As we head into the new year, it’s impossible not to remember the musical masterpieces that so many of our favorite artists have released over the past twelve months. From Orion Sun’s celestial R&B album “Hold Space For Me” and Jean Dawson’s gritty, experimental hip-hop album to Mac Miller’s posthumous album “Circles” and Grimes electic pop album “Miss Antropocene,” this year has brought us an overwhelming amount of musicians. But lucky for you, we’ve compiled a list of the best albums released this year.
Keep scrolling to see our picks for the Top 50 Best Albums of the Year, and then stream the full playlist below.
50. Silver Sphere – all my boyfriends
49. Megan Thee Stallion – Good News
48. Serena Isioma – The Leo Sun Sets
47. The Weeknd – After Hours
46. brakence – punk2
45. Hope Tala – Girl Eats Sun
44. Orion Sun – Hold Space For Me
43. NNAMDÏ – BRAT
42. Dominic Fike – What Could Possibly Go Wrong
41. Omar Apollo – Apolonio
40. Jean Dawson – Pixel Bath
39. Mac Miller – Circles
38. Deftones – Ohms
37. Fleet Foxes – Shore
36. Dinner Party – Dinner Party
35. Magdalena Bay – A Little Rhythm and a Wicked Feeling
34. Taylor Swift – folklore
33. Jessie Ware – What’s Your Pleasure?
32. Freddie Gibbs – Alfredo
31. Empty Country – Empty Country
30. Dogleg – Melee
29. Sinai Vessel – Ground Aswim
28. Helena Deland – Someone New
27. Westerman – Your Hero Is Not Dead
26. Grimes – Miss Anthropocene
25. Pa Salieu – Send Them To Coventry
24. Bad Bunny – YHLQMDLG
23. The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You
22. Bartees Strange – Live Forever
21. Into It. Over It. – Figure
20. Thundercat – It Is What It Is
19. 070 Shake – Modus Vivendi
18. Tame Impala – The Slow Rush
17. Charli XCX – how i’m feeling now
16. Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia
15. Soccer Mommy – color theory
14. The Beths – Jump Rope Gazers
13. Moses Sumney – græ
12. Yves Tumor – Heaven to a Tortured Mind
11. Rina Sawayama – SAWAYAMA
10. beabadoobee – Fake It Flowers
9. Lomelda – Hannah
8. Waxahatchee – Saint Cloud
7. SAULT – Untitled (Black Is)
6. HAIM – Women In Music Pt. III
5. Caribou – Suddenly
4. Touché Amoré – Lament
3. The 1975 – Notes on a Conditional Form
2. Run The Jewels – RTJ4
1. Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
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