HipHopDX's Best Rap Albums of 2018
HipHopDX rolls out the official best rap albums of 2018 list featuring J. Cole, Jay-Z, Travis Scott, Pusha T, Drake and more.
Published: December 28, 2018

New York Post's Best Albums of 2018
Our top 10 includes chart queens Janelle Monáe, Kacey Musgraves and Cardi B, plus the epic return of Robyn.
Published: December 28, 2018

Metal Injection's Top 20 Albums of 2018
I started this in 2016 in an effort to effectively calculate what we, the Metal Injection writers, were collectively fans of. For 2018, I decided to employ the same strategy as the last two years — a two-step approach. In addition to this, I added a couple more tiebreakers. This initial count does m
Published: December 28, 2018

Rolling Stone's 10 Best Avant Albums of 2018
Autechre, Sophie, Jlin and more in the year's best out-there sounds
Published: December 28, 2018

Rolling Stone's 30 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2018
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Published: December 26, 2018

Rolling Stone's 10 Best R&B Albums of 2018
Rolling Stone ranks the best R and B albums of 2018, including Janelle Monae, Teyana Taylor, H.E.R. and more.
Published: December 26, 2018

Yahoo Music's Top 10 Albums of 2018
2018 was dominated by pop superwomen, from Robyn and Janelle to Kacey and Cardi, but ultimately it was a certain superhero soundtrack that snagged our top spot.
Published: December 25, 2018

Passion of the Weiss's Best Albums of 2018
The annual return of objectively the best Best Albums list since 2008.
Published: December 24, 2018

Northern Transmissions' Top 10 Albums of 2018
Northern Transmissions counts down our favourite records of 2018, from Blood Orange to U.S. Girls and everything that landed between them.
Published: December 22, 2018

BrooklynVegan's Top 50 Albums of 2018
From Mitski to Camp Cope to Turnstile to Cardi B, here are our 50 favorite albums of 2018.
Published: December 21, 2018

Okayplayer's Best Albums of 2018
We’ve officially survived another year, and it's time we reflect. Before you gear up to go into the new year, check out our list of the 18 best albums of 2018. Despite what you might have heard, the album, is, in fact, not dead. Yes, while big tech and fans' listening habits have done irreparable
Published: December 21, 2018

The Guardian's 50 Best Albums of 2018
Our countdown is complete, and top spot goes to a timely blast of identity pop – adding to a fine selection of albums that range from the socially conscious to the political, as well as pure slices of ecstatic rock and cutting rap
Published: December 21, 2018

Hypebeast's Top 10 Albums of 2018
Top 10 Albums of 2018: These are the absolute, definitive and correct best music projects of 2018.
Published: December 20, 2018

Complex UK's Best Albums of 2018
From Smoke Boys and Lily Allen to Jorja Smith and Ghetts, here are the projects we were bumping the most in 2018.
Published: December 20, 2018

The Sydney Morning Herald's Top 10 Albums of 2018
The best albums of 2018 have come from far and wide and put some new names in the spotlight.
Published: December 20, 2018

Far Out Magazine's 50 Best Albums of 2018
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Published: December 20, 2018

HipHopDX's Best R&B Albums of 2018
HipHopDX’s picks for the best R&B songs and albums 2018.
Published: December 20, 2018

XLR8R's Best Releases of 2018

Published: December 19, 2018

Esquire's (US) 20 Best Albums of 2018
The best albums of 2018 represent a time in flux within the industry, within culture, and beyond to our uncertain social-political climate.
Published: December 19, 2018

Clash's Albums of the Year 2018
With streaming services fully taking hold of the music industry in 2018, it’s been an interesting time for the album format. The number of LPs
Published: December 19, 2018

The Independent's Albums of the Year 2018
Spanning every genre, from electro-pop to country, hip hop to metal, and produced by artists from every corner of the world, here are The Independent’s 40 favourite albums of the year
Published: December 19, 2018

Pitchfork's Best Metal Albums of 2018
Including records by YOB, Deafheaven, Skeletonwitch, and more
Published: December 19, 2018

Alternative Press's 50 Best Albums of 2018
Do you have any idea how many records are released in any given year? That’s OK, neither do we. We do know that there are thousands of records that come out every year, from manufactured pop stars to local church choirs, and all of them are hoping to get your attention. So through all the […]
Published: December 19, 2018

The Alternative's Top 50 Albums of 2018
The Alternative staff rank their 50 top releases of the year! Another great year for music in the books.
Published: December 18, 2018

Kerrang!'s 50 Albums That Shook 2018
It’s been a hell of a year for rock. Here, we count down the 50 records that soundtracked your lives, and ruled 2018…
Published: December 18, 2018

The A.V. Club's 20 Best Albums of 2018
Each new “best albums” list published seems to confirm: We couldn’t agree on much this year. And it’s extremely exciting. The music industry at large continued to decentralize, with our biggest stars and returning veterans sharing airtime with newcomers and indie upstarts. Really the only constant seemed to be in…
Published: December 18, 2018

Pitchfork's Best Rap Albums of 2018
Including records by Meek Mill, Bbymutha, Jay Rock, and more
Published: December 18, 2018

PAPER's Top 20 Albums of 2018
"Caution" by Mariah Carey landed in PAPER's Number One album slot, followed by "Sweetener" by Ariana Grande and "Invasion of Privacy" by Cardi B.
Published: December 17, 2018

The A.V. Club's Best Indie & Rock Albums of 2018
Like pop and R&B, indie and rock are huge, diverse fields overlapping and extending outward to countless iterations, a reality reflected in our picks for the best albums of the year below. You might’ve been looking for Jeff Rosenstock on our punk and hardcore list, or Neko Case among our top 10 country albums, but…
Published: December 17, 2018

Us Weekly's 10 Best Albums of 2018
Kacey Musgraves’ ‘Golden Hour’ is Us Weekly’s best album of 2018 — see the full list!
Published: December 17, 2018

NME's Albums Of The Year 2018
After a massive year in music, NME count down the 100 greatest albums that have been released throughout 2018.
Published: December 17, 2018

Pitchfork's Best Rock Albums of 2018
Including records by Hop Along, Chai, Stephen Malkmus, and more
Published: December 17, 2018

Gigwise's 51 Best Albums of 2018
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Published: December 17, 2018

DJ Mag's Top 50 Albums of 2018
Our end-of-year list compiling 2018's biggest albums...
Published: December 15, 2018

The A.V. Club's Best Pop and R&B Albums of 2018
Pop music is relentlessly omnivorous. In 2018, some of its biggest hits drew from trap, bounce, Reggaeton, African folk, and EDM, to name a few, while also advancing the genre’s overall fusion with R&B—which is why we’ve decided to group the two genres together here in their own top 10. On the charts, the conversation…
Published: December 15, 2018

Rolling Stone's 20 Best Pop Albums of 2018
Camila Cabello, Ariana Grande, Robyn, Lady Gaga and more of the year in pop music hooks.
Published: December 14, 2018

Rolling Stone's 40 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2018
The 40 best country and Americana albums of 2018, including Kacey Musgraves, Pistol Annies and Eric Church.
Published: December 14, 2018

Exclaim!'s Top 11 EPs of 2018
Now that we've given each genre that Exclaim! covers its Best of the Year due, we're turning our attention to a shorter but no less beloved...
Published: December 14, 2018

Spectrum Culture's 20 Albums of 2018
These are the 20 best albums of the year.
Published: December 14, 2018

Pitchfork's Best Experimental Albums of 2018
Including records by Jenny Hval, Amnesia Scanner, Kelly Moran, and more
Published: December 14, 2018

FACT's 50 Best Albums of 2018

Published: December 13, 2018

Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2018
Drake, Janelle Monáe, Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, David Byrne, John Prine: anything was possible in 2018.
Published: December 13, 2018

Exclaim!'s Top 10 Experimental & Modern Composition Albums of 2018
Our Top 10 Experimental & Modern Composition Albums of 2018 list is a little different than our lists of years prior. Typically, this one ap...
Published: December 13, 2018

The GQ Staff's Favorite Albums of 2018
With appearances from Cardi B, Panic! At the Disco, Young Thug, Gorillaz, and more.
Published: December 13, 2018

Pitchfork's Best Electronic Music of 2018
Including records by Aphex Twin, RAMZi, Mr. Fingers, and more
Published: December 13, 2018

Digital Trends' Best Albums of 2018
From blockbuster releases to hidden gems, we've spent the year listening to new music from near and far, culling that massive list into our 50 favorites. Whether you like jazz, hip-hop, rock, pop, or anything in between, these are the 50 best records of the year.
Published: December 12, 2018

NZ Herald's Top 20 Albums of 2018
The musical equivalent of washing down three espressos with a giant can of V, No Tourists gets you fully charged up and ready to take on all comers while...
Published: December 12, 2018

Billboard's 10 Best Dance/Electronic Albums of 2018
Billboard Dance's picks its best dance and electronic albums of 2018.
Published: December 12, 2018

Stereogum's 10 Best Country Albums of 2018
A 32-year-old Delaware native who moved to Nashville more than a decade ago, Jimmie Allen hustled to land a record contract, lived in his car for a while, finally released his debut album in October, and became country music’s story of the year. Mercury Lane, which follows up last year’s self-titled EP, reveals a singer […]
Published: December 12, 2018

The A.V. Club's Best Hip Hop Albums of 2018
Holy shit, what a year for hip-hop! Could it actually be that this year saw the release of new albums by (deep breath) Drake, Kanye, Kanye again, JAY-Z and Beyoncé, Nas, Meek Mill, J. Cole, Rae Sremmurd, Nicki Minaj, Playboi Carti, and Eminem, as well as the long-awaited release into the wild of Tha Carter V? It…
Published: December 12, 2018