Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

2023
Javelin - Sufjan Stevens

The Best Albums of 2023 Entertainment Weekly

Guts - Olivia Rodrigo

The Best Albums Of 2023 HuffPost

Rat Saw God - Wednesday

The Best Albums of 2023 Sound Opinions: Greg Kot

the record - boygenius

The Best Albums of 2023 Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis

Something to Give Each Other - Troye Sivan

The Best Albums of 2023 Vogue

A Gift & a Curse - Gunna

The Best Hip-Hop Projects of 2023 XXL

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We - Mitski

Top 55 Albums of 2023 Brooklyn Vegan

Black Rainbows - Corinne Bailey Rae

Albums of the Year for 2023 God Is In The TV

Jaguar II - Victoria Monét

The Best Albums of 2023 Essence

the record - boygenius

Best Albums of 2023 Uproxx Music Critics Poll

the record - boygenius

Favorite Albums 2023 Bob Boilen

Tête-à-tête - Ruth Anderson & Annea Lockwood

The Best Of 2023 Quietus: Jennifer Lucy Allan

Lahai - Sampha

Best Albums of 2023 AllMusic

the record - boygenius

The Best Albums of 2023 Variety: Chris Willman

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The Best Albums of 2023 Variety: Steven J. Horowitz

Mañana Será Bonito - Karol G

The Best Albums of 2023 Variety: Thania Garcia

Larger than Life - Brent Faiyaz

The Best Albums of 2023 Variety: Jem Aswad

Jaguar II - Victoria Monét

The 10 Best Albums of 2023 Hollywood Reporter: Mesfin Fekadu

La La Land - Guided By Voices

Top 25 Albums of 2023 Magnet

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We - Mitski

Our 50 Favorite Albums of 2023 Boston Globe

Heavy Heavy - Young Fathers

Albums of 2023 The Skinny

Rat Saw God - Wednesday

20 Best Album for 2023 Glide

Raven - Kelela

The Best Albums of 2023 Resident Advisor

The Greater Wings - Julie Byrne

10 of the Best Queer Albums of 2023 Autostraddle: Stef Rubino