Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2023

Featuring Sufjan Stevens, Kali Uchis, SZA, boygenius, Caroline Polachek, André 3000, and more

Published: December 05, 2023 14:00 Source

# 1
SOS by SZA
Album • Dec 09 / 2022 Contemporary R&B Pop
# 2
Album • Feb 14 / 2023 Art Pop Alt-Pop Electronic
# 3
Album • May 05 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 4
Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock
# 5
Album • Mar 21 / 2023
# 6
Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk
# 7
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Afrobeats Alternative R&B
# 8
Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Art Pop Synthpop
# 9
Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter
# 10
Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Dream Pop Indietronica Indie Rock
# 11
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop
# 12
Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia
# 13
Album • Aug 11 / 2023 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop Political Hip Hop
# 14
Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter Alternative Rock
# 15
Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Glitch Pop
# 16
Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Indie Rock
# 17
Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative R&B Electronic
# 18
Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hyperpop
# 19
Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk Chamber Folk
# 20
Album • May 19 / 2023 Post-Industrial
# 21
Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 22
Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Disco Dance-Pop
# 23
Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 24
Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Deep House Latin House
# 25
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Ghazal Chamber Jazz
# 26
Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Ambient
# 27
Album • May 26 / 2023 Experimental Rock Art Pop
# 28
Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Avant-Garde Jazz
# 29
Album • May 26 / 2023 Juke Ghettotech
# 30
& the Charm by Avalon Emerson
Album • Apr 28 / 2023 Indietronica Downtempo Indie Pop
# 32
EP • Jan 20 / 2023 Sample Drill East Coast Hip Hop
# 33
Album • Feb 24 / 2023 Noise Rock Dance-Punk Industrial Rock
# 34
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 35
Album • Jun 27 / 2023 Detroit Trap
# 36
Album • Oct 06 / 2023 UK Garage UK Bass
# 37
Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Soul Ambient
# 38
Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Indie Rock Post-Rock
# 39
Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Neo-Soul Alternative R&B Neo-Psychedelia
# 40
Album • Jan 17 / 2023 Ambient Modern Classical
# 41
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Trap
# 42
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Indie Pop
# 43
Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B
# 44
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Americana Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country
# 45
Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Death Metal Progressive Metal
# 46
Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Ambient Americana Chamber Folk
# 47
Album • Jan 28 / 2023 Shoegaze Indie Rock
# 48
Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Ambient Dub Ambient
# 49
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Post-Punk Art Punk
# 50
Album • Nov 17 / 2023 New Age Ambient