The Forty-Five's Best Albums of 2024

2024 was another year of great music. Browse our music critic-voted list of the best albums of the year created by women and non-binary folks

Published: December 03, 2024 23:15 Source

# 1

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 2

This Could Be Texas by English Teacher

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Indie Rock Art Rock

# 3

COWBOY CARTER by Beyoncé

Album • Mar 29 / 2024 Country Pop

# 4

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish

Album • May 17 / 2024 Alt-Pop

# 5

Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat by Charli xcx

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Electronic Dance Music Bubblegum Bass Electropop

# 6

Alligator Bites Never Heal by Doechii

Album • Aug 30 / 2024 Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 7

Charm by Clairo

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Soft Rock Sophisti-Pop

# 8

Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

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

# 9

WORLD WIDE WHACK by Tierra Whack

Album • Mar 15 / 2024 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B

# 10

Cartoon Darkness by Amyl and The Sniffers

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Garage Punk

# 11

Silence Is Loud by Nia Archives

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Liquid Drum and Bass Jungle

# 12

Letter to Self by SPRINTS

Album • Jan 05 / 2024 Garage Punk Post-Punk

# 13

sleep paralysis by bbymutha

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Southern Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop Trap

# 14

The Secret of Us by Gracie Abrams

Album • Jun 21 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Folk Pop Alt-Pop

# 15

All Born Screaming by St. Vincent

Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Art Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 16

Prelude to Ecstasy by The Last Dinner Party

Album • Feb 02 / 2024 Indie Rock Pop Rock Glam Rock

# 17

Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons

Album • May 17 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 18

Patterns in Repeat by Laura Marling

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 19

Filthy Underneath by Nadine Shah

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Art Rock Art Pop Gothic Rock

# 20

Endlessness by Nala Sinephro

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Jazz Fusion Space Ambient Progressive Electronic

# 21

The Collective by Kim Gordon

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

# 22

What A Devastating Turn of Events by Rachel Chinouriri

Album • May 03 / 2024 Indie Rock Pop Rock

# 23

Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop

# 24

My Method Actor by Nilüfer Yanya

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 25

MEGAN by Megan Thee Stallion

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Southern Hip Hop Trap

# 26

Big Ideas by Remi Wolf

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Pop Rock Dance-Pop

# 27

What A Relief by Katie Gavin

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 28

TYLA by Tyla

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Afropiano Contemporary R&B

# 29

Dreamstate by Kelly Lee Owens

Album • Oct 18 / 2024 Progressive House

# 30

Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 31

Big Sigh by Marika Hackman

Album • Jan 12 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 32

I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 33

Songs About You Specifically by MICHELLE

Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Bedroom Pop Contemporary R&B Alt-Pop

# 34

The Jester by Wallice

Album • Nov 15 / 2024 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 35

Short n' Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Pop

# 36

Bird's Eye by Ravyn Lenae

Album • Aug 09 / 2024 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 37

Little Rope by Sleater-Kinney

Album • Jan 19 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 38

Quantum Baby by Tinashe

Album • Aug 16 / 2024 Alternative R&B

# 39

No Way To Relax When You Are On Fire by Dora Jar

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 40

ORQUÍDEAS by Kali Uchis

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

# 41

One More Thing by Lime Garden

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Post-Punk Revival Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 42

Playing Favorites by Sheer Mag

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Power Pop Hard Rock

# 43

Chaos Angel by Maya Hawke

Album • May 31 / 2024 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 44

Good Boy by ARXX

Album • Oct 04 / 2024

# 45

Mirror Starts Moving Without Me by Pom Pom Squad

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Pop Rock Alternative Rock