Top Albums of 2015
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
1
17
 Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly Conscious Hip Hop, Jazz Rap
2
115
 Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
3
295
 Tame Impala Currents Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop, Synthpop
4
357
 Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
5
407
 Jamie xx In Colour UK Bass
6
503
 Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
7
520
 Grimes Art Angels Electropop, Synthpop
8
570
 Kamasi Washington The Epic Spiritual Jazz
9
579
 Björk Vulnicura Art Pop
10
589
 Carly Rae Jepsen E*MO*TION Dance-Pop, Synthpop
11
616
 Vince Staples Summertime '06 Hardcore Hip Hop
12
688
 Julia Holter Have You in My Wilderness Art Pop, Chamber Pop
13
1027
 Sleater-Kinney No Cities to Love Indie Rock
14
1152
 Future DS2 Southern Hip Hop, Trap
15
1390
 Joanna Newsom Divers Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter
16
1817
 Alabama Shakes Sound & Color Blues Rock
17
1859
 Holly Herndon Platform Deconstructed Club, Glitch, Glitch Pop
18
1866
 Drake If You're Reading This It's Too Late Pop Rap, Trap
19
1949
 Deafheaven New Bermuda Atmospheric Black Metal
20
2086
 Young Thug Barter 6 Southern Hip Hop, Trap
21
2139
 Viet Cong Viet Cong Post-Punk
22
2141
 Hop Along Painted Shut Indie Rock
23
2146
 Kurt Vile b'lieve i'm goin down Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
24
2188
 Oneohtrix Point Never Garden of Delete Progressive Electronic
25
2304
 The Internet Ego Death Alternative R&B, Neo-Soul
26
2331
 Bilderbuch Schick Schock Indie Pop
27
2336
 Blur The Magic Whip Alternative Rock, Art Rock
28
2401
 Miguel Wildheart Alternative R&B
29
2405
 Jenny Hval Apocalypse, Girl Art Pop
30
2450
 Earl Sweatshirt I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside Abstract Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
31
2560
 The Original Broadway Cast Hamilton Show Tunes
32
2643
 Protomartyr The Agent Intellect Post-Punk
33
2670
 Jim O'Rourke Simple Songs Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
34
2688
 Deerhunter Fading Frontier Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
35
2753
 Jlin Dark Energy Footwork
36
2785
 Jason Isbell Something More Than Free Americana, Singer/Songwriter
37
2811
 Mbongwana Star From Kinshasa Tradi-Modern
38
2819
 Florence + The Machine How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Art Pop
39
2826
 Arca Mutant Deconstructed Club, IDM
40
2864
 Titus Andronicus The Most Lamentable Tragedy Indie Rock, Punk Rock, Rock Opera
41
2896
 Beach House Depression Cherry Dream Pop
42
2929
 Foals What Went Down Indie Rock

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Floating Points Elaenia Progressive Electronic
Unknown Mortal Orchestra Multi-Love Psychedelic Pop
Destroyer Poison Season Chamber Pop
Chelsea Wolfe Abyss Darkwave, Gothic Rock
New Order Music Complete Alternative Dance
Wolf Alice My Love is Cool Indie Rock
Jessica Pratt On Your Own Love Again Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Natalie Prass Natalie Prass Chamber Pop, Pop Soul
Natalia Lafourcade Hasta La Raiz Chamber Pop, Folk Pop
Julien Baker Sprained Ankle Singer/Songwriter, Slowcore
Tobias Jesso Jr. Goon Piano Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Algiers Algiers Post-Punk
Baroness Purple Stoner Metal
CHVRCHES Every Open Eye Electropop, Synthpop
Everything Everything Get to Heaven Art Pop, Progressive Pop
The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness Alternative R&B, Pop
Torres Sprinter Indie Rock
Ghost Meliora Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
John Grant Grey Tickles, Black Pressure Singer/Songwriter, Synthpop
Panda Bear Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Laura Marling Short Movie Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment Surf Neo-Soul, Pop Rap
Jeremih Late Nights: The Album Contemporary R&B
Wilco Star Wars Indie Rock
Tribulation The Children of the Night Gothic Metal, Heavy Metal
Elza Soares A mulher do fim do mundo Art Rock, Samba, Vanguarda paulista
Sleaford Mods Key Markets Art Punk, Post-Punk
Beach House Thank Your Lucky Stars Dream Pop
Leon Bridges Coming Home Rhythm & Blues, Southern Soul
Girl Band Holding Hands With Jamie Noise Rock, Post-Punk
Empress Of Me Art Pop, Electropop
Low Ones and Sixes Slowcore
Max Richter Sleep Post-Minimalism
Prurient Frozen Niagara Falls Industrial, Noise
Shamir Ratchet Electro-Disco, Synthpop
Young Fathers White Men Are Black Men Too Indietronica
Susanne Sundfør Ten Love Songs Art Pop, Synthpop
Lana Del Rey Honeymoon Art Pop, Chamber Pop
Rae Sremmurd SremmLife Pop Rap, Southern Hip Hop, Trap
SOPHIE Product Bubblegum Bass
Royal Headache High Garage Rock, Power Pop
Dr. Dre Compton Gangsta Rap
Bill Fay Who is the Sender? Singer/Songwriter
Ryley Walker Primrose Green Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Matana Roberts Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee Experimental
Benjamin Clementine At Least for Now Art Pop, Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
A$AP Rocky At.Long.Last.A$AP Hip Hop
Ibeyi Ibeyi Alternative R&B, Art Pop
Faith No More Sol Invictus Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock
La Bien Querida Premeditacion, nocturnidad y alevosia Synthpop
U.S. Girls Half Free Art Pop, Psychedelic Pop
Hiatus Kaiyote Choose Your Weapon Alternative R&B, Neo-Soul
Majical Cloudz Are You Alone? Ambient Pop
FFS FFS Art Rock, Glam Rock
Iron Maiden The Book of Souls Heavy Metal
Waxahatchee Ivy Tripp Indie Rock
Steven Wilson Hand. Cannot. Erase. Art Rock, Progressive Rock
Neon Indian VEGA INTL. Night School Chillwave, Synthpop
Ought Sun Coming Down Art Punk, Post-Punk
Justin Bieber Purpose Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop
Adele 25 Pop Soul
Chris Stapleton Traveller Americana
Hot Chip Why Make Sense? Indietronica, Synthpop
Marilyn Manson The Pale Emperor Alternative Rock, Industrial Rock
HEALTH Death Magic Electropop, Synth Punk
FKA twigs M3LL155X EP Art Pop, Glitch Pop, UK Bass
Dungen Allas sak Psychedelic Rock
Thee Oh Sees Mutilator Defeated at Last Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
C Duncan Architect Indie Pop
Ashley Monroe The Blade Contemporary Country, Country Pop
Dawn Richard Blackheart Alternative R&B
Twenty One Pilots Blurryface Electropop, Pop Rap
Kacey Musgraves Pageant Material Contemporary Country
Django Django Born Under Saturn Indie Pop, Indietronica
Godspeed You! Black Emperor "Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress" Post-Rock
Ezra Furman Perpetual Motion People Indie Rock
High on Fire Luminiferous Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal
The Libertines Anthems for Doomed Youth Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock
Róisín Murphy Hairless Toys Art Pop, Electropop
Bob Dylan Shadows in the Night Standards
Levon Vincent Levon Vincent Deep House, Techno
Beach Slang The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us Alternative Rock, Punk Rock
Muse Drones Alternative Rock
Horrendous Anareta Death Metal
The Apartments No Song, No Spell, No Madrigal Chamber Pop
Gaz Coombes Matador Art Rock, Indie Rock
Lonelady Hinterland Alternative Dance, Dance-Punk
Tocotronic Tocotronic (Das rote Album) Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Girlpool Before the World Was Big Bedroom Pop, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
East India Youth Culture of Volume Art Pop, Synthpop
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die Harmlessness Midwest Emo
Car Seat Headrest Teens of Style Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
James McMurtry Complicated Game Americana, Singer/Songwriter
Blanck Mass Dumb Flesh Electro-Industrial
Mac DeMarco Another One Jangle Pop
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba Ba Power Mande Music
Die Nerven Out Post-Punk
Matthew E. White Fresh Blood Singer/Songwriter
Songhoy Blues Music in Exile Songhai Music
Bully Feels Like Indie Rock
Paul Weller Saturns Pattern Alternative Rock
Belle and Sebastian Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance Indie Pop
Jam City Dream a Garden Alternative R&B, Hypnagogic Pop, Indietronica
Noel Gallager's High Flying Birds Chasing Yesterday Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
Rhiannon Giddens Tomorrow is My Turn American Folk Music
Jazmine Sullivan Reality Show Contemporary R&B
Leviathan Scar Sighted Black Metal
Four Tet Morning/Evening Microhouse, Minimal Techno
Thundercat The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam Neo-Soul
Deradoorian The Exploding Flower Planet Art Pop, Progressive Pop
Sun Kil Moon Universal Themes Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Pusha T King Push: Darkest Before Dawn - The Prelude Gangsta Rap, Southern Hip Hop
My Morning Jacket The Waterfall Indie Rock
Lupe Fiasco Tetsuo & Youth Conscious Hip Hop
Mark Ronson Uptown Special Synth Funk
Lower Dens Escape from Evil Dream Pop, Indie Rock
Little Simz A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons UK Hip Hop
BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah Sour Soul Hardcore Hip Hop, Jazz Rap
Richard Hawley Hollow Meadows Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Julio Bashmore Knockin' Boots Deep House, UK Funky
Roots Manuva Bleeds UK Hip Hop
Hudson Mohawke Lantern Trap [EDM], Wonky
Ryan Adams 1989 Alt-Country, Pop Rock
DJ Richard Grind Ambient Techno
Travis Scott Rodeo Southern Hip Hop, Trap
Killing Joke Pylon Industrial Rock
Speedy Ortiz Foil Deer Indie Rock
The Mountain Goats Beat the Champ Folk Rock, Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Niño de Elche Voces del extremo Art Rock
Villagers Darling Arithmetic Indie Folk
Janet Jackson Unbreakable Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop
Refused Freedom Post-Hardcore
Panopticon Autumn Eternal Atmospheric Black Metal
EL VY Return to the Moon Indie Rock
Joey Bada$$ B4.DA.$$ Boom Bap
The Decemberists What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World Folk Rock, Indie Folk
Failure The Heart Is a Monster Alternative Rock
Mikal Cronin MCIII Indie Rock, Power Pop
Paradise Lost The Plague Within Doom Metal, Gothic Metal