Year-End Lists

Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2022 (a survey of more than 200 music critics, as published by Uproxx)

1. Beyoncé
   Renaissance
2. Big Thief
   Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
3. Kendrick Lamar
   Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
4. The Weeknd
   Dawn FM
5. Wet Leg
   Wet Leg
6. Alvvays
   Blue Rev
7. Alex G
   God Save the Animals
8. Rosalía
   Motomami
9. Bad Bunny
   Un Verano Sin Ti
10. Ethel Cain
    Preacher's Daughter
11. Pusha T
    It's Almost Dry
12. Taylor Swift
    Midnights
13. The 1975
    Being Funny in a Foreign Language
14. Black Country, New Road
    Ants From Up There
15. Spoon
    Lucifer on the Sofa
16. Vince Staples
    Ramona Park Broke My Heart
17. Steve Lacy
    Gemini Rights
18. Harry Styles
    Harry's House
19. Bartees Strange
    Farm to Table
20. The Smile
    A Light for Attracting Attention
21. Billy Woods
    Aethiopes
22. Sudan Archives
    Natural Brown Prom Queen
23. Ravyn Lenae
    Hypnos
24. Muna
    Muna
25. Angel Olsen
    Big Time
26. Soul Glo
    Diaspora Problems
27. Gang of Youths
    Angel in Realtime
28. FKA twigs
    Caprisongs
29. The Beths
    Expert in a Dying Field
30. Plains
    I Walked With You A Ways
31. MJ Lenderman
    Boat Songs
32. Drake
    Honestly, Nevermind
33. Nilüfer Yanya
    Painless
34. JID
    The Forever Story
35. Wild Pink
    ILYSM
36. Weyes Blood
    And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
37. Carly Rae Jepsen
    The Loneliest Time
38. Wilco
    Cruel Country
39. Miranda Lambert
    Palomino
40. Denzel Curry
    Melt My Eyez See Your Future
41. Charli XCX
    Crash
42. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    Cool It Down
43. Saba
    Few Good Things
44. Roc Marciano and The Alchemist
    The Elephant Man’s Bones
45. Chat Pile
    God's Country
46. Beach House
    Once Twice Melody
47. Mitski
    Laurel Hell
48. Beth Orton
    Weather Alive
49. Dry Cleaning
    Stumpwork
50. Cate Le Bon
    Pompeii