A.V. Club's 30 Best Albums of 2024 (So Far)

# 1

Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 2

Girl With No Face by Allie X

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Synthpop

# 3

COWBOY CARTER by Beyoncé

Album • Mar 29 / 2024 Country Pop

# 4

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish

Album • May 17 / 2024 Alt-Pop

# 5

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 6

Almighty So 2 by Chief Keef

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Chicago Drill Hardcore Hip Hop

# 8

David Nance & Mowed Sound by David Nance

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Country Rock Blues Rock

# 9

Poetry by Dehd

Album • May 10 / 2024 Indie Rock Indie Pop Indie Surf

# 10

For Your Consideration by Empress Of

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Alt-Pop Dance-Pop

# 11

Still by Erika de Casier

Album • Feb 21 / 2024 Contemporary R&B

# 12

Underdressed at the Symphony by Faye Webster

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Soft Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 13

Where we've been, Where we go from here by Friko

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 14

Here in the Pitch by Jessica Pratt

Album • May 03 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 15

ORQUÍDEAS by Kali Uchis

Album • Jan 12 / 2024 Contemporary R&B Latin Pop

# 16

If I Could Sing by Kirin J Callinan

Album • Feb 02 / 2024 Art Pop Art Rock

# 17

Dont Forget Me by Maggie Rogers

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Pop Rock Adult Contemporary

# 18

Half Divorced by Pissed Jeans

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Noise Rock

# 19

Deadly Struggle by Public Acid

Album • Feb 23 / 2024

# 20

Bite Down by Rosali

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Folk Rock Indie Rock

# 21

Presence by Spectres

Album • Mar 15 / 2024 Post-Punk

# 22

All Born Screaming by St. Vincent

Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Art Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 23

What A F*****g Nightmare by The Chisel

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Street Punk Oi!

# 24

A Dream Is All We Know by The Lemon Twigs

Album • May 03 / 2024 Pop Rock Sunshine Pop

# 25

WORLD WIDE WHACK by Tierra Whack

Album • Mar 15 / 2024 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B

# 26

Challengers [MIXED] by Boys Noize by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross + Boys Noize

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Techno EBM

# 27

TYLA by Tyla

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Afropiano Contemporary R&B

# 28

Dark Times by Vince Staples

Album • May 24 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 29

Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter

# 30

Psykos by Yung Lean + Bladee

Album • Mar 13 / 2024 Alternative Rock Post-Punk