Billboard's 10 Best Albums of 2014

The Billboard.

Published: December 11, 2014 18:40 Source

# 1

1989 by Taylor Swift

Album • Oct 27 / 2014 Synthpop Electropop Dance-Pop

# 2

Run the Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels + Killer Mike + EL-P

Album • Oct 27 / 2014 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 3

In the Lonely Hour by Sam Smith

Album • Jan 01 / 2014 Pop Soul

# 4

The Voyager by Jenny Lewis

Album • Jul 25 / 2014 Pop Rock

# 5

x by Ed Sheeran

Album • Jun 20 / 2014 Folk Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 6

Strange Desire by Bleachers

Album • Jul 14 / 2014 Pop Rock

# 7

I Never Learn by Lykke Li

Album • Apr 25 / 2014 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 8

Syro by Aphex Twin

Album • Sep 22 / 2014 IDM

# 9

Album • Mar 18 / 2014 Heartland Rock Indie Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 10

Piñata by Freddie Gibbs + Madlib

Album • Mar 18 / 2014 Gangsta Rap