Year-End Lists

Mayhem

• 2 The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone
• 3 The Best Albums of 2025: Callie Ahlgrim: Business Insider
• 3 The Best 50 Albums of 2025: Billboard
• 4 The Best Albums of 2025: Steven J. Horowitz: Variety
• 5 The 10 Best Albums of 2025: Entertainment Weekly
• 5 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Guardian
• 8 The Best Albums of 2025: Chris Willman: Variety
• 11 The Best Albums of 2025: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker
• 14 The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times
• 16 The 45 Best Albums of 2025: The Forty-Five
• 19 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: NME
• 20 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Albumism
• 20 The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Sunday Times
• 22 The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Time Out
• 27 Top 55 Albums of 2025: Brooklyn Vegan
• 28 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Consequence
• 31 50 Best Albums of 2025: The Alternative
• 32 Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
• 33 The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
• 35 Best Albums of 2025: Stephen Thomas Erlewine
• 66 Albums of the Year 2025: Dork

• The Best Albums of 2025: David Hajdu: The Nation
• Top 25 Standout Albums of 2025: Melodic Magazine
• Best Albums of 2025: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times And the next 10
• Our 30 Best Albums of 2025: Boston Globe
• The 45 Best Albums of 2025: Vogue
• The Best Albums of 2025: Atwood Magazine
• Best Albums of 2025: AllMusic

Chromatica

• 5 The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Billboard
• 6 Top 13 Albums of 2020: Brittany Spanos: Slate
• 8 Top 50 Albums of 2020: Consequence
• 11 Best Albums of 2020: Rolling Stone
• 13 Top 13 Albums of 2020: Chris Molanphy: Slate
• 14 The 50 Best Albums of 2020: NME
• 14 Albums of 2020: DIY
• 15 Albums of the Year 2020: Clash
• 16 The 45 Best Albums of 2020: The Forty-Five
• 19 The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Guardian
• 24 Best Albums of 2020: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
• 28 Albums of the Year 2020: Dork
• 47 The Best Albums of 2020 Ranked: The Line of Best Fit
• 51 The 100 Best Albums of 2020: Albumism
• 64 The 100 Best Albums of 2020: Vice: Noisey

• Best Albums of 2020: AllMusic

The Fame Monster

• 151 The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s: Pitchfork

Joanne

• 20 50 Best Albums of 2016: NME
• 34 Top 50 Albums Of 2016: Q
• 43 50 Best Albums of 2016: Complex
• 49 60 Best Albums of 2016: Pretty Much Amazing
• 66 Top 100 Albums of the 2010s: Consequence
• 95 Top 100 Albums of 2016: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop

ARTPOP

• 14 15 Best Albums of 2013: Billboard
• 78 Top 100 Albums of 2013: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop

• 40 Best Albums of 2013: Pretty Much Amazing Honorable mention

Born This Way

• 3 25 Best Albums of 2011: Slant
• 6 50 Best Albums of 2011: Rolling Stone
• 14 Top 30 Albums of 2011: Hot Press
• 14 40 Best Albums of 2011: Pretty Much Amazing
• 20 The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Slant
• 21 The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s: Billboard
• 29 50 Best Albums of 2011: Spin
• 30 Top 50 Albums of 2011: Q
• 30 Top 100 Albums of 2011: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
• 31 Best Albums of 2011: Guardian
• 49 Favourite Albums of 2011: Drowned in Sound
• 72 The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s: Spin
• 78 Greatest Albums of the 2010s: NME
• 92 The Best Albums of the 2010s: Uproxx

• The Best Albums of the 2010s: Atwood Magazine
• The 110 Best Albums of the 2010s: Albumism