Arnold, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Portishead, Prince, Puss n Boots, Queen, R.E.M., Rayland Baxter, Redd Kross, Rhiannon Giddens, Rob Zombie, Robbie Fulks, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Sheryl Crow, Smashing Pumpkins, Snoop Dogg, Sparks, Stan Rogers, Starcrawler, Steve Miller Band, Sublime, T.
Paak, Arc Iris, Bastille, Billie Eilish, Billy Idol, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Brandi Carlile, Britney Spears, Bruce Springsteen, Carl Broemel, Cher, Childish Gambino, Chris Anderson, Chris Gaines, Dan Mangan, Dan Navarro, Darude, Dave Matthews, David Bowie, Dolly Parton, Dusty Springfield, Eagles of Death Metal, Ednaswap, Eric Hopper, Fleetwood Mac, Flor de Toloache, Galantis, Garth Brooks, Gillian Welch, Handmade Moments, James Taylor, Jenn Champion, Jennifer Hudson, Joan As Police Woman, John Hiatt, Juliana Hatfield, Kelsey Lu, Lana Del Rey, Led Zeppelin, Lettuce, Leyla McCalla, Lil Nas X, Lissie, Lucy Dacus, Mac Miller, Maren Morris, Maribou State, Mark Ronson, Mikal Cronin, Miley Cyrus, Mø, Natalie Hemby, Natalie Imbruglia, Nick Cave, No Doubt, Norah Jones, Ohmme, Okay Kaya, Ola Belle Reed, Our Native Daughters, P.P. – Ray Padgett, Editor-in-Chief NEXT PAGE → Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Best Of, Best of The Year, Feature, News, Video Tagged with: 10cc, Aaliyah, Aimee Mann, Amanda Shires, Anais Mitchell, Anderson. Then help us discover something new by adding your own favorites in the comments. Extremely educated opinions in our cases – I can pretty much guarantee that we collectively listened to more 2019 covers than any other site out there – but opinions nevertheless. Great! That’s the beauty of these lists: It’s all opinion. And if you followed cover news yourself this year, you’ll probably be outraged when a personal favorite placed too low, or didn’t make it at all. As you go through this list, there will be at least one cover you hate. But these 50 below – these are the cream of the crop, the belles of the ball, the toppermost of the poppermost. Honestly, we could throw all of the above in the trash and still come up with a pretty impressive batch of 2019 covers. In fact, we’ve already got 150 more bonus tracks lined up for Patreon supporters (which, I know I mention it a lot, but it’s how we keep this site afloat, so please consider supporting us if you like what we do). There were way more than 50 great covers in 2019. Calling these covers great almost does them a disservice. What I want to do is emphasize just how high the bar to appear on this list has been set. The point here is not to toot our own horn… well, that’s not entirely the point.
Even our Features team, who ostensibly couldn’t care less whether a cover came out last month or last century, seemed to be constantly finding new things to slip into their deep dives. Plus, we rounded the best of the best into monthly 30+ lists, and added even more for supporters of our new Patreon. Our News team wrote amazing stand-alone stories on sometimes tight deadlines, adding context and research beyond “here’s a new cover” quickie. In 2019, Cover Me wrote about more new covers than in any year in our 12-year history.