{"id":136761,"date":"2024-12-14T01:35:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136761"},"modified":"2024-12-14T01:35:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:35:01","slug":"beyonce-taylor-charli-kendrick-ariana-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136761","title":{"rendered":"Beyonce, Taylor, Charli, Kendrick, Ariana and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>Please please please<\/em> \u2026 may we have another year-in-music in 2025 as strong as this one? In coming up with 10 best album lists, each of <em>Variety<\/em>\u2018s staff music writers felt 2024 brought an embarrassment of riches from which to choose. You could already see that in how the upcoming 2025 Grammys are easily the most anticipated ceremony in many years. A lot of the top candidates there show up in our lists (albeit not Chappell Roan, whose album came out in late 2023). You\u2019ll also find a lot of love here for a slew of great underdogs who didn\u2019t catch the attention of the Recording Academy but already brought home the gold in our book.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tKaty Perry may have been wrong about some things this year, but she was right about it being a woman\u2019s world \u2014 in current music, anyway, if not all the other places it would benefit society most. Not coincidentally in keeping with the female dominance of the Grammy noms, all four of our listmakers picked an album by a woman or a female-fronted act for the No. 1 spot. Green meme queen <strong>Charli XCX<\/strong> was on top of the pops for executive music editor <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/lists\/best-albums-2024\/jem-aswad-top-10-2024\/\">Jem Aswad<\/a> (jump to his full list <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/lists\/best-albums-2024\/jem-aswad-top-10-2024\/\">here<\/a>). Associate music editor <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/lists\/best-albums-2024\/thania-garcias-top-10-2\/\">Thania Garcia<\/a> went with a lesser-recognized band of worthies, <strong>the Marias<\/strong> (see her full ranking <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/lists\/best-albums-2024\/thania-garcias-top-10-2\/\">here<\/a>). Senior music writer <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/lists\/best-albums-2024\/steven-j-horowitzs-top-10-2\/\">Steven J. Horowitz<\/a> found godliness in the womanhood of <strong>Ariana Grande<\/strong> (you can leap to his list <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/lists\/best-albums-2024\/steven-j-horowitzs-top-10-2\/\">here<\/a>). And reigning pop queen <strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong> made the year, if not the era, of chief music critic <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/lists\/best-albums-2024\/chris-willmans-top-10-2\/\">Chris Willman<\/a> (jump to his rankings <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/lists\/best-albums-2024\/chris-willmans-top-10-2\/\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe most-cited artists: Charli and <strong>Kendrick Lamar<\/strong>, who each made three of the four top 10s, and <strong>Beyonc\u00e9<\/strong>, <strong>Jamie XX<\/strong>, <strong>Jack White<\/strong> and <strong>Kali Uchis<\/strong>, who each appeared on two. Scroll through to see where your favorites landed or, better yet, discover a new one.<\/p>\n<div id=\"pmc-gallery-vertical\">\n<div class=\"c-gallery-vertical-loader u-gallery-app-shell-loader\">\n<ul class=\"pmc-fallback-list-items lrv-a-unstyle-list lrv-u-margin-t-2\">\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Jem Aswad\u2019s Top 10<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>1. Charli XCX, \u2018Brat\u2019\/\u2019Brat and It\u2019s Completely Different but Still Brat\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"charli xcx best albums 2024 brat\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=250,140 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"charli xcx best albums 2024 brat\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=250,140 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWherein one of the most innovative and influential artist-songwriter-producers of the last decade twists her musical combination of glitter and glitch into a new shape \u2014 a lurid green one, no less \u2014\u00a0and the world is finally ready for it. \u201cBrat\u201d is a multimedia phenomenon but it\u2019s all based around this music, which finds Charli not only evolving her sound but also overhauling her lyrical approach with deeply personal commentary (\u201cI Might Say Something Stupid\u201d) as well as character studies (\u201cMean Girls\u201d). And then she took the whole thing and rebaked it on the remix album with an A-list of collaborators, completely reinvents the songs musically and\/or lyrically \u2014 the team-ups with Lorde, Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish add multiple new narratives to already-provocative songs. With her smart and savvy sounds and visions, Charli XCX has refined the pop-star template.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>2. Jamie XX, \u2018In Waves\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Jamie XX waves best albums 2023\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/waves-Untitled.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/waves-Untitled.jpg 889w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/waves-Untitled.jpg?resize=150,86 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/waves-Untitled.jpg?resize=300,173 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/waves-Untitled.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Jamie XX waves best albums 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/waves-Untitled.jpg 889w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/waves-Untitled.jpg?resize=150,86 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/waves-Untitled.jpg?resize=300,173 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAs the main songwriter and producer in the British trio the XX, Jamie was the driving force behind one of the great hopes of alternative music in the late \u201800s. But as that group splintered, he began leaning into his other gig as a DJ and producer, and released the more beat-and-sample-based \u201cIn Colour\u201d in 2015. That album is great, but nearly nine years later, \u201cIn Waves\u201d takes its template and turns it into something truly next level: It\u2019s loaded with powerful beats and samples and basslines like a dance album, but unlike a lot of DJ-artists \u2014 who tend to focus on production \u2014 he comes at the music as much as a songwriter, with an ear toward melody and emotion as well as the dancefloor. The album has great guest features from Robyn, the xx, the Avalanches and a wonderfully deranged Erykah Badu, but most exciting is how Jamie creates memorable hooks out of melodically manipulated vocal bites, toying brilliantly with the concept of what a song is and can be.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>3. Kendrick Lamar, \u2018GNX\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"kendrick lamar gnx best albums 2024\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=250,140 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"kendrick lamar gnx best albums 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=250,140 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIf you include his incendiary guest verses on Future and Metro Boomin\u2019s \u201cLike That\u201d \u2014 which contain more fire and subtext than most albums \u2014 Kendrick Lamar has dropped 18 songs this year, along with completely crushing Drake in one of the most epic battles in rap history. Lamar knows that the only artist he has to beat is himself, and while his previous effort, the daunting double album \u201cMr. Morale and the High Steppers,\u201d was brilliant on multiple levels, it sometimes felt like homework. But with a dream team of collaborators including Sounwave, Mustard and newcomer Jack Antonoff, \u201cGNX\u201d has a clarity of songcraft that its predecessor at times lacked. Although it might go down easier, his lyrics are just as densely loaded with multiple references and meanings. Rather than loading it down with superstars (apart from two characteristically luscious features from SZA), the guests on \u201cGNZ\u201d are all up-and-coming rappers, bringing yet another dimension to the album\u2019s ambition. Heavy is the crown, but Kendrick wears it like it\u2019s his birthright.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>4. Tyler, the Creator, \u2018Chromakopia\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"tyler the creator best albums 2024 chromakopia\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg?resize=250,140 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"tyler the creator best albums 2024 chromakopia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/tyler-albumcovertreatment-10-copy-2.jpg?resize=250,140 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTyler is one of the most multi-discipline artists in the music world, and what\u2019s most remarkable about his art is the way his absolutely unique vision is unmistakably\u00a0<em>him,<\/em>\u00a0whether it\u2019s a video (Why is he rapping on top of a bulldozer?), a TV awards-show performance (Why is he rapping in a windstorm that\u2019s blowing the set off of the stage?), a headlining Coachella appearance (Why is he starting his set dressed as a forest ranger?) and, of course, the foundation of it all, his music. There are multiple questions one could ask on every minute of this album (Why did he multitrack his voice going \u201cHmmmmm!\u201d on this section?), but as always, it\u2019s musically innovative, gloriously weird and often hilarious at the same time. Spotlighting songs is futile, but the funniest one is probably \u201cSticky\u201d (\u201cGive a fuck \u2019bout pronouns \/ I\u2019m that n\u2014a and that b\u2014h\u201d), and the most immediate might be the irresistible single \u201cBalloon,\u201d which includes a hilarious guest verse from Doechii. Like everything Tyler does, it\u2019s a joyride for the senses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>5. Childish Gambino, \u2018Bando Stone and the New World\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Childish Gambino \u201cBando Stone and the New World\u201d best albums 2024\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg?resize=250,140 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Childish Gambino \u201cBando Stone and the New World\u201d best albums 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment-10-copy-3.jpg?resize=250,140 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIf this album is truly the farewell to Donald Glover\u2019s Childish Gambino alter ego, as he\u2019s said, he\u2019s going out with a bang: \u201cBando\u201d is his best and most far-reaching musical project to date, with a brain-busting combination of musical styles and guests, from singers Jorja Smith and Amaarae to rappers Flo Milli and Yeat to alt-rock virtuosos Khruangbin. The album leaps between styles and moods dramatically and at times abruptly, but also surprisingly smoothly, from old-school R&amp;B to power chords to acoustic ballads; there are even two full-on indie-pop songs with \u201cReal Love\u201d and the emo-ish \u201cRunning Around.\u201d He\u2019s also rapping much more than he has on recent albums, in a style that sometimes recalls both Kanye West\u2019s early material and his abrasive \u201cYeezy\u201d era. \u201cBando\u201d is a mind-blowingly diverse and versatile album that finds him adopting a huge number of styles convincingly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>6. Empress Of, \u2018For Your Consideration\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEmpress Of, aka Honduran-American singer-songwriter-producer Lorely Rodriguez, contains so many multitudes that her music can be hard to process at first. With lyrics in both English and Spanish, she\u2019s a Latin artist (\u201cFemenine\u201d), an alternative singer with a crisp Halsey-esque voice (\u201cKiss Me,\u201d featuring Rina Sawayama), an electro artist (\u201cLorelei\u201d) or a sweet pop singer (\u201cBaby Boy\u201d), all within one remarkable album that finds her delivering on the promise and potential of her previous releases and then some. As its title says, the album is Hollywood-inspired: \u201cI was in love with a director and he was announcing his \u2018For Your Consideration\u2019 campaign for the Oscars,\u201d she says. \u201cHe said he was emotionally unavailable and he kind\u00a0of\u00a0broke my heart.\u201d If heartbreak has beneficiaries, Empress Of\u2019s is us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>7. Idles \u2018Tangk\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOne of the most exciting rock bands to emerge in decades, this British-Irish quintet is a wild fusion of hardcore punk and experimental electronic skronk with a ferociously commanding frontman in Joe Talbot and two guitarists whose rancorous din shows inspiration from \u201880s indie icons Sonic Youth and Big Black, as well as a strong influence from hip-hop and electronic music. The group branches out even further on its fifth album, \u201cTangk,\u201d combining slower, darkly ambient and\/or rhythmic songs with the blistering roar its audience hungers for. Looking for a future for rock music? Here\u2019s a solid bet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>8. Lucky Daye, \u2018The Algorithm\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tClassic R&amp;B is so easy to get wrong and so hard to get right \u2014 and the sound is only half of the battle. Clich\u00e9 as it is to say, the genre is more of a feeling, regardless of production techniques, which is why D\u2019Angelo\u2019s 2000 masterpiece \u201cVoodoo\u201d has been such a template for 21st century R&amp;B: That album is steeped in the history but updated the genre for new generations. New Orleans-born Lucky Daye has been a quiet giant of R&amp;B for several years, with multiple Grammy nominations and collaborations with Beyonce and Mary J. Blige, but here he truly comes into his own. \u201cAlgorithm\u201d finds him opening up his sound, adding rock and alternative, while still staying in the R&amp;B lane \u2014\u00a0and it flows like a classic album, climaxing with the epic closer \u201cDiamonds in Teal.\u201d It also features collaborations with Teddy Swims and British R&amp;B star Raye and, crucially, was created with his longtime collaborators D\u2019Mile (Silk Sonic, Victoria Monet\u2019s \u201cJaguar,\u201d H.E.R.\u2019s Oscar-winning \u201cFight for You\u201d) and J. Kercy. Wanna get that feeling?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>9. Jack White, \u2018No Name\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWith no disrespect to the\u00a0five fine solo albums\u00a0Jack White\u00a0has created in the last dozen years, it\u2019s safe to say that \u201cNo Name\u201d is the one fans have been lusting for: a fiery, straight-ahead, just-plug-in-and-let-rip rock \u2018n\u2019 roll album in the vein of his dearly beloved and dearly departed\u00a0White Stripes, but without seeming retro or leaning too heavily on nostalgia. While bands like Idles are taking rock music into new realms, White plays it right down the middle, showing that songs, a three-piece band and his glorious voice are all he needs, and it\u2019s all so exciting and explosive that it makes you wonder why he, or anyone else, hasn\u2019t made an album like this recently. \u201cNo Name\u201d shows that no matter how far White might roam artistically, he can return to the art form he\u2019d mastered and left behind anytime he wants \u2014 and show everyone how it\u2019s done.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>10. Kali Uchis, \u2018Orqu\u00eddeas\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tKali Uchis albums are like a sonic equivalent of one of the best date nights ever, sexy and plush and romantic, evoking visions of candlelit dinners and bubble baths speckled with rose petals \u2014 but at the same time (and also like some date nights), she brings a rapper\u2019s attitude as a bad b\u2014h who does not play. On \u201cOrqu\u00eddeas,\u201d her second Spanish-language album, she sashays luxuriously through multiple genres \u2014 pop, R&amp;B, merengue, dembow \u2014 and struts powerfully through others, while guests like Peso Pluma, Karol G, El Alfa and Rauw Alejandro not only light up the songs with their features but provide major cosigns. It\u2019s an album that works as a lean-forward listening experience, or something to warm up the room along with the candles and flowers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Thania Garcia\u2019s Top 10<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>1. The Marias, \u2018Submarine\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"marias submarine\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6.jpg 843w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6.jpg?resize=681,454 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6.jpg?resize=450,300 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6.jpg?resize=250,167 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"marias submarine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6.jpg 843w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6.jpg?resize=681,454 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6.jpg?resize=450,300 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6.jpg?resize=250,167 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Bethany Vargas\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Marias\u2019 \u201cSubmarine\u201d was a labor of love, despite the fact that the 14-song collection was made as its founding members \u2013 Maria Zardoya and Josh Conway \u2013 were freshly broken up. Instead of stopping the band altogether, the foursome went on to create a heart-wrenchingly honest reflection with tracks like \u201cSienna,\u201d a song about the broken-up couple\u2019s could\u2019ve-been future child. Anchored in the theme of water, with an emphasis on its endless transformations and physical forms, the LP boasts striking imagery and impactful allusions in its production style. There are countless complimentary reports of Zardoya\u2019s vocal skills that date back to the band\u2019s earliest release in 2021, but she exceeds them in \u201cSubmarine.\u201d I\u2019ll point you to what sounds like computerized vocal fanning in \u201cReal Life,\u201d which is actually just her raw voice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>2. Kali Uchis, \u2018Orqu\u00eddeas\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"kali uchis best albums 2024\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg?resize=250,140 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"kali uchis best albums 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/albumcovertreatment35-2-2.jpg?resize=250,140 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Daniel Sannwald\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tKali Uchis unlocked a new level of command with \u201cOrqu\u00eddeas,\u201d her second Spanish-language album and first to nab a Latin Grammy nomination. Boasting her usual themes of self-empowerment, lust and melodrama, Uchis\u2019 silky vocals paint a flowery picture of elegance and luxury with 14 songs ranging from pop, R&amp;B and merengue to dembow and reggaeton. It features a strong slate of guest stars and Latin music royalty including Peso Pluma, Karol G, El Alfa and Rauw Alejandro.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>3. Sabrina Carpenter, \u2018Short N\u2019 Sweet\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Sabrina Carpenter\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-1.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-1.jpg 843w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-1.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-1.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-1.jpg?resize=681,454 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-1.jpg?resize=450,300 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-1.jpg?resize=250,167 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-1.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Sabrina Carpenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-1.jpg 843w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-1.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-1.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-1.jpg?resize=681,454 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-1.jpg?resize=450,300 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-1.jpg?resize=250,167 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Courtesy Island Records\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt\u2019s hard to imagine what 2024 would\u2019ve looked or sounded like without Sabrina Carpenter. From the success of \u201cEspresso\u201d to the relatable testimonies in \u201cDon\u2019t Smile,\u201d or the witty ramblings of \u201cSlim Pickins,\u201d Carpenter asserted her place in pop history with this collection of humorous, fierce and foul-mouthed hooks. It packed just the right amount of heat \u2013 equal parts self-deprecation and self-empowerment \u2013 to resonate with an entire generation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>4. Judeline, \u2018Bodhiria\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Judeline\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-2.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-2.jpg 749w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-2.jpg?resize=150,113 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-2.jpg?resize=300,225 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-2.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Judeline\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-2.jpg 749w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-2.jpg?resize=150,113 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/albumcovertreatment35-6-2.jpg?resize=300,225 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Courtesy Interscope Records\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe ultimate sign of new life in Latin pop this year can be found in \u201cBodhiria\u201d \u2013 a sprawling, semi-conceptual 12-song set from Spanish singer Judeline. After signing a record deal with Interscope in 2023, the 21-year-old released her debut with help from producers Tuiste and Mayo, Rob Bisel (SZA, Kendrick Lamar) and Rusia-IDK\u2019s Rusowsky, Ralphie Choo and Drummie. Judeline\u2019s voice is comparable to a whisper, but her breathy confessions pack powerful punches: she ends with a song called \u201cEs Dios bueno o s\u00f3lo es poderoso\u201d (\u201cIs God good or just powerful\u201d), in which she sings, \u201cI wanted to be where the light was the brightest, and there alone I stay,\u201d and \u201cI said so much that I even vomited my soul.\u201d Though the latter is stuff of nightmares, the album is a sonic dreamscape of flamenco and electro-pop with hints of R&amp;B and some Arabic lyricism, though it is mostly sung in Spanish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>5. Charli XCX, \u2018Brat\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"charli xcx best albums 2024 brat\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=250,140 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"charli xcx best albums 2024 brat\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=250,140 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIf you were paying even an inkling of attention to pop or political culture this year, \u201cBrat\u201d will forever be remembered as <em>the<\/em> soundtrack. For its maker, the 15-song album became a benchmark, or at the very least, a success story for their tried and tested theories of an expertly marketed concept album. From the hyperactive \u201cClub Classics\u201d to the unrestrained ramblings of \u201cI think about it all the time,\u201d Charli demonstrates her hard-earned mastery with \u201cBrat,\u201d and doubles down on her dexterity in the album\u2019s remixed release, the ever-so-clever \u201cBrat and It\u2019s Completely Different but Also Still Brat.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>6. Omar Apollo, \u2018God Said No\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOmar Apollo was looking for new artistic avenues in \u201cGod Said No.\u201d Though not inherently a melancholic album, Apollo\u2019s songwriting is purgative in nature, bringing about tropes of terminated relationships and cycles of codependency. More than his previous set \u201cIvory,\u201d \u201cGod Said No\u201d makes use of scene-setting, leaning on airy production helmed by Teo Halm, with additional inspiration from legendary producer Giorgio Moroder and ambient-music maestro Ryuichi Sakamoto. \u201cI was in love when I wrote most of this album.,\u201d Apollo told <em>Variety<\/em>. \u201cI like to preserve the genuine connections I have and eventually turn them into friendships because a genuine connection doesn\u2019t just die.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>7. Clairo, \u2018Charm\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt\u2019s all about the melodies in Clairo\u2019s \u201cCharm,\u201d the folky yet psychedelic third studio album from the bedroom-pop singer turned jazz enthusiast. Making the most of experimental instrumentation \u2013 we\u2019re talking mellotrons, flutes and mouth trumpets \u2013 Clairo is more forward-looking than ever on warm songs like \u201cSlow Dance\u201d and \u201cTerrapin.\u201d That exploration has already been rewarded as the 26-year-old singer earns her first Grammy nom in the best alternative album category.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>8. Tyla, \u2018Tyla\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTyla\u2019s self-titled full-length debut is proudly composed entirely of her signature South African amapiano with a frothy pop-R&amp;B twist. Her fresh and consistent take on the decades-old style has helped cement her burgeoning career after the success of her Grammy-winning breakthrough single, \u201cWater.\u201d On top of that, Tyla has delivered expertly choreographed dance sequences and visuals throughout much of this year, continuing to expand her world for listeners across the globe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>9. Young Miko, \u2018Att.\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tYoung Miko\u2019s unapologetic debut came nearly one year after the Puerto Rican breakthrough artist made her first entries on the Billboard charts with juggernaut singles \u201cChulo Pt. 2\u201d and \u201cClassy 101.\u201d That\u2019s most likely why Miko raps like she\u2019s got something to prove on her futuristic debut, \u201cAtt.\u201d In the defiant \u201cFuck TMZ,\u201d she incorporates elements of hip-hop over traditional reggaeton rhythms, appearing playfully pissed when the trap beats are kicked up. In opener \u201cRookie of the Year,\u201d she\u2019s cool, calm and collected \u2013 taking full advantage of her charming \u201cMiko Effect\u201d to win over fresh ears.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>10. Khruangbin, \u2018A La Sala\u2019\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhile for some it was a \u201cBrat\u201d summer, for others it was a Khruangbin spring. In their fourth studio album, the Houston-based trio builds on its psychedelic sound by wholeheartedly embracing Latin influences, notably Cuban guitar progressions on songs like \u201cThree From Two.\u201d And while \u201cA La Sala\u201d is a mellow listening experience, all 12 of its songs quietly demand your attention with intentional versatility and expert arrangements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Steven J. Horowitz\u2019s Top 10<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>1. Ariana Grande, \u2018Eternal Sunshine\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"ariana grande\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png?resize=250,140 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"ariana grande\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ariana.png?resize=250,140 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cNever go to bed without kissing goodnight, it\u2019s the worst thing to do,\u201d says Nonna Grande during the final moments of \u201cEternal Sunshine\u201d closer \u201cOrdinary Things.\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t ever, ever do that. And if you can\u2019t and if you don\u2019t feel comfortable doing it, you\u2019re in the wrong place, get out.\u201d Ariana gives a little chuckle, as though love were that easy. And it isn\u2019t \u2014 it never is, really \u2014 at least not across her seventh album, \u201cEternal Sunshine,\u201d where she reconciles the slicing pain of divorce with the honeymoon phase of a new relationship. Once known for her to-the-rafters belt, Grande downsizes her delivery across 13 impeccable songs (give or take an interlude) that flit between wistful introspection (\u201cWe Can\u2019t Be Friends\u201d) and, somehow, hopefulness (\u201cImperfect for You\u201d). It\u2019s no secret that Grande has been through it, yet she manages to contextualize it time and again like the all-seeing narrator of her own life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>2. Jessica Pratt, \u2018Here in the Pitch\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"jessica pratt\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png?resize=250,140 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"jessica pratt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jessica.png?resize=250,140 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThere\u2019s something familiar coded into Jessica Pratt\u2019s fourth album, \u201cHere in the Pitch,\u201d like an old attic chest spangled with cobwebs that\u2019s been refurbished. The ghosts of Laurel Canyon past loom over the record\u2019s nine tracks, where the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter embellishes her stripped sound with minute adjustments \u2014 the chiming glockenspiel on \u201cLife Is,\u201d a Farfisa on \u201cBy Hook or by Crook\u201d \u2014 that bring subtle texture to her haunting compositions. On \u201cPitch,\u201d Pratt pontificates about the passage of time and its opposing forces (sunrise vs. sunset, dark vs. light) that, in effect, only contribute to the timelessness of her artistry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>3. Charli XCX, \u2018Brat\u2019\/\u2019Brat and It\u2019s Completely Different but Also Still Brat\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"charli xcx best albums 2024 brat\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=250,140 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"charli xcx best albums 2024 brat\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charli.png?resize=250,140 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWorld-building\u201d is often bandied about to describe artists with a complete vision, yet Charli XCX seemed to redefine what it means to create a world unto itself. The release of lead single \u201cVon Dutch\u201d in February didn\u2019t exactly forecast the word-of-mouth momentum that would transform \u201cBrat\u201d into a lifestyle \u2014\u00a0hard partying, nonchalance, slime green \u2014\u00a0and reach fever pitch right around the time that Charli tweeted that Kamala is, in fact, brat. But to craft an album so focused and year-defining, and then confect an extended universe with an entirely reworked remix album, just goes to show that it can take over a decade to fully actualize that your artistry isn\u2019t just about what you put on a record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>4. Sabrina Carpenter, \u2018Short n\u2019 Sweet\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"sabrina carpenter best albums 2024 short n sweet\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png?resize=250,140 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"sabrina carpenter best albums 2024 short n sweet\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sabrina.png?resize=250,140 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThey don\u2019t really make pop stars like Sabrina Carpenter, do they? Carpenter has spent years trying to catch on after being freed from Disney prison, and something started to take hold last year after \u201cFeather\u201d and \u201cNonsense\u201d generated as many streams as they did headlines. All of this was pushing towards \u201cShort n\u2019 Sweet,\u201d her frothy, frank sixth album with a sharp tongue and even sharper songs. \u201cEspresso\u201d was the song-of-the-summer breakthrough, of course, but there\u2019s variance across its tight dozen tracks \u2014 \u201980s R&amp;B here (\u201cBed Chem\u201d), campfire folk there (\u201cCoincidence\u201d). The fact that she filters it all through innuendo and a knowing smile lets you know this wasn\u2019t all by accident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>5. Kendrick Lamar, \u2018GNX\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"kendrick lamar gnx best albums 2024\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=250,140 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"kendrick lamar gnx best albums 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kendrick.png?resize=250,140 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTo emerge from one of the greatest rap battles of this century as the arguable victor, and to subsequently take a victory lap with a last-minute contender for one of the best albums of the year, shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise for Kendrick Lamar. His vision is clear, charged and fiercer than ever on \u201cGNX,\u201d his surprise-released sixth studio record that continues (and succeeds in) his efforts to refocus the spotlight on the west coast. Equal parts mellifluous and fanged, \u201cGNX\u201d draws from Los Angeles\u2019 classic hip-hop sounds for a blend of brash street anthems and soft R&amp;B palette cleansers, all tied together by Lamar\u2019s densely arranged rhymes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>6. Doechii, \u2018Alligator Bites Never Heal\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn her debut mixtape \u201cAlligator Bites Never Heal\u201d \u2014 to be clear, not an official album \u2014 Florida\u2019s Doechii takes a come-one, come-all approach to fusing elements of hip-hop, R&amp;B and pop together in a breathless array. The TDE rapper\u2019s personality is so oversized that it\u2019s a wonder she was able to box it all into a coherent package, which she does: At once, rhymes tumble out at warp speed on \u201cNissan Ultima,\u201d and the next moment she\u2019s harmonizing over a foggy beat a la Erykah Badu. It\u2019s a head-spinner of a project, which, of course, is all part of the master plan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>7. Beyonc\u00e9, \u2018Cowboy Carter\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWe often take for granted that Beyonc\u00e9 continuously matches great ambition with even greater music. And it was easy to nitpick \u201cCowboy Carter\u201d for its sprawling length and a few inclusions that perhaps could have been trimmed. But at the heart of it, Beyonc\u00e9 once again completed the task she assigned herself: to illuminate the contributions and roots of Black musicians in country music, and she does it on a grander scale than a cursory listen can reveal. \u201cCowboy Carter\u201d is the type of album to be explored, studied, marveled at \u2014 it reveals itself as a finely layered opus with every spin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>8. Gavin Turek, \u2018Diva of the People\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPicture it: a 1970s diva dripping in jewels and singing love letters to the dance floor under a gleaming disco ball. Gavin Turek has established herself as the unsung torchbearer of Donna Summer revivalism for more than a decade, and her vision comes into sharp focus on her sophomore album, \u201cDiva of the People,\u201d a gleaming project that invokes the glamor of a night at Studio 54. The Los Angeles native centers \u201cDiva\u201d on the freedom of letting music solve your problems, by using it to get over a breakup (\u201cDisco Boots\u201d) or distract yourself from the world\u2019s horrors (\u201cOutta My Mind\u201d). Turek lets it all out at the club, and it feels good every time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>9. Justice, \u2018Hyperdrama\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s almost like a dream or fever dream,\u201d Justice\u2019s Xavier de Rosnay told us earlier this year about the French duo\u2019s fourth album, \u201cHyperdrama.\u201d And it plays like one, too, with the group (also consisting of Gaspard Aug\u00e9) taking listeners beyond the galaxies with a dreamy, concerted dance opus. \u201cHyperdrama\u201d is rife with texture, playing like a lost \u201cTron\u201d soundtrack that pummels (\u201cGenerator\u201d) and openly breathes (\u201cExplorer\u201d featuring Connan Mockasin). There\u2019s a heartbeat to the record mirroring the rise and rest of a HIIT session as if they approached the project as a completed thought. After decades of pushing the limits of their bloghouse sound, they\u2019ve managed to once again break new ground.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>10. Jamie xx, \u2018In Waves\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJamie xx explored his experimental side on his debut album \u201cIn Colour,\u201d which arrived nearly a decade ago. But it\u2019s when he caters his sound to the conventions of house music on his sophomore album, \u201cIn Waves,\u201d that he truly hits his groove. \u201cWaves\u201d isn\u2019t necessarily a pop album, per se, but draws from the melodic touchstones that make pop music so instantly accessible. He corrals a crew of guests to articulate his vision \u2014 Honey Dijon on the horn-blaring \u201cBaddy on the Floor,\u201d Robyn on the pulsing \u201cLife\u201d \u2014 that channels the feel-good effervescence of an early 2000s H&amp;M playlist without the commercial sheen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>Honorable mention:<\/em> Lucky Daye, \u201cAlgorithm\u201d; Clairo, \u201cCharm\u201d; Rachel Chinouriri, \u201cWhat a Devastating Turn of Events\u201d; Shygirl, \u201cClub Shy\u201d EP; SG Lewis and Tove Lo, \u201cHeat\u201d EP; Tyler, the Creator, \u201cChromakopia.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Chris Willman\u2019s Top 10<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>1. Taylor Swift, \u2018The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Taylor Swift 'Tortured Poets Department&quot; variant album cover vinyl LP review\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=250,140 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Taylor Swift 'Tortured Poets Department&quot; variant album cover vinyl LP review\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/taylor-best-hero-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=250,140 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Courtesy 13 Management\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCan the thing that is biggest in the world at a given moment also be the best? Critics are trained to reflexively resist the idea, but as Beatles fans can attest\u2026 it happens. \u201cThe Tortured Poets Department\u201d found the longest streak of A-level albums in history continuing, unbroken from \u201cFearless\u201d forward. And, as the Eras Tour proved is the case with all Swift albums, it\u2019s got its own personality \u2014 musically, a bit of a cross between \u201cMidnights\u201d\/\u201dLover\u201d electro-emo and \u201cFolklore\u201d\/\u201dEvermore\u201d starkness; lyrically, largely a return to breakup songs after a multi-album idyll. Heartbreak never entirely stopped being her national anthem, but it returns in full force for the first time in ages, and the return of a little traumatization is welcome when it gives us songs as bold, canny and relatable as \u201cThe Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.\u201d Don\u2019t listen to the doubters who said there was only a single album\u2019s worth of strong material spread across the 31-track \u201cAnthology\u201d deluxe edition\u2026 in some cases the same people who\u2019d have kept you from hearing half the White Album if they had their way. Each song brings new thematic twists, new all-time quotable couplets, new hooks\u2026 and, yes, famously, in so many of them, great bridges are being built. \u201cTTPD:TA\u201d is a culmination to date of Swift\u2019s particular genius for marrying cleverness with catharsis. The alchemy is on all our sides.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>2. Beyonc\u00e9, \u2018Cowboy Carter\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Beyonc\u00e9 beyonce cowboy carter album cover review best albums\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=250,140 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Beyonc\u00e9 beyonce cowboy carter album cover review best albums\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bey-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=250,140 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Parkwood Entertainment\/Columbia\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSpeaking of the Beatles\u2019 White Album\u2026 In trying to come up with a definitive take on \u201cCowboy Carter,\u201d it\u2019s difficult to decide whether it really is Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s take on country music \u2014 Black country music \u2014 as it could and should be, or whether her album stretches stylistically so far beyond that that it should really be better seen as akin to the Beatles\u2019 famously sprawling everything-but-the-kitchen-sink double-album. Whichever way you look at it, it\u2019s a wild, bumpy, highly gratifying ride. Some critics think it\u2019s more of a stunt or a thesis paper than a coherent album, but the fact that you don\u2019t know what\u2019s coming next (at least till you\u2019ve committed the album to memory) is part of the fun and also part of the point \u2014 Beyonc\u00e9 contains multitudes even when she\u2019s at her most high-concept. Songs as reflective as \u201c16 Carriages\u201d or just as wildly fun as the Shaboozey-aided \u201cSpaghettii\u201d or Tina-esque \u201cYa Ya\u201d stand on their own, even as, sure, they are bullet points in some kind of position paper about genre and reclamation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>3. Jack White, \u2018No Name\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg?resize=250,140 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jack-again-Album-Cover-Treatment.jpg?resize=250,140 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhen I see legions of Jack White and White Stripes fans rush to acclaim \u201cNo Name\u201d as the album they\u2019d been waiting for from him for the last 20 years, I have a defensiveness that kicks in; those other albums that didn\u2019t completely meet their expectations were all remarkable in their own ways, however subdued or eclectic or gonzo each one might have been. But screw it\u2026 the masses are not wrong in collectively deciding that the raw power of \u201cNo Name\u201d is peak Jack. The test of that has been White\u2019s ongoing tour, in which each night White sprinkles an average of seven or so new songs into the set each night. Out of context, it suddenly seems hard to be sure that these riff-o-ramas are actually fresh material and not, say, stuff that you\u2019ve been familiar with since the turn of the century. Now more than ever, it feels like White is single-handedly keeping the glory of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll alive, a figure as potent as the singing guitar heroes of the classic rock era. To quote a nemesis: He alone can fix it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>4. Billie Eilish, \u2018Hit Me Hard and Soft\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Billie Eilish 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' best albums 2024\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=250,140 250w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Billie Eilish 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' best albums 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=450,253 450w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/billie-Album-Cover-Treatment-copy-.jpg?resize=250,140 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Interscope\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cSubtle blockbuster\u201d may seem like an oxymoron, but Eilish\u2019s third full-length album took audiences down some trickier and even quieter paths than before \u2014 an integrity that has been rewarded by a seemingly permanent berth in the top 10 ever since it came out in the spring. Whatever equanimity the title promises, this one is definitely about the soft sell, not the hard one. Maybe there was one exception to that bold no-bangers policy, \u201cLunch,\u201d with a big bass sound and saucy lyrics designed to cunningly linger in the 2024 pop zeitgeist. But everything else here feels about 50 shades of low-key, and always transfixingly so, in her and Finneas\u2019 no-skips smorgasbord. \u201cBirds of a Feather,\u201d the rare ray of pure sunshine on one of her records, is the outlier that eventually turned into her biggest smash to date. But even the more characteristically dark songs catch you up in flight. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>5. Sierra Ferrell, \u2018Trail of Flowers\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"sierra ferrell trail of flowers best albums 2023\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sierra.jpg?w=300\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sierra.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sierra.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sierra.jpg?resize=300,300 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sierra.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"sierra ferrell trail of flowers best albums 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sierra.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sierra.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sierra.jpg?resize=300,300 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNo wonder she\u2019s gone from grass roots to being put on stadium stages by Zach Bryan and Post Malone. With her second Rounder release, Ferrell cemented her status as the new queen of roots music, or at least the youngest and most obvious current contender for the crown. She has an unerring voice you could languish in for days, and material to match. \u201cFox Hunt\u201d skews toward her bluegrass influences; \u201cWhy Haven\u2019t You Loved Me Yet\u201d is pure country two-stepping material; \u201cWish You Well\u201d is a heartbreakingly bittersweet farewell ballad; and \u201cLighthouse\u201d is the kind of campfire love song a hepster, a toddler or a grandma could sing along to. If anyone can unite the jam-band crowd, singer-songwriter enthusiasts, Gram Parsons-loving country-rockers, hippies and hillbillies, it\u2019s Ferrell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>6. Father John Misty, \u2018Mahashmashana\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tYou could call this the feel-bad hit of 2024, so little hope does Father John seem to have for the human experiment, or human accident. But the cold slaps he delivers with his lyrical takedowns of mankind\u2019s folly once again come wrapped in elegant, sweeping, haunting melodies and production that make it all go down like a fine wine. \u201cMahashmashana\u201d is hardly an album for everybody; maybe Misty\u2019s disinterest in providing a title you can rattle off to the record-store clerk is evidence enough of that. But no one has the same way of writing about subjects ranging from MeToo-ism to the Cessation of All Things. if you have an interest in rock that is both luscious and lacerating, you share a gallows sense of humor, <em>and<\/em> you relate to an anxiety and existential fatalism that only occasionally find flowers rising from amid the cracks, then you may find his latest opus as beautiful as it is unsettling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>7. Kendrick Lamar, \u2018GNX\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn one of the more angrily hilarious lyrics on \u201cGNX\u201d \u2014 at least for those with a little biblical literacy \u2014 Lamar likens himself to one of the great figures of the Old Testament, making animal sacrifices that simply have to be done: \u201cThe Black Noah, I just strangled me a goat.\u201d The would be GOAT in question, of course, would be Drake, whose presence as a nemesis on \u201cGNX\u201d stretches far beyond what you might have even expected, given that the other guy stopped fighting back a long time ago. That\u2019s not the only grudge that pops up on the album \u2014 he starts it off complaining about an L.A. mural being painted over, which Drake probably didn\u2019t do personally \u2014 but his inability to let things go makes for riveting art. (In that way, he\u2019s a little like Taylor Swift, actually.) It\u2019s weird, but wonderful when you think about it, that the album basically comes off as a sequel to a keystone song he didn\u2019t think it was important to include. But there\u2019s good sense and even generosity as well as pissed-off righteousness in these tracks \u2014 including the way it benefits from having SZA in for the only superstar feature amid a slew of local talents, and actually giving the most prominent \u201cfeatured\u201d time to a mariachi singer. With its wealth of ear-tickling production values, the album is even cooler as a piece of musicality than it is as a rage spiral.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>8. Halsey, \u2018The Great Impersonator\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhen I reviewed Halsey\u2019s latest in October, I called it \u201cconfessional pop at its most ambitious and devastating,\u201d at least in its peak moments, which are many. And, to be honest, there is not a critical consensus that has joined me in that assessment; I have yet to notice this album on any of the dozens of other top 10s I\u2019ve scoured up to this moment of writing. But I\u2019m happy to stick by it. A lot of writers either just ignored the album (listen, it\u2019d already been a long year for female pop singers admitting their deepest feelings in song \u2014 confessional fatigue?), or they derided the ostensible concept. On the surface, \u201cThe Great Impersonator\u201d had Halsey working in the styles of her heroines from the last 50 years, and even dressing up as her predecessors for elaborate photo shoots. But that was really just an overlay \u2014 a kind of fakeout, if you will \u2014 to disguise the real theme of the album, one that is not nearly as inviting for social media memes: what it is like to traumatically lose love while already in the midst of debilitating chronic illness. It\u2019s tough stuff. But I don\u2019t only love the moving emotional core of the record; I also love the candy shell that she built around it. Give this remarkable album a chance to melt in your mouth, whenever you\u2019re ready for it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>9. Aaron Lee Tasjan, \u2018Stellar Evolution\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOne of the sleepers of the year. Tasjan was once heralded more as an Americana artist, but you wouldn\u2019t necessarily know that straight off from hearing the shiny stylistic range of \u201cStellar Evolution,\u201d which veers from cheeky glam-rock to luscious, Fountains of Wayne-style power-pop balladry to funky MTV-era synth-pop. Wedding it all together is a knack for fantastic hooks and a lyrical acumen that\u2019s witty when it needs to be (\u201cThe Drugs Did Me\u201d), or much more serious when he\u2019s writing anthems for the marginalized. Tasjan isn\u2019t just writing songs for an LGBTQ+ audience, but he\u2019s more forthright than ever in taking some of the material there, and in a year when the queer community might not be feeling the safest ever, he welcomed gay and straight fans alike with a true rainbow of a record, one that includes tracks as soberingly topical as \u201cNightmare\u201d or as delightful as the androgyny-celebrating \u201cPants.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>10. Kacey Musgraves, \u2018Deeper Well\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-not-a-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAfter giving us her honeymoon album (\u201cGolden Hour\u201d) and then a divorce album (\u201cStar-Crossed\u201d), Musgraves came back with a record that lands in a sweet spot somewhere in the middle, with songs that paint the singer as ready to invest in love again, but appropriately seasoned and skeptical about reopening her heart. But \u201cDeeper Well\u201d goes truly deeper than just songs about being gunshy or re-entertaining butterflies. It\u2019s also marked by beautiful numbers that ponder the veil between life and death, or catalog a shortlist of things that makes life on earth so precious, or question whether God is as alive as he\u2019s cracked up to be (the Grammy-nominated \u201cThe Architect\u201d). Gentle and full of finger-picking, the record is tranquil, anxious, and reassuringly tranquil in its anxiety. If only you could bottle an album like this up in pill form, but streaming delivery will do. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>Honorable mention:<\/em> Aoife O\u2019Donovan, \u201cAll My Friends\u201d; Lainey Wilson, \u201cWhirlwind\u201d; St. Vincent, \u201cAll Born Screaming\u201d; MJ Lenderman, \u201cManning Fireworks\u201d; Vampire Weekend, \u201cOnly God Was Above Us\u201d; Tems, \u201cBorn in the Wild\u201d; Charli XCX, \u201cBrat\u201d; Shelby Lynne, \u201cConsequences of the Crown\u201d; X, \u201cSmoke and Fiction\u201d; Kali Uchis, \u201cOrqu\u00eddeas\u201d; Gillian Welch &amp; David Rawlings, \u201cWoodland\u201d; Hanseroth Twins, \u201cVera\u201d; Doechiii, \u201cAlligator Bites Never Heal\u201d; T Bone Burnett, \u201cThe Other Side\u201d; Megan Moroney, \u201cAm I Okay?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/lists\/best-albums-2024\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please please please \u2026 may we have another year-in-music in 2025 as strong as this one? 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