Year-End Lists

Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2024, a survey of nearly 300 music critics

1. Charli XCX
   Brat
2. Kendrick Lamar
   GNX
3. Doechii
   Alligator Bites Never Heal
4. MJ Lenderman
   Manning Fireworks
5. Waxahatchee
   Tigers Blood
6. Beyoncé
   Cowboy Carter
7. Tyler, The Creator
   Chromakopia
8. Cindy Lee
   Diamond Jubilee
9. The Cure
   Songs of a Lost World
10. Sabrina Carpenter
    Short n' Sweet
11. Vampire Weekend
    Only God Was Above Us
12. Adrianne Lenker
    Bright Future
13. Jessica Pratt
    Here in the Pitch
14. Fontaines D.C.
    Romance
15. Schoolboy Q
    Blue Lips
16. Billie Eilish
    Hit Me Hard and Soft
17. Mannequin Pussy
    I Got Heaven
18. Magdalena Bay
    Imaginal Disk
19. Mk.gee
    Two Star & The Dream Police
20. Future and Metro Boomin
    We Don't Trust You
21. Hurray for the Riff Raff
    The Past Is Still Alive
22. Vince Staples
    Dark Times
23. Tyla
    Tyla
24. Jack White
    No Name
25. GloRilla
    Glorious
26. Father John Misty
    Mahashmashana
27. Kim Gordon
    The Collective
28. Clairo
    Charm
29. Leon Thomas
    Mutt
30. Rosali
    Bite Down
31. Kacey Musgraves
    Deeper Well
32. Johnny Blue Skies
    Passage du Desir
33. NxWorries
    Why Lawd?
34. Charli XCX
    Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat
35. This Is Lorelei
    Box for Buddy, Box for Star
36. Ariana Grande
    Eternal Sunshine
37. Nala Sinephro
    Endlessness
38. Los Campesinos!
    All Hell
39. Cassandra Jenkins
    My Light, My Destroyer
40. Ekko Astral
    Pink Balloons
41. Jamie xx
    In Waves
42. LL Cool J
    The FORCE
43. Knocked Loose
    You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
44. St. Vincent
    All Born Screaming
45. Ravyn Lenae
    Bird's Eye
46. Kali Uchis
    Orquídeas
47. Blood Incantation
    Absolute Elsewhere
48. Nilüfer Yanya
    My Method Actor
49. Friko
    Where We've Been, Where We Go from Here
50. KAYTRANADA
    Timeless