Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2018

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Published: December 13, 2018 14:00 Source

# 1
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop
# 2
Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter
# 3
Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Pop Contemporary R&B
# 4
Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Contemporary Country
# 5
Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Electropop
# 6
Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Trap Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 7
Album • May 25 / 2018 Hardcore Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop
# 8
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Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Film Soundtrack Contemporary Country Adult Contemporary
# 9
Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 10
Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B
# 11
Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Pop Rock
# 12
Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Americana Folk Rock
# 13
Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Art Pop
# 14
Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock
# 15
Album • May 25 / 2018 Latin Pop
# 16
Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop Indie Rock
# 17
Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 18
Album • Nov 02 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Trap Hardcore Hip Hop
# 19
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Indie Rock
# 20
Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Power Pop Indie Rock
# 21
Album • May 11 / 2018 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia
# 22
Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Americana Singer-Songwriter
# 23
Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop
# 24
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B
# 25
Album • May 04 / 2018 Trap Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 26
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop
# 27
Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop
# 28
Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop
# 29
Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Indie Rock
# 30
Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Twee Pop Bedroom Pop
# 31
Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Flamenco Pop Flamenco nuevo Art Pop
# 32
Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Art Pop
# 33
Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country
# 34
Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 35
Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter Sophisti-Pop
# 36
Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock
# 37
Album • May 30 / 2018 Pop Rap Alternative R&B East Coast Hip Hop
# 38
Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Contemporary Country Country
# 39
Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Experimental Rock Industrial Rock
# 40
Album • May 18 / 2018
# 41
Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Alt-Country Americana
# 42
Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Contemporary Country
# 43
Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop Trap Pop Rap
# 44
Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter
# 45
Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House
# 46
Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Stoner Metal Doom Metal
# 47
Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop
# 48
Album • Jun 16 / 2018 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B
# 49
Album • Oct 18 / 2018 Art Pop Vocal Jazz Progressive Pop
# 50
Album • Jan 05 / 2018 Trap Hardcore Hip Hop