Jon Caramanica: 25 Best Albums of 2017, as published by The New York Times
- nothing,nowhere. — Reaper
- SZA — Ctrl
- Mount Eerie — A Crow Looked at Me
- Hey Violet — From the Outside
- Taylor Swift — reputation
- Niia — I
- Ozuna — Odisea
- J. Cole — 4 Your Eyez Only
- Julien Baker — Turn Out the Lights
- Lorde — Melodrama
- Aminé — Good For You
- 21 Savage — Issa Album
- Drake — More Life
- Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
- J Hus — Common Sense
- Jidenna — The Chief
- SOB X RBE — SOB X RBE
- Kelsea Ballerini — Unapologetically
- YoungBoy Never Broke Again — AI YoungBoy
- Future — FUTURE
- JAY-Z — 4:44
- Samantha Fish — Chills & Fever
- Downtown Boys — Cost of Living
- Fifth Harmony — Fifth Harmony
- Chief Keef — Thot Breaker