BrooklynVegan's 50 Favorite Albums of 2022 So Far

From Nilüfer Yanya to Soul Glo to Big Thief to Angel Olsen to Arcade Fire to Kendrick Lamar to Undeath to billy woods to Wet Leg to Cate Le Bon, our 50 favorite albums of the first half of 2022...

Published: June 29, 2022 21:25 Source

# 1
Album • May 27 / 2022 Experimental Hip Hop Deconstructed Club
# 2
Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Chamber Pop Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 3
Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Americana Singer-Songwriter Country
# 4
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop
# 5
Album • Jan 21 / 2022 Emo Emo-Pop
# 6
Album • May 06 / 2022 Art Rock
# 7
Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Dissonant Death Metal
# 8
Album • May 06 / 2022 Reggaetón Latin Pop
# 9
Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 10
Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock
# 11
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 12
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Art Rock Post-Rock Chamber Pop
# 13
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia
# 14
Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Art Pop Tech House
# 15
Album • Feb 25 / 2022 East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Boom Bap Hardcore Hip Hop
# 16
Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop
# 17
Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Art Rock New Wave
# 18
Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Post-Hardcore
# 19
Album • Jun 10 / 2022 East Coast Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop
# 20
Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 21
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gothic Rock Post-Punk
# 22
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Sludge Metal Metalcore
# 23
Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock
# 24
Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Death Metal
# 25
Album • May 13 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 26
Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Alternative Rock
# 27
Album • May 13 / 2022 Hardcore Hip Hop
# 28
Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Folk Rock
# 29
Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 30
Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Art Pop Experimental
# 31
Album • May 20 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 32
Album • Apr 15 / 2022 Emo-Pop Power Pop
# 33
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 34
Album • May 20 / 2022 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul
# 35
Album • Apr 20 / 2022 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop
# 36
Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neoperreo Art Pop
# 37
Album • Jan 28 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter
# 38
Album • May 06 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock
# 39
Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 40
Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Hardcore Punk
# 41
Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Space Rock Revival
# 42
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Alternative R&B
# 43
Album • May 13 / 2022 Art Rock
# 44
Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Synthpop Dance-Pop
# 45
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 46
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Death Metal
# 47
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 West Coast Hip Hop
# 48
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 49
Album • Jan 21 / 2022 Post-Punk
# 50
Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B