Year-End Lists

Donda (Deluxe)

10. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2021

Donda

6. Complex: The Best Albums of 2021
6. The Ringer: The Best Albums of 2021
7. Time: The 10 Best Albums of 2021
17. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2021
31. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
39. Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Jesus Is King

9. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2019
20. Les Inrocks: Top 50 Albums of 2019
21. NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2019
44. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
50. Complex: Top Music Albums of 2019

• Our Culture: 20 Best Albums of 2019

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

1. A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
1. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
1. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
1. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
2. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
2. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
2. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
3. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
4. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
4. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
6. Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
8. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2010s
10. Esquire: The Best Albums of the 2010s
12. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
20. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
22. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
27. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade

• Atwood Magazine: The Best Albums of the Decade

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7. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: 18 Best Albums of 2018
7. Les Inrocks: Top 50 Albums of 2018
23. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2018
32. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2018
34. NME: Best Albums of the Year 2018

• Time Out New York: 16 Best Albums of 2018

The Life of Pablo

2. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2016
2. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2016
2. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2016
3. Tiny Mix Tapes: 51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016
3. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016
4. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2016
5. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2016
5. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 15 Best Albums of 2016
6. Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2016
6. Les Inrocks: 50 Best Albums of 2016
8. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2016
8. Treble: The Top 50 Albums of 2016
8. Flood: The Best Records of 2016
9. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2016
10. Uproxx: 20 Best Albums of 2016
10. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016
11. Entertainment Weekly: 50 Best Albums of 2016
11. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2016
12. Clash: Albums of the Year 2016
13. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2016
13. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2016
18. A.V. Club: 21 Best Albums of 2016
23. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2016
25. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2016
39. Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2016
41. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
45. Q: Top 50 Albums Of 2016
49. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2016

• DIY: 16 Albums That Shaped 2016
• Slate: Carl Wilson: The Best Albums of 2016
• gal-dem: Best Albums of 2016

Yeezus

1. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2013
1. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2013
1. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2013
1. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2013
1. Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2013
2. Billboard: 15 Best Albums of 2013
2. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2013
2. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2013
2. NME: Best Albums of 2013
2. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
3. Clash: Top Albums of 2013
3. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2013
3. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2013
3. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade
3. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
4. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2013
5. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2013
11. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2013
12. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
13. Quietus: 100 Albums of 2013
13. Antiquiet: 20 Best Albums of 2013
13. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
14. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
15. Les Inrocks: Top 50 Albums of 2013
15. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
16. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2013
17. Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2013
25. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
26. Q: 50 Best Albums of 2013
38. Mojo: Top 50 Albums of 2013
41. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
62. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s

• New Yorker: Sasha Frere-Jones: 42 Best Albums of 2013
• Pretty Much Amazing: 40 Best Albums of 2013
• AllMusic: 50 Best Albums of 2013
• New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of the Decade
• Mixmag: The 72 Best Albums of the Decade 2010-2019