PopMatters' 50 Best Albums of 2024 So Far

The 50 best albums of 2024 offer sublime music as major artists return with new work and brilliant new sounds bubble up from the underground and worldwide.

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# 1

eternal sunshine by Ariana Grande

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 2

Night Reign by Arooj Aftab

Album • May 31 / 2024 Chamber Folk Chamber Jazz

# 3

Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons

Album • May 17 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 4

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 5

Laugh Ash by Ches Smith

Album • Feb 02 / 2024

# 6

Sentiment by claire rousay

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Slowcore Singer-Songwriter Bedroom Pop

# 7

Final Summer by Cloud Nothings

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 8

Thoughts & Prayers by CNTS

Album • Mar 29 / 2024 Noise Rock

# 9

Le futur ça marche pas by Cyril Cyril

Album • Apr 26 / 2024

# 10

GIFTS by Dave Douglas

Album • Apr 12 / 2024

# 11

Poetry by Dehd

Album • May 10 / 2024 Indie Rock Indie Pop Indie Surf

# 12

Radical Optimism by Dua Lipa

Album • May 03 / 2024 Dance-Pop

# 13

AUDIO VERTIGO by Elbow

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Art Rock

# 14

Going Through It by Eliza Mclamb

Album • Jan 19 / 2024 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 15

MRA by Emel

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Art Pop

# 16

The Obsession With Her Voice by Erika Angell

Album • Mar 08 / 2024

# 17

People Who Aren’t There Anymore by Future Islands

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Synthpop

# 18

Deep Sage by Gouge Away

Album • Mar 15 / 2024 Post-Hardcore Noise Rock Alternative Rock

# 19

Keeper of the Shepherd by Hannah Frances

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Progressive Folk

# 20

Sonido Cósmico by Hermanos Gutiérrez

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Ambient Americana

# 21

Pull the Rope by Ibibio Sound Machine

Album • May 03 / 2024 Afro-Funk Electro Synth Funk

# 22

Transfiguration by James Brandon Lewis Quartet

Album • Feb 21 / 2024

# 23

Love in Constant Spectacle by Jane Weaver

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Psychedelic Pop Art Pop

# 24

Akoma by Jlin

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Footwork IDM

# 25

Visitor by John Moreland

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 26

Deeper Well by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Mar 15 / 2024 Folk Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 27

ORQUÍDEAS by Kali Uchis

Album • Jan 12 / 2024 Contemporary R&B Latin Pop

# 28

Fearless Movement by Kamasi Washington

Album • May 03 / 2024 Spiritual Jazz Jazz Fusion

# 29

There's Always a Song by Kelsey Waldon

Album • May 10 / 2024

# 30

The Collective by Kim Gordon

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Industrial Hip Hop Experimental Rock Noise Rock

# 31

Rooting for Love by Laetitia Sadier

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Ambient Pop Art Pop

# 32

Musow Danse by Les Amazones d'Afrique

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Mande Music Electropop

# 33

Pure Love by Mall Girl

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Indie Pop Math Pop

# 34

I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 35

Funeral for Justice by Mdou Moctar

Album • May 03 / 2024 Tishoumaren Psychedelic Rock

# 36

Up On Gravity Hill by METZ

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Noise Rock Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore

# 37

Forest Scenes by MIZU

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Ambient

# 38

Oath by MONO

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Post-Rock

# 39

Malegría by Reyna Tropical

Album • Mar 29 / 2024 Latin Alternative

# 40

Letter to Self by SPRINTS

Album • Jan 05 / 2024 Garage Punk Post-Punk

# 41

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT by Taylor Swift

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Alt-Pop

# 42

As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again by The Decemberists

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Folk Rock Indie Folk

# 43

Ribbon by The Ophelias

EP • Apr 12 / 2024 Indie Rock Chamber Pop

# 44

Wall of Eyes by The Smile

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Art Rock Post-Rock

# 45

Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations by The Vaccines

Album • Jan 12 / 2024 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 46

Maisha by The Zawose Queens

Album • Jun 07 / 2024

# 47

What an enormous room by TORRES

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 48

Only God Was Above Us by Vampire Weekend

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Indie Rock Chamber Pop

# 50

Where’s My Utopia? by Yard Act

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Dance-Punk Art Punk