Esquire's (UK) 50 Best Albums of 2019
Exceptional debuts from Nilüfer Yanya and Steve Lacy, and big returns from the likes of Bon Iver and Lana Del Rey
Published: December 23, 2019

Magnet's Top 25 Albums of 2019

Published: December 23, 2019

musicOMH's Top 50 Albums of 2019
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Published: December 21, 2019

Complex UK’s Best Albums of 2019
It's been a stressful and depressing year for the UK, with the country more divided than ever. But thankfully, UK music has had an incredible one.
Published: December 20, 2019

NOW Magazine's 10 Best Albums of 2019
All 10 of our critics picks this year came from solo artists. From experimental R&B to heartbreaking indie rock, all were singular visions and complete statements.
Published: December 20, 2019

The Guardian's 50 Best Albums of 2019
Our pick of the year’s finest albums brings American dreaming, teenage dynamism, heartbreak, barbed rap, impetuous indie and beautiful soundscapes
Published: December 20, 2019

Spectrum Culture's Top 20 Albums of 2019

Published: December 20, 2019

HipHopDX's Best Rap & Hip Hop Albums Of 2019
Our top 20 list for best Hip Hop albums of the year. These Rap & Hip Hop albums deserve special recognition for being a cut above the rest and made the list as the best hip hop albums of 2019.
Published: December 20, 2019

Spill Magazine's Best Albums of 2019

Published: December 20, 2019

The Line of Best Fit's Best Albums of 2019
We rank the fifty most outstanding records of 2019, including Slowthai, Little Simz, Kano, (Sandy) Alex G and Charli XCX.
Published: December 20, 2019

Gigwise's 51 Best Albums of 2019
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Published: December 20, 2019

Yahoo Entertainment's Best Albums of 2019
The fact that our top two spots are held by a veteran who’s creating his best music in his sixties and a teenager who’s just getting started shows just how a musically diverse this year was.
Published: December 19, 2019

XLR8R’s Best Releases of 2019

Published: December 19, 2019

The FADER's Best Albums of 2019
From Charli XCX to Burial and everything in between, this is the music we loved this year.
Published: December 19, 2019

FACT Magazine's Best Albums of 2019

Published: December 19, 2019

The A.V. Club's 20 Best Albums of 2019
These records represent the very brightest spots in a brilliant year.
Published: December 19, 2019

PAPER's Top 20 Albums of 2019
"Fever" by Megan Thee Stallion landed in PAPER's Number One album slot, followed by "When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go" by Billie Eilish and "Pang" by Caroline Polachek.
Published: December 18, 2019

HipHopDX's Best R&B Albums Of 2019
Our best R&B Albums of 2019 list & Album of the Year are based on sound first, prominence of each record second and lastly (if at all), numbers and accolades.
Published: December 18, 2019

Pitchfork's Best Metal Albums of 2019
From the return of Sunn O))) to Blood Incantation’s death-metal space odysseys to anarcha-feminists Ragana, these are the metal records we loved this year.
Published: December 18, 2019

Clash Albums Of The Year 2019
Christmas is a natural time to pause, and to reflect. As has become tradition, it’s a time to take stock, to look back on the past 12 months and
Published: December 18, 2019

Obscure Sound's Best Albums of 2019
Obscure Sound kicks off featuring the best albums of 2019.
Published: December 17, 2019

Hypebeast's Top 10 Albums of 2019
The Best Albums of 2019: Our picks include surprise solo albums and highly-anticipated returns.
Published: December 17, 2019

DJ Mag's Top 50 Albums of 2019
2019 was a year in which deeply personal and boldly political music ruled the long-player format. Below, you'll find the 50 albums that defined the year in electronic music
Published: December 17, 2019

The Vinyl Factory's 50 Favorite Albums of 2019
A selection of the year's best records, chosen by The Vinyl Factory, spanning grime, ambient, jazz, electronic and beyond.
Published: December 17, 2019

Junkee's 15 Best Albums Of 2019
Here are the best albums that connected with us this year -- the albums that held us up to an emotional truth, and then nailed us there.
Published: December 17, 2019

The Alternative's Top 75 Records of 2019
Our favorite albums of the year (complete with a playlist), plus the winner of our 4 yearly awards (AOTY, Best Debut, Best Non-LP, and Most Underrated)
Published: December 16, 2019

Pitchfork's Best Experimental Albums of 2019
Featuring Holly Herndon, Kali Malone, Fire-Toolz, and other voices from the fringe
Published: December 16, 2019

NME's 50 Best Albums of 2019
Here it is, the 50 greatest albums of the year 2019, as chosen by the critics and staff at NME, the only music magazine that matters
Published: December 16, 2019

Louder Than War's Albums of the Year 2019
The Only Top 50 Albums of the Year List That Matters! LTW-online. The newest and the best music.
Published: December 14, 2019

The Key's Top 15 Albums of 2019
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Published: December 13, 2019

Stereogum's 10 Best Hardcore Albums of 2019
There have been long stretches this past year when I didn’t want to listen to anything other than hardcore — where music didn’t sound right unless it had volcanic mosh parts and I-just-ate-bad-curry-and-I’m-angry-about-it vocals. I could attempt to be cute and blame my hardcore fixation on the perilous state of the world or whatever. But […]
Published: December 13, 2019

Pitchfork's Best Electronic Music of 2019
Featuring Peggy Gou, Floating Points, Joy Orbison, and a lot of deep cuts
Published: December 13, 2019

Us Weekly's 10 Best Albums of 2019
Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande and Lizzo are among the artists who had the best albums in 2019 — see Us Weekly’s full list of the top 10!
Published: December 12, 2019

Slant Magazine's 25 Best Albums of 2019
The more borders you cross, the more potential for discovery—and 2019, as eclectic a year as any, has demonstrated that.
Published: December 12, 2019

The Sydney Morning Herald's Best 10 Albums of 2019
The best albums of 2019 made statements rather than offering comfort.
Published: December 12, 2019

Los Angeles Times' Best Albums of 2019
From critical favorites Solange and Lana Del Rey to rookies Lil Nas X and 100 gecs, the best music of 2019 explored ideas of love, war, family and anxiety.
Published: December 11, 2019

Rolling Stone's 10 Best Metal Albums of 2019
From Korn's 'The Nothing' to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's 'Infest the Rats' Nest,' we count down the best metal albums of 2019.
Published: December 11, 2019

Dazed's 20 Best Albums of 2019
From Billie Eilish to Burna Boy, JPEGMAFIA and Jerkcurb, we look back on our favourite albums of the year
Published: December 11, 2019

Pitchfork's Best Rock Albums of 2019
From Big Thief’s twin masterworks to Brittany Howard’s bold solo debut, these were the guitar records we loved most this year.
Published: December 11, 2019

NPR Music's 25 Best Albums of 2019
We listened, voted and argued our way from more than 250 nominated albums down to just 25. And there was a clear No. 1.
Published: December 11, 2019

Les Inrocks' 100 Best Albums of 2019
Des nouveaux artistes qui sortent des premières pépites, des plus anciens qui perdurent et parfois même se bonifient, des genres qui se diversifient… En 2019, la musique a conservé toute sa richesse. Alors sans plus attendre, voici nos 100 albums coups de cœur de l'année.
Published: December 11, 2019

Stereogum's 10 Best Rap Albums of 2019
At the end of 2019, rap is the most popular form of music in America, and maybe in the entire world. We know this. The data bears it out. But one thing that the data doesn’t quite show is us that rap, like every other genre of music in our atomized age, is not a […]
Published: December 10, 2019

Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2019
While not a year went by in the 2010s without someone either proclaiming or predicting its demise, every year, the album format evolved and mutated into something that made a convincing case for its continuing relevance.
Published: December 10, 2019

Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2019
The artists who ruled the year, starring FKA twigs, Bon Iver, Kim Gordon, DaBaby, and more
Published: December 10, 2019

Esquire's Best Albums of 2019
Long gone are the days of putting on a facade for the cameras when artists as big as Ariana Grande or as new and explosive as Billie Eilish are fearless in their pursuit of inner sincerity. What defines music in 2019 is fearlessness—the strength it takes to be real about issues that effect all of us no matter how famous we are. These are the best albums of 2019.
Published: December 10, 2019

The Atlantic's 18 Best Albums of 2019
Our staffers pick the most resonant and exciting music of the year.
Published: December 10, 2019

Slate's Best Albums of 2019
Plus the best songs.
Published: December 10, 2019

Metal Hammer's 50 Best Albums of 2019
As 2019 draws to a close, Metal Hammer magazine name Tool’s long-awaited Fear Inoculum their album of the year
Published: December 10, 2019

Stereogum's 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2019
This wasn’t a year of radical transformation in the world of jazz. There was no single breakout star, and no explosion like the sudden realization last year that some really major shit was going down in London. But a tremendous amount of extraordinarily good music was released, and there was something for just about every […]
Published: December 09, 2019

Fresh Air's Top 10 Albums of 2019
Lana Del Rey's Norman F****** Rockwell! topped Tucker's list of the best albums of the year, with Lizzo and Billie Eilish running a close second and third.
Published: December 09, 2019