Criteria: These music albums from the year 2019 were chosen for their immediate and lasting popularity, impact, influence, and acclaim from critics and musicians. This list does not include 'Greatest Hits' albums.
Edited By: Ryan
1. Norman Fucking Rockwell! - Lana Del Rey 2. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? - Billie Eilish 3. Cuz I Love You - Lizzo 4. Father of the Bride - Vampire Weekend 5. Lover - Taylor Swift 6. Homecoming: The Live Album - Beyoncé 7. Fear Inoculum - Tool 8. thank u, next - Ariana Grande 9. Fine Line - Harry Styles 10. Ghosteen - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 11. 7 - Lil Nas X 12. All Mirrors - Angel Olsen 13. Western Stars - Bruce Springsteen 14. Titanic Rising - Weyes Blood 15. i, i - Bon Iver 16. Magdalene - FKA Twigs 17. Anima - Thom Yorke 18. Igor - Tyler the Creator 19. When I Get Home - Solange 20. On the Line - Jenny Lewis 21. Assume Form - James Blake 22. Dedicated - Carly Rae Jepsen 23. Jaime - Brittany Howard 24. Hollywood's Bleeding - Post Malone 25. Thanks for the Dance - Leonard Cohen 26. Charli - Charli XCX 27. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains 28. Sound & Fury - Sturgill Simpson 29. Zuu - Denzel Curry 30. Legacy! Legacy! - Jamila Woods 31. Two Hands - Big Thief 32. Basking in the Glow - Oso Oso 33. Death Race for Love - Juice WRLD 34. Dogrel - Fontaines D.C. 35. Nothing Great About Britain - Slowthai 36. The Best of Luck Club - Alex Lahey 37. Remind Me Tomorrow - Sharon van Etten 38. Ventura - Anderson .Paak 39. Schlagenheim - Black Midi 40. Heard It in a Past Life - Maggie Rogers 41. The Highwomen - The Highwomen 42. I Am Easy to Find - The National 43. Anak Ko - Jay Som 44. Bandana - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib 45. uknowhatimsayin? - Danny Brown 46. Let's Rock - The Black Keys 47. Designer - Aldous Harding 48. Baby on Baby - DaBaby 49. Everyday Life - Coldplay 50. Crushing - Julia Jacklin 51. Over It - Summer Walker 52. Ginger - Brockhampton 53. 1000 gecs - 100 gecs 54. Ode to Joy - Wilco 55. Psychodrama - Dave 56. While I'm Livin' - Tanya Tucker 57. No. 6 Collaborations Project - Ed Sheeran 58. Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest - Bill Callahan 59. Oasis - J Balvin and Bad Bunny 60. Wildcard - Miranda Lambert 61. UFOF - Big Thief 62. The Center Won't Hold - Sleater-Kinney 63. Immunity - Clairo 64. Free Spirit - Khalid 65. Young Enough - Charly Bliss 66. The Return - Sampa the Great 67. Help Us Stranger - The Raconteurs 68. Infest the Rats' Nest - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard 69. Walk Through Fire - Yola 70. Quiet Signs - Jessica Pratt 71. Hurts 2B Human - Pink 72. Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center 73. Grey Area - Little Simz 74. Social Cues - Cage the Elephant 75. DNA - Backstreet Boys 76. So Much Fun - Young Thug 77. Beware of the Dogs - Stella Donnelly 78. Fever - Megan Thee Stallion 79. We Are Not Your Kind - Slipknot 80. Die a Legend - Polo G 81. House of Sugar - (Sandy) Alex G 82. Closer to Grey - Chromatics 83. Pang - Caroline Polachek 84. Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial - Roddy Ricch 85. Green Balloon - Tank and the Bangas 86. Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery - The Comet is Calling 87. Ghosts of the Forest - Trey Anastasio 88. PUNK - Chai 89. No Home Record - Kim Gordon 90. Sonic Citadel - Lightning Bolt 91. Hyperspace - Beck 92. Thrashing Thru the Passion - The Hold Steady 93. Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent - Lewis Capaldi 94. Reward - Cate Le Bon 95. Emily Alone - Florist 96. Hidden History of the Human Race - Blood Incantation 97. American Football LP3 - American Football 98. Covert Contracts - Control Top 99. Eton Alive - Sleaford Mods 100. In the End - The Cranberries
DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 2019
Ryan's choice - An unheralded great album from 2019
• This is Not a Safe Place - Ride
Lew's choice:
• Moments - Hollow Coves
Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'. Not necessarily the year an album peaked in the U.S. charts.
