AllMusic's 100 Favorite Albums of 2024

# 1

Scheduled Explosions by 2nd Grade

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Power Pop Slacker Rock

# 2

Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 3

YY by Amaro Freitas

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Post-Minimalism Third Stream

# 4

Cartoon Darkness by Amyl and The Sniffers

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Garage Punk

# 5

CASSANDRA (cherith) by Andra Day

Album • May 10 / 2024 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul

# 6

Gemelo by Angélica Garcia

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Latin Pop Alt-Pop

# 7

Songs My Mom Liked by Anthony Branker + Imagine

Album • Jun 21 / 2024

# 8

Handel: Theodora, HWV 60 by Louise Alder + Tim Mead + Anna Stéphany + Stuart Jackson + Adam Plachetka + Arcangelo + Jonathan Cohen

Album • Feb 23 / 2024

# 9

eternal sunshine by Ariana Grande

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 10

Night Reign by Arooj Aftab

Album • May 31 / 2024 Chamber Folk Chamber Jazz

# 11

Eels by Being Dead

Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 12

Realistic IX by Belong

Album • Aug 09 / 2024 Shoegaze Post-Punk

# 13

Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons

Album • May 17 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 14

COWBOY CARTER by Beyoncé

Album • Mar 29 / 2024 Country Pop

# 15

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish

Album • May 17 / 2024 Alt-Pop

# 16

Cold Visions by Bladee

Album • Apr 24 / 2024 Rage Trap

# 17

Absolute Elsewhere by Blood Incantation

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Death Metal Progressive Metal

# 18

My Light, My Destroyer by Cassandra Jenkins

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Sophisti-Pop Indie Rock

# 19

The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow by Charles Lloyd

Album • Mar 15 / 2024 Post-Bop

# 20

$10 Cowboy by Charley Crockett

Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Progressive Country

# 21

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 22

Cyan Blue by Charlotte Day Wilson

Album • May 03 / 2024 Neo-Soul Alternative R&B

# 23

She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She by Chelsea Wolfe

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Darkwave Post-Industrial

# 24

I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair by Christopher Owens

Album • Oct 18 / 2024 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 25

Charm by Clairo

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Soft Rock Sophisti-Pop

# 26

The Auditorium Vol. 1 by Common + Pete Rock

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Boom Bap Conscious Hip Hop

# 27

Too Hot To Sleep by Daniel Romano

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Hard Rock

# 28

Quiet in a World Full of Noise by Dawn Richard + Spencer Zahn

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Ambient Art Pop

# 29

Orion by Dina Ögon

Album • Feb 02 / 2024 Psychedelic Pop Pop Soul

# 30

Alligator Bites Never Heal by Doechii

Album • Aug 30 / 2024 Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 31

Sniff More Gritty by Du Blonde

Album • Nov 15 / 2024

# 32

Radical Optimism by Dua Lipa

Album • May 03 / 2024 Dance-Pop

# 33

Brighter Days by Dwight Yoakam

Album • Nov 15 / 2024 Bakersfield Sound

# 34

REVELATOR by E L U C I D

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 35

Catching Fire by Elephant9 + Terje Rypdal

Album • Oct 18 / 2024

# 36

Milton + esperanza by Milton Nascimento + Esperanza Spalding

Album • Aug 09 / 2024 Chamber Jazz MPB Jazz Fusion

# 37

Fabiana Palladino by Fabiana Palladino

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Sophisti-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 38

WOOF. by Fat Dog

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 New Rave EBM

# 39

Limits of Language by Field Music

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Art Pop

# 40

Cascade by Floating Points

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Tech House IDM

# 41

Love Heart Cheat Code by Hiatus Kaiyote

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Neo-Soul Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Soul

# 42

The Past Is Still Alive by Hurray for the Riff Raff

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter

# 43

Blues Blood by Immanuel Wilkins

Album • Oct 11 / 2024

# 44

When I'm Called by Jake Xerxes Fussell

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Americana

# 45

In Waves by Jamie xx

Album • Sep 20 / 2024 House Future Garage

# 46

Here in the Pitch by Jessica Pratt

Album • May 03 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 47

Parallels by Joe Sanders

Album • Oct 11 / 2024

# 48

The Art of the Lie by John Grant

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Art Pop Synthpop Singer-Songwriter

# 49

Passage Du Desir by Johnny Blue Skies + Sturgill Simpson

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Progressive Country Country Rock

# 50

I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU by JPEGMAFIA

Album • Aug 01 / 2024 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop