Year-End Lists

The Boston Globe: The 50 Best Albums of 2024

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