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

Sweetener by Ariana Grande

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Electropop

# 2

7 by Beach House

Album • May 11 / 2018 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 3

Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 4

Voicenotes by Charlie Puth

Album • May 11 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Dance-Pop

# 5

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 6

BEASTMODE 2 by Future

Album • Jul 06 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 7

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 8

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 9

DAYTONA by Pusha T

Album • May 25 / 2018 Hardcore Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop

# 10

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 11

El Mal Querer by ROSALÍA

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Flamenco Pop Flamenco nuevo Art Pop

# 12

Lush by Snail Mail

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 13

Astroworld by Travis Scott

Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Trap Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 14

Bloom by Troye Sivan

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Electropop Alt-Pop

# 15

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop