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2019 Music

Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2019

05 December 2019

Lover - Taylor Swift

Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2019, as published by Variety

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018]

  1. Lover
    Taylor Swift
  2. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    Billie Eilish
  3. The Highwomen
    The Highwomen
  4. Help Us Stranger
    The Raconteurs
  5. In the Morse Code of Brake Lights
    The New Pornographers
  6. Thanks for the Dance
    Leonard Cohen
  7. GIRL
    Maren Morris
  8. Walk Through Fire
    Yola
  9. thank u, next
    Ariana Grande
  10. Amidst the Chaos
    Sara Bareilles

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