PopMatters' 50 Best Albums of 2022 So Far

The 50 best albums of 2022 offer sublime music as major artists return with new albums and brilliant new sounds bubble up from the underground and worldwide.

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# 1
Album • May 27 / 2022 Experimental Hip Hop Deconstructed Club
# 2
Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Art Pop Indietronica Alt-Pop
# 3
Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 4
Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia
# 5
Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock
# 6
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Art Rock Post-Rock Chamber Pop
# 7
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Tradi-Modern
# 8
Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Art Rock New Wave
# 9
Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Post-Hardcore
# 10
Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 11
Album • May 06 / 2022 Pop Soul
# 12
Album • May 20 / 2022 Indie Pop
# 13
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Traditional Pop Singer-Songwriter
# 14
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gothic Rock Post-Punk
# 15
Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Indie Rock Chamber Pop
# 16
Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Hard Rock AOR Soft Rock
# 17
Album • Feb 16 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia Indietronica
# 18
Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 19
Album • May 20 / 2022 Pop Rock
# 20
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Dream Pop Alternative Dance Baggy
# 21
Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock
# 22
Album • Jan 28 / 2022 Tishoumaren
# 23
Album • Jan 28 / 2022 Post-Bop
# 24
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Blues Rock Experimental Rock Art Rock
# 25
Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Art Pop Ambient Pop
# 26
Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Pop Indie Rock
# 27
Album • May 13 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 28
Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop Neo-Soul UK Hip Hop
# 29
Album • May 06 / 2022 Acoustic Blues Caribbean Folk Music
# 30
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Contemporary Country
# 31
Album • May 06 / 2022 Downtempo Progressive Electronic Ambient Dub
# 32
MUNA by MUNA
Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Synthpop Pop Rock
# 33
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Ambient
# 34
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Wassoulou
# 35
Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Art Pop Experimental
# 36
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Electropop
# 37
Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Mande Music
# 38
Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neoperreo Art Pop
# 39
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Conscious Hip Hop
# 40
Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Alt-Country Americana
# 41
Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Rock Alternative R&B
# 42
Album • May 06 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock
# 43
Album • May 20 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 44
Album • Jan 28 / 2022 Rhythm & Blues Soul Psychedelic Soul
# 45
Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Alt-Pop Electropop
# 46
Album • May 13 / 2022 Art Rock
# 47
Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter
# 48
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Post-Bop
# 49
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 50
Album • Jun 10 / 2022 Progressive Electronic IDM