USA Today's Best Albums of 2018

Read on for the 2018 albums that writers Maeve McDermott and Patrick Ryan will be thinking about long after the year expires.

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# 1
Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Electropop
# 2
Album • May 11 / 2018 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia
# 3
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop
# 4
Album • May 11 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Dance-Pop
# 5
Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop
# 6
Album • Jul 06 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 7
Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter
# 8
Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock
# 9
Album • May 25 / 2018 Hardcore Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop
# 10
Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House
# 11
Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Flamenco Pop Flamenco nuevo Art Pop
# 12
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop
# 13
Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Trap Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 14
Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Electropop Alt-Pop
# 15
Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop