NME's Best Albums of 2022... So Far

What a six months of new music it's been: seminal rap albums, career-defining comebacks and the odd surprise or two

Published: July 06, 2022 09:10 Source

# 1
Album • May 06 / 2022 Art Rock
# 2
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Art Rock Post-Rock Chamber Pop
# 3
Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Southern Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 4
Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop
# 5
Album • Feb 14 / 2022
# 6
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Traditional Pop Singer-Songwriter
# 7
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gothic Rock Post-Punk
# 8
Album • May 20 / 2022 Pop Rock
# 9
Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Slacker Rock
# 10
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Contemporary R&B
# 11
Album • May 13 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 12
Album • May 13 / 2022 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop
# 13
Album • May 27 / 2022 Britpop
# 14
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Synthpop Art Pop New Wave
# 15
Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Rap Rock Industrial Rock Nu Metal
# 16
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 17
Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neoperreo Art Pop
# 18
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop
# 19
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 20
Album • Jan 21 / 2022 Post-Punk