A.A. Dowd: 100 Favorite Metal Albums of the Decade, as posted to Twitter

1. Panopticon — Kentucky
2. Agalloch — Marrow of the Spirit
3. Nux Vomica — Nux Vomica
4. Converge — All We Love We Leave Behind
5. Bell Witch — Mirror Reaper
6. Gorguts — Colored Sands
7. Kylesa — Spiral Shadow
8. Elder — Reflections of a Floating World
9. Altar of Plagues — Teethed Glory and Injury
10. High on Fire — De Vermis Mysteriis
11. Panopticon — Autumn Eternal
12. Carcass — Surgical Steel
13. Dawnbringer — Into the Lair of the Sun God
14. Oranssi Pazuzu — Värähtelijä
15. Torche — Harmonicraft
16. Liturgy — Aesthethica
17. Cleric — Retrocausal
18. Kvelertak — Kvelertak
19. Zeal & Ardor — Stranger Fruit
20. Shining — Blackjazz
21. Mutoid Man — Bleeder
22. Big Brave — A Gaze Among Them
23. Astronoid — Air
24. The Armed — Only Love
25. Blut Aus Nord — 777 - Sect(s)
25. Blut Aus Nord — 777 - The Desanctification
25. Blut Aus Nord — 777 - Cosmosophy
26. Inter Arma — Sky Burial
27. Whores. — Gold
28. Fuck the Facts — Desire Will Rot
29. Wizard Rifle — Speak Loud Say Nothing
30. Evoken — Altra Mors
31. Power Trip — Nightmare Logic
32. Pallbearer — Foundations of Burden
33. Svalbard — It's Hard to Have Hope
34. Elder — Lore
35. High On Fire — Electric Messiah
36. Windhand — Eternal Return
37. Brutus — Nest
38. Planning For Burial — Below the House
39. Between the Buried and Me — The Parallax II: Future Sequence
40. Numenorean — Adore
41. Deafheaven — Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
42. The Atlas Moth — An Ache for the Distance
43. Black Breath — Sentenced To Life
44. Locrian — Infinite Dissolution
45. Napalm Death — Apex Predator - Easy Meat
46. Kvelertak — Meir
47. Ex Eye — Ex Eye
48. Cloud Rat — Moksha
49. The Secret — Agnus Dei
50. Godflesh — Post Self
51. Inter Arma — Paradise Gallows
52. Cobalt — Slow Forever
53. Burning Love — Rotten Thing to Say
54. Indian — From All Purity
55. Pinkish Black — Bottom of the Morning
56. Lingua Ignota — Caligula
57. Wreck and Reference — Indifferent Rivers Romance End
58. Bosse-de-Nage — All Fours
59. Chelsea Wolfe — Hiss Spun
60. Glorior Belli — Gators Rumble, Chaos Unfurls
61. Big Brave — Ardor
62. Russian Circles — Empros
63. Slugdge — Esoteric Malacology
64. Lord Mantis — Pervertor
65. Demonic Death Judge — Seaweed
66. Deafheaven — Sunbather
67. The Oath — The Oath
68. Neurosis — Honor Found In Decay
69. ASG — Blood Drive
70. Skeletonwitch — Devouring Radiant Light
71. Glorior Belli — The Great Southern Darkness
72. KEN mode — Entrench
73. Wreck and Reference — Want
74. Napalm Death — Utiltarian
75. Elizabeth Colour Wheel — Nocebo
76. Panopticon — Roads to the North
77. Big Business — The Beast You Are
78. In Solitude — The World.The Flesh.The Devil
79. Agrimonia — Rites of Separation
80. Eight Bells — Landless
81. Today Is the Day — Pain Is a Warning
82. Cave In — Final Transmission
83. Behemoth — The Satanist
84. Yakuza — Beyul
85. Kylesa — Exhausting Fire
86. Couch Slut — Contempt
87. Tribulation — Down Below
88. Early Graves — Red Horse
89. Christian Mistress — Possession
90. Judiciary — Surface Noise
91. Pyrrhon — The Mother of Virtues
92. Cult of Luna — Vertikal
93. Oathbreaker — Rheia
94. Testament — Brotherhood of the Snake
95. Frontierer — Orange Mathematics
96. Spirit Adrift — Curse of Conception
97. Morne — Asylum
98. Falls of Rauros — Patterns in Mythology
99. The Sword — Apocryphon
100. The Dillinger Escape Plan — One of Us Is the Killer

Mixmag: The 72 Best Albums of the Decade 2010-2019, listed "in year-by-year order"

• Actress — Splazsh
• Skrillex — Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
• Rustie — Glass Swords
• SBTRKT — SBTRKT
• Kuedo — Severant
• Clams Casino — Instrumentals
• Roman Flügel — Fatty Folders
• Daphni — Jiaolong
• Martyn — Ghost People
• Jam City — Classical Curves
• Session Victim — The Haunted House of House
• Mala — Mala in Cuba
• Scuba — Personality
• Machinedrum — Vapor City
• Floorplan — Paradise
• DJ Rashad — Double Cup
• Kelela — Cut 4 Me
• Special Request — Soul Music
• Mr. G — Retrospective
• DJ Koze — Amygdala
• Daniel Avery — Drone Logic
• Logos — Cold Mission
• Disclosure — Settle
• Boards of Canada — Tomorrow’s Harvest
• Jon Hopkins — Immunity
• Kanye West — Yeezus
• James Holden — The Inheritors
• Toro y Moi — Anything In Return
• Dean Blunt — The Redeemer
• Mount Kimbie — Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
• FKA twigs — LP1
• DJ Spoko — War God
• Mr. Mitch — Parallel Memories
• Lenzman — Looking at the Stars
• Theo Parrish — American Intelligence
• Todd Terje — It’s Album Time
• Nozinja — Nozinja Lodge
• Jlin — Dark Energy
• Holly Herndon — Platform
• Ata Kak — Obaa Sima
• Ivy Lab — 20 / 20 Volume One
• DJ Richard — Grind
• KAYTRANADA — 99.9%
• Skepta — Konnichiwa
• ANOHNI — Hopelessness
• The Bug & Earth — Concrete Desert
• Peverelist — Tessellations
• J Hus — Common Sense
• Arca — Arca
• Sinjin Hawke — First Opus
• UMFANG — Symbolic Use of Light
• Octo Octa — Where Are We Going?
• Jana Rush — Pariah
• Karen Gwyer — Rembo
• Nidia — Nídia É Má, Nídia É Fudida
• Pan Daijing — Lack
• Bicep — Bicep
• Errorsmith — Superlative Fatigue
• Talamanca System — Talamanca System
• Tzusing — 東方不敗
• Shinichi Atobe — From the Heart, It’s a Start, a Work of Art
• Thundercat — Drunk
• Amp Fiddler — Amp Dog Knights
• Sophie — Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
• Amnesia Scanner — Another Life
• Nines — Crop Circle
• Sons of Kemet — Your Queen Is a Reptile
• Loraine James — For You and I
• Kornél Kovács — Stockholm Marathon
• Mc Yallah & Debmaster — Kubali
• Pelada — Movimiento Para Cambio
• Dj Python — Derretirse

The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016]

1. Joanna Newsom — Have One On Me
2. Bon Iver — Bon Iver
3. Big Thief — Capacity
4. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
5. Beyoncé — Lemonade
6. Kishi Bashi — 151A
7. Sufjan Stevens — Carrie & Lowell
8. The National — High Violet
9. Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
10. Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
11. alt-J — An Awesome Wave
12. Alabama Shakes — Sound & Color
13. Tame Impala — Currents
14. Rostam — Half-Light
15. Haim — Days Are Gone
16. Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
17. Big Thief — Masterpiece
18. Grimes — Visions
19. Pinegrove — Cardinal
20. Girls — Father, Son, Holy Ghost
21. Jamie xx — In Colour
22. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
23. Mitski — Be the Cowboy
24. Phoebe Bridgers — Stranger in the Alps
25. Sharon Van Etten — Are We There
26. Solange — A Seat at the Table
27. Julia Jacklin — Crushing
28. The War on Drugs — Lost in the Dream
29. Lana Del Rey — Born to Die
30. Solange — When I Get Home
31. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
32. Sylvan Esso — Sylvan Esso
33. St. Vincent — Strange Mercy
34. Jónsi — Go
35. Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
36. Beach House — Teen Dream
37. Gorillaz — Plastic Beach
38. Lorde — Pure Heroine
39. SZA — Ctrl
40. LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
41. Dirty Projectors — Swing Lo Magellan
42. Henry Jamison — The Wilds
43. Tierra Whack — Whack World
44. Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour
45. Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
46. Frankie Cosmos — Next Thing
47. The xx — Coexist
48. Drake — Nothing Was the Same
49. Arctic Monkeys — AM
50. Maggie Rogers — Heard It In A Past Life

Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade, as published by San Jose Mercury News

[see also 2018, 2017]

1. Lorde — Pure Heroine
2. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
3. Lana Del Rey — Born to Die
4. Kacey Musgraves — Same Trailer Different Park
5. Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city
6. PJ Harvey — Let England Shake
7. Lorde — Melodrama
8. Beyoncé — Beyoncé
9. Eric Church — The Outsiders
10. Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
11. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
12. Miranda Lambert — The Weight of These Wings
13. My Bloody Valentine — mbv
14. Best Coast — California Nights
15. Chvrches — The Bones Of What You Believe
16. The War on Drugs — Lost in the Dream
17. Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
18. Car Seat Headrest — Teens of Denial
19. Beyoncé — Lemonade
20. Metallica — Hardwired… to Self-Destruct
21. Taylor Swift — Red
22. Lauren Daigle — Look Up Child
23. Beach House — Teen Dream
24. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds — Push the Sky Away
25. Maren Morris — Hero
26. Robyn — Body Talk
27. Black Sabbath — 13
28. Cowboy Junkies — All That Reckoning
29. J. Cole — Born Sinner
30. Carly Rae Jepsen — Kiss
31. Khalid — American Teen
32. Vince Staples — Summertime ’06
33. Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
34. David Bowie — Blackstar
35. Sturgill Simpson — Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
36. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
37. Bettie Serveert — Pharmacy of Love
38. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Ghosteen
39. Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
40. A Tribe Called Quest — We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
41. Radiohead — A Moon Shaped Pool
42. Björk — Vulnicura
43. Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy
44. Kanye West — Jesus Is King
45. Leonard Cohen — You Want It Darker
46. Eric Church — Chief
47. Sia — 1000 Forms of Fear
48. Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
49. Tame Impala — Lonerism
50. Haim — Days Are Gone

Atwood Magazine: The Best Albums of the Decade

• Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
• Bon Iver — Bon Iver
• Lady Gaga — Born This Way
• Tyler, The Creator — Goblin
• Of Monsters And Men — My Head is an Animal
• The Vaccines — What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
• Adele — 21
• Ed Sheeran — ÷
• Lana Del Rey — Born to Die
• Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
• Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city
• The Lumineers — The Lumineers
• Arctic Monkeys — AM
• Beyoncé — Beyoncé
• Lorde — Pure Heroine
• Daft Punk — Random Access Memories
• The Wonder Years — The Greatest Generation
• Justin Timberlake — The 20/20 Experience
• Glass Animals — Zaba
• Sia — 1000 Forms of Fear
• Taylor Swift — 1989
• Troye Sivan — Blue Neighbourhood
• Carly Rae Jepsen — E•MO•TION
• Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast — Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
• Father John Misty — I Love You, Honeybear
• Jamie xx — In Colour
• Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
• David Bowie — Blackstar
• Beyoncé — Lemonade
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Nonagon Infinity
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds — Skeleton Tree
• Phoebe Bridgers — Stranger in the Alps
• Clairo — diary 001
• St. Vincent — MassEducation
• Mac Miller — Swimming
• Ariana Grande — thank u, next
• Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

Slant Magazine: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011]

1. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
3. Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
4. St. Vincent — St. Vincent
5. Robyn — Body Talk
6. Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
7. Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
8. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
9. Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
10. Taylor Swift — 1989
11. PJ Harvey — Let England Shake
12. Radiohead — A Moon Shaped Pool
13. Janelle Monáe — The ArchAndroid
14. Jessie Ware — Devotion
15. Grimes — Art Angels
16. Chromatics — Kill for Love
17. Lorde — Melodrama
18. Lana Del Rey — Born to Die
19. FKA twigs — LP1
20. Lady Gaga — Born This Way
21. Beyoncé — Lemonade
22. Carly Rae Jepsen — E•MO•TION
23. Lykke Li — Wounded Rhymes
24. Beach House — Teen Dream
25. Charli XCX — True Romance
26. D’Angelo and The Vanguard — Black Messiah
27. Janelle Monáe — Dirty Computer
28. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Ghosteen
29. Solange — A Seat at the Table
30. Robyn — Honey
31. Lorde — Pure Heroine
32. Spoon — They Want My Soul
33. Bat for Lashes — The Haunted Man
34. SZA — Ctrl
35. Sufjan Stevens — Carrie & Lowell
36. HAIM — Something To Tell You
37. A Tribe Called Quest — We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
38. Vince Staples — Summertime ’06
39. David Bowie — Blackstar
40. Shabazz Palaces — Black Up
41. Kanye West — Yeezus
42. FKA twigs — Magdalene
43. St. Vincent — Strange Mercy
44. Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
45. Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel…
46. Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour
47. LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
48. Thom Yorke — Anima
49. Lucinda Williams — The Ghosts of Highway 20
50. Frank Ocean — Blond
51. Disclosure — Settle
52. The Internet — Hive Mind
53. The War on Drugs — Lost in the Dream
54. Drake — Take Care
55. Father John Misty — I Love You, Honeybear
56. Dirty Projectors — Swing Lo Magellan
57. Blood Orange — Cupid Deluxe
58. Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy
59. Björk — Utopia
60. Sturgill Simpson — A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
61. Jessie Ware — Tough Love
62. The Black Keys — Brothers
63. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds — Skeleton Tree
64. JAY-Z — 4:44
65. Sleigh Bells — Treats
66. Sheer Mag — Need to Feel Your Love
67. Tune-Yards — Whokill
68. Miguel — Wildheart
69. Crystal Castles — (II)
70. Purple Mountains — Purple Mountains
71. Mitski — Be the Cowboy
72. The Knife — Shaking the Habitual
73. Japandroids — Celebration Rock
74. Bon Iver — Bon Iver
75. Chance The Rapper — Coloring Book
76. Titus Andronicus — The Most Lamentable Tragedy
77. Pistol Annies — Hell on Heels
78. The National — Trouble Will Find Me
79. Leonard Cohen — You Want It Darker
80. Björk — Vulnicura
81. Santigold — Master of My Make-Believe
82. The Magnetic Fields — 50 Song Memoir
83. Wild Beasts — Smother
84. The Weeknd — House of Balloons
85. Jenny Hval — The Practice of Love
86. DJ Koze — Knock Knock
87. Run the Jewels — Run the Jewels 2
88. Taylor Swift — reputation
89. M83 — Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
90. Destroyer — Kaputt
91. Mariah Carey — Caution
92. Katy B — On A Mission
93. Kamasi Washington — The Epic
94. Tyler, The Creator — Flower Boy
95. Aphex Twin — Syro
96. James Blake — James Blake
97. Lindstrøm & Christabelle — Real Life Is No Cool
98. Pet Shop Boys — Electric
99. Big Thief — U.F.O.F.
100. Bright Light Bright Light — Life Is Easy

Courtney E. Smith: The 10 Best Albums Of The Decade, as published by Refinery29

1. Rihanna — Anti
2. Beyoncé — Lemonade
3. Adele — 21
4. Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour
5. Lorde — Pure Heroine
6. Robyn — Body Talk
7. Janelle Monáe — Dirty Computer
8. Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
9. Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
10. Taylor Swift — 1989

Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]

1. Chuck Person — Eccojams Vol. 1
2. Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland — Black is Beautiful
3. Kanye West — Yeezus
4. Sophie — Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
5. DJ Rashad — Just A Taste Vol. 1
6. Macintosh Plus — Floral Shoppe
7. Oneohtrix Point Never — R Plus Seven
8. Charli XCX — Pop 2
9. Frank Ocean — Blond
9. Frank Ocean — Endless
10. PC Music — PC Music x DISown Radio
11. Babyfather — “BBF” Hosted By DJ Escrow
12. James Ferraro — Far Side Virtual
13. E+E — The Light That You Gave Me To See You
14. Arca — &&&&&
15. Grouper — Ruins
16. The Caretaker — An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
17. Carly Rae Jepsen — E•MO•TION
18. Young Thug — Barter 6
19. Oneohtrix Point Never — Replica
20. Scott Walker — Bish Bosch
21. Lil B — White Flame
22. Mount Eerie — A Crow Looked at Me
23. Future — DS2
24. Lolina — The Smoke
25. Laurel Halo — Quarantine
26. Dean Blunt — The Redeemer
27. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
28. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
29. Elysia Crampton — Elysia Crampton
30. Destroyer — Kaputt
31. Rihanna — Anti
32. Danny Brown — XXX
33. James Blake — James Blake
34. Sufjan Stevens — Carrie & Lowell
35. Beyoncé — Beyoncé
36. Jlin — Dark Energy
37. Sophie — Product
38. Tirzah — Devotion
39. Death Grips — The Money Store
40. DJ Rashad — Double Cup
41. The Caretaker — Everywhere at the End of Time
42. Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel…
43. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti — Before Today
44. D’Angelo and The Vanguard — Black Messiah
45. Earl Sweatshirt — Some Rap Songs
46. Farrah Abraham — My Teenage Dream Ended
47. Playboi Carti — Playboi Carti
48. Arca — Mutant
49. various artists — Sounds of Sisso
50. Julia Holter — Loud City Song
51. Shabazz Palaces — Black Up
52. Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city
53. Lorde — Melodrama
54. Jason Lescalleet — Songs About Nothing
55. Drake — If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
56. Triad God — Triad
57. U.S. Girls — Half Free
58. Jam City — Classical Curves
59. Low — Double Negative
60. Klein — Tommy
61. Jessy Lanza — Oh No
62. Aaron Dilloway — Modern Jester
63. Charli XCX — Vroom Vroom
64. Jeremih — Late Nights: The Album
65. Titus Andronicus — The Monitor
66. Grimes — Visions
67. 18+ — MIXTAP3
68. Colin Stetson — New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
69. Lolina — Live In Paris
70. Giant Claw — Dark Web
71. Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
72. Matana Roberts — COIN COIN Chapter One: Gens de Couleur Libres
73. Panda Bear — Tomboy
74. Angel Olsen — Burn Your Fire For No Witness
75. Eli Keszler — Stadium
76. Chief Keef — Almighty So
77. Women — Public Strain
78. Solange — A Seat at the Table
79. Beach House — Teen Dream
80. Graham Lambkin & Jason Lescalleet — Photographs
81. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib — Piñata
82. EMA — Past Life Martyred Saints
83. Andy Stott — Luxury Problems
84. D/P/I — Fresh Roses
85. Helen — The Original Faces
86. Rich Gang — Tha Tour Part 1
87. Amen Dunes — Through Donkey Jaw
88. The Knife — Shaking the Habitual
89. Infinite Body — Carve Out the Face of My God
90. Jenny Hval — Blood Bitch
91. David Bowie — Blackstar
92. Actress — R.I.P.
93. Bill Callahan — Apocalypse
94. ZS — New Slaves
95. Beyoncé — Lemonade
96. Bill Orcutt — A History Of Every One
97. Deerhunter — Halcyon Digest
98. Pusha T — Daytona
99. Kara-Lis Coverdale — Grafts
100. John Maus — We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves

Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]

1. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Beyoncé — Lemonade
3. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
4. Taylor Swift — Red
5. David Bowie — Blackstar
6. Drake — Take Care
7. Lorde — Melodrama
8. Adele — 21
9. Pistol Annies — Interstate Gospel
10. LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
11. Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour
12. Frank Ocean — Blond
13. Kanye West — Yeezus
14. The Black Keys — Brothers
15. J Balvin — Vibras
16. Parquet Courts — Light Up Gold
17. Chance The Rapper — Acid Rap
18. Paul Simon — So Beautiful or So What
19. Taylor Swift — 1989
20. Solange — A Seat at the Table
21. Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
22. Radiohead — A Moon Shaped Pool
23. Robyn — Body Talk
24. Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
25. Rihanna — Anti
26. Beyoncé — Beyoncé
27. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
28. Jason Isbell — Southeastern
29. Car Seat Headrest — Teens of Denial
30. Ariana Grande — thank u, next
31. Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
32. Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
33. Mitski — Be the Cowboy
34. Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy
35. D’Angelo and The Vanguard — Black Messiah
36. Randy Newman — Dark Matter
37. Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
38. Chance The Rapper — Coloring Book
39. Rosalía — El Mal Querer
40. SZA — Ctrl
41. Sturgill Simpson — A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
42. Miranda Lambert — Platinum
43. Bob Dylan — Tempest
44. Haim — Days Are Gone
45. Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast — Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
46. Bruce Springsteen — Wrecking Ball
47. Bon Iver — 22, A Million
48. Leonard Cohen — You Want It Darker
49. Jay-Z and Kanye West — Watch the Throne
50. Carly Rae Jepsen — E•MO•TION
51. Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
52. Khalid — American Teen
53. Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel…
54. Japandroids — Celebration Rock
55. Daft Punk — Random Access Memories
56. Sky Ferreira — Night Time, My Time
57. Alabama Shakes — Boys & Girls
58. Miranda Lambert — The Weight of These Wings
59. Harry Styles — Harry Styles
60. Nicki Minaj — The Pinkprint
61. Waxahatchee — Cerulean Salt
62. Paul McCartney — Egypt Station
63. Janelle Monáe — Dirty Computer
64. Sharon Van Etten — Are We There
65. St. Vincent — St. Vincent
66. Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city
67. Bad Bunny — X 100PRE
68. Florence + The Machine — How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
69. Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
70. Drake — If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
71. Grimes — Art Angels
72. Jack White — Blunderbuss
73. Jenny Lewis — On the Line
74. Pusha T — Daytona
75. Father John Misty — I Love You, Honeybear
76. Frank Ocean — Nostalgia, Ultra
77. The Highwomen — The Highwomen
78. Soccer Mommy — Clean
79. Ke$ha — Rainbow
80. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks — Mirror Traffic
81. Brandi Carlile — By The Way, I Forgive You
82. Kamasi Washington — The Epic
83. Eric Church — Chief
84. Jamie xx — In Colour
85. Metallica — Hardwired… to Self-Destruct
86. Angel Olsen — My Woman
87. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Ghosteen
88. Arctic Monkeys — AM
89. Joanna Newsom — Have One On Me
90. Neil Young & Crazy Horse — Psychedelic Pill
91. Tierra Whack — Whack World
92. Vampire Weekend — Father of the Bride
93. U2 — Songs of Innocence
94. Sheer Mag — Need to Feel Your Love
95. Future — Monster
96. Low Cut Connie — Call Me Sylvia
97. Rich Gang — Tha Tour Part 1
98. John Prine — The Tree of Forgiveness
99. Lana Del Rey — Ultraviolence
100. The War on Drugs — A Deeper Understanding

Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of the Decade, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017]

• Frank Ocean — Blond
• Bon Iver — 22, A Million
• Joanna Newsom — Have One On Me
• Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
• D’Angelo and The Vanguard — Black Messiah
• Beck — Morning Phase
• Lonnie Holley — MITH
• Kanye West — Yeezus
• Björk — Vulnicura
• Hiss Golden Messenger — Bad Debt
• Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
• Solange — A Seat at the Table