Business Insider's Best Albums of 2023

This year's best albums were made by big rock bands, new-age pop stars, and a whole mess of indie darlings.

Published: December 09, 2023 14:27 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 the record boygenius Mar-31-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#2 The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We Mitski Sep-15-2023, Singer-Songwriter
#3 GUTS Olivia Rodrigo Sep-08-2023, Pop Rock
#4 My 21st Century Blues RAYE Feb-03-2023, Contemporary R&B
#5 Kaytraminé KAYTRAMINÉ, Aminé, KAYTRANADA May-19-2023, Pop Rap
#6 Desire, I Want To Turn Into You Caroline Polachek Feb-14-2023, Art Pop
#7 Javelin Sufjan Stevens Oct-06-2023, Indie Folk
#8 Fountain Baby Amaarae Jun-09-2023, Afrobeats
#9 This Is Why Paramore Feb-10-2023, Post-Punk Revival
#10 Snow Angel Reneé Rapp Aug-18-2023, Alt-Pop
#11 With a Hammer Yaeji Apr-07-2023, Glitch Pop
#12 Raven Kelela Feb-10-2023, Alternative R&B
#13 10,000 gecs 100 gecs Mar-17-2023, Alternative Rock
#14 The Good Witch Maisie Peters Jun-16-2023, Pop
#15 Henge Gus Dapperton Jul-07-2023, Synthpop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | the record | boygenius | Album, Mar-31-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #2 | The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We | Mitski | Album, Sep-15-2023, Singer-Songwriter |
| #3 | GUTS | Olivia Rodrigo | Album, Sep-08-2023, Pop Rock |
| #4 | My 21st Century Blues | RAYE | Album, Feb-03-2023, Contemporary R&B |
| #5 | Kaytraminé | KAYTRAMINÉAminéKAYTRANADA | Album, May-19-2023, Pop Rap |
| #6 | Desire, I Want To Turn Into You | Caroline Polachek | Album, Feb-14-2023, Art Pop |
| #7 | Javelin | Sufjan Stevens | Album, Oct-06-2023, Indie Folk |
| #8 | Fountain Baby | Amaarae | Album, Jun-09-2023, Afrobeats |
| #9 | This Is Why | Paramore | Album, Feb-10-2023, Post-Punk Revival |
| #10 | Snow Angel | Reneé Rapp | Album, Aug-18-2023, Alt-Pop |
| #11 | With a Hammer | Yaeji | Album, Apr-07-2023, Glitch Pop |
| #12 | Raven | Kelela | Album, Feb-10-2023, Alternative R&B |
| #13 | 10,000 gecs | 100 gecs | Album, Mar-17-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #14 | The Good Witch | Maisie Peters | Album, Jun-16-2023, Pop |
| #15 | Henge | Gus Dapperton | Album, Jul-07-2023, Synthpop |