It’s the most wonderful time of the year! As 2024 comes to a close, the music world unites for one of its greatest traditions: BEST OF LISTS. The debates, the discoveries, the jaw-dropping surprises — it’s all here! Whether you’re a chart-topping pop fanatic, a crate-digging vinyl collector, or a die-hard fan of those under-the-radar gems, this is your one-stop shop for every Best Of 2024 music list out there. This page will be updated daily, so bookmark it and check back often. Let’s celebrate the songs, albums, and artists that made this year unforgettable. Ready to dive into the ultimate soundtrack of 2024? Let’s go!
101.9: Top 25 Rock Albums Of 2024
A Closer Listen: The Top 20 Albums of the Year
A.V. Club: The 25 Best Albums of 2024
ABP News: Best Hindi Music Albums and Singles of the Year
Albumism: Staff’s 10 Favorite Albums of 2024
Albumism: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
Also Cool: Best Albums of 2024
Alt.Latino: Favorite Albums Of 2024
Alternative Press Magazine: Fan Poll: 5 Best Songs Of 2024
Alternative Press: 50 Best Albums of 2024
Alternative Press: Fan poll: 5 Best Albums Of 2024
AP News: Top Music Documentaries Of 2024
AP: Maria Sherman: Best Albums of 2024
At The Barrier: Best Albums Of 2024
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Best Albums By Georgia Artists
Atwood Magazine: Albums of the Year 2024
Autostraddle: The 12 Best Queer Albums of 2024
Background Animal: Most Popular Albums of 2024
Bandcamp: Best Metal Albums of 2024
BBC Radio 6 Music: Albums of the Year 2024
Beat Magazine: 10 Australian Albums That Won’t Be On Critics’ Best Of 2024 lists, But Should Be
Beatique: 15 Best Albums of 2024
Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2024
Bella Caledonia: Best Music of 2024
Best Classic Bands: Best Music Books Of 2024
Beyond The Stage Magazine: Best Music and Concert Photos of 2024
Billboard Canada: 25 Best Canadian Songs of 2024
Billboard Philippines: 50 Best Albums And EPs Of 2024
Billboard Philippines: The 50 Best Songs Of 2024 — Staff Picks
Billboard: Best Albums of 2024
Billboard: Best K-Pop Songs of 2024
Billboard: Best Latin Songs Of 2024
Billboard: Staff List: The 100 Best Songs of 2024
Billboard: The 10 Best U.K. & Ireland Songs of 2024
Bleep: Top 10 Albums of the Year 2024
Blofcritics: Ten of 2024’s Best Albums and Box Sets
Bollywood Bubble: Best Bollywood Songs Of 2024
Boston Globe: Best Albums of 2024
BrooklynVegan: 30 Best Rap Albums Of 2024
BrooklynVegan: 32 Favorite Metal Albums of 2024
BrooklynVegan: Avey Tare: 10 Favorite Albums of 2024
BrooklynVegan: Top 50 Albums of 2024
Business Insider: Best Songs of 2024
Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim: The Best Albums of 2024
Campus Times: Top 10 Best Albums of 2024
CBC Music: Top 10 R&B Songs Of 2024
CBC: 10 Best Pop Songs Of 2024
CBC’s 15 Best Canadian Albums Of 2024
Clash Magazine: Songs Of The Year 2024
Clash Magazine: The Best Music Books Of 2024
Classic Rock Magazine: Best Rock Albums of 2024
Clémence Polès: Top Ten Albums of 2024
Cloakroom: 10 Favorite Albums (And More) Of 2024
Clunk Magazine: Best Albums Of 2024
Coffee for Two: Top Ten Albums of 2024
College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison: The Best Music of 2024
Comox Valley Record: Best Music Of 2024
Complex UK: Best Albums Of 2024
Complex: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
Complex: The 50 Best Songs of 2024
Complex: The 50 Best Songs of 2024
Consequence: 200 Best Songs of 2024
Consequence: 30 Best Metal & Hard Rock Albums of 2024
Consequence: 30 Best Metal & Hard Rock Songs of 2024
Consequence: 50 Best Albums of 2024
Consequence: James Acaster: 10 Favorite Songs of 2024
Consequence: The 2024 K-Pop Yearbook: Standout Artists, Groups & Songs
Consequence: The Best Live Shows of 2024
Consequence: Top 5 Metal & Hard Rock Albums of 2024
Cosmopolitan: 2024 Was The Year Of The Situationship Album
Country Central: The Year In Country Music
Coup De Main Magazine: The Best Albums Of 2024
Coup De Main Magazine: The Best Song Of 2024
Crack Magazine: The Top 50 Albums of 2024
Craig Silliphant: Dave Scaddan: Top 20 Albums of 2024!
Creative Review: Best Album Art And Design Of 2024
Creative Review: The Best Music Videos Of 2024
Cult Following: Ewan Gleadow: Top 100 Albums of 2024
Daily Jang: Best Music Of 2024
Dallas Observer: Best Concerts That Lit Up 2024
Dazed: The 20 Best Albums of 2024
Decibel: Top 40 Albums of 2024
Denver Westword: Musicians Over Fifty Performed Some Of The Best Concerts In 2024
Discipline Mag: Best Albums Of 2024 (Industrial, Noise, Post-Punk, Metal)
DIY Magazine: Albums of the Year 2024
DIY Magazine: Tracks of the Year In 2024
Double J: 50 Best Albums of 2024
Double J: The 50 Best Albums Of 2024
Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy: Favourite Albums of 2024
EDM.com: The Best Electronic Music Producers of 2024
Electric Bloom Webzine: Best Music Collaborations Out Of Japan In 2024
Entertainment Weekly: 10 Best Songs Of 2024
Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Albums of 2024
Esgetology: Best Music of 2024
Esquire: The 10 Best Albums of 2024
Essence: The Best Albums Of 2024
Everything Is Horrible: Noah Berlatsky: 30 Best Albums of 2024
Exclaim!: 20 Best Songs of 2024
Extreme Metal Maniac: Best Releases Of 2024
Faronheit: Top 100 Songs of 2024
Flood Magazine: 50 Best Albums of 2024
FLOOD Magazine: Best Music Documentaries of 2024
Flood Magazine: Best Return Albums of 2024
FLOOD Magazine: Best Songs of 2024
Folk Alley: (More) Best Songs of 2024
Folk Alley: Best Albums of 2024
Folk Alley: Top 20 Listener Favorites of 2024
Genius Community: 50 Best Albums of 2024
Georgia Public Broadcasting: Best Music Of 2024
Ghost Cult Magazine: Samantha Mobley: Top Ten Albums for 2024
God Is In The TV Zine: Bill Cummings: 25 Tracks Of The Year 2024
God Is In The TV: Albums of the Year for 2024
Gorilla vs Bear: Best Albums Of 2024
Gorilla vs Bear: Best Songs Of 2024
Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of 2024
Grimy Goods: Best Alternative Rock Songs Of 2024
GRRRL Music: 20 Best Albums Of 2024
Guitar World: The Best Guitar Albums of 2024
Hearing Things: Jill’s Favorite Music of 2024
Her Campus: Best Albums Of 2024
Herald-Zeitung: Best Albums Of 2024
Highway Queens: Songs of the Year 2024
Holler Country: Best Country Music Songs of 2024
Holler: Best Country Music Songs Of 2024
Hollywood Reporter: Mesfin Fekadu: The 10 Best Albums of 2024
Hot New Hip-Hop: Best Hip-Hop Collaborations Of 2024
Hot Press: 50 Best Albums of 2024
Houston Chronicle: 10 Best Albums Of 2024 From Houston Acts
Houston Press” 50 Best Music Videos of 2024 You Probably Missed Part 1
HuffPost: The Best Albums Of 2024
Hypebeast: 10 Best Music Projects of 2024
I Am Tuned Up: 24 Songs to Celebrate 2024
InDaily: Adelaide’s Best Music Of 2024
Indie88: The Great 88 Countdown
Inkl: Five Best Music Books Of 2024
Iowa Public Radio: Top Album Picks Of 2024
Iowa Source: Best Albums of 2024
Jacaranda FM: Martin Bester: Favourite Events Of 2024
Jacaranda FM: Top 20 Best Songs Of 2024 In South Africa
Jeffrey Reads: 50 Best Songs of 2024
Joe Rainey: My Favorite Songs from 2024
Jordan Cronk: The Top 30 Albums of 2024
KCRW: The 30 Best Albums of 2024
Kerrang!: 50 Best Albums of 2024
Kevy Metal: Best Albums Of 2024
Kill Yr Idols: Best Jazz Recordings Of 2024
KLOF Mag: Danny Neill: Top 10 Albums of 2024
KLOF Magazine: Glenn Kimpton: Top 10 Albums of 2024
KLOF Magazine: Thomas Blake: Top 10 Albums of 2024
KMUW FM: Crossroads: Best Music of 2024
KMUW FM: Global Village: Best Music of 2024
KMUW FM: Night Train: Best Music Of 2024
KMUW FM: Strange Currency: Best Music of 2024
KOSU FM: Lindsey Cox: Top 5 New Songs Of 2024
KOSU FM: Sheldon Pearce: Favorite Albums Of 2024
KOSU FM: Yr Welcome: Top 20 Vinyl Of 2024
KUTX FM: Favourite Songs Of 2024
Latina Magazine: Top 20 Songs Of 2024 By Latina Artists
Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2024
Lexington Herald Leader: Best Music Of 2024
Los Angeles Times: 30 Favorite Latin Music Songs Of 2024
Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 20 Best Albums of 2024
Loud And Quiet: Albums of the Year 2024
Louder Than War: Top 100 Albums Of 2024
Loudwire: 11 Best Progressive Metal Albums of 2024
Loudwire: The 51 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2024
M-A Chronicle: 24 Best Albums of 2024
Mark Holcomb of Periphery: Top Albums of 2024
Marquette Wire: Best Music of 2024
MELODIC Magazine: 10 Best Albums Of 2024
Metacritic: Best Music and Albums for 2024
Metal Hammer Magazine: 50 Best Albums Of 2024
Metal Injection: Top 25 Records of 2024
Metal Insider: Jillian Drachman’s Top 15 Albums of 2024
Metal Underground: Diamond’s Mine: The Best Albums, Live Acts And Newcomers Of 2024
Mix 96.5 Tulsa: The Year in Music 2024
MixMag: Breakthrough DJs Of 2024
MixMag: Dancefloor Bangers Of 2024
Mojo Magazine: Best Albums Of 2024
Mondo Sonoro: Best International Albums of 2024
MSN: The 12 Best Video Game Scores And Soundtracks Of 2024
Music Is Alright: Albums Of The Year 2024
mxdwn Music: Top 40 Best Songs Of 2024
My Magic 94.9: The Year in Music 2024
Nation.Cymru: Best Welsh Music By Women In 2024
New Noise Magazine: Best Albums of 2024 (Volume 1): Becky Stephenson’s Top Picks
New Noise Magazine: Julie River: Top 20 Albums of 2024
New Noise Magazine: Traster’s Picks: Best Albums of 2024
New York Post: 10 Best Songs Of 2024
New York Times: Best Albums of 2024
New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2024
New York Times: Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2024
New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2024
Nialler9: 100 Best Irish Songs Of 2024
Nialler9: Jim Carroll: Favourite Songs Of 2024
Nialler9: Kelly-Anne Byrne: Favourite Songs Of 2024
NME: 20 Best Debut Albums Of 2024
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
NME: Tyler, The Creator: Favourite Songs of 2024
No Depression: Favorite Roots Albums of 2024
No More Workhorse: A Year in Music
No More Workhorse: Killian Laher: Top 10 Albums 2024
No More Workhorse: RM Hubbert: The Best In Music 2024
No Ripcord: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
noisy headspace: Best Albums Of 2024
North Country Public Radio: Favorite Songs of 2024
NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2024
NPR Music: Ann Powers: Top 15 Albums of 2024
NPR: 10 Best Classical Albums of 2024
NPR: Alt.Latino: Music We Missed In 2024
NPR: Anamaria Sayre: Favorite Albums Of 2024
NPR: Bob Boilen: Favorite Albums of 2024
NPR: Essential Jazz Discoveries of 2024
NPR: Lars Gotrich: Favorite Albums And Songs Of 2024
NPR: Photographers Share Their Favorite Tiny Desk Concert Pictures From 2024
NPR: Rodney Carmichael’s Favorite Songs And Albums Of 2024
NPR: Stephen Thompson: Favorite Albums And Songs Of 2024
NPR: Women Hit-Makers Brought Aggression And Vulnerability To Pop Music In 2024
Obscure Sound: Best Albums of 2024
OkayAfrica: Best Afrobeats Songs of 2024
OkayAfrica: Best Southern African Songs of 2024
Onmanorama: Most Popular Songs That Rocked The Music Scene In 2024
Optimistic Underground: 80 Best Albums of 2024
Orlando Edge: The 10 Best Songs of 2024
Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
Out Magazine: 40 Best Queer Songs Of 2024
Paste Magazine: 100 Best Albums of 2024
Paste Magazine: 100 Best Songs of 2024
Paste Magazine: 15 Best Cover Songs of 2024
Paste Magazine: 40 Best Rock Albums of 2024
PEOPLE Magazine: Best Albums of 2024
Philadelphia Inquirer: Best Pop Music Albums Of 2024
Pitchfork Readers: Best Music of 2024
Pitchfork: 27 Best Rap Albums of 2024
Pitchfork: 30 Best Rock Albums of 2024
Pitchfork: Best 100 Songs of 2024
Pitchfork: Best Electronic Music of 2024
Pitchfork: Best Music Books of 2024
Plugged In: Best Music of 2024
PopDose: 50 Best Albums of 2024
PopMatters: 10 Best Folk Albums of 2024
PopMatters: 10 Best Global Music Albums of 2024
PopMatters: 10 Best Psychedelic Albums of 2024
PopMatters: 15 Best Ambient Albums of 2024
PopMatters: 20 Best Americana Albums of 2024
PopMatters: 30 Best Album Re-Issues of 2024
PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2024
Post and Courier: Top 20 South Carolina albums Of 2024
Post Grad Music: 101 Favorite Albums Of 2024
Power Pop News: Best Power Pop Albums Of 2024
PureWow: 2024 Was the Year of Black Country Music
Quietus’ Albums of the Year in 2024
Quietus: Jennifer Lucy Allan: The Best of 2024
Racket MN: 25 Best Non-Local Albums of 2024
Racket MN: 40 Best Songs Of 2024
Radio Milwaukee: Best Indie Music Of 2024
Radio X: 25 Best Albums of 2024
Raised By Cassettes: Top 12 Albums of 2024
Range Magazine: Top 50 Canadian Albums Of 2024
Real Street Radio: Best Albums of 2024
Red Carpet Crash: Best Albums of 2024
Rediff.com: Best Songs Of 2024
Remezcla: 10 Best Indie & Alt-Rock Songs of 2024
Resident Advisor: Best Tracks of 2024
Resident Advisor: The Best Records of 2024
Respect My Region: Over 50 Albums From the Pacific Northwest That Made An Impact In 2024
Revue: Top 5 Local Albums Of 2024
RIFF Magazine: Best Albums of 2024
Riff: The 35 Best Albums of 2024
RNZ: Favourite International Albums Of 2024
RNZ: Jeremy Taylor: The Best Music Of 2024
RNZ: Music 101: Best Music Of 2024
RNZ: The Sampler: Favourite NZ Albums of 2024
Rolling Ston: 100 Best Albums of 2024
Rolling Stone Australia: Best Australian EPs of 2024
Rolling Stone Australia: Best New Zealand EPs of 2024
Rolling Stone: 20 Best Rap Albums of 2024
Rolling Stone: 50 Best Latin Albums of 2024
Rolling Stone: Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2024
Rolling Stone: Best Songs Of 2024
Rolling Stone: Favorite Box Sets of 2024
Rolling Stone: Rob Sheffield: Top 20 Albums of 2024
Rolling Stone: UK’s Albums Of The Year 2024
Rough Trade: UK Albums of the Year 2024
RTE: Jim Carroll: 24 Best Albums Of 2024
Rumble: Best Songs And Performances From 2024
Said the Gramophone: Best Songs Of 2024
Seven Days: Vermont’s Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of 2024
Shatter the Standards: 100 Best Albums of 2024
Slant Magazine: 50 Best Songs of 2024
Slant Magazine: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
Slate: Carl Wilson: The 12 Best Albums of 2024
Sleaze Roxx: Top Ten Albums of 2024
Soul In Stereo: The 25 Best Albums Of 2024
Soul In Stereo: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Best Albums of 2024
Sound Opinions: Jim Derogatis: Best Albums of 2024
Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2024
SPIN: Liza Lentini: The Year In Music 2024
Spotify’s Music Editors: Best Songs of 2024
Stereoboard: Best Albums of 2024
Stereogum: 10 Best Country Albums Of 2024
Stereogum: 10 Best Electronic Albums Of 2024
Stereogum: 10 Best Hardcore Albums Of 2024
Stereogum: 10 Best Metal Albums Of 2024
Stereogum: 25 Great EPs From 2024
Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2024
Stereogum: Best Jazz Albums Of 2024:
Stereogum: Top 40 Pop Songs Of 2024
Still Listening: Top 50 Albums Of 2024
Style Weekly: Musical Moments of 2024
Taste of Country: Best Albums Of 2024
Tatler Asia: 30 Best Songs Released In Hong Kong In 2024
The Alternative: Best 50 Releases of 2024
The Atlantic: 10 Best Albums of 2024
The AU Review: 40 Best Albums of 2024
The Badger: Top 5 Albums of 2024
The Best Of Line Fit: Best Albums Of 2024
The Boot: 10 Best Country Albums of 2024
The Class Struggle: Best Albums of 2024
The Coast Halifax: 10 Best Albums and EPs From Halifax Artists
The Coast: Best Songwriter Of 2024
The Colorado Sound: Best Albums of 2024
The Concordian: Best Albums of 2024
The Daily Bruin: The Best Music Of 2024
The Daily Mail: Adrian Thrills: Top 10 Albums of 2024
The Diamondback: Top 20 Songs Of 2024
The Economist: Best Albums of 2024
The FADER: 50 Best Songs Of 2024
The Fader: Best Music of 2024: Artist Picks
The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
The Financial Review: Best Music Books Of 2024
The Fire Note: Top Albums of 2024
The Forty-Five: Best Albums of 2024
The Forty-Five: Best Albums Of 2024
The Forty-Five: The Best Albums of 2024
The Georgia Straight: Favourite Albums Of 2024
The Globe and Mail: Best Albums Of 2024
The Gospel Coalition: Best Christian Music of 2024
The Guardian: 10 Best Folk Albums Of 2024
The Guardian: 10 Best Global Albums of 2024
The Guardian: 10 Best Jazz Albums Of 2024
The Guardian: 20 best songs of 2024
The Hindu: The Best Film Music From 2024
The Hollywood Reporter: 10 Best Songs Of 2024
The Honest Broker: 100 Best Recordings of 2024 Part 1
The Honest Broker: 100 Best Recordings of 2024 Part 2
The Independent: The Best Albums of 2024
The Irish Examiner: 12 Best Music Books Of 2024
The Irish Mirror: Best Songs Of 2024
The Line of Best Fit: Lesser-Known Favourite Albums Of 2024
The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2024
The Los Angeles Times: 30 Best Songs Of 2024
The Loyola Phoenix: Top Albums of 2024
The Mercury News: Best Albums By Bay Area Jazz/Roots Artists In 2024
The Metal Sucks Podcast: 15 Best Albums of 2024
The Nation: David Hajdu: The Best Albums of 2024
The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2024
The New York Times: Best Jazz Albums of 2024
The New York Times: Best Songs of 2024
The New York Times: The Breakthrough Artists Of 2024
The New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: The Best Albums of 2024
The New Yorker: Best Albums of 2024
The New Yorker: Best Performances of 2024
The Observer: Kitty Empire: 10 Best Albums of 2024
The Prog Report: Best Prog Albums of 2024
The Quietus’ Jennifer Lucy Allan: The Best of 2024
The Quietus: Albums of the Year 2024
The Quietus: Tracks of the Year In 2024
The Ringer: 11 Best Songs of 2024
The Ringer: 30 Best Albums of 2024
The Scotsman: Best Albums of 2024
The Scotsman: Fiona Shepherd: Best Albums Of 2024
The Seattle Times: Best Albums Of 2024 From Washington Artists
The Shield: Best 50 Albums Of 2024
The Sunday Times: 25 Best Albums of 2024
The Times: Best Albums Of 2024
The Washington Post: Best Of Classical Music In 2024
The Washington Post: Best Singles Of 2024
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2024
The Yellow Button: Kelsie Herzog: My Favorite Albums of 2024
TheMusic.com.au: Best Australian Albums Of 2024
This Is Pop?: Best Albums of 2024
Thoughts Words Action: Best Music Of 2024
Thoughts Words Action: Best Regional Releases Of 2024
Tim Kasher of Cursive: 10 Favorite Albums of 2024
Time Magazine: 10 Best Albums of 2024
Time Magazine: 10 Best Songs Of 2024
Time Out: The Best Albums of 2024
TimeOut: The Best Album Of 2024
Times Now News: 10 Best Songs That Defined This Year
Tinnitist: Favourite Albums of 2024
Tone Glow: Favorite Albums of 2024
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library: Best Music Of 2024
Toronto Star: Best Music of 2024
Treble: Best 100 Songs Of 2024
Treble: Best Experimental Albums of 2024
Treble: Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2024
Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
Treble: The Best Electronic Albums of 2024
Tru-Thoughts: Best Albums of 2024
UK Times: Best Albums And Songs Of 2024
Ultimate Class Rock: 35 Music Books Released in 2024
Ultimate Classic Rock: Top 15 Reissues of 2024
Ultimate Classic Rock: Top 25 Rock Albums of 2024
Under the Radar: Best Music Reissues, Box Sets, and Vinyl
Uproxx: Steven Hyden: Favorite Albums Of 2024
Uproxx: The Best Albums of 2024
Upstract: 50 Best Albums Of 2024
US Magazine: Best Albums of 2024
USA Today: 10 Best Songs Of 2024
USA Today’s FTW: Best Albums Of 2024
USI Shield: Best 50 Albums of 2024
Vanyaland: 12 Favorite National Songs Of 2024
Variance: Favorite Songs of 2024
Variety: Best Music Books of 2024
Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2024
Variety: Jem Aswad: The Best Albums of 2024
Variety: Steven J. Horowitz: The Best Albums of 2024
Variety: Thania Garcia: The Best Albums of 2024
Variety: The Best Concerts of 2024
Vogue: The 36 Best Albums of 2024
Vulture: Craig Jenkins: The Best Albums of 2024
Wall Of Sound: Alex Burgess: 2024 Year In Review
Wall Of Sound: Best Music Of 2024
Wall Of Sound: KJ Draven: 2024 Year In Review
Wall Street Journal: Mark Richardson: The Best Music of 2024
Washington Post: The Best Albums of 2024
When The Horn Blows: Top Albums Of 2024
WMNF 88.5 FM: Best Songs And LPs Of 2024
WOUB Public Media: Chris Pyle: Suggested Listening 2024
WRVO: Best Albums of 2024, Part 2
WXPN Best of 2024: David Dye: Favorite Albums Of The Year
WXPN: Jim McGuinn: Favorite Albums Of The Year
XXL: 10 of the Best Hip-Hop Projects of 2024
Yardbarker: 20 Of The Best Music Performances Of 2024 –
Yardbarker: 50 Best Albums Of 2024
