The Line of Best Fit's Best Albums of the Year 2024

Pop went brat, guitars are back, and bands are cool again – from Mk.gee, Mannequin Pussy, and Merce Lemon to Charli, Camila, and Crack Cloud, we rank the records that defined our 2024.

Published: December 09, 2024 00:00 Source

# 1
Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Sophisti-Pop Indie Rock
# 2
Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Alt-Country Slacker Rock
# 4
Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Dream Pop Hypnagogic Pop
# 5
Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Indie Rock
# 6
Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Jazz Fusion Space Ambient Progressive Electronic
# 7
Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Alternative R&B Neo-Psychedelia Hypnagogic Pop
# 8
Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music
# 9
Album • Nov 21 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop
# 10
Album • Mar 13 / 2024 Alternative Rock Post-Punk
# 11
Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Indie Rock Alternative Rock
# 12
Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop
# 13
Album • Sep 20 / 2024 Jazz Fusion Spiritual Jazz
# 14
Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Alt-Pop Contemporary R&B
# 15
Album • May 10 / 2024 Metalcore
# 16
Album • May 17 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 17
Album • May 31 / 2024 Chamber Folk Chamber Jazz
# 18
Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Indie Rock
# 19
Album • Oct 28 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop Neo-Soul
# 20
Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter
# 21
Album • Aug 30 / 2024 Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap Hardcore Hip Hop
# 22
Album • Mar 01 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 23
Album • Jan 05 / 2024 Garage Punk Post-Punk
# 24
Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Pop Rap Jazz Rap
# 25
Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 26
Album • May 03 / 2024 Indie Rock Indie Pop
# 27
Album • May 10 / 2024 Chamber Music Art Pop
# 28
Album • Dec 06 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk Chamber Folk
# 29
Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Alt-Pop Alternative R&B Indietronica
# 30
Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Art Rock Post-Punk
# 31
Album • Sep 25 / 2024 Electronic Dance Music
# 32
Album • Jun 07 / 2024
# 33
Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Indie Rock Art Rock
# 34
Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Americana Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 35
Album • Jul 26 / 2024 Art Punk Post-Punk
# 36
Album • May 03 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 37
Album • May 17 / 2024 Synth Punk Digital Hardcore Post-Industrial
# 38
Album • Aug 09 / 2024 Contemporary R&B Pop
# 39
Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Latin Pop Alt-Pop
# 40
Album • Jul 19 / 2024 Indie Rock
# 41
Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter
# 42
Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Indie Rock Pop Rock
# 43
Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Avant-Folk Art Pop
# 44
Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 45
Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 46
Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Political Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 47
Album • Jan 01 / 2023 Gothic Rock Alternative Rock
# 48
Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Glitch Pop Deconstructed Club Alternative R&B Art Pop
# 49
EP • Feb 09 / 2024 House Dance-Pop
# 50
Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia Noise Pop