Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of 2019, as published by The New Yorker
- FKA twigs — Magdalene
- Mdou Moctar — Ilana (The Creator)
- 75 Dollar Bill — I Was Real
- Sharon Van Etten — Remind Me Tomorrow
- Bon Iver — i,i
- Big Thief — Two Hands
- Purple Mountains — Purple Mountains
- Burna Boy — African Giant
- Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
- Thom Yorke — Anima
- Jake Xerxes Fussell — Out of Sight
- Maggie Rogers — Heard It In A Past Life