Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2022 So Far

Here are the Billboard staff's 50 favorite albums of 2021 so far, presented alphabetically, with our favorite songs to follow tomorrow.

Published: June 06, 2022 16:11 Source

# 1
Album • Jan 28 / 2022 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul
# 2
Album • Jan 21 / 2022 Emo Emo-Pop
# 3
Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Pop Punk
# 4
Album • Jan 28 / 2022 Trap
# 5
Album • May 06 / 2022 Reggaetón Latin Pop
# 6
Album • May 13 / 2022 Latin Pop Reggaetón
# 7
Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock
# 8
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Contemporary R&B
# 9
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Americana
# 10
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia
# 11
Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Dance-Pop
# 12
Album • Feb 25 / 2022 East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Boom Bap Hardcore Hip Hop
# 13
Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 14
Album • May 06 / 2022 Contemporary R&B
# 15
Album • May 06 / 2022 Corrido tumbado
# 16
Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Deep House Outsider House Plunderphonics
# 17
Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Alternative R&B
# 18
Album • May 13 / 2022 Pop Rock Art Pop Indie Pop
# 19
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 20
Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 21
Album • May 20 / 2022 Pop Rock
# 22
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Contemporary R&B
# 23
Album • May 13 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 24
777 by Latto
Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop Trap
# 25
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Synthpop Electropop
# 26
Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Trap
# 27
Album • Mar 10 / 2022 Alternative R&B
# 28
Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Country Pop
# 29
Album • Jan 28 / 2022 Contemporary R&B
# 30
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Contemporary Country
# 31
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Synthpop Art Pop New Wave
# 32
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Alternative R&B Bedroom Pop
# 33
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Contemporary Country
# 34
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 35
Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neo-Traditionalist Country
# 36
Album • May 20 / 2022 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul
# 37
Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neoperreo Art Pop
# 38
Album • Jan 28 / 2022 Latin Pop Reggaetón
# 39
Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Rock Alternative R&B
# 40
Album • May 06 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock
# 41
EP • Mar 19 / 2022 K-Pop Trap Trap [EDM]
# 42
Album • Apr 15 / 2022 House
# 43
Album • Oct 07 / 2021 Pop Rock Synthpop
# 44
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Pop Punk Power Pop
# 45
Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Synthpop Dance-Pop
# 46
EP • May 09 / 2022 K-Pop
# 47
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Soul
# 48
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 West Coast Hip Hop
# 49
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 50
Obsessed by Yahritza Y Su Esencia
EP • Apr 22 / 2022 Corrido tumbado