Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2019

While not a year went by in the 2010s without someone either proclaiming or predicting its demise, every year, the album format evolved and mutated into something that made a convincing case for its continuing relevance.

Published: December 10, 2019 17:11 Source

# 1
Album • Feb 08 / 2019 Contemporary R&B Pop
# 2
Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Alt-Pop Electropop Alternative R&B
# 3
Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Synthpop Electropop Alt-Pop
# 4
Album • Apr 19 / 2019 Pop Soul Pop Rap
# 5
Album • Jan 18 / 2019 Synthpop Alt-Pop
# 6
Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop
# 7
Album • May 17 / 2019 Neo-Soul
# 8
Album • Sep 06 / 2019 Contemporary Country Americana
# 9
Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 10
Album • Jun 28 / 2019
# 11
Album • May 03 / 2019 Indie Pop
# 12
Album • Apr 17 / 2019 Contemporary R&B Pop
# 13
Album • Sep 06 / 2019 Pop Rap Pop
# 14
Album • Jul 25 / 2019 Afrobeats
# 15
Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Art Pop Chamber Pop
# 16
Album • Jun 07 / 2019 Dance-Pop Contemporary R&B
# 17
Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Psychedelic Soul Singer-Songwriter
# 18
Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Dance-Pop Contemporary R&B
# 19
Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Art Pop Glitch Pop
# 20
Album • May 17 / 2019 Dance-Pop Synthpop
# 21
Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Contemporary R&B
# 22
Album • Aug 02 / 2019 Bedroom Pop
# 23
Album • May 17 / 2019 Southern Hip Hop Trap
# 24
Album • May 03 / 2019 Latin Pop Reggaetón Dance-Pop
# 25
Album • Jul 26 / 2019 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 26
Album • Mar 08 / 2019 Country Pop
# 27
Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Alternative R&B Neo-Soul Art Pop
# 28
Album • Jan 18 / 2019 Indie Pop Synthpop
# 29
Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Conscious Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop
# 30
Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Americana Singer-Songwriter
# 31
Album • Dec 23 / 2018 Trap Pop Rap
# 32
Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Contemporary R&B Alt-Pop
# 33
Album • May 07 / 2019 Neo-Soul
# 34
Album • Jan 23 / 2019 Indie Rock
# 35
Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Blues Rock
# 36
Album • May 10 / 2019 Neo-Soul
# 37
Album • May 17 / 2019 Latin Pop Reggaetón
# 38
Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Contemporary Country
# 39
Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Indie Pop Indie Rock
# 40
Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Blues Rock Alternative Rock Garage Rock Revival
# 41
Album • Sep 06 / 2019 Synthpop Alt-Pop Electropop
# 42
Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Emo-Pop Indie Rock
# 43
Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 44
Album • Nov 01 / 2019 Contemporary Country
# 45
Album • Nov 29 / 2019 Reggaetón
# 46
Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Pop
# 47
Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Hardcore Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop
# 48
Album • Jun 28 / 2019 Electropop Contemporary R&B
# 49
Album • Oct 03 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Ambient Pop
# 50
Album • Nov 15 / 2019 Adult Contemporary Pop