AllMusic's Best Albums of 2022

AllMusic has assembled our Best of 2022. Browse through and check out what music our editors have been listening to this year.

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# 51

Neon Blue by Joshua Hedley

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Neo-Traditionalist Country

# 52

Barbarism by Katie Alice Greer

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Post-Industrial

# 53

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar

Album • May 13 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop

# 54

Closer by Kenyon Dixon

Album • May 05 / 2022

# 55

Could We Be More by Kokoroko

Album • Aug 05 / 2022 Jazz-Funk

# 56

Shape Up by Leikeli47

Album • May 13 / 2022 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 57

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria by Les Épopées + Stéphane Fuget + Claudio Monteverdi + Iacopo Badoer

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Opera Baroque Music

# 58

David & Salomon: Psalmi; Canticum Canticorum by Les Cris de Paris + Geoffroy Jourdain

Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Baroque Music Choral

# 59

Overwintering by Lightning In A Twilight Hour

Album • Apr 01 / 2022 Dream Pop Ambient Pop

# 60

PEP by Lights

Album • Apr 01 / 2022 Electropop Alt-Pop

# 61

Special by Lizzo

Album • Jul 15 / 2022 Contemporary R&B Dance-Pop

# 62

Lady for Sale by Lola Kirke

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Urban Cowboy Pop Rock

# 63

Candydrip by Lucky Daye

Album • Mar 10 / 2022 Alternative R&B

# 64

In These Times by Makaya McCraven

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Jazz Fusion

# 65

MLDE by Marxist Love Disco Ensemble

Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Disco

# 66

Maloo by Maylee Todd

Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Alternative R&B Glitch Pop

# 67

12 Stars by Melissa Aldana

Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Post-Bop Cool Jazz

# 68

Emotional Eternal by Melody's Echo Chamber

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia

# 69

Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento by Meridian Brothers + El Grupo Renacimiento

Album • Aug 05 / 2022 Salsa

# 70

Palomino by Miranda Lambert

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Contemporary Country

# 71

Diving Rings by Night Palace

Album • Apr 01 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 72

Denim & Diamonds by Nikki Lane

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Alt-Country Contemporary Country

# 73

Reset by Panda Bear + Sonic Boom

Album • Aug 12 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 74

Viva Las Vengeance by Panic! At the Disco

Album • Aug 19 / 2022 Pop Rock Power Pop

# 75

Alpha Zulu by Phoenix

Album • Nov 04 / 2022 Synthpop Alternative Dance New Wave

# 76

Heaven Come Crashing by Rachika Nayar

Album • Aug 26 / 2022 Progressive Electronic Ambient

# 77

HYPNOS by Ravyn Lenae

Album • May 20 / 2022 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul

# 78

Hold The Girl by Rina Sawayama

Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Pop Rock Dance-Pop

# 79

Shufflemania! by Robyn Hitchcock

Album • Nov 21 / 2022 Psychedelic Pop Pop Rock

# 80

MOTOMAMI by ROSALÍA

Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neoperreo Art Pop

# 81

Schubert: Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe. Lieder by Samuel Hasselhorn + Joseph Middleton

Album • May 06 / 2022

# 82

The Last Thing Left by Say Sue Me

Album • May 13 / 2022 Twee Pop Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 83

Nymph by Shygirl

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Alternative R&B UK Hip Hop UK Bass

# 84

Avatars of Love by Sondre Lerche

Album • Apr 01 / 2022 Art Pop

# 85

Gemini Rights by Steve Lacy

Album • Jul 15 / 2022 Neo-Soul Bedroom Pop

# 86

Natural Brown Prom Queen by Sudan Archives

Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Alternative R&B Art Pop

# 87

Autofiction by Suede

Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Alternative Rock

# 88

Midnights by Taylor Swift

Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Alt-Pop

# 89

Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam by The Comet Is Coming

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Nu Jazz Jazz Fusion

# 90

Antimai by The Dear Hunter

Album • Jul 01 / 2022 Progressive Rock Progressive Pop Art Rock

# 91

A Light for Attracting Attention by The Smile

Album • May 13 / 2022 Art Rock

# 92

Dawn FM by The Weeknd

Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Synthpop Dance-Pop

# 93

Voices of Bishara by Tom Skinner

Album • Nov 04 / 2022 Avant-Garde Jazz Chamber Jazz

# 94

i don’t know who needs to hear this... by Tomberlin

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 95

The Well-Tempered Clavier II by Trevor Pinnock + Johann Sebastian Bach

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Baroque Music Prelude

# 96

Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? by Tyler Childers

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Progressive Country Country Soul

# 97

Wet Leg by Wet Leg

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock

# 98

And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood

Album • Nov 18 / 2022 Baroque Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 99

LOGGERHEAD by Wu-Lu

Album • Jul 08 / 2022 Experimental Hip Hop Post-Punk

# 100

Cool It Down by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Indie Rock