Time Magazine: Top 10 Best Albums of 2015, as selected by Nolan Feeney and Maura Johnston
- Miguel — Wildheart
- Sleater-Kinney — No Cities To Love
- Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
- Carly Rae Jepsen — E•MO•TION
- Girl Band — Holding Hands with Jamie
- Kacey Musgraves — Pageant Material
- Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
- Vijay Iyer Trio — Break Stuff
- Jamie xx — In Colour
- Ashley Monroe — The Blade