Billboard: 15 Best Albums of 2013 (as voted by Billboard staff)
[see also 2020, 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011]
- Beyoncé — Beyoncé
- Kanye West — Yeezus
- Disclosure — Settle
- Lorde — Pure Heroine
- Drake — Nothing Was the Same
- Haim — Days Are Gone
- Daft Punk — Random Access Memories
- Rhye — Woman
- Arcade Fire — Reflektor
- Kacey Musgraves — Same Trailer Different Park
- Justin Timberlake — The 20/20 Experience
- Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
- Chvrches — The Bones Of What You Believe
- Lady Gaga — ARTPOP
- Chance The Rapper — Acid Rap