Dazed's 20 Best Albums of 2018

This year felt like the rulebook was being rewritten – here are the records that took music into bold new directions

Published: December 05, 2018 15:09 Source

# 1
Album • May 30 / 2018 Pop Rap Alternative R&B East Coast Hip Hop
# 2
Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House
# 3
Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Bubblegum Bass Deconstructed Club
# 4
Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock
# 5
Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Electropop
# 6
Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Electropop
# 7
Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Flamenco Pop Flamenco nuevo Art Pop
# 8
Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop
# 9
Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Post-Industrial
# 10
Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Alternative R&B Art Pop
# 11
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B
# 12
Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Neo-Soul
# 13
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop
# 14
Saturn by Nao
Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Alternative R&B
# 15
Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Alternative R&B Sophisti-Pop
# 16
Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 17
Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Deconstructed Club Electro-Industrial
# 18
Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Electropop Alt-Pop
# 19
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Alternative R&B Art Pop
# 20
Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Art Pop