Variety: Jem Aswad's Top 10 Albums of 2022

Variety critics' best album picks for 2022 include Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Rosalía, Lizzo, Kendrick Lamar, Wet Leg, SZA, Jack White and Angel Olsen.

Published: December 09, 2022 17:10 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 MOTOMAMI ROSALÍA Mar-18-2022, Neoperreo
#2 Big Time Angel Olsen Jun-03-2022, Americana
#3 Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022) Fred again.. Nov-02-2022, Future Garage
#4 Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers Kendrick Lamar May-13-2022, Conscious Hip Hop
#5 Once Twice Melody Beach House Feb-18-2022, Dream Pop
#6 Today & Tomorrow Sault Nov-11-2022, Funk Rock
#7 age/sex/location Ari Lennox Sep-09-2022, Neo-Soul
#8 softCORE Fousheé Nov-18-2022, Synth Punk
#9 Being Funny In a Foreign Language The 1975 Oct-14-2022, Pop Rock
#10 SOS SZA Dec-09-2022, Contemporary R&B
#11 Earth Sault Nov-11-2022, Neo-Soul
#12 Aiir Sault Nov-01-2022, Choral
#13 11 Sault Nov-11-2022, Neo-Soul
#14 Untitled (God) Sault Nov-01-2022,
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | MOTOMAMI | ROSALÍA | Album, Mar-18-2022, Neoperreo |
| #2 | Big Time | Angel Olsen | Album, Jun-03-2022, Americana |
| #3 | Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022) | Fred again.. | Album, Nov-02-2022, Future Garage |
| #4 | Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers | Kendrick Lamar | Album, May-13-2022, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #5 | Once Twice Melody | Beach House | Album, Feb-18-2022, Dream Pop |
| #6 | Today & Tomorrow | Sault | Album, Nov-11-2022, Funk Rock |
| #7 | age/sex/location | Ari Lennox | Album, Sep-09-2022, Neo-Soul |
| #8 | softCORE | Fousheé | Album, Nov-18-2022, Synth Punk |
| #9 | Being Funny In a Foreign Language | The 1975 | Album, Oct-14-2022, Pop Rock |
| #10 | SOS | SZA | Album, Dec-09-2022, Contemporary R&B |
| #11 | Earth | Sault | Album, Nov-11-2022, Neo-Soul |
| #12 | Aiir | Sault | Album, Nov-01-2022, Choral |
| #13 | 11 | Sault | Album, Nov-11-2022, Neo-Soul |
| #14 | Untitled (God) | Sault | Album, Nov-01-2022,  |