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Best Music of 2024


 Best Music of 2024

    The year of music in 2024 was the year of the unexpected hit. Pop Queens like Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Ariana Grande all dropped beloved albums, but it was three unexpected Pop Princesses who perhaps defined the music of 2024: Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan. Other big news was the messy rap beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, with Kendrick ending the year on top, so much so he is hosting the 2025 Super Bowl Half Time Show and dropped a surprise album. Country music has been quietly diverging into several interesting new subgenres, and this year attracted the likes of non-country singers like Beyoncé, Post Malone, and Adrianne Lenker. Below I will list my favorite albums, songs, and music videos I listened to in 2023, as well as some classic albums I listened to for the first time. So without further ado:

Best Albums of 2024:

10. Harlequin - Lady Gaga

9. Lana - SZA

8. PRATTS & PAIN (It Ain't Over Til It Ends Edition) - Royel Otis

7. What Now - Brittany Howard

6. Don't Forget Me - Maggie Rogers

5. Bright Future - Adrianne Lenker

4. The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology - Taylor Swift

3. Charm - Clairo

2. HIT ME HARD AND SOFT - Billie Eilish

1. COWBOY CARTER - Beyoncé

The Rest:

11. We Go On - Swoope
12. Prelude to Ecstasy - The Last Dinner Party
13. GNX - Kendrick Lamar
14. eternal sunshine - Ariana Grande
15. Fearless Movement - Kamasi Washington
16. Short n' Sweet - Sabrina Carpenter
17. Deeper Well - Kacey Musgraves
18. Drop 7 - Little Simz
19. Only God Was Above Us - Vampire Weekend
20. Challengers (Original Score) - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
21. BRAT - Charli XCX
22. I'M DOING IT AGAIN BABY! - girl in red
23. My Light, My Destroyer - Cassandra Jenkins
24. A Whole New Sound - Various Artists
25. Desire I Want To Turn Into You: Everasking Edition - Caroline Polachek
26. Radical Optimism - Dua Lipa
27. Brat and It's Completely Different But Also Still Brat - Charli XCX
28. Bleachers - Bleachers

Best Songs of 2024:

I made a playlist! CLICK HERE to listen to my top 50 songs of 2024 on Spotify!

10. So Long, London - Taylor Swift

9. Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter

8. DAUGHTER - Beyoncé

7. Happy World - Debii Dawson

6. loml - Taylor Swift

5. Sadness As A Gift - Adrianne Lenker

4. Only One - Cassandra Jenkins

3. Real House - Adrianne Lenker

2. CHIHIRO - Billie Eilish

1. AMERIICAN REQUIEM - Beyoncé



Best Music Videos of 2024:

10. Diet Pepsi - Addison Rae

9. Von Dutch - Charli XCX

8. Training Season - Dua Lipa

7. Polkamania - "Weird Al" Yankovic

6. Tailor Swif - A$AP Rocky

5. Taste - Sabrina Carpenter



4. Ronald (feat. Tech N9ne & Alex Terrible) - Falling in Reverse

3. Little Foot Big Foot (feat. Young Nudy) - Childish Gambino

2. HISS - Megan Thee Stallion

1. we can't be friends (wait for your love) - Ariana Grande


Best Non-2024 Albums I Heard for the First Time:

Part of my on-going project to widen my musical horizons. 

10. Turn On The Bright Lights - Interpol (2002)

9. Either/Or - Elliott Smith (1997)

8. Twin Fantasy - Car Seat Headrest (2018)

7. Heaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins (1990)

6. Madvillainy - Madvillain (2004)

5. Shields - Grizzly Bear (2012)

4. Night Time, My Time - Sky Ferreira (2014)

3. Wild and Peaceful - Teena Marie (1979)

2. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)

1. The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)



Other Lists:
Best Music of: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
Best Movies of: 2024
Best TV of: 2024


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