BrooklynVegan's Top 50 Albums of 2022

From Nilüfer Yanya to Soul Glo to Kendrick Lamar to Beyoncé to Big Thief to Jockstrap to SZA to billy woods to Mindforce to Special Interest, here are our favorite albums of the year...

Published: December 14, 2022 19:00 Source

# 1
Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Hardcore Punk
# 2
Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Dance-Pop House Contemporary R&B
# 3
Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 4
Album • May 13 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 5
Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neoperreo Art Pop
# 6
Album • May 06 / 2022 Reggaetón Latin Pop
# 7
Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock
# 8
Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Art Pop Glitch Pop
# 9
Album • Jan 21 / 2022 Emo Emo-Pop
# 10
Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Post-Hardcore
# 11
Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Synthpop Dance-Pop
# 12
Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Alternative R&B Art Pop
# 13
Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Americana Singer-Songwriter Country
# 14
Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B
# 15
SOS by SZA
Album • Dec 09 / 2022 Contemporary R&B Pop
# 16
Album • Apr 20 / 2022 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop
# 17
Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Ambient Pop ECM Style Jazz
# 18
Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter
# 19
Album • Aug 26 / 2022 Gangsta Rap Drumless East Coast Hip Hop
# 20
Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Art Pop Tech House
# 21
Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Crossover Thrash New York Hardcore
# 22
Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock
# 23
Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Indie Pop Shoegaze Noise Pop
# 24
Album • Sep 02 / 2022 Mathcore
# 25
Album • Nov 04 / 2022 Dance-Punk Post-Punk
# 26
Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 27
Album • Nov 11 / 2022 Death Doom Metal
# 28
Album • May 13 / 2022 Art Rock
# 29
Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Power Pop Indie Rock
# 30
Album • Jul 08 / 2022 Grindcore
# 31
Album • Jul 22 / 2022 Emo-Pop
# 32
Album • Feb 25 / 2022 East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Boom Bap Hardcore Hip Hop
# 33
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Death Metal
# 34
Album • May 20 / 2022 Country Singer-Songwriter Americana
# 35
Album • May 13 / 2022 Hardcore Hip Hop
# 36
Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 37
Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Noise Rock Sludge Metal
# 38
Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Death Metal
# 39
Album • May 06 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock
# 40
Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 41
Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Space Rock Revival
# 42
Album • Jul 01 / 2022 Contemporary Folk Psychedelic Folk
# 43
Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Alternative Rock Pop Punk
# 44
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 45
Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia
# 46
Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Dissonant Death Metal Avant-Garde Metal
# 47
Album • May 27 / 2022 Ska Punk Pop Punk
# 48
Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Alt-Pop
# 49
Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Alternative Rock
# 50
Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Alt-Country Indie Rock