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

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 DAMN. Kendrick Lamar Apr-14-2017, West Coast Hip Hop
#2 Sleep Well Beast The National Sep-08-2017, Indie Rock
#3 Slowdive Slowdive May-05-2017, Dream Pop
#4 MASSEDUCTION St. Vincent Oct-13-2017, Art Pop
#5 Melodrama Lorde Jun-16-2017, Synthpop
#6 4:44 JAY-Z Jul-07-2017, East Coast Hip Hop
#7 Harry Styles Harry Styles May-12-2017, Pop Rock
#8 A Deeper Understanding The War on Drugs Aug-25-2017, Heartland Rock
#9 Rainbow Kesha Aug-11-2017, Pop Soul
#10 Mental Illness Aimee Mann Mar-31-2017, Singer-Songwriter
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | DAMN. | Kendrick Lamar | Album, Apr-14-2017, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #2 | Sleep Well Beast | The National | Album, Sep-08-2017, Indie Rock |
| #3 | Slowdive | Slowdive | Album, May-05-2017, Dream Pop |
| #4 | MASSEDUCTION | St. Vincent | Album, Oct-13-2017, Art Pop |
| #5 | Melodrama | Lorde | Album, Jun-16-2017, Synthpop |
| #6 | 4:44 | JAY-Z | Album, Jul-07-2017, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #7 | Harry Styles | Harry Styles | Album, May-12-2017, Pop Rock |
| #8 | A Deeper Understanding | The War on Drugs | Album, Aug-25-2017, Heartland Rock |
| #9 | Rainbow | Kesha | Album, Aug-11-2017, Pop Soul |
| #10 | Mental Illness | Aimee Mann | Album, Mar-31-2017, Singer-Songwriter |