The Philadelphia Inquirer: Dan DeLuca's Best Albums of 2024

Yes, there's Charli XCX, Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter, and Waxahatchee. But also MJ Lenderman, Kendrick Lamar, Mannequin Pussy, and more.

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# 1

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 2

Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Alt-Country Slacker Rock

# 3

Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

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

# 4

COWBOY CARTER by Beyoncé

Album • Mar 29 / 2024 Country Pop

# 5

Album • May 03 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 6

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Pop

# 7

Album • May 17 / 2024 Alt-Pop

# 8

What Now by Brittany Howard

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Psychedelic Soul

# 9

I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 10

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

# 11

Album • Nov 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Baroque Pop Chamber Pop

# 12

GNX by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Nov 21 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop

# 13

Obsessed by Morgan Wade

Album • Aug 16 / 2024

# 14

Romance by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 15

Smoke & Fiction by X

Album • Aug 02 / 2024 Punk Rock