Year-End Lists

Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2022

1. Beyoncé
   Renaissance
2. Sudan Archives
   Natural Brown Prom Queen
3. Alvvays
   Blue Rev
4. Special Interest
   Endure
5. Bad Bunny
   Un Verano Sin Ti
6. Rosalía
   Motomami
7. Big Thief
   Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
8. Lucrecia Dalt
   ¡Ay!
9. Yaya Bey
   Remember Your North Star
10. Alex G
    God Save the Animals
11. The Weeknd
    Dawn FM
12. Björk
    Fossora
13. Kendrick Lamar
    Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
14. Grace Ives
    Janky Star
15. Jockstrap
    I Love You Jennifer B
16. Nilüfer Yanya
    Painless
17. Earl Sweatshirt
    Sick!
18. Makaya McCraven
    In These Times
19. Charli XCX
    Crash
20. Cate Le Bon
    Pompeii
21. The Smile
    A Light for Attracting Attention
22. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
    Topical Dancer
23. Beth Orton
    Weather Alive
24. FKA twigs
    Caprisongs
25. Daphni
    Cherry
26. Perfume Genius
    Ugly Season
27. Florist
    Florist
28. Billy Woods
    Aethiopes
29. Rachika Nayar
    Heaven Come Crashing
30. Destroyer
    Labyrinthitis
31. Hikaru Utada
    Bad Mode
32. Ravyn Lenae
    Hypnos
33. The 1975
    Being Funny in a Foreign Language
34. Mavi
    Laughing so Hard, it Hurts
35. MJ Lenderman
    Boat Songs
36. Soul Glo
    Diaspora Problems
37. Weyes Blood
    And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
38. Huerco S.
    Plonk
39. Chat Pile
    God's Country
40. Jenny Hval
    Classic Objects
41. Oren Ambarchi
    Shebang
42. 700 Bliss
    Nothing To Declare
43. Mitski
    Laurel Hell
44. Amber Mark
    Three Dimensions Deep
45. Soccer Mommy
    Sometimes, Forever
46. Arca
    KicK iii
47. The Beths
    Expert in a Dying Field
48. Jeff Parker
    Forfolks
49. Black Country, New Road
    Ants From Up There
50. Marina Herlop
    Pripyat