Yahoo Music's Top 10 Albums of 2017

2017 was a wildly diverse year, featuring strong women in pop like St. Vincent and Lorde; career reinventions for Harry Styles and comeback queen Kesha; and zeitgeist-capturing hip-hop opuses from Jay-Z and our No. 1 artist, Kendrick Lamar.

Published: December 20, 2017 21:31 Source

# 1

DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Apr 14 / 2017 West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 2

Sleep Well Beast by The National

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Indie Rock Art Rock

# 3

Slowdive by Slowdive

Album • May 05 / 2017 Dream Pop Shoegaze

# 4

MASSEDUCTION by St. Vincent

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Art Pop Pop

# 5

Melodrama by Lorde

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 6

4:44 by JAY-Z

Album • Jul 07 / 2017 East Coast Hip Hop

# 7

Harry Styles by Harry Styles

Album • May 12 / 2017 Pop Rock

# 8

A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Heartland Rock Indie Rock

# 9

Rainbow by Kesha

Album • Aug 11 / 2017 Pop Soul Pop Rock

# 10

Mental Illness by Aimee Mann

Album • Mar 31 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter Folk Pop