BrooklynVegan’s Top 50 Albums of 2019

Our picks for the 50 best albums of the year, including Sharon Van Etten, Weyes Blood, Nick Cave, Thom Yorke, Danny Brown, Blood Incantation, Little Simz, and more...

Published: December 24, 2019 00:39 Source

# 1
Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Baroque Pop Art Pop
# 2
Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop
# 3
Album • Jan 18 / 2019 Indie Pop Synthpop
# 4
Album • Jul 12 / 2019 Alt-Country Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 5
Album • May 17 / 2019 Neo-Soul
# 6
Album • May 03 / 2019 Indie Pop
# 7
Album • Oct 03 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Ambient Pop
# 8
Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Progressive Metal
# 9
Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Art Pop Glitch Pop
# 10
Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Art Pop Chamber Pop
# 11
Album • May 03 / 2019 Indie Folk
# 12
Album • Mar 01 / 2019 UK Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 13
Album • Jul 19 / 2019 Death Industrial
# 14
Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 15
Album • Jan 23 / 2019 Indie Rock
# 16
Album • Jan 01 / 1999 Midwest Emo
# 17
Album • Jun 27 / 2019 Glitch Pop Ambient Pop
# 18
Album • May 10 / 2019 Neo-Soul
# 19
Album • Oct 25 / 2019 Post-Metal Blackgaze
# 20
Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Pop Punk
# 21
Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Alternative R&B Neo-Soul Art Pop
# 22
Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Conscious Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop
# 23
Album • Apr 26 / 2019 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 24
Album • Apr 19 / 2019 Post-Metal
# 25
Album • May 24 / 2019 Art Pop
# 26
Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Post-Hardcore
# 27
Album • May 17 / 2019 UK Hip Hop
# 28
Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Indie Rock
# 29
Album • May 17 / 2019 Southern Hip Hop Trap
# 30
Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Metalcore
# 31
EP • Nov 01 / 2019 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Drumless
# 32
Album • May 10 / 2019 Experimental Glitch Pop
# 33
Album • Jun 28 / 2019 Gangsta Rap
# 34
Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Ambient Electroacoustic
# 35
Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Indie Rock Power Pop
# 36
Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Hardcore Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop
# 37
Album • Oct 18 / 2019 IDM
# 38
Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Riot Grrrl Queercore
# 39
Album • May 31 / 2019 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 40
Album • Dec 23 / 2018 Trap Pop Rap
# 41
Album • Apr 19 / 2019 Art Pop Chamber Pop
# 42
Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Dance-Punk Post-Punk
# 43
Album • Feb 08 / 2019 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 44
Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Post-Metal
# 45
Album • Mar 15 / 2019 Jazz Fusion Nu Jazz
# 46
Album • Jun 07 / 2019 Neo-Psychedelia Dream Pop
# 47
Album • Nov 22 / 2019 Death Metal Progressive Metal
# 48
Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Metalcore Mathcore
# 49
Album • Oct 25 / 2019 Indie Rock
# 50
Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Electro-Industrial