Year-End Lists

Billboard: Best Albums of 2024, compiled by the magazine's staff

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1. Brat
   Charli XCX
2. Cowboy Carter
   Beyoncé
3. Short n' Sweet
   Sabrina Carpenter
4. GNX
   Kendrick Lamar
5. Hit Me Hard and Soft
   Billie Eilish
6. Eternal Sunshine
   Ariana Grande
7. Chromakopia
   Tyler, The Creator
8. The Tortured Poets Department
   Taylor Swift
9. Two Star & The Dream Police
   Mk.gee
10. Alligator Bites Never Heal
    Doechii
11. Orquídeas
    Kali Uchis
12. Deeper Well
    Kacey Musgraves
13. Tyla
    Tyla
14. We Don't Trust You
    Future and Metro Boomin
15. Charm
    Clairo
16. The Secret of Us
    Gracie Abrams
17. F-1 Trillion
    Post Malone
18. Born in the Wild
    Tems
19. Only God Was Above Us
    Vampire Weekend
20. Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going
    Shaboozey
21. Tigers Blood
    Waxahatchee
22. Twisters: The Album
    various artists
23. Don't Forget Me
    Maggie Rogers
24. The Great American Bar Scene
    Zach Bryan
25. Blue Lips
    Schoolboy Q
26. NEXT
    Xavi
27. Radical Optimism
    Dua Lipa
28. Hyperdrama
    Justice
29. All Born Screaming
    St. Vincent
30. Dark Times
    Vince Staples
31. Why Lawd?
    NxWorries
32. Prelude to Ecstasy
    The Last Dinner Party
33. Romance
    Fontaines D.C.
34. Boca Chueca, Vol. 1
    Carín León
35. Big Ideas
    Remi Wolf
36. Whirlwind
    Lainey Wilson
37. Timeless
    KAYTRANADA
38. Manning Fireworks
    MJ Lenderman
39. Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
    Shakira
40. Glorious
    GloRilla
41. Beautifully Broken
    Jelly Roll
42. Bird's Eye
    Ravyn Lenae
43. I Got Heaven
    Mannequin Pussy
44. What A Devastating Turn of Events
    Rachel Chinouriri
45. HEIS
    Rema
46. Gap Year!
    Laila!
47. American Dream
    21 Savage
48. In Waves
    Jamie xx
49. Todos los días todo el día
    Latin Mafia
50. Songs of a Lost World
    The Cure