Noisey's 100 Best Albums of 2019

It was a great year for throwback hip hop, sex-positive R&B, ice-cold dance music, ambitious metal, and downright weird pop.

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# 51
Album • May 10 / 2019 Neo-Soul
# 52
Album • Jan 23 / 2019 Indie Rock
# 53
Album • Jun 28 / 2019
# 54
Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Sophisti-Pop Synthpop Contemporary R&B
# 55
Album • Sep 06 / 2019 Southern Hip Hop
# 56
Album • May 16 / 2019 Contemporary R&B
# 57
Album • Jun 28 / 2019 Gangsta Rap
# 58
Album • May 24 / 2019 Art Pop
# 59
Album • May 08 / 2019 Trap Southern Hip Hop Gangsta Rap
# 60
EP • Mar 15 / 2019 Ambient
# 61
Album • May 24 / 2019 Alternative R&B
# 62
Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Alt-Pop Electropop Alternative R&B
# 63
Album • Apr 25 / 2019 Pop Rap Alternative R&B Southern Hip Hop
# 64
Album • May 10 / 2019 Heavy Metal
# 65
Album • May 17 / 2019 UK Hip Hop
# 66
Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Contemporary R&B Electropop Alt-Pop
# 67
Album • Jan 25 / 2019 Gangsta Rap Detroit Trap Trap
# 68
Album • Jul 12 / 2019 Alternative R&B
# 69
Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Blues Rock
# 70
Album • Jul 17 / 2019 Hyperpop Electropop
# 71
Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 72
Album • Feb 08 / 2019 Spiritual Jazz
# 73
Album • Apr 19 / 2019 Art Rock Psychedelic Rock
# 74
Album • Apr 12 / 2019 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Death Doom Metal
# 75
EP • May 31 / 2019 Pop Rap Trap
# 76
Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 77
Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Death Industrial
# 78
Album • Nov 01 / 2019 Indie Rock Post-Punk
# 79
Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Psychedelic Soul Singer-Songwriter
# 80
Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Gangsta Rap East Coast Hip Hop Trap
# 81
Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Post-Punk Art Punk
# 82
Album • Mar 18 / 2019 Abstract Hip Hop
# 83
Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Electro-Industrial
# 84
Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Hard Rock
# 85
Album • Aug 23 / 2019 West Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap
# 86
Album • Jun 28 / 2019 Nu Jazz Jazz Fusion
# 87
Album • May 10 / 2019 Trap
# 88
Album • Jan 18 / 2019 Synthpop Alt-Pop
# 89
Album • Jan 18 / 2019 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 90
Album • May 03 / 2019 Latin Pop Reggaetón Dance-Pop
# 91
Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Pop Punk
# 92
Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul
# 93
Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Death Metal
# 94
Album • Jun 21 / 2019 Deep House
# 95
Album • May 24 / 2019 Alt-Country Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter
# 96
EP • Jun 24 / 2019 Trap Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 97
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Album • Feb 13 / 2019 Dance-Punk Indie Pop Pop Rock
# 98
Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Death Metal
# 99
Album • May 03 / 2019 Indie Pop
# 100
Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Trap Southern Hip Hop