Year-End Lists

The Ringer: The 33 Best Albums of 2022

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Beyoncé
   Renaissance
2. Rosalía
   Motomami
3. Billy Woods
   Aethiopes
4. Bad Bunny
   Un Verano Sin Ti
5. Alvvays
   Blue Rev
6. Alex G
   God Save the Animals
7. Roc Marciano and The Alchemist
   The Elephant Man’s Bones
8. Kendrick Lamar
   Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
9. Angel Olsen
   Big Time
10. Pusha T
    It's Almost Dry
11. Ethel Cain
    Preacher's Daughter
12. MJ Lenderman
    Boat Songs
13. The Beths
    Expert in a Dying Field
14. JID
    The Forever Story
15. Spoon
    Lucifer on the Sofa
16. Danger Mouse and Black Thought
    Cheat Codes
17. The 1975
    Being Funny in a Foreign Language
18. Freddie Gibbs
    Soul Sold Separately
19. Beach House
    Once Twice Melody
20. Drake
    Honestly, Nevermind
21. Ari Lennox
    Age/Sex/Location
22. Nas
    King's Disease III
23. Big Thief
    Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
24. Soul Glo
    Diaspora Problems
25. Mitski
    Laurel Hell
26. The Smile
    A Light for Attracting Attention
27. Carly Rae Jepsen
    The Loneliest Time
28. Porridge Radio
    Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
29. Tim Heidecker
    High School
30. Larry June
    Spaceships on the Blade
31. Open Mike Eagle
    a tape called component system with the auto reverse
32. Nilüfer Yanya
    Painless
33. Vince Staples
    Ramona Park Broke My Heart