The A.V. Club's Best Pop and R&B Albums of 2018

Pop music is relentlessly omnivorous. In 2018, some of its biggest hits drew from trap, bounce, Reggaeton, African folk, and EDM, to name a few, while also advancing the genre’s overall fusion with R&B—which is why we’ve decided to group the two genres together here in their own top 10. On the charts, the conversation…

Published: December 15, 2018 14:00 Source

# 1
Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Electropop
# 2
Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Alternative R&B Sophisti-Pop
# 3
Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Synthpop Electropop Alt-Pop
# 4
Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Art Pop
# 5
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B
# 6
Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Electropop
# 7
Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House
# 8
Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Neo-Soul Alternative R&B
# 9
Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Bubblegum Bass Deconstructed Club
# 10
Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop