Albumism's 50 Best Albums of 2018

In the spirit of ensuring that our end-of-year selections represent a more accurate consensus among the broader Albumism community, this year’s list reflects our staff & readers’ picks.

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# 1
Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Art Pop
# 2
Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter
# 3
Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 4
Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock
# 5
Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Pop Rock
# 6
Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 7
Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop
# 8
Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Synthpop Alternative Dance New Wave
# 9
Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Soul Blues Rock
# 10
Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop Indie Rock
# 11
Album • May 11 / 2018 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia
# 12
Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Psychedelic Soul Art Pop Neo-Soul
# 13
Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Synthpop Electropop Art Pop Alt-Pop
# 14
Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Post-Punk Revival
# 15
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Neo-Soul Jazz-Funk
# 16
Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country
# 17
Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House
# 18
Album • May 11 / 2018
# 19
# 20
Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Neo-Soul
# 21
Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Americana Alt-Country
# 22
Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Boom Bap Conscious Hip Hop
# 23
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Dance-Pop Country Pop
# 24
Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Abstract Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 25
Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Electropop Synthpop
# 26
Album • Oct 21 / 2018 Indie Pop
# 27
Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Americana Indie Folk
# 28
Album • Aug 09 / 2018 Pop
# 29
Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Alternative Rock Pop Rock
# 30
Album • May 25 / 2018 Hardcore Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop
# 31
Album • Sep 07 / 2018
# 32
Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Soul
# 33
Album • May 04 / 2018 Neo-Soul Smooth Soul
# 34
Album • Mar 30 / 2018 East Coast Hip Hop Boom Bap
# 35
Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Art Pop
# 36
Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Hardcore Hip Hop
# 37
Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop
# 38
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Neo-Soul
# 39
Album • May 08 / 2018 East Coast Hip Hop
# 40
Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 41
A Breukelen Story by Masta Ace & Marco Polo  +  Marco Polo  +  Masta Ace
Album • Nov 09 / 2018
# 42
Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 43
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop
# 44
Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Alternative Rock
# 45
Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 46
Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Pop Soul Smooth Soul
# 47
Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop
# 48
Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz
# 49
Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Alternative Rock Pop Rock
# 50
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Alt-Pop Electropop