Top Albums of 2019





Rank All Time Rank Artist Album Genres
100 Gecs 1000 gecs Bubblegum Bass
Richard Dawson 2020 Art Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Hot Chip A Bath Full of Ecstasy Electropop, Indietronica, Synthpop
Cult of Luna A Dawn to Fear Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal
Knocked Loose A Different Shade of Blue Metalcore
Burna Boy African Giant Afrobeats
Fennesz Agora Ambient, Electroacoustic
4
496
Angel Olsen All Mirrors Art Pop, Chamber Pop
JPEGMAFIA All My Heroes Are Cornballs Experimental Hip Hop, Glitch Hop
American Football American Football [LP3] Dream Pop, Midwest Emo
Bring Me the Horizon amo Alternative Rock, Electropop, Pop Rock
Amyl & The Sniffers Amyl & The Sniffers Garage Punk
Jay Som Anak Ko Dream Pop, Indie Rock
Moor Mother Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes Industrial Hip Hop
Blood Orange Angel's Pulse Alternative R&B
Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats Anger Management Trap
19
1915
Thom Yorke ANIMA Ambient Pop, Glitch Pop
Blanck Mass Animated Violence Mild Electro-Industrial
Los Punsetes Aniquilación Indie Rock, Noise Pop
Marika Hackman Any Human Friend Indie Rock
James Blake Assume Form Alternative R&B, Art Pop
Sudan Archives Athena Alternative R&B, Art Pop
Faye Webster Atlanta Millionaires Club Alt-Country, Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
DaBaby Baby on Baby Southern Hip Hop, Trap
24
2270
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Bandana Gangsta Rap
Oso Oso Basking in the Glow Emo-Pop, Indie Rock
Better Oblivion Community Center Better Oblivion Community Center Indie Rock
Stella Donnelly Beware of the Dogs Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Chelsea Wolfe Birth of Violence Dark Folk, Gothic Country, Singer/Songwriter
Tropical Fuck Storm Braindrops Art Punk, Punk Blues
La Bien Querida Brujería Indie Pop, Synthpop
Lingua Ignota Caligula Death Industrial, Neoclassical Darkwave
Boy Harsher Careful Darkwave, Minimal Synth
Charli XCX Charli Bubblegum Bass, Electropop
King Princess Cheap Queen Contemporary R&B, Pop Soul
Chromatics Closer to Grey Dream Pop, Synthpop
Matana Roberts Coin Coin Chapter 4: Memphis Free Jazz
Neil Young with Crazy Horse Colorado Country Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Self Esteem Compliments Please Electropop
Floating Points Crush IDM
31
2883
Julia Jacklin Crushing Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Cigarettes After Sex Cry Dream Pop, Slowcore
16
1494
Lizzo Cuz I Love You Pop Rap, Pop Soul
DIIV Deceiver Shoegaze
Carly Rae Jepsen Dedicated Dance-Pop, Synthpop
17
1651
Aldous Harding Designer Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
12
1015
Fontaines D.C. Dogrel Post-Punk
Rustin Man Drift Code Art Rock
Underworld DRIFT: Series 1 Progressive House, Techno
Caterina Barbieri Ecstatic Computation Ambient Trance, Progressive Electronic
Florist Emily Alone Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Devin Townsend Empath Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Metal
The Specials Encore 2 Tone
Strand of Oaks Eraserland Heartland Rock, Indie Rock
Sleaford Mods Eton Alive Post-Punk
Rapsody Eve Conscious Hip Hop
Coldplay Everyday Life Art Pop
Foals Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1 Alternative Dance, Indie Rock
Foals Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2 Alternative Rock
Oh Sees Face Stabber Psychedelic Rock
13
1232
Vampire Weekend Father of the Bride Indie Pop
25
2376
Tool Fear Inoculum Progressive Metal
Megan Thee Stallion Fever Southern Hip Hop, Trap
Anna Meredith FIBS Art Pop, Glitch Pop, Progressive Pop
Flying Lotus Flamagra Glitch Hop, Nu Jazz
Jaimie Branch Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise Spiritual Jazz
Loraine James For You and I Glitch, IDM
Whitney Forever Turned Around Indie Folk, Indie Pop
Iggy Pop Free Art Rock
Fuerza Nueva Fuerza Nueva Neo-Psychedelia
Altin Gün Gece Anatolian Rock
2
324
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Ghosteen Ambient Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Elbow Giants of All Sizes Art Rock, Chamber Pop
Baroness Gold & Grey Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock
The Japanese House Good at Falling Indietronica, Synthpop
14
1372
Little Simz Grey Area Conscious Hip Hop, UK Hip Hop
Maggie Rogers Heard It in a Past Life Synthpop
Stormzy Heavy is the Head UK Hip Hop
The Raconteurs Help Us Stranger Alternative Rock, Blues Rock, Garage Rock Revival
Blood Incantation Hidden History of the Human Race Death Metal, Progressive Metal
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal Hiding Places Abstract Hip Hop
Beyoncé Homecoming: The Live Album Contemporary R&B, Pop
Kano Hoodies All Summer Conscious Hip Hop, UK Hip Hop
30
2812
(Sandy) Alex G House of Sugar Indie Folk, Neo-Psychedelia
Sam Fender Hypersonic Missiles Alternative Rock, Heartland Rock
27
2680
The National I Am Easy to Find Chamber Pop
Bonnie "Prince" Billy I Made a Place Americana, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
75 Dollar Bill I Was Real Psychedelic Rock, Tishoumaren
Skepta Ignorance is Bliss Grime, UK Hip Hop
7
690
Tyler, the Creator IGOR Neo-Soul
23
2129
Bon Iver i,i Art Pop
Mdou Moctar Ilana (The Creator) Blues Rock, Tishoumaren
Clairo Immunity Indie Pop
Opeth In Cauda Venenum Progressive Rock
Robert Forster Inferno Singer/Songwriter
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Infest the Rats' Nest Stoner Metal, Thrash Metal
These New Puritans Inside the Rose Art Pop
The Twilight Sad It Won/t Be Like This All the Time Post-Punk Revival
18
1670
Brittany Howard Jaime Psychedelic Soul, Singer/Songwriter
Raphael Saadiq Jimmy Lee Neo-Soul
Hatchie Keepsake Dream Pop
DaBaby Kirk Southern Hip Hop, Trap
15
1387
Michael Kiwanuka Kiwanuka Psychedelic Soul
Mark Ronson Late Night Feelings Dance-Pop
Swans leaving meaning. Experimental Rock, Post-Rock
21
2084
Jamila Woods LEGACY! LEGACY! Neo-Soul
The Black Keys 'Let's Rock' Garage Rock
Sunn O))) Life Metal Drone Metal
Joan Shelley Like the River Loves the Sea Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Bat for Lashes Lost Girls Art Pop, Synthpop
Taylor Swift Lover Electropop, Synthpop
Karen O and Danger Mouse Lux Prima Art Rock, Indie Pop
5
499
FKA twigs Magdalene Art Pop, Glitch Pop
Metronomy Metronomy Forever Indie Pop, Indietronica, Synthpop
Alex Cameron Miami Memory Soft Rock
Nilüfer Yanya Miss Universe Indie Pop, Indie Rock
PUP Morbid Stuff Pop Punk
Andrew Bird My Finest Work Yet Chamber Pop, Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Brutus Nest Post-Hardcore
The Chemical Brothers No Geography Big Beat, House
33
2909
Kim Gordon No Home Record Industrial, Noise Rock
Tindersticks No Treasure But Hope Chamber Pop
1
280
Lana Del Rey Norman Fucking Rockwell! Art Pop, Singer/Songwriter
26
2440
slowthai Nothing Great About Britain UK Hip Hop
J Balvin and Bad Bunny Oasis Reggaeton
Wilco Ode to Joy Indie Rock
Kevin Morby Oh My God Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Jenny Lewis On the Line Soft Rock
Toro y Moi Outer Peace Alternative R&B, Synth Funk
Summer Walker Over It Contemporary R&B
Caroline Polachek Pang Art Pop
Mannequin Pussy Patience Indie Rock, Power Pop
Orville Peck Pony Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter
Holly Herndon PROTO Experimental, Glitch Pop
Dave Psychodrama Conscious Hip Hop, UK Hip Hop
Chai PUNK Dance-Punk, Indie Pop
9
715
Purple Mountains Purple Mountains Alt-Country, Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Jessica Pratt Quiet Signs Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Rammstein Rammstein Neue Deutsche Härte
8
711
Sharon Van Etten Remind Me Tomorrow Indie Pop, Synthpop
Octo Octa Resonant Body Breakbeat, Deep House
28
2707
Cate Le Bon Reward Art Pop
20
1951
black midi Schlagenheim Experimental Rock, Math Rock, Noise Rock
Fat White Family Serfs Up! Neo-Psychedelia, Post-Punk
Ari Lennox Shea Butter Baby Neo-Soul
34
2922
Bill Callahan Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest Americana, Singer/Songwriter
Moodymann SINNER Deep House
Young Thug So Much Fun Southern Hip Hop, Trap
Sturgill Simpson Sound & Fury Blues Rock, Southern Rock
The Claypool Lennon Delirium South of Reality Psychedelic Rock
Alcest Spiritual Instinct Blackgaze, Post-Metal
Inter Arma Sulphur English Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Death Doom Metal
Bob Mould Sunshine Rock Alternative Rock, Power Pop
32
2903
Ariana Grande thank u, next Contemporary R&B, Pop
Leonard Cohen Thanks for the Dance Singer/Songwriter
Vanishing Twin The Age of Immunology Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
Kate Tempest The Book of Traps and Lessons Poetry
Sleater-Kinney The Center Won't Hold Post-Punk Revival
The Highwomen The Highwomen Americana, Contemporary Country
The Delines The Imperial Alt-Country, Americana
Lankum The Livelong Day Irish Folk Music
Angel Bat Dawid The Oracle Spiritual Jazz
29
2713
Jenny Hval The Practice of Love Art Pop, Synthpop
Sampa the Great The Return Conscious Hip Hop, Jazz Rap, Neo-Soul
Girl Band The Talkies Experimental Rock, Noise Rock, Post-Punk
Steve Gunn The Unseen in Between Folk Rock
clipping. There Existed an Addiction to Blood Horrorcore, Industrial Hip Hop
Rhiannon Giddens There is No Other American Folk Music
Helado Negro This is How You Smile Ambient Pop, Art Pop, Indietronica
Ride This is Not a Safe Place Alternative Rock
Lambchop This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You) Art Pop, Indietronica, Sophisti-Pop
Gary Clark Jr. This Land Blues Rock, Neo-Soul
3
487
Weyes Blood Titanic Rising Art Pop, Baroque Pop
The Comet Is Coming Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery Jazz Fusion, Nu Jazz
Ezra Furman Twelve Nudes Garage Punk, Garage Rock Revival
22
2107
Big Thief Two Hands Folk Rock, Indie Folk
10
751
Big Thief U.F.O.F. Indie Folk
35
2928
Danny Brown uknowhatimsayin? Abstract Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
Barker Utility Ambient Techno
León Benavente Vamos A Volvernos Locos Indie Rock, Pop Rock
Anderson .Paak Ventura Contemporary R&B, Funk, Neo-Soul
Yola Walk Through Fire Country Soul
Slipknot We Are Not Your Kind Alternative Metal
Mavis Staples We Get By Deep Soul
Bruce Springsteen Western Stars Americana, Singer/Songwriter
11
966
Solange When I Get Home Alternative R&B, Art Pop, Neo-Soul
The Murder Capital When I Have Fears Post-Punk
6
506
Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Alternative R&B, Electropop
Tanya Tucker While I'm Livin' Country
Deerhunter Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Liam Gallagher Why Me? Why Not Britpop
Miranda Lambert Wildcard Contemporary Country
Charly Bliss Young Enough Indie Pop, Power Pop
Denzel Curry ZUU Southern Hip Hop, Trap