2023 year-end list season is in full swing, and one of the most anticipated lists of the year is now here, Rolling Stone‘s 100 Best Albums of 2023. It’s their second year in a row doing 100 (they used to do 50), and it might seem like a lot but there really were a ton of great albums released this year. The list has a lot of musical diversity, from hip hop to Latin music to indie rock to pop to country to just two metal albums (Godflesh and Metallica) and more.

Albums that appear in the bottom 50 include Godflesh, Rae Sremmurd, Metallica, Larry June & The Alchemist, DannyLux, Yves Tumor, Adekunle Gold, The National, Jorja Smith Kelela, Joanna Sternberg, Jamila Woods, Sampha, Palehound, 100 gecs, Wilco, Burna Boy, Blur, Barbie the Album, Grupo Frontera, The Rolling Stones, PinkPantheress, Mr. Eazi, Hozier, Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist, Peso Pluma, McKinley Dixon, Ice Spice, Militarie Gun, and more.

Check out the top 50 below, and see the full list with commentary at Rolling Stone.

Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Albums of 2023
50. Dominic Fike – Sunburn
49. Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World
48. Gunna – a Gift & a Curse
47. L’Rain – I Killed Your Dog
46. Everything But the Girl – Fuse
45. Kylie Minogue – Tension
44. Jenny Lewis – Joy’all
43. Megan Moroney – LUCKY
42. Samory-I – Strength
41. U.S. Girls – Bless This Mess
40. Kara Jackson – Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
39. Veeze – Ganger
38. KAYTRAMINÉ – KAYTRAMINÉ
37. Asake – Work Of Art
36. Water From Your Eyes – Everyone’s Crushed
35. Drake – For All The Dogs
34. Troye Sivan – Something To Give Each Other
33. NewJeans – Get Up
32. Bad Bunny – nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana
31. Model/Actriz – Dogsbody
30. Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
29. Kali Uchis – Red Moon In Venus
28. Caroline Polachek – Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
27. Wednesday – Rat Saw God
26. Amaarae – Fountain Baby
25. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes
24. Kesha – Gag Order
23. Christine and the Queens – PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE
22. Young Nudy – Gumbo
21. Lana Del Rey – Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
20. Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure
19. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown – SCARING THE HOES
18. Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good!
17. ANOHNI and the Johnsons – My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross
16. Becky G – ESQUINAS
15. Sufjan Stevens – Javelin
14. KAROL G – MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO
13. Noname – Sundial
12. Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
11. Blondshell – Blondshell
10. Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan
9. Victoria Monét – JAGUAR II
8. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps
7. Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
6. Paramore – This Is Why
5. Olivia Rodrigo – GUTS
4. Lil Yachty – Let’s Start Here.
3. Tainy – DATA
2. boygenius – the record
1. SZA – SOS