Year-End Lists

Rob Sheffield: Top 20 Albums of 2024, as published by Rolling Stone

1. Charli XCX
   Brat
1. Charli XCX
   Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat
2. Taylor Swift
   The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology
3. MJ Lenderman
   Manning Fireworks
4. Beyoncé
   Cowboy Carter
5. Mannequin Pussy
   I Got Heaven
6. Rosie Tucker
   Utopia Now!
7. The Cure
   Songs of a Lost World
8. Doechii
   Alligator Bites Never Heal
9. Magdalena Bay
   Imaginal Disk
10. The Softies
    The Bed I Made
11. Billie Eilish
    Hit Me Hard and Soft
12. Waxahatchee
    Tigers Blood
13. Kim Gordon
    The Collective
14. Claire Rousay
    Sentiment
15. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
    Wild God
16. Nada Surf
    Moon Mirror
17. Pet Shop Boys
    Nonetheless
18. The Hard Quartet
    The Hard Quartet
19. Vince Staples
    Dark Times
20. Sabrina Carpenter
    Short n' Sweet