Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Albums of 2024

The 2024 year end lists keep coming, and here’s Rolling Stone‘s always-anticipated list. This is their third year listing 100 albums instead of 50, and it includes artists ranging from veterans to newcomers, from the mainstream to the underground, and from pop to hip hop to rock to country to Latin music and beyond.

The bottom 50 includes albums from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Fontaines D.C., Vince Staples, Arooj Aftab, Sleater-Kinney, This Is Lorelei, Sexyy Red, Pom Pom Squad, Adeem the Artist, ELUCID, Adrianne Lenker, Common and Pete Rock, Brittany Howard, Kali Uchis, Charley Crockett, Slayer guitarist Kerry King, Allegra Krieger, Allie X, Hinds, Ice Spice, The Hard Quartet, Rosie Tucker, The Last Dinner Party, claire rousay, Peso Pluma, Charly Bliss, ScHoolboy Q, Maggie Rogers, Helado Negro, John Cale, Shaboozey, and more.

See the top 50 below, and find the full list with commentary at Rolling Stone.

Rolling Stone‘s Top 50 Albums of 2024
50. Cash Cobain, ‘Play Cash Cobain’
49. St. Vincent, ‘All Born Screaming’
48. The Cure, ‘Songs of a Lost World’
47. Lainey Wilson, ‘Whirlwind’
46. Latto, ‘Sugar Honey Iced Tea’
45. Illuminati Hotties, ‘Power’
44. The Marias, ‘Submarine’
43. Vampire Weekend, ‘Only God Was Above Us’
42. Halsey, ‘The Great Impersonator’
41. Young Miko, ‘Att.’
40. Kaytranada, ‘Timeless’
39. Soccer Mommy, ‘Evergreen’
38. Rachel Chinouriri, ‘What a Devastating Turn of Events’
37. Tems, ‘Born in the Wild’
36. Hurray for the Riff Raff, ‘The Past Is Still Alive’
35. The Smile, ‘Wall of Eyes’
34. Faye Webster, ‘Underdressed at the Symphony’
33. Chief Keef, ‘Almighty So 2’
32. Normani, ‘Dopamine’
31. Griff, ‘Vertigo’
30. Mustafa, ‘Dunya’
29. Anycia, ‘Princess Pop That’
28. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, ‘Woodland’
27. Shakira, ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’
26. Kim Gordon, ‘The Collective’
25. GloRilla, ‘Glorious’
24. Johnny Blue Skies/Sturgill Simpson, ‘Passage Du Desir’
23. Taylor Swift, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’
22. Mannequin Pussy, ‘I Got Heaven’
21. Kendrick Lamar, ‘GNX’
20. Jack White, ‘No Name’
19. Mdou Moctar, ‘Funeral for Justice’
18. Jessica Pratt, ‘Here in the Pitch’
17. Tyler, the Creator, ‘Chromakopia’
16. Álvaro Díaz, ‘Sayonara’
15. Cindy Lee, ‘Diamond Jubilee’
14. Mk.Gee, ‘Two Star & the Dream Police’
13. Clairo, ‘Charm’
12. Zach Bryan, ‘The Great American Bar Scene’
11. Rema, ‘Heis’
10. Waxahatchee, ‘Tigers Blood’
9. Doechii, ‘Alligator Bites Never Heal’
8. Ariana Grande, ‘Eternal Sunshine’
7. Future and Metro Boomin, ‘We Don’t Trust You’
6. Tyla, ‘Tyla’
5. Billie Eilish, ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’
4. Sabrina Carpenter, ‘Short n’ Sweet’
3. MJ Lenderman, ‘Manning Fireworks’
2. Beyoncé, ‘Cowboy Carter’
1. Charli XCX, ‘Brat’

Find more 2024 year end lists here.