Year-End Lists

NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2018

1. Janelle Monáe
   Dirty Computer
2. Mitski
   Be the Cowboy
3. Kacey Musgraves
   Golden Hour
4. Lucy Dacus
   Historian
5. Noname
   Room 25
6. Cardi B
   Invasion of Privacy
7. Robyn
   Honey
8. Rosalía
   El Mal Querer
9. Kali Uchis
   Isolation
10. Tierra Whack
    Whack World
11. Hop Along
    Bark Your Head Off, Dog
12. Boygenius
    Boygenius
13. Pistol Annies
    Interstate Gospel
14. Superorganism
    Superorganism
15. Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider
    Dreamers
16. Courtney Barnett
    Tell Me How You Really Feel
17. Low
    Double Negative
18. Kamasi Washington
    Heaven and Earth
19. Brandi Carlile
    By the Way, I Forgive You
20. Jeremy Dutcher
    Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa
21. Christine and the Queens
    Chris
22. Ariana Grande
    Sweetener
23. Mary Gauthier
    Rifles and Rosary Beads
24. serpentwithfeet
    soil
25. Khruangbin
    Con Todo El Mundo
26. Saba
    Care for Me
27. Christian Tetzlaff, The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Hannu Lintu
    Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
28. John Prine
    The Tree of Forgiveness
29. Leikeli47
    Acrylic
30. Makaya McCraven
    Universal Beings
31. Orquesta Akokán
    Orquesta Akokán
32. Ólafur Arnalds
    re:member
33. Colin Self
    Siblings
34. J Balvin
    Vibras
35. Travis Scott
    Astroworld
36. Vince Staples
    FM!
37. Boston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons
    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 "The Year 1905"
38. Ambrose Akinmusire
    Origami Harvest
39. Ammar 808
    Maghreb United
40. The Hirs Collective
    Friends. Lovers. Favorites
41. The Beths
    Future Me Hates Me
42. Myra Melford's Snowy Egret
    The Other Side of Air
43. Thou
    Magus
44. Alice Bag
    Blueprint
45. Vikingur Ólafsson
    Johann Sebastian Bach
46. Balún
    Prisma Tropical
47. 700 Bliss
    Spa 700
48. JID
    DiCaprio 2
49. Snail Mail
    Lush
50. The Carters
    Everything Is Love