Year-End Lists

Chris Willman: The Best Albums of the 2010s, as published by Variety

1. Taylor Swift
   1989
2. Brandi Carlile
   By the Way, I Forgive You
3. Billie Eilish
   When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
4. Beyoncé
   Lemonade
5. Kacey Musgraves
   Same Trailer Different Park
6. The New Pornographers
   Whiteout Conditions
7. St. Vincent
   St. Vincent
8. Elvis Costello & The Imposters
   Look Now
9. Aimee Mann
   Mental Illness
10. Leonard Cohen
    You Want It Darker

And not to forget

• Cécile McLorin Salvant
  Dreams and Daggers
• Jason Isbell
  Southeastern
• A Tribe Called Quest
  We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
• Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast
  Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
• Lucius
  Nudes
• Father John Misty
  God’s Favorite Customer
• Dawes
  All Your Favorite Bands
• Miranda Lambert
  Four the Record
• Laurence O'Keefe & Kevin Murphy
  Heathers the Musical Original West End Cast Recording
• David Bowie
  Blackstar
• Pistol Annies
  Interstate Gospel
• The Raconteurs
  Help Us Stranger
• Maren Morris
  Hero
• Ariana Grande
  Sweetener
• Muse
  The 2nd Law
• Bob Dylan
  Triplicate
• Robyn
  Body Talk
• Robbie Fulks
  Gone Away Backward
• Adele
  21
• Randy Newman
  Dark Matter
• Lorde
  Melodrama
• Sara Bareilles
  What's Inside: Songs from Waitress
• Ryn Weaver
  The Fool
• Tom Waits
  Bad as Me