Year-End Lists

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

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

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