American Songwriter's Top 24 Albums of 2022



Published: December 28, 2022 19:32 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 True North a-ha Oct-21-2022, Pop Rock
#2 Big Time Angel Olsen Jun-03-2022, Americana
#3 Witness Angela Easterling Oct-28-2022,
#4 Un Verano Sin Ti Bad Bunny May-06-2022, Reggaetón
#5 RENAISSANCE Beyoncé Jul-29-2022, Dance-Pop
#6 Just Like That... Bonnie Raitt Apr-22-2022, Singer-Songwriter
#7 Now And The Evermore Colin Hay Mar-18-2022, Singer-Songwriter
#8 Some Of Us Are Brave Danielle Ponder Sep-16-2022, Pop Soul
#9 Welcome 2 Club XIII Drive-By Truckers Jun-03-2022, Alt-Country
#10 Preacher’s Daughter Ethel Cain May-12-2022, Singer-Songwriter
#11 what else can she do Kaitlin Butts Apr-15-2022,
#12 Bell Bottom Country Lainey Wilson Oct-28-2022, Contemporary Country
#13 Humble Quest Maren Morris Mar-25-2022, Country Pop
#14 Traumazine Megan Thee Stallion Aug-12-2022, Southern Hip Hop
#15 Feel Like Going Home Miko Marks, The Resurrectors Oct-14-2022, Country Soul
#16 Intakes & Outtakes NHC Feb-04-2022, Hard Rock
#17 firstborn Nicolle Galyon Jul-22-2022, Singer-Songwriter
#18 Home, before and after Regina Spektor Jun-24-2022, Chamber Pop
#19 67,000 Miles an Album Richard X. Heyman Oct-21-2022, Alternative Rock
#20 Teeth Marks S.G. Goodman Jun-03-2022, Alt-Country
#21 Being Funny In a Foreign Language The 1975 Oct-14-2022, Pop Rock
#22 How Do You Burn? The Afghan Whigs Sep-09-2022, Alternative Rock
#23 Dropout Boogie The Black Keys May-13-2022, Blues Rock
#24 Wet Leg Wet Leg Apr-08-2022, Indie Rock
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | True North | a-ha | Album, Oct-21-2022, Pop Rock |
| #2 | Big Time | Angel Olsen | Album, Jun-03-2022, Americana |
| #3 | Witness | Angela Easterling | Album, Oct-28-2022,  |
| #4 | Un Verano Sin Ti | Bad Bunny | Album, May-06-2022, Reggaetón |
| #5 | RENAISSANCE | Beyoncé | Album, Jul-29-2022, Dance-Pop |
| #6 | Just Like That... | Bonnie Raitt | Album, Apr-22-2022, Singer-Songwriter |
| #7 | Now And The Evermore | Colin Hay | Album, Mar-18-2022, Singer-Songwriter |
| #8 | Some Of Us Are Brave | Danielle Ponder | Album, Sep-16-2022, Pop Soul |
| #9 | Welcome 2 Club XIII | Drive-By Truckers | Album, Jun-03-2022, Alt-Country |
| #10 | Preacher’s Daughter | Ethel Cain | Album, May-12-2022, Singer-Songwriter |
| #11 | what else can she do | Kaitlin Butts | Album, Apr-15-2022,  |
| #12 | Bell Bottom Country | Lainey Wilson | Album, Oct-28-2022, Contemporary Country |
| #13 | Humble Quest | Maren Morris | Album, Mar-25-2022, Country Pop |
| #14 | Traumazine | Megan Thee Stallion | Album, Aug-12-2022, Southern Hip Hop |
| #15 | Feel Like Going Home | Miko MarksThe Resurrectors | Album, Oct-14-2022, Country Soul |
| #16 | Intakes & Outtakes | NHC | EP, Feb-04-2022, Hard Rock |
| #17 | firstborn | Nicolle Galyon | Album, Jul-22-2022, Singer-Songwriter |
| #18 | Home, before and after | Regina Spektor | Album, Jun-24-2022, Chamber Pop |
| #19 | 67,000 Miles an Album | Richard X. Heyman | Album, Oct-21-2022, Alternative Rock |
| #20 | Teeth Marks | S.G. Goodman | Album, Jun-03-2022, Alt-Country |
| #21 | Being Funny In a Foreign Language | The 1975 | Album, Oct-14-2022, Pop Rock |
| #22 | How Do You Burn? | The Afghan Whigs | Album, Sep-09-2022, Alternative Rock |
| #23 | Dropout Boogie | The Black Keys | Album, May-13-2022, Blues Rock |
| #24 | Wet Leg | Wet Leg | Album, Apr-08-2022, Indie Rock |