Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2018

Here are the Billboard's staff 50 favorite albums of 2018.

Published: December 10, 2018 17:04 Source

# 1
Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Electropop
# 2
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop
# 3
Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter
# 4
Album • May 25 / 2018 Hardcore Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop
# 5
Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Art Pop
# 6
Black Panther The Album by Various Artists
Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Film Soundtrack West Coast Hip Hop
# 7
Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Trap Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 8
Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Pop Contemporary R&B
# 9
Album • May 25 / 2018 Latin Pop
# 10
Album • Jun 16 / 2018 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B
# 11
Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock
# 12
Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House
# 13
Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Art Pop
# 14
Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Pop Rap Alternative R&B
# 15
Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B
# 16
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B
# 17
Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Flamenco Pop Flamenco nuevo Art Pop
# 18
Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop Trap Pop Rap
# 19
Album • May 30 / 2018 Pop Rap Alternative R&B East Coast Hip Hop
# 20
Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop
# 21
A Star Is Born by Lady Gaga  +  Bradley Cooper
Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Film Soundtrack Contemporary Country Adult Contemporary
# 22
Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop
# 23
Album • May 25 / 2018 Pop
# 24
Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Neo-Soul
# 25
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop
# 26
Album • May 11 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Dance-Pop
# 27
Album • Feb 16 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap
# 28
Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Electropop Alt-Pop
# 29
EP • Oct 26 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 30
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Pop Rap Experimental Hip Hop
# 31
Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop
# 32
Album • Apr 05 / 2018 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap
# 33
Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Soul
# 34
Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Alt-Pop Indie Pop
# 35
Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 36
Album • May 04 / 2018 Tech House Microhouse
# 37
Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Contemporary Country
# 38
Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Pop Rap Alternative R&B
# 39
Album • Nov 16 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Pop
# 40
Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop Indie Rock
# 41
Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Electropop Dance-Pop Contemporary R&B
# 42
Album • Jun 23 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul
# 43
Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Conscious Hip Hop
# 44
Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Electropop Alt-Pop
# 45
Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Progressive House Electropop
# 46
Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Pop Rock
# 47
Aura by Ozuna
Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Reggaetón
# 48
Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Electropop
# 49
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Contemporary Country
# 50
Album • May 04 / 2018 Trap Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop