Consequence's 50 Best Albums of 2024

See Consequence's picks for the 50 best albums of 2024, with releases from Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Charli XCX, and more making the list.

Published: December 02, 2024 13:00 Source

# 1

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 2

Romance by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 3

Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter

# 4

Passage Du Desir by Johnny Blue Skies + Sturgill Simpson

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Progressive Country Country Rock

# 5

COWBOY CARTER by Beyoncé

Album • Mar 29 / 2024 Country Pop

# 6

No Name by Jack White

Album • Aug 02 / 2024 Garage Rock Revival Hard Rock

# 7

Funeral for Justice by Mdou Moctar

Album • May 03 / 2024 Tishoumaren Psychedelic Rock

# 8

Deeper Well by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Mar 15 / 2024 Folk Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 9

Absolute Elsewhere by Blood Incantation

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Death Metal Progressive Metal

# 10

GNX by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Nov 21 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop

# 11

Dulling the Horns by Wild Pink

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Indie Rock Heartland Rock

# 12

Wall of Eyes by The Smile

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Art Rock Post-Rock

# 13

My Method Actor by Nilüfer Yanya

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 14

CHROMAKOPIA by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Oct 28 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop Neo-Soul

# 15

Cometh the Storm by High On Fire

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Stoner Metal Sludge Metal

# 16

Challengers [MIXED] by Boys Noize by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross + Boys Noize

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Techno EBM

# 17

Cartoon Darkness by Amyl and The Sniffers

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Garage Punk

# 18

Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Alt-Country Slacker Rock

# 19

Cool World by Chat Pile

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 20

Songs of a Lost World by The Cure

Album • Jan 01 / 2023 Gothic Rock Alternative Rock

# 21

This Could Be Texas by English Teacher

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Indie Rock Art Rock

# 22

I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 23

Big Ideas by Remi Wolf

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Pop Rock Dance-Pop

# 24

WORLD WIDE WHACK by Tierra Whack

Album • Mar 15 / 2024 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B

# 26

Night Palace by Mount Eerie

Album • Nov 01 / 2024 Slacker Rock Avant-Folk Post-Rock

# 27

Alligator Bites Never Heal by Doechii

Album • Aug 30 / 2024 Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 28

In Waves by Jamie xx

Album • Sep 20 / 2024 House Future Garage

# 29

Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop

# 30

Pinball by MIKE + Tony Seltzer

Album • Mar 06 / 2024 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 31

Hovvdy by Hovvdy

Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Indie Pop Indie Folk

# 32

Paul Bunyan's Slingshot by Liquid Mike

Album • Feb 02 / 2024

# 33

BLUE LIPS by ScHoolboy Q

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 34

Short n' Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Pop

# 35

OBSERVATIONS FROM A CROWDED ROOM by Joy Oladokun

Album • Oct 18 / 2024

# 36

Dark Times by Vince Staples

Album • May 24 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 37

The Last Will And Testament by Opeth

Album • Nov 22 / 2024 Progressive Metal

# 38

Hex Dealer by Lip Critic

Album • May 17 / 2024 Synth Punk Digital Hardcore Post-Industrial

# 39

KING OF THE MISCHIEVOUS SOUTH by Denzel Curry

Album • Nov 15 / 2024 Southern Hip Hop Trap Hardcore Hip Hop Memphis Rap

# 40

To All Trains by Shellac

Album • May 17 / 2024 Post-Hardcore Noise Rock

# 41

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish

Album • May 17 / 2024 Alt-Pop

# 42

The Great American Bar Scene by Zach Bryan

Album • Jul 04 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Americana Red Dirt

# 43

You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To by Knocked Loose

Album • May 10 / 2024 Metalcore

# 44

Endlessness by Nala Sinephro

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Jazz Fusion Space Ambient Progressive Electronic

# 45

Invincible Shield (Deluxe Edition) by Judas Priest

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Heavy Metal

# 46

Triple Seven by Wishy

Album • Aug 16 / 2024 Shoegaze Indie Rock

# 47

Night Reign by Arooj Aftab

Album • May 31 / 2024 Chamber Folk Chamber Jazz

# 48

Mahashmashana by Father John Misty

Album • Nov 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Baroque Pop Chamber Pop

# 49

Personification by Maxo Kream

Album • Nov 08 / 2024 Southern Hip Hop Trap

# 50

Nobody Loves You More by Kim Deal

Album • Nov 22 / 2024 Indie Rock