NME's Top 50 Albums of 2015

Published: December 02, 2015 14:38 Source

# 1

Art Angels by Grimes

Album • Nov 06 / 2015 Electropop Synthpop

# 2

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Mar 16 / 2015 Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 3

In Colour by Jamie xx

Album • May 29 / 2015 UK Bass

# 4

My Love Is Cool by Wolf Alice

Album • Jun 23 / 2015 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 5

Currents by Tame Impala

Album • Jul 17 / 2015 Synthpop Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 6

Every Open Eye by CHVRCHES

Album • Sep 25 / 2015 Synthpop Electropop

# 7

Honeymoon by Lana Del Rey

Album • Sep 18 / 2015 Chamber Pop Art Pop

# 8

What Went Down by Foals

Album • Aug 28 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 9

Marks to Prove It by The Maccabees

Album • Jul 31 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 10

Multi-Love by Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Album • May 26 / 2015 Psychedelic Pop

# 11

b'lieve i'm goin down... by Kurt Vile

Album • Sep 25 / 2015 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 12

AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP by A$AP Rocky

Album • May 26 / 2015 East Coast Hip Hop

# 13

No Cities to Love by Sleater-Kinney

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 14

Fading Frontier by Deerhunter

Album • Oct 16 / 2015 Indie Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 15

The Magic Whip by Blur

Album • Apr 24 / 2015 Alternative Rock Art Rock

# 16

I Love You, Honeybear by Father John Misty

Album • Feb 10 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 17

Divers by Joanna Newsom

Album • Oct 23 / 2015 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 18

Mothers (Deluxe) by Swim Deep

Album • Oct 02 / 2015

# 19

Beauty Behind The Madness by The Weeknd

Album • Aug 28 / 2015 Alternative R&B Contemporary R&B

# 20

Half Free by U.S. Girls

Album • Sep 25 / 2015 Psychedelic Pop Art Pop

# 21

Ratchet by Shamir

Album • May 19 / 2015 Electro-Disco Synthpop Electropop

# 22

Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett

Album • Mar 23 / 2015 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock

# 23

If You're Reading This It's Too Late by Drake

Album • Feb 12 / 2015 Trap Pop Rap

# 24

Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens

Album • Mar 31 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 25

Vulnicura by Björk

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Art Pop

# 26

Platform by Holly Herndon

Album • May 15 / 2015 Glitch Glitch Pop

# 27

Another One by Mac DeMarco

EP • Aug 07 / 2015 Jangle Pop Bedroom Pop Psychedelic Pop

# 28

Short Movie by Laura Marling

Album • Mar 20 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 29

Anthems for Doomed Youth by The Libertines

Album • Sep 11 / 2015 Indie Rock Garage Rock Revival

# 30

Fetty Wap by Fetty Wap

Album • Sep 25 / 2015 Trap Pop Rap East Coast Hip Hop

# 31

Are You Satisfied? by SOFT PLAY

Album • Jun 01 / 2015 Garage Punk Punk Rock

# 32

SUCKER by Charli XCX

Album • Dec 15 / 2014 Pop Rock Electropop

# 33

Inji by LA Priest

Album • Jun 26 / 2015 Funktronica

# 34

Man It Feels Like Space Again by Pond

Album • Jan 23 / 2015 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 35

A Head Full of Dreams by Coldplay

Album • Dec 04 / 2015 Pop Rock

# 36

E•MO•TION by Carly Rae Jepsen

Album • Aug 21 / 2015 Dance-Pop Synthpop

# 37

DS2 (Deluxe) by Future

Album • Jul 17 / 2015 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 38

Undertow by Drenge

Album • Apr 06 / 2015 Garage Rock Revival

# 39

White Men Are Black Men Too by Young Fathers

Album • Apr 06 / 2015 Indietronica Neo-Soul Art Pop

# 40

How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful by Florence + the Machine

Album • Jun 01 / 2015 Art Pop Alternative Rock

# 41

Drones by Muse

Album • Jun 04 / 2015 Alternative Rock

# 42

Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz by Miley Cyrus

Album • Aug 30 / 2015 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 43

Key Markets by Sleaford Mods

Album • Jul 24 / 2015 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 44

Barter 6 by Young Thug

Album • Apr 16 / 2015 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 45

For All My Sisters by The Cribs

Album • Mar 20 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 46

Viet Cong by Viet Cong

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Post-Punk

# 47

West Kirby County Primary by Bill Ryder-Jones

Album • Nov 06 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 48

Music Complete by New Order

Album • May 12 / 2016 Alternative Dance

# 49

That's The Spirit by Bring Me The Horizon

Album • Sep 11 / 2015 Alternative Rock

# 50

1989 by Ryan Adams

Album • Sep 21 / 2015 Pop Rock Alt-Country