Year-End Lists

Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2024, as published by Variety

1. Taylor Swift
   The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology
2. Beyoncé
   Cowboy Carter
3. Jack White
   No Name
4. Billie Eilish
   Hit Me Hard and Soft
5. Sierra Ferrell
   Trail Of Flowers
6. Father John Misty
   Mahashmashana
7. Kendrick Lamar
   GNX
8. Halsey
   The Great Impersonator
9. Aaron Lee Tasjan
   Stellar Evolution
10. Kacey Musgraves
    Deeper Well

Honorable mention

• Aoife O'Donovan
  All My Friends
• Lainey Wilson
  Whirlwind
• St. Vincent
  All Born Screaming
• MJ Lenderman
  Manning Fireworks
• Vampire Weekend
  Only God Was Above Us
• Tems
  Born in the Wild
• Charli XCX
  Brat
• Shelby Lynne
  Consequences of the Crown
• X
  Smoke & Fiction
• Kali Uchis
  Orquídeas
• The Hanseroth Twins
  Vera
• Doechii
  Alligator Bites Never Heal
• T Bone Burnett
  The Other Side
• Megan Moroney
  Am I Okay?