The Line of Best Fit's Albums of the Year 2023

From Mandy, Indiana and Mitski to Julie Byrne and Mick Jenkins, we rank the records that defined 2023.

Published: December 04, 2023 00:00 Source

# 1
Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk Chamber Folk
# 2
Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock
# 3
Album • Feb 03 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop
# 4
Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk
# 5
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Afrobeats Alternative R&B
# 6
Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 7
Album • Aug 11 / 2023 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop Political Hip Hop
# 8
Album • May 05 / 2023 Abstract Hip Hop Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 9
Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Indie Rock
# 10
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 11
Album • Oct 27 / 2023 UK Hip Hop
# 12
Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Spoken Word Conscious Hip Hop UK Hip Hop
# 13
Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop
# 14
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Dream Pop Space Rock Revival
# 15
Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 16
Album • Aug 18 / 2023 Hardcore Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 17
Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative R&B Electronic
# 18
Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Art Pop Synthpop
# 19
Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Glitch Pop
# 20
Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Neo-Psychedelia
# 21
Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore
# 22
Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Alternative R&B
# 23
Album • May 19 / 2023 Post-Industrial
# 24
Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock
# 25
Album • Jul 07 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock
# 26
Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop
# 27
Album • Sep 22 / 2023 Dream Pop Indietronica Indie Rock
# 28
Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Americana Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country
# 29
Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Art Pop Art Rock
# 30
Album • Nov 17 / 2023 Conscious Hip Hop
# 31
Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Midwest Emo Post-Hardcore
# 32
Album • Jul 14 / 2023 Afroswing UK Hip Hop
# 33
Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Irish Folk Music Avant-Folk
# 34
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Alt-Pop Indietronica Indie Pop
# 35
Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Dream Pop
# 36
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Contemporary R&B Pop Soul
# 37
Album • Jul 21 / 2023 Rap Rock Experimental Hip Hop
# 38
Album • Feb 14 / 2023 Art Pop Alt-Pop Electronic
# 39
Album • Apr 07 / 2023 Rock Opera Art Rock Progressive Rock
# 40
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 41
Album • May 19 / 2023 Pop Rap West Coast Hip Hop
# 42
Album • Apr 21 / 2023 Poetry Noise Rock Post-Punk
# 43
Album • Feb 17 / 2023 Electronic Dance Music Trap [EDM]
# 44
Album • Sep 05 / 2023 Alternative R&B Trap
# 45
Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Ambient Pop Art Pop
# 46
Album • Aug 17 / 2023 Electropop Bubblegum Bass
# 47
Album • Jun 30 / 2023 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop
# 48
Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Alt-Pop
# 49
Album • Jul 06 / 2023 Soul Singer-Songwriter
# 50
Album • Sep 08 / 2023 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter Alternative Rock