Year-End Lists

The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2023

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Boygenius
   The Record
2. Lana Del Rey
   Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
3. Olivia Rodrigo
   Guts
4. Kelela
   Raven
5. Caroline Polachek
   Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
6. Kara Jackson
   Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
7. Mitski
   The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
8. Blondshell
   Blondshell
9. Paramore
   This Is Why
10. Noname
    Sundial
11. Jessie Ware
    That! Feels Good!
12. Samia
    Honey
13. Indigo De Souza
    All of This Will End
14. Amaarae
    Fountain Baby
15. underscores
    Wallsocket
16. Le Sserafim
    Unforgiven
17. Wednesday
    Rat Saw God
18. Corinne Bailey Rae
    Black Rainbows
19. Olivia Dean
    Messy
20. CMAT
    Crazymad, for Me
21. Arlo Parks
    My Soft Machine
22. Doja Cat
    Scarlet
23. Kali Uchis
    Red Moon in Venus
24. Liv.e
    Girl In The Half Pearl
25. yaeji
    With A Hammer
26. Priya Ragu
    Santhosam
27. Be Your Own Pet
    Mommy
28. Jockstrap
    I<3UQTINVU
29. LVRA
    Soft Like Steel
30. Tkay Maidza
    Sweet Justice
31. yeule
    Softscars
32. Tinashe
    BB/Ang3l
33. Water From Your Eyes
    Everyone's Crushed
34. Jorja Smith
    Falling or Flying
35. Laufey
    Bewitched
36. Sofia Kourtesis
    Madres
37. Holly Humberstone
    Paint My Bedroom Black
38. Chappell Roan
    The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
39. Bully
    Lucky for You
40. Biig Piig
    Bubblegum
41. Raye
    My 21st Century Blues
42. Ashnikko
    Weedkiller
43. ARXX
    Ride Or Die
44. Miya Folick
    ROACH
45. The Japanese House
    In the End It Always Does