AllMusic Best of 2019

AllMusic has assembled our Best of 2019. Browse through and check out what music our editors have been listening to this year.

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# 1

Bayti Fi Rasi by A-WA

Album • May 31 / 2019 Al Jeel Muzika mizrahit

# 2

Designer by Aldous Harding

Album • Apr 26 / 2019 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 3

Glitter Wolf by Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom

Album • Feb 01 / 2019 Jazz Fusion

# 4

Gece by Altin Gün

Album • Apr 26 / 2019 Anatolian Rock

# 5

My Finest Work Yet by Andrew Bird

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Chamber Pop Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 6

All Mirrors by Angel Olsen

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 7

thank u, next by Ariana Grande

Album • Feb 08 / 2019 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 8

Gold & Grey by Baroness

Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Stoner Rock Stoner Metal

# 9

Avocationals by Benoît Pioulard + Sean Curtis Patrick

Album • Mar 15 / 2019 Ambient Tape Music

# 10

Ribbons by Bibio

Album • Apr 12 / 2019 Psychedelic Folk

# 11

U.F.O.F. by Big Thief

Album • May 03 / 2019 Indie Folk

# 12

WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? by Billie Eilish

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Alt-Pop Electropop Alternative R&B

# 13

Midsommar by Bobby Krlic

Album • Jul 05 / 2019 Film Score Chamber Music Ambient

# 14

Utopia by Bremer/McCoy

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 Chamber Jazz

# 15

Dedicated by Carly Rae Jepsen

Album • May 17 / 2019 Dance-Pop Synthpop

# 16

Reward by Cate Le Bon

Album • May 24 / 2019 Art Pop

# 17

Ancestral Recall by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Jazz Fusion

# 18

Kingfish by Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

Album • May 17 / 2019 Electric Blues Blues Rock

# 19

Everyday Life by Coldplay

Album • Nov 22 / 2019 Art Pop Art Rock

# 20

Fireraisers Forever! by Comet Gain

Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Slacker Rock Noise Pop

# 23

ZUU by Denzel Curry

Album • May 31 / 2019 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 24

Amarae morti by El León de Oro + Peter Phillips + Dominique Phinot + Roland de Lassus + Nicolas Gombert + Manuel Cardoso + Tomás Luis de Victoria + Cristóbal de Morales + Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Album • Feb 01 / 2019 Christian Liturgical Music Renaissance Music Choral

# 25

It's Real by Ex Hex

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Power Pop Garage Rock

# 26

MAGDALENE by FKA twigs

Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 27

Crush by Floating Points

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 IDM

# 28

C'est Ça by Fly Pan Am

Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Experimental Rock Post-Rock

# 29

Trillium Killer by Foxes In Fiction

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 Dream Pop Ambient Pop Bedroom Pop

# 30

J.S. Bach: The Lute Suites by Franz Halász

Album • Jun 07 / 2019

# 31

Bandana by Freddie Gibbs + Madlib

Album • Jun 28 / 2019 Gangsta Rap

# 33

This Land by Gary Clark Jr.

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Blues Rock

# 34

This Is How You Smile by Helado Negro

Album • Mar 08 / 2019 Indietronica Ambient Pop Art Pop

# 35

Venus in Leo by HTRK

Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Ambient Pop Minimal Wave Dream Pop

# 36

Percepción by Intocable

Album • Mar 15 / 2019 Norteño

# 37

LEGACY! LEGACY! by Jamila Woods

Album • May 10 / 2019 Neo-Soul

# 38

Love and Liberation by Jazzmeia Horn

Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Vocal Jazz

# 39

Tracing Back the Radiance by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

Album • Jul 12 / 2019 Ambient Drone

# 40

Quiet Signs by Jessica Pratt

Album • Feb 08 / 2019 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 41

Baby, Please Come Home by Jimmie Vaughan

Album • May 17 / 2019 Blues Electric Texas Blues

# 42

Cypress Grove by Jimmy "Duck" Holmes

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 Chicago Blues

# 43

Like The River Loves The Sea by Joan Shelley

Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 44

Trio Tapestry by Joe Lovano + Marilyn Crispell + Carmen Castaldi

Album • Jan 25 / 2019 ECM Style Jazz

# 45

Sun on Sand by Joshua Redman + Brooklyn Rider + Patrick Zimmerli

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Third Stream Chamber Jazz

# 46

Literal by Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40

Album • May 31 / 2019 Latin Pop Salsa

# 47

Crushing by Julia Jacklin

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 48

Lux Prima by Karen O + Danger Mouse

Album • Mar 15 / 2019 Indie Pop Art Rock

# 49

Slowly Speeding by Kim Lenz

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Rockabilly Americana

# 50

Norman Fucking Rockwell! by Lana Del Rey

Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 51

The Livelong Day by Lankum

Album • Oct 25 / 2019 Irish Folk Music

# 52

Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41, TH 75 (Excerpts) & 9 Sacred Pieces, TH 78 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky + Latvian Radio Choir + Sigvards Kļava

Album • Jun 14 / 2019

# 53

Al Chile by Lila Downs

Album • May 03 / 2019 Latin Alternative Mexican Music