# Oor > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Oor > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Oor.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oor > Source revision: 1351063494 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Dutch music magazine Oor Categories Music magazine Frequency Monthly Founder Barend Toet Founded 1 April 1971 (1971-04-01) First issue 1971; 55 years ago (1971) Country Netherlands Language Dutch Website www.oor.nl ***Oor*** is the oldest currently published [music magazine](/source/Music_magazine) in the Netherlands, founded in 1971. **Oor** is the Dutch word for ear. Until 1984, it was published as **Muziekkrant Oor**.[1] ## History The magazine was first published on 1 April 1971 as *Muziekkrant Oor*, being founded by Barend Toet. Toet used the United States' *[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)* and the United Kingdom's *[Melody Maker](/source/Melody_Maker)* as examples to model *Muziekkrant Oor* after.[2] Of the first issue, 20,000 copies were printed and paid for by Berry Visser, one of the co-founders of [Mojo Concerts](/source/Mojo_Concerts). The magazine was sold to Levisson on 1 January 1972. In 1978, the magazine was bought by [Elsevier](/source/Elsevier). Throughout the 1970s and 1990s, *Oor* was seen as "the only source of information in the Netherlands when it came to 'serious' pop music", because other magazines only dealt with [Top 40](/source/Dutch_Top_40) pop and foreign magazines could only be purchased in large cities.[3] *Oor* also received exclusive interviews with musicians such as [Stevie Wonder](/source/Stevie_Wonder), [Bob Marley](/source/Bob_Marley), [Prince](/source/Prince_(musician)) and [Fela Kuti](/source/Fela_Kuti). The magazine's album reviews and concert schedules were a key part of its popularity.[4] Halfway through the 1990s, *Oor* was sold to the [Telegraaf](/source/Telegraaf) Media Group. In 2002, *Oor* was bought by Erik de Vlieger's Imca Media Group. Since 2006, Argo Media is the owner. Originally, *Oor* was published as a newspaper, hence the word 'krant' in the name. From the 1980s onward, the word Muziekkrant was dropped from the title and *Oor* had become a magazine. In 2005 the publication frequency changed from bi-weekly to monthly.[1] In 2021, the book *Want More? Het beste van 50 jaar Oor* was published to celebrate the magazine's 50th anniversary. The [crowdfunded](/source/Crowdfunding) goal of €22,500 was easily reached, and a total of €100,000 was raised on www.voordekunst.nl.[4] ## Albums of the year Year Artist Album Source 1990 Living Colour Time's Up 1991 Nirvana Nevermind 1992 Tom Waits Bone Machine 1993 The Lemonheads Come on Feel the Lemonheads 1994 Spearhead Home 1995 Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 1996 DJ Shadow Endtroducing..... 1997 Radiohead OK Computer 1998 Massive Attack Mezzanine 1999 Tom Waits Mule Variations 2000 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2001 The Strokes Is This It 2002 Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf 2003 The White Stripes Elephant 2004 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 2005 Antony and The Johnsons I Am a Bird Now 2006 Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 2007 Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare 2008 TV on the Radio Dear Science 2009 The xx Xx 2010 Arcade Fire The Suburbs 2011 PJ Harvey Let England Shake 2012 Alt-J An Awesome Wave 2013 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Push the Sky Away 2014 The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream 2015 Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell 2016 David Bowie Blackstar [5] 2017 LCD Soundsystem American Dream [6] 2018 Janelle Monáe Dirty Computer [7] 2019 Lana Del Rey Norman Fucking Rockwell! [8] 2020 Eefje de Visser Bitterzoet [9] 2021 Little Simz Sometimes I Might Be Introvert [10] 2022 Big Thief Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You [11] 2023 Caroline Polachek Desire, I Want to Turn Into You [12] 2024 Charli XCX Brat [13] 2025 Rosalía Lux [14] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-VK_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-VK_1-1) Kamer, Gijsbert (27 April 2021). ["Het jubileumboek van tijdschrift Oor is verrukkelijk"](https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/het-jubileumboek-van-tijdschrift-oor-is-verrukkelijk~b8723421/). *[De Volkskrant](/source/De_Volkskrant)* (in Dutch). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210430085030/https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/het-jubileumboek-van-tijdschrift-oor-is-verrukkelijk~b8723421/) from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Villamedia (2011-03-25). ["Sleeping giant moet ontwaken"](https://www.villamedia.nl/artikel/sleeping-giant-moet-ontwaken). *Villamedia — Website over journalistiek* (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-01-28. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Muziekblad Oor blikt halve eeuw terug met een stoeptegel van een boek"](https://www.parool.nl/kunst-media/muziekblad-oor-blikt-halve-eeuw-terug-met-een-stoeptegel-van-een-boek~b10638f5/). *[Het Parool](/source/Het_Parool)*. 2021-04-14. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_4-1) Kamer, Gijsbert (2021-04-27). ["Het jubileumboek van tijdschrift Oor is verrukkelijk"](https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/het-jubileumboek-van-tijdschrift-oor-is-verrukkelijk~b8723421/). *[De Volkskrant](/source/De_Volkskrant)*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Febre, Arnold le (2016-11-29). ["Bowie's Blackstar verkozen tot beste album van 2016"](https://www.entertainmentbusiness.nl/muziek/bowies-blackstar-verkozen-tot-beste-album-van-2016/). *Entertainment Business* (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-01-28. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Muziekpers: LCD Soundsystem beste album van 2017"](https://www.parool.nl/kunst-media/muziekpers-lcd-soundsystem-beste-album-van-2017~be602681/). *[Het Parool](/source/Het_Parool)*. 2017-12-05. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["OOR: 2018 was het popjaar van de vrouw"](https://www.parool.nl/kunst-media/oor-2018-was-het-popjaar-van-de-vrouw~b8950bc1/). *[Het Parool](/source/Het_Parool)*. 2018-12-04. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["OOR's Eindlijst 2019: Lana Del Rey maakt album van het jaar"](https://oor.nl/news/album-van-het-jaar-lana-del-rey-norman-fucking-rockwell/). *OOR* (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-01-28. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["OOR's Eindlijst: dit zijn de 20 beste albums van 2020"](https://oor.nl/news/eefje-de-visser-maakt-het-beste-album-van-2020/). *OOR* (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-01-28. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["OOR's Eindlijst: dit zijn de 20 beste albums van 2021"](https://oor.nl/news/oors-eindlijst-dit-zijn-de-20-beste-albums-van-2021/). *OOR* (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-01-28. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["OOR's Eindlijst: dit zijn de 20 beste albums van 2022"](https://oor.nl/news/dit-zijn-de-20-beste-albums-van-2022/). *OOR* (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-01-28. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["OOR's Eindlijst 2023: dit zijn de 20 beste albums van het jaar"](https://oor.nl/news/oors-eindlijst-dit-zijn-de-20-beste-albums-van-2023/). *OOR* (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-01-28. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["OOR's Eindlijst 2024: dit zijn de 20 beste albums van het jaar"](https://oor.nl/news/oors-eindlijst-2024-dit-zijn-de-20-beste-albums-van-het-jaar/). *OOR* (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-01-28. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["OOR's Eindlijst 2025: dit zijn de 20 beste albums van het jaar"](https://oor.nl/news/oors-eindlijst-2025-dit-zijn-de-20-beste-albums-van-het-jaar//). *OOR* (in Dutch). Retrieved 2026-04-25. ## External links - [www.oor.nl](http://www.oor.nl) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Oor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oor) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oor?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.