Year-End Lists

NPR: Best Albums of 2022

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1. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
2. Un Verano Sin Ti
   Bad Bunny
3. Motomami
   Rosalía
4. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
   Big Thief
5. Three Dimensions Deep
   Amber Mark
6. Natural Brown Prom Queen
   Sudan Archives
7. In These Times
   Makaya McCraven
8. Gemini Rights
   Steve Lacy
9. The Blue Hour
   Grimes / Negrón / Nova / Shaw / Snider
10. It's Almost Dry
    Pusha T
11. Teeth Marks
    S.G. Goodman
12. God Save the Animals
    Alex G
13. Marchita
    Silvana Estrada
14. Walking in the Dark
    Julia Bullock
15. De todas las flores
    Natalia Lafourcade
16. Few Good Things
    Saba
17. Caprisongs
    FKA twigs
18. Hypnos
    Ravyn Lenae
19. New Standards Vol. 1
    Terri Lyne Carrington
20. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
    Kendrick Lamar
21. Air
    Sault
22. Drone Mass
    Jóhann Jóhannsson
23. Big Time
    Angel Olsen
24. The 7th Hand
    Immanuel Wilkins
25. Nacarile
    iLe
26. Mr. Money with the Vibe
    Asake
27. Snofall
    Jeezy & DJ Drama
28. Marigold
    Alex Isley & Jack Dine
29. ¡Ay!
    Lucrecia Dalt
30. Painless
    Nilüfer Yanya
31. Wet Leg
    Wet Leg
32. imagine naked!
    OHYUNG
33. Blue Rev
    Alvvays
34. Anyways, Life's Great...
    GloRilla
35. Spirit Exit
    Caterina Barbieri
36. Laughing so Hard, it Hurts
    Mavi
37. Nozhet El Nofous
    Nancy Mounir
38. Topical Dancer
    Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
39. Muna
    Muna
40. Life on Earth
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
41. Sons Of
    Sam Prekop and John McEntire
42. caroline
    caroline
43. Black Radio III
    Robert Glasper
44. Candydrip
    Lucky Daye
45. Ghost Song
    Cécile McLorin Salvant
46. The Forever Story
    JID
47. Plonk
    Huerco S.
48. Lost & Found
    Sean Shibe
49. Diaspora Problems
    Soul Glo
50. Lindeville
    Ashley McBryde

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Top 20 Albums Of 2022 Ann Powers · NPR · NPR Music
• Favorite Music of 2022 Bob Boilen · NPR · NPR Music
• Top 10 Albums of 2022 Marissa Lorusso · NPR · NPR Music
• Favorite Music of 2022 Nate Chinen · NPR · NPR Music
• Favorite Music of 2022 Raina Douris · NPR · NPR Music
• Top 20 Albums of 2022 Sheldon Pearce · NPR · NPR Music