to keep those in, but for future lists, upped the criteria (looks like it's at least 30 now?) Would have to be a multi-critic list, unless it's by someone real notable in the music criticism world, and then meet the Alexa criteria.

Henrik could expand and clarify.