Best albums of 2024: Charli XCX, Beyonce, The Cure and more

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The 50 best albums of 2024: No 1 – Charli xcx: Brat (and Brat and It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat)

Smart, funny, moving and full of big tunes, the in-your-face masterpiece was the right album at the right time, striking a cultural nerve and defining the changing zeitgeist. • The 50 best albums ...
The Guardian - 1d
The 50 best albums of 2024: No 2 – Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee

The mysterious and theatrical singer’s monumental 32-track album is a parallel dimension of nostalgic pop, its pristine tunes rivalling the greats of the 20th century. • The 50 best albums of ...
The Guardian - 2d
The 50 best albums of 2024: No 4 – Clairo: Charm

The singer-songwriter’s best album yet conjures low-lit jazz bars with swelling, sultry songs of attraction and desire, fleshed out with flurries of brass and vintage Wurlitzers • The 50 best ...
The Guardian - 4d
The 50 best albums of 2024: No 5 – Beyoncé: Cowboy Carter

This freewheeling embrace of the singer’s roots was also a triumphant reclamation of a genre that had long shunned its Black origins. • The 50 best albums of 2024 • More on the best culture of ...
The Guardian - 5d
The 10 best global albums of 2024

DJ Love celebrated car horns, Kenyan metalhead Lord Spikeheart traversed trap and doom, while 82-year-old Milton Nascimento joined forces with Esperanza Spalding. • More on the best music of 2024 ...
The Guardian - Dec. 11
The 20 best albums of 2024

Check out the 20 best albums of 2024 as selected by Times pop music critic Mikael Wood.
Los Angeles Times - Dec. 11
The 50 best albums of 2024: 50-11

Nick Cave rediscovers his lust for life, Ariana Grande embraces new love, and Kneecap raise a Republican ruckus, as we continue the countdown of the year’s best albums. • More on the best culture ...
The Guardian - Dec. 10
AP's top albums of 2024: Beyoncé, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Mk.gee and more

Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman has chosen 10 of the best albums of 2024
ABC News - Dec. 5
Best Albums of 2024: Charli XCX, Mk.gee, MJ Lenderman and More

Charli XCX, Mk.gee and MJ Lenderman top our pop music critics’ lists this year.
The New York Times - Dec. 4