The FADER's 50 Best Albums of 2024

From Charli xcx's Brat to Ravyn Lenae's Bird’s Eye and Bladee's Cold Visions, these are The FADER's 50 best albums of 2024.

Published: December 17, 2024 14:16 Source

# 1

#gigi by skaiwater

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Pop Rap

# 2

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 3

I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 4

Cold Visions by Bladee

Album • Apr 24 / 2024 Rage Trap

# 5

World of Work by Clarissa Connelly

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Progressive Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 6

Night Palace by Mount Eerie

Album • Nov 01 / 2024 Slacker Rock Avant-Folk Post-Rock

# 7

Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Alt-Country Slacker Rock

# 8

Born in the Wild by Tems

Album • Jun 08 / 2024 Contemporary R&B

# 9

Bird's Eye by Ravyn Lenae

Album • Aug 09 / 2024 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 10

Queridão by Dj Anderson do Paraiso

Album • Mar 01 / 2024

# 11

I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair by Christopher Owens

Album • Oct 18 / 2024 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 12

The Thief Next to Jesus by KA

Album • Sep 19 / 2024 Drumless East Coast Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 14

WOLEDTO by Elyanna

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Arabic Pop Alt-Pop

# 15

The Collective by Kim Gordon

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

# 16

Romance by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 17

Todos los días todo el día by LATIN MAFIA

Album • Oct 24 / 2024

# 18

This is just a Dream (And soon I will awake) by d0llywood1

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Digicore Trap

# 19

The Neon Gate by Nap Eyes

Album • Oct 18 / 2024 Indie Rock Indie Folk Art Pop

# 20

The Year I Turned 21 by Ayra Starr

Album • May 30 / 2024

# 21

Death Jokes by Amen Dunes

Album • May 10 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia

# 22

Spectral Evolution by Rafael Toral

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Ambient Electroacoustic

# 23

Two Star & The Dream Police by Mk.gee

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Alternative R&B Neo-Psychedelia Hypnagogic Pop

# 24

Fabiana Palladino by Fabiana Palladino

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Sophisti-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 25

Space As an Instrument by Felicia Atkinson

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Ambient Electroacoustic Field Recordings

# 26

Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter

# 27

Rocky Top Ballads by Fine

Album • Jun 07 / 2024

# 29

Below a Massive Dark Land by Naima Bock

Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 30

Honey by Caribou

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 House

# 31

Enough by Office Culture

Album • Oct 18 / 2024

# 32

Box for Buddy, Box for Star by This Is Lorelei

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Indie Pop Indie Folk Indie Rock

# 33

keep it goin xav by xaviersobased

Album • Jan 21 / 2024 East Coast Hip Hop Jerk Rap

# 34

SEX DRIVE by Chow Lee

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 East Coast Hip Hop Sample Drill

# 35

Something in the Room She Moves by Julia Holter

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Art Pop

# 36

ÑEROSTARS by El Malilla

Album • Jul 15 / 2024

# 37

TYLA by Tyla

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Afropiano Contemporary R&B

# 38

Charm by Clairo

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Soft Rock Sophisti-Pop

# 39

Eunoia by envy

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Post-Rock Screamo

# 40

TRUE MAGIC by salute

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Speed Garage French House

# 41

Sparagmos by Spectral Voice

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Death Doom Metal

# 42

Your Day Will Come by Chanel Beads

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Dream Pop Hypnagogic Pop

# 43

Under Sound by Prize Horse

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Shoegaze

# 44

Dreamstate by Kelly Lee Owens

Album • Oct 18 / 2024 Progressive House

# 46

Different Type Time by Cavalier

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 47

A Dog's Chance by POLO PERKS <3 <3 <3 + AyooLii + FearDorian

Album • Jun 21 / 2024

# 48

HEIS by Rema

Album • Jul 10 / 2024 Afrobeats

# 49

Valentino by wolfacejoeyy

Album • May 15 / 2024 Pop Rap Drill East Coast Hip Hop

# 50

Elixa by Th Blisks

Album • Jun 21 / 2024