100 Greatest Albums of 2024
Criteria: These music albums from the year 2024 were chosen for their initial and lasting popularity and their influence and impact on rock music in general. Also considered is critical acclaim. The list includes rock and roll and related genres that were influential on rock music.
Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'. Not necessarily the year an album peaked in the U.S. charts.
Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'. Not necessarily the year an album peaked in the U.S. charts.
1. Brat
Charli XCX
2. Hit Me Hard and Soft
Billie Eilish
3. GNX
Kendrick Lamar
4. Cowboy Carter
Beyoncé
5. Chromakopia
Tyler the Creator
6. Short 'n' Sweet
Sabrina Carpenter
7. Songs of a Lost World
The Cure
8. The Tortured Poets Department
Taylor Swift
9. Eternal Sunshine
Ariana Grande
10. Alligator Bites Never Heal
Doechii
11. Diamond Jubilee
Cindy Lee
12. F-1 Trillion
Post Malone
13. Imaginal Disk
Magdalena Bay
14. Manning Fireworks
MJ Lindeman
15. No Name
Jack White
16. Only God Was Above Us
Vampire Weekend
17. Tigers Blood
Waxahatchee
18. Wild God
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
19. Blue Lips
Schoolboy Q
20. We Don't Trust You
Future and Metro Boomin
21. Romance
Fontaines D.C.
22. Bright Future
Adrienne Lenker
23. Prelude to Ecstasy
The Last Dinner Party
24. Two Star & The Dream Police
mk gee
25. Charm
Clairo
26. Mahashmashana
Father John Misty
27. What Now
Brittany Howard
28. Patterns in Repeat
Laura Marling
29. Here in the Pitch
Jessica Pratt
30. In Waves
Jamie xx
31. Deeper Well
Kacey Musgraves
32. Dark Times
Vince Staples
33. Glorious
GloRilla
34. All Hell
Los Campesinos!
35. My Method Actor
Nilüfer Yanya
36. All Born Screaming
St. Vincent
37. The Great American Bar Scene
Zach Bryan
38. This Could Be Texas
English Teacher
39. Orquídeas
Kali Uchis
40. Night Palace
Mount Eerie
41. Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going
Shaboozey
42. You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
Knocked Loose
43. I Got Heaven
Mannequin Pussy
44. Clancy
Twenty One Pilots
45. American Dream
21 Savage
46. Endlessness
Nina Sinephro
47. Absolute Elsewhere
Blood Incantation
48. My Light, My Destroyer
Cassandra Jenkins
49. The Collective
Kim Gordon
50. The New Sound
Geordie Greep
51. Undressed at the Symphony
Faye Webster
52. various artists
I Saw the TV Glow soundtrack
53. The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
Eminem
54. Lives Outgrown
Beth Gibbons
55. Funeral for Justice
Mdou Moctar
56. Letter to Self
Sprints
57. The Secret of Us
Gracie Abrams
58. Passage du Desir
Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson)
59. Invincible Shield
Judas Priest
60. Britpop
A.G. Cook
61. The Past is Still Alive
Hurray for the Riff Raff
62. Tangk
Idles
63. #RICHAXXHAITIAN
Mach-Hommy
64. Luck and Strange
David Gilmour
65. Where We've Been, Where We Go From Here
Friko
66. Night Reign
Arooj Aftab
67. Great Doubt
Astrid Sonne
68. Saviors
Green Day
69. Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
Shakira
70. Milton + Esperanza
Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding
71. Bite Down
Rosali
72. Timeless
Kaytranada
73. Cold Visions
Bladee
74. Highway Prayers
Billy Strings
75. Fearless Movement
Kamasi Washington
76. Daniel
Real Estate
77. Tyla
Tyla
78. Woodland
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
79. Rosie
Rosé
80. What A Devastating Turn of Events
Rachel Chinouriri
81. The Last Leaf on the Tree
Willie Nelson
82. Wall of Eyes
The Smile
83. Cartoon Darkness
Amyl & The Sniffers
84. Cool World
Chat Pile
85. A Dream is All We Know
The Lemon Twigs
86. The Thief Next to Jesus
Ka
87. The Force
LL Cool J
88. Hyperdrama
Justice
89. Dark Matter
Pearl Jam
90. Ten Fold
Yaya Bey
91. Crash
Kehlani
92. Triple Seven
Wishy
93. I Lay Down My Life for You
JPEGMAFIA
94. Quantum Baby
Tinashe
95. The Last Will and Testament
Opeth
96. Small Changes
Michael Kiwanuka
97. Moon Music
Coldplay
98. Something in the Room She Moves
Julia Holter
99. White Roses, My God
Alan Sparhawk
100. Radical Optimism
Dua Lipa
Charli XCX
2. Hit Me Hard and Soft
Billie Eilish
3. GNX
Kendrick Lamar
4. Cowboy Carter
Beyoncé
5. Chromakopia
Tyler the Creator
6. Short 'n' Sweet
Sabrina Carpenter
7. Songs of a Lost World
The Cure
8. The Tortured Poets Department
Taylor Swift
9. Eternal Sunshine
Ariana Grande
10. Alligator Bites Never Heal
Doechii
11. Diamond Jubilee
Cindy Lee
12. F-1 Trillion
Post Malone
13. Imaginal Disk
Magdalena Bay
14. Manning Fireworks
MJ Lindeman
15. No Name
Jack White
16. Only God Was Above Us
Vampire Weekend
17. Tigers Blood
Waxahatchee
18. Wild God
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
19. Blue Lips
Schoolboy Q
20. We Don't Trust You
Future and Metro Boomin
21. Romance
Fontaines D.C.
22. Bright Future
Adrienne Lenker
23. Prelude to Ecstasy
The Last Dinner Party
24. Two Star & The Dream Police
mk gee
25. Charm
Clairo
26. Mahashmashana
Father John Misty
27. What Now
Brittany Howard
28. Patterns in Repeat
Laura Marling
29. Here in the Pitch
Jessica Pratt
30. In Waves
Jamie xx
31. Deeper Well
Kacey Musgraves
32. Dark Times
Vince Staples
33. Glorious
GloRilla
34. All Hell
Los Campesinos!
35. My Method Actor
Nilüfer Yanya
36. All Born Screaming
St. Vincent
37. The Great American Bar Scene
Zach Bryan
38. This Could Be Texas
English Teacher
39. Orquídeas
Kali Uchis
40. Night Palace
Mount Eerie
41. Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going
Shaboozey
42. You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
Knocked Loose
43. I Got Heaven
Mannequin Pussy
44. Clancy
Twenty One Pilots
45. American Dream
21 Savage
46. Endlessness
Nina Sinephro
47. Absolute Elsewhere
Blood Incantation
48. My Light, My Destroyer
Cassandra Jenkins
49. The Collective
Kim Gordon
50. The New Sound
Geordie Greep
51. Undressed at the Symphony
Faye Webster
52. various artists
I Saw the TV Glow soundtrack
53. The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
Eminem
54. Lives Outgrown
Beth Gibbons
55. Funeral for Justice
Mdou Moctar
56. Letter to Self
Sprints
57. The Secret of Us
Gracie Abrams
58. Passage du Desir
Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson)
59. Invincible Shield
Judas Priest
60. Britpop
A.G. Cook
61. The Past is Still Alive
Hurray for the Riff Raff
62. Tangk
Idles
63. #RICHAXXHAITIAN
Mach-Hommy
64. Luck and Strange
David Gilmour
65. Where We've Been, Where We Go From Here
Friko
66. Night Reign
Arooj Aftab
67. Great Doubt
Astrid Sonne
68. Saviors
Green Day
69. Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
Shakira
70. Milton + Esperanza
Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding
71. Bite Down
Rosali
72. Timeless
Kaytranada
73. Cold Visions
Bladee
74. Highway Prayers
Billy Strings
75. Fearless Movement
Kamasi Washington
76. Daniel
Real Estate
77. Tyla
Tyla
78. Woodland
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
79. Rosie
Rosé
80. What A Devastating Turn of Events
Rachel Chinouriri
81. The Last Leaf on the Tree
Willie Nelson
82. Wall of Eyes
The Smile
83. Cartoon Darkness
Amyl & The Sniffers
84. Cool World
Chat Pile
85. A Dream is All We Know
The Lemon Twigs
86. The Thief Next to Jesus
Ka
87. The Force
LL Cool J
88. Hyperdrama
Justice
89. Dark Matter
Pearl Jam
90. Ten Fold
Yaya Bey
91. Crash
Kehlani
92. Triple Seven
Wishy
93. I Lay Down My Life for You
JPEGMAFIA
94. Quantum Baby
Tinashe
95. The Last Will and Testament
Opeth
96. Small Changes
Michael Kiwanuka
97. Moon Music
Coldplay
98. Something in the Room She Moves
Julia Holter
99. White Roses, My God
Alan Sparhawk
100. Radical Optimism
Dua Lipa
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Edited By: Ryan