Year-End Lists

Mikael Wood: The 20 Best Albums of 2024, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2025 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021]

1. Short n' Sweet
   Sabrina Carpenter
2. The Tortured Poets Department
   Taylor Swift
3. Two Star & The Dream Police
   Mk.gee
4. The Loneliest Girl In The World
   Laci Kaye Booth
5. Nashville, Tennessee
   Ernest
6. Born in the Wild
   Tems
7. Eternal Sunshine
   Ariana Grande
8. The FORCE
   LL Cool J
9. Brat
   Charli XCX
10. Hit Me Hard and Soft
    Billie Eilish
11. Cowboy Carter
    Beyoncé
12. One Hand Clapping
    Paul McCartney and Wings
13. Tori
    Tori Kelly
14. GNX
    Kendrick Lamar
15. Songs of a Lost World
    The Cure
16. Frog In Boiling Water
    DIIV
17. Charm
    Clairo
18. Hardstone Psycho
    Don Toliver
19. The Hard Quartet
    The Hard Quartet
20. Deeper Well
    Kacey Musgraves