ACCLAIMED MUSIC
The Most Recommended Recordings Based on Thousands of Critics' Lists







All Time Albums and Songs

Use the links at the top of the page to view the most acclaimed albums and songs by artist, country, genre and year.

Last update: November 29th, 2020.


Albums of 2024

MEGACRITIC ALBUM CHART

The MegaCritic Chart is updated two times per month in the forum. The chart is based on the average rating and number of ratings from approximately 30 music magazines and webzines that publish over 400 album reviews per year.

Many thanks to Solitair for this feature!


Albums and Songs of 2020-2023

END OF YEAR SPREADSHEETS

Top Albums of 2020
Top Albums of 2021
Top Albums of 2022
Top Albums of 2023

Top Songs of 2020
Top Songs of 2021
Top Songs of 2022
Top Songs of 2023

These links lead to forum topics with spreadsheets that summarize the critics' end of year lists.

Many thanks to Holden and Sweepstakes Ron for the help with the spreadsheets, and to everyone who has alerted them to the source lists!


Acclaimed Music Forums

Welcome to the forums, where you can discuss music as well as other topics. If you know a critics' list that is not included on Acclaimed Music, you can post it here.

ACCLAIMED MUSIC FORUM CHART
The chart is based on members' nominations and votes of the best songs right now.
Vote or see the results

OTHER POLLS
There are always ongoing polls. All-time polls, decade polls, end of year polls and much more. Nominate your own favorite album or song in an unacclaimed game. Join in!
History of forum polls


Spotify Playlists

There are Spotify playlists for the all-time, decade and yearly songs lists, as well as for all artists with at least 10 songs.

All albums available on Spotify can be listened to from the album pages.







Acclaimed Music History

All Albums A-Z

All Songs A-Z

Critics' lists A-Z