Year-End Lists

The Boston Globe: The 50 Best Albums of 2024

[see also 2023 • 2022]

1. Lives Outgrown
   Beth Gibbons
2. Cowboy Carter
   Beyoncé
3. Hit Me Hard and Soft
   Billie Eilish
4. Absolute Elsewhere
   Blood Incantation
5. What Now
   Brittany Howard
6. Hello, I'm Britti.
   Britti
7. On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System
   The Bug Club
8. $10 Cowboy
   Charley Crockett
9. Brat
   Charli XCX
10. A Second Life
    Charlie Kohlhase's Explorers Club
11. Wake the Dead
    Chuck Prophet with ¿Qiensave?
12. Diamond Jubilee
    Cindy Lee
13. Quiet in a World Full of Noise
    Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn
14. Alligator Bites Never Heal
    Doechii
15. Romance
    Fontaines D.C.
16. Silent, Listening
    Fred Hersch
17. A Trip To the Moon
    Ghost Funk Orchestra
18. Jugando a Que No Pasa Nada
    Grupo Frontera
19. Viva Hinds
    Hinds
20. Work in Progress
    Holly Humberstone
21. What Times Are These
    Jamie Baum Septet+
22. Chupacabra
    JasonMartin & DJ Quik
23. Orquídeas
    Kali Uchis
24. GNX
    Kendrick Lamar
25. Fine Art
    Kneecap
26. Run the Gauntlet
    Kris Davis Trio
27. Legacy
    Kyshona
28. Los Altos de la Soledad
    La Doña
29. Whirlwind
    Lainey Wilson
30. Caju
    Liniker
31. Samurai
    Lupe Fiasco
32. Funeral for Justice
    Mdou Moctar
33. Manning Fireworks
    MJ Lenderman
34. uNomkhubulwane
    Nduduzo Makhathini
35. Indoor Safari
    Nick Lowe
36. My Method Actor
    Nilüfer Yanya
37. Please Don't Cry
    Rapsody
38. Renaceré
    Superfónicos
39. Riley
    Riley Mulherkar
40. Old Main Chapel
    Ron Miles
41. Blue Lips
    Schoolboy Q
42. Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going
    Shaboozey
43. Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
    Shakira
44. All Born Screaming
    St. Vincent
45. Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St
    Swamp Dogg
46. Songs of a Lost World
    The Cure
47. No Obligation
    The Linda Lindas
48. Cutouts
    The Smile
49. When We're Older
    Tish Melton
50. What an enormous room
    Torres