Year-End Lists

Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2024

[see also 2025 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2012]

1. Cindy Lee
   Diamond Jubilee
2. Charli XCX
   Brat
3. Adrianne Lenker
   Bright Future
4. Jessica Pratt
   Here in the Pitch
5. Waxahatchee
   Tigers Blood
6. The Cure
   Songs of a Lost World
7. Mannequin Pussy
   I Got Heaven
8. Hurray for the Riff Raff
   The Past Is Still Alive
9. Cassandra Jenkins
   My Light, My Destroyer
10. Nilüfer Yanya
    My Method Actor
11. Chat Pile
    Cool World
12. Beyoncé
    Cowboy Carter
13. Half Waif
    See You at the Maypole
14. Kendrick Lamar
    GNX
15. Kim Gordon
    The Collective
16. Nala Sinephro
    Endlessness
17. Mount Eerie
    Night Palace
18. Arooj Aftab
    Night Reign
19. Ka
    The Thief Next to Jesus
20. Mabe Fratti
    Sentir Que No Sabes
21. Fontaines D.C.
    Romance
22. English Teacher
    This Could Be Texas
23. Los Campesinos!
    All Hell
24. Foxing
    Foxing
25. Beth Gibbons
    Lives Outgrown
26. Julia Holter
    Something in the Room She Moves
27. Clairo
    Charm
28. St. Vincent
    All Born Screaming
29. MJ Lenderman
    Manning Fireworks
30. Infant Island
    Obsidian Wreath
31. Vampire Weekend
    Only God Was Above Us
32. Father John Misty
    Mahashmashana
33. Willi Carlisle
    Critterland
34. Laura Marling
    Patterns in Repeat
35. Vince Staples
    Dark Times
36. meth.
    SHAME
37. Nayeon
    Na
38. Magdalena Bay
    Imaginal Disk
39. Uniform
    American Standard
40. Bbymutha
    sleep paralysis
41. drive your plow over the bones of the dead
    tragedy as catharsis
42. Chanel Beads
    Your Day Will Come
43. Billie Eilish
    Hit Me Hard and Soft
44. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead
45. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
    Woodland
46. Mk.gee
    Two Star & The Dream Police
47. Hana Vu
    Romanticism
48. The Smile
    Cutouts
49. Empress Of
    For Your Consideration
50. Couch Slut
    You Could Do It Tonight