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Best albums of 2024

Pop went club and abrasive and spent a summer being the only thing anyone talked about. A rap feud played out in real time as the year's most-discussed music, which is not how anyone would have drawn it up. Country, separately, got its most ambitious crossover in decades.

According to Riffiter listeners, the best album of 2024 is Artificial Paradise by OneRepublic, rated 4.7/5 by 12 listeners.

  1. Artificial Paradise cover№ 1Artificial ParadiseOneRepublic · 20244.5Weighted score4.7 avg · 12 ratings
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  1. 2Charm coverCharmClairo · 20244.3 score · 5.0 avg · 3 ratings
  2. 3Pyramide coverPyramideWeRenoi · 20244.3 score · 4.7 avg · 6 ratings
  3. 4Romance coverRomanceFontaines D.C. · 20244.3 score · 4.5 avg · 11 ratings
  4. 5HIT ME HARD AND SOFT coverHIT ME HARD AND SOFTBillie Eilish · 20244.3 score · 4.3 avg · 49 ratings
  5. 6C,XOXO (Magic City Edition) coverC,XOXO (Magic City Edition)Camila Cabello · 20244.3 score · 4.5 avg · 12 ratings
  6. 7BRAT coverBRATCharli XCX · 20244.3 score · 4.4 avg · 38 ratings
  7. 8Where's My Utopia? coverWhere's My Utopia?Yard Act · 20244.3 score · 4.5 avg · 8 ratings
  8. 9Moon Mirror coverMoon MirrorNada Surf · 20244.3 score · 4.5 avg · 8 ratings
  9. 10Nara coverNaraNara Leão · 20244.3 score · 4.8 avg · 3 ratings
  10. 11Forever coverForeverCher · 20244.3 score · 4.8 avg · 3 ratings
  11. 12The Set List coverThe Set ListNo Doubt · 20244.3 score · 4.6 avg · 5 ratings
  12. 13Dark Times coverDark TimesVince Staples · 20244.3 score · 4.4 avg · 16 ratings
  13. 14The FORCE coverThe FORCELL Cool J · 20244.2 score · 4.4 avg · 11 ratings
  14. 15ONE MORE TIME... PART-2 coverONE MORE TIME... PART-2blink-182 · 20244.2 score · 4.5 avg · 5 ratings
  15. 16Morning View XXIII coverMorning View XXIIIIncubus · 20244.2 score · 4.5 avg · 5 ratings
  16. 17VENUS coverVENUSZara Larsson · 20244.2 score · 4.7 avg · 3 ratings
  17. 18I Hear You coverI Hear YouPeggy Gou · 20244.2 score · 4.7 avg · 3 ratings
  18. 19u made me a st4r coveru made me a st4r4batz · 20244.2 score · 4.4 avg · 8 ratings
  19. 20BLUE LIPS coverBLUE LIPSScHoolboy Q · 20244.2 score · 4.3 avg · 13 ratings
  20. 21Absolute Elsewhere coverAbsolute ElsewhereBlood Incantation · 20244.2 score · 4.4 avg · 6 ratings
  21. 22Ensoulment coverEnsoulmentThe The · 20244.2 score · 4.3 avg · 11 ratings
  22. 23Fu##in' Up coverFu##in' UpNeil Young · 20244.2 score · 4.3 avg · 9 ratings
  23. 2466 cover66Paul Weller · 20244.2 score · 4.3 avg · 9 ratings
  24. 25GNX coverGNXKendrick Lamar · 20244.2 score · 4.2 avg · 50 ratings
  25. 26NA coverNANAYEON · 20244.2 score · 4.5 avg · 4 ratings
  26. 27Bird's Eye coverBird's EyeRavyn Lenae · 20244.2 score · 4.3 avg · 12 ratings
  27. 28Saviors coverSaviorsGreen Day · 20244.2 score · 4.3 avg · 13 ratings
  28. 29Cutouts coverCutoutsThe Smile · 20244.2 score · 4.3 avg · 8 ratings
  29. 30PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 (P4) coverPARTYNEXTDOOR 4 (P4)PARTYNEXTDOOR · 20244.2 score · 4.2 avg · 21 ratings
  30. 31BAD BOY LOVESTORY coverBAD BOY LOVESTORYTheodora · 20244.2 score · 4.5 avg · 3 ratings
  31. 32JPEG RAW coverJPEG RAWGary Clark, Jr. · 20244.2 score · 4.5 avg · 3 ratings
  32. 33Paradise State of Mind coverParadise State of MindFoster the People · 20244.2 score · 4.3 avg · 10 ratings
  33. 34eternal sunshine covereternal sunshineAriana Grande · 20244.1 score · 4.2 avg · 18 ratings
  34. 35All Born Screaming coverAll Born ScreamingSt. Vincent · 20244.1 score · 4.2 avg · 11 ratings
  35. 36CHROMAKOPIA coverCHROMAKOPIATyler, the Creator · 20244.1 score · 4.2 avg · 43 ratings
  36. 37Submarine coverSubmarineThe Marías · 20244.1 score · 4.4 avg · 4 ratings
  37. 38What Happened To The Heart? coverWhat Happened To The Heart?AURORA · 20244.1 score · 4.4 avg · 4 ratings
  38. 39Nu King coverNu KingJason Derulo · 20244.1 score · 4.3 avg · 8 ratings
  39. 40HEAVY coverHEAVYSiR · 20244.1 score · 4.3 avg · 5 ratings
  40. 41Better Me Than You coverBetter Me Than YouBig Sean · 20244.1 score · 4.2 avg · 13 ratings
  41. 42Neon Pill coverNeon PillCage the Elephant · 20244.1 score · 4.2 avg · 10 ratings
  42. 43The Last Will and Testament coverThe Last Will and TestamentOpeth · 20244.1 score · 4.3 avg · 6 ratings
  43. 44The Auditorium Vol. 1 coverThe Auditorium Vol. 1Common · 20244.1 score · 4.2 avg · 11 ratings
  44. 45THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT coverTHE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENTTaylor Swift · 20244.1 score · 4.2 avg · 12 ratings
  45. 46Songs of a Lost World coverSongs of a Lost WorldThe Cure · 20244.1 score · 4.2 avg · 12 ratings
  46. 47From Zero coverFrom ZeroLinkin Park · 20244.1 score · 4.2 avg · 12 ratings
  47. 48Can We Please Have Fun coverCan We Please Have FunKings of Leon · 20244.1 score · 4.2 avg · 12 ratings
  48. 49SPEAK NOW coverSPEAK NOWMoneybagg Yo · 20244.1 score · 4.2 avg · 12 ratings
  49. 50=1 cover=1Deep Purple · 20244.1 score · 4.1 avg · 17 ratings

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Best albums of 2024 by genre

The genres that carried the period here, each with what listeners rate highest inside it.

Best Hip-Hop albums of 2024

1,006 albums from 2024

Best Pop albums of 2024

477 albums from 2024

Best Rock albums of 2024

447 albums from 2024

Best Jazz albums of 2024

424 albums from 2024

Best Electronic albums of 2024

364 albums from 2024

Best Folk albums of 2024

333 albums from 2024

The artists of 2024

Everyone who put a record out then, ordered by how listeners rate their catalog rather than by that one release.

Every artist of 2024, ranked →

2024, month by month

Not everything that came out, just where the weight fell. Some months carried a year; some were quiet and worth knowing about.

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FAQ

What are the best albums of 2024?
On Riffiter, the highest-rated album of 2024 is Artificial Paradise by OneRepublic (4.7/5). The ranking below orders the year's releases by community rating.
How is the 2024 ranking decided?
By Riffiter listeners. Each album's community rating sets its place. Until a release has enough ratings, its popularity stands in, and the order shifts as more people rate.
Does the best-of-2024 list change?
Yes. It's built from live community ratings, so the order updates as people rate 2024 releases. The page refreshes a few times a day.