Pop Sonality presents The Best Albums of 2024.
Pop Sonality's Albums of the Year 2024.
The Top 225 Albums of 2024 reflect a year brimming with experimentation.
1 Maestro Espada Maestro Espada
2 Only God Was Above Us Vampire Weekend
3 Chromakopia Tyler, the Creator
4 Girl With No Face Allie X
5 I Lay Down My Life for You JPEGMAFIA
6 In Waves Jamie xx
7 Born in the Wild Tems
8 The Auditorium Vol. 1 Common & Pete Rock
9 Cancionero de los cielos Viva Belgrado
10 What Now Brittany Howard
11 REPÚBLICA caracazador
12 Paradise State of Mind Foster the People
13 Bando Stone and the New World Childish Gambino
14 Bird's Eye Ravyn Lenae
15 Bad Cameo James Blake & Lil Yachty
16 The Loop Jordan Rakei
17 Vultures
Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign
18 Vultures 2 ¥$
19 Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain Raveena
20 Deeper Well Kacey Musgraves
21 Timeless Kaytranada
22 As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again The Decemberists
23 Dark Times Vince Staples
24 Why Lawd? NxWorries
25 Starchris Body Meat
26 Rumores Espanto
27 Parade & Nacho Casado Parade & Nacho Casado
28 City Lights The WAEVE
29 Pull the Rope Ibibio Sound Machine
30 The Art of the Lie John Grant
31 Cowboy Carter Beyoncé
32 Where's My Utopia? Yard Act
33 Omni Douglas Dare
34 Imaginal Disk Magdalena Bay
35 Starface Lava La Rue
36 Fabiana Palladino Fabiana Palladino
37 Almighty So 2 Chief Keef
38 Affection Bullion
39 The Collective Kim Gordon
40 Lives Outgrown Beth Gibbons
41 COMING HOME Usher
42 Mountainhead Everything Everything
43 Crash Bad With Phones
44 Honey Caribou
45 Wide Open, Horses James Vincent McMorrow
46 That Golden Time Villagers
47 Lady on the Cusp of Montreal
48 A Dream Is All We Know The Lemon Twigs
49 The Doober
Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes
50 >>>> Beak>
51 Fearless Movement Kamasi Washington
52 OutSide DJTONER Q4RTET
53 Core Atención Tsunami
54 Jolifanto ZA! + Perrate
55 So Sorry So Slow Adult Jazz
56 In a Landscape Max Richter
57 Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace Shabaka
58 Dennis Sega Bodega
59 Bodhiria Judeline
60 El Porvenir Ale Acosta
61 Malegría Reyna Tropical
62 Fruit del deliri Oques Grasses
63 The Bed I Made The Softies
64 Funeral for Justice Mdou Moctar
65 Audio Vertigo Elbow
66 The Great Bailout Moor Mother
67 Bleachers Bleachers
68 Peregrino Carlos Ares
69 What Happened to the Heart? AURORA
70 Big Swimmer King Hannah
71 The Tortured Poets Department Taylor Swift
72 Remedios Le Parody
73 BREAD Sofi Tukker
74 This Is How Tomorrow Moves beabadoobee
75 Short n' Sweet Sabrina Carpenter
76 ¿Qué es querer? Alonso
77 In Dreams Duster
78 X's Cigarettes After Sex
79 God Said No Omar Apollo
80 Harmonics Joe Goddard
81 Naranjas Al Mar Faneka
82 Light Verse Iron and Wine
83 Dr. Dog Dr. Dog
84 Two Star & the Dream Police Mk.gee
85 Submarine The Marías
86 The Dream of Delphi Bat for Lashes
87 Hit Me Hard and Soft Billie Eilish
88 Letter to Yu Bolis Pupul
89 Aquí y ahora Delaporte
90 La Serrana Karmento
91 Something in the Room She Moves Julia Holter
92 Harri Poter Mainline Magic Orchestra
93 Still Erika de Casier
94 Madra NewDad
95 Contrebande 02. Le disque de l'été Flavien Berger
96 Come Ahead Primal Scream
97 Prelude to Ecstasy The Last Dinner Party
98 TANGK IDLES
99 The New Sound Geordie Greep
100 Ensoulment The The
101 Room Under the Stairs Zayn
102 Untame the Tiger Mary Timony
103 My Method Actor Nilüfer Yanya
104 Y'Y Amaro Freitas
105 Volume 1 MRCY
106 Balla la masurca! Guillem Gisbert
107 PO2054AZ (Vol.II) Sen Senra
108 Alligator Bites Never Heal Doechii
109 Un mundo raro Mala Rodríguez
110 SANGRE SUCIA Ángeles Toledano
111 Sad Lovers and Giants Crystal Murray
112 The Alexander Technique Rex Orange County
113 Requiem Keshi
114 Strawberry Hotel Underworld
115 Barullo Baiuca
116 Dunya Mustafa the Poet
117 Plora aquí Ferran Palau
118 Look to the East, Look to the West Camera Obscura
119 Drop 7 Little Simz
120 Pasarela Çantamarta
121 King of the Mischievous South Vol. 2 Denzel Curry
122 Shirt Porches
123 Esta vida que elegí St. Pedro
124 GRIP serpentwithfeet
125 Iechyd Da Bill Ryder-Jones
126 Adult Contemporary Chromeo
127 The Glorification of Sadness Paloma Faith
128 Sadness Sets Me Free Gruff Rhys
129 Don't Take It Personal Dizzee Rascal
130 The First Fist to Make Contact When We Dap R.A.P. Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura
131 Loss of Life MGMT
132 Dusk Gaby Moreno
133 PHASOR Helado Negro
134 ORQUÍDEAS Kali Uchis
135 Wall of Eyes The Smile
136 Cutouts The Smile
137 Soft Tissue Tindersticks
138 The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain Tapir!
139 What an Enormous Room TORRES
140 Viva Hinds Hinds
141 Crear La Habitación Roja
142 Ohio Players The Black Keys
143 Where We've Been, Where We Go From Here Friko
144 What's Wrong With New York? The Dare
145 Red Hot & Ra: The Magic City Meshell Ndegeocello
146 Love Heart Cheat Code Hiatus Kaiyote
147 Feito à mão FBC
148 Dance, No One's Watching Ezra Collective
149 Don't Forget Me Maggie Rogers
150 For Your Consideration Empress Of
151 Quantum Baby Tinashe
152 The Avoider Mourn
153 Soma Branko
154 Three Four Tet
155 The First Flower Astrit Ismaili
156 Evolution Sheryl Crow
157 Gratitude Mary J. Blige
158 Visions Norah Jones
159 Liam Gallagher & John Squire Liam Gallagher & John Squire
160 A Modern Day Distraction Jake Bugg
161 All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade The Libertines
162 La juventud Kokoshca
163 Volverme a enamorar Russian Red
164 Ki moun ou ye Nathalie Joachim
165 Clarividencia Nudozurdo
166 Tanto por hacer Cariño
167 Cante a lo Gitano Niño de Elche
168 Lentamente Sílvia Pérez Cruz & Juan Falú
169 You Only Die 1nce Freddie Gibbs
170 As Grande As Grande Mahogany
171 Here in the Pitch Jessica Pratt
172 Bright Future Adrianne Lenker
173 Access All Areas FLO
174 Mr Loverman Speakers Corner Quartet
175 ¡Agua! Chanel
176 Hasiera Bat Gorka Urbizu
177 I'm totally fine with it 👍 don't give a fuck anymore 👍 Arab Strap
178 Paisley Dreams The Game & Big Hit
179 La joia Bad Gyal
180 american dream 21 Savage
181 Saviors Green Day
182 Yummy James
183 9 Sad Symphonies Kate Nash
184 Les années lumière Pépite
185 Luck and Strange David Gilmour
186 Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers
187 I'M DOING IT AGAIN BABY! Girl in Red
188 Performance TR/ST
189 The Sunset Violent Mount Kimbie
190 Lima la gris Mateo Ledgard
191 Shadow Lizz Wright
192 Hello, I'm Britti. Britti
193 Wondrous Strange Jack Peñate
194 Sol María Eladio Carrión
195 I Got Heaven Mannequin Pussy
196 Enjoy Youth Bright Light Bright Light
197 People Who Aren't There Anymore Future Islands
198 Lovegaze Nailah Hunter
199 Everything I Thought It Was Justin Timberlake
200 Coyote Tommy Richman
201 I Am Toward You How to Dress Well
202 Ten Total 1010benja
203 Conducción temeraria Alizzz
204 A la sala Khruangbin
205 POPtical Illusion John Cale
206 Jon BatisteBeethoven Blues (2024)
207 Night Reign Arooj Aftab
208 Haze Emika
209 A Million Easy Payments Little Kid
210 Real Power Gossip
211 RIQUI El Último Vecino
212 Bug Kacy Hill
213 Leon Leon Bridges
214 Shawn Shawn Mendes
215 Good Life Ledisi
216 Hyperdrama Justice
217 Romance Fontaines D.C.
218 Small Changes Michael Kiwanuka
219 De todo se sale Habla de Mí en Presente
220 BUTU KOKOKO!
221 A flor de piel DORA
222 Hole Erth Toro y Moi
223 Seed Cake on Leap Year Cass McCombs
224 To All Trains Shellac
225 Brat Charli XCX
As we wrap up Pop Sonality’s Albums of the Year 2024, it’s been a year of bold experimentation and boundary-pushing creativity. From the genre-blending brilliance of Tyler, the Creator’s Chromakopia to the raw energy of JPEGMAFIA’s I Lay Down My Life for You, hip-hop and black music have dominated the cultural conversation. Spanish and world music also saw exciting moments, with albums like Cancionero de los Cielos by Viva Belgrado and REPÚBLICA by caracazador adding powerful new voices to the global stage. The year was full of unforgettable comebacks, from Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter reimagining folk to Kamasi Washington’s Fearless Movement redefining jazz. Electronic and pop music continued to evolve with releases like Allie X’s haunting Girl With No Face, Jamie xx’s atmospheric In Waves, and Kacey Musgraves’ bright and reflective Deeper Well. But above all, Maestro Espada by Maestro Espada topped our list as the standout debut of the year, merging folk rhythms with alternative influences to create something truly explosive. Congratulations to Maestro Espada for taking the top spot in a year full of remarkable music—it’s a well-deserved recognition!
Stay tuned to Pop Sonality as we continue to explore and celebrate the diverse sounds of 2024.
