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The Best Music of 2008
Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 2008. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 2008, check out this list.
| Albums (?) | Wikipedia | |
| AC/DC | Black Ice | ☆ |
| Adele | 19 | ☆ |
| Beck | Modern Guilt | ☆ |
| Beyoncé | I Am... Sasha Fierce | ☆ |
| Cage the Elephant | Cage the Elephant | ☆ |
| Coldplay | Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends | ☆ |
| Drive-By Truckers | Brighter Than Creation's Dark | ☆ |
| Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes | ☆ |
| Hans Zimmer | The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ☆ |
| Hot Chip | Made in the Dark | ☆ |
| Kanye West | 808s & Heartbreak | ☆ |
| Katy Perry | One of the Boys | ☆ |
| Kings of Leon | Only by the Night | ☆ |
| Lady Gaga | The Fame | ☆ |
| Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III | ☆ |
| Metallica | Death Magnetic | ☆ |
| My Morning Jacket | Evil Urges | ☆ |
| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! | ☆ |
| Original Broadway Cast | In the Heights | ☆ |
| Santogold | Santogold | ☆ |
| Slipknot | All Hope Is Gone | ☆ |
| Sugarland | Love on the Inside | ☆ |
| Taylor Swift | Fearless | ☆ |
| The Black Keys | Attack And Release | ☆ |
| The Blind Boys of Alabama | Down in New Orleans | ☆ |
| The Killers | Day & Age | ☆ |
| The Raconteurs | Consolers Of The Lonely | ☆ |
| The Roots | Rising Down | ☆ |
| The Ting Tings | We Started Nothing | ☆ |
| Thievery Corporation | Radio Retaliation | ☆ |
| TV on the Radio | Dear Science | ☆ |
| Vampire Weekend | Vampire Weekend | ☆ |
| Weezer | Weezer (Red Album) | ☆ |
| Zac Brown Band | The Foundation | ☆ |
| Songs (?) | Wikipedia | |
| Adele | Chasing Pavements | ☆ |
| Adele | Cold Shoulder | ☆ |
| All-American Rejects | Gives You Hell | ☆ |
| Be Your Own Pet | Becky | ☆ |
| Beyoncé | Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) | ☆ |
| Beyoncé | If I Were a Boy | ☆ |
| Britney Spears | Womanizer | ☆ |
| Cage the Elephant | Ain't No Rest for the Wicked | ☆ |
| Cage The Elephant | Back Against the Wall | ☆ |
| Coldplay | Viva La Vida | ☆ |
| Coldplay | Violet Hill | ☆ |
| Dave Porter | Breaking Bad Theme | ☆ |
| Duffy | Mercy | ☆ |
| Estelle feat. Kanye West | American Boy | ☆ |
| Fleet Foxes | White Winter Hymnal | ☆ |
| Girls Aloud | The Promise | ☆ |
| Hello Saferide | Anna | ☆ |
| Jason Mraz | I'm Yours | ☆ |
| Kanye West | Love Lockdown | ☆ |
| Kate Nash | Foundations | ☆ |
| Katy Perry | I Kissed a Girl | ☆ |
| Katy Perry | Hot n Cold | ☆ |
| Kings Of Leon | Sex On Fire | ☆ |
| Kings Of Leon | Use Somebody | ☆ |
| Lady Gaga | Just Dance | ☆ |
| Lady Gaga | Paparazzi | ☆ |
| Lady Gaga | Poker Face | ☆ |
| Lily Allen | The Fear | ☆ |
| M83 | Kim & Jessie | ☆ |
| Metric | Help I'm Alive | ☆ |
| Mogwai | Batcat | ☆ |
| My Morning Jacket | I'm Amazed | ☆ |
| Natasha Bedingfield | Pocketful of Sunshine | ☆ |
| Nebula | The Dagger | ☆ |
| Neon Neon | Dream Cars | ☆ |
| Panic! at the Disco | Nine in the Afternoon | ☆ |
| Paramore | Decode | ☆ |
| Parts & Labor | Nowheres Nigh | ☆ |
| Passion Pit | Sleepyhead | ☆ |
| Portishead | Machine Gun | ☆ |
| Rihanna | Disturbia | ☆ |
| Rihanna | Take a Bow | ☆ |
| Santogold | L.E.S. Artistes | ☆ |
| Slipknot | Psychosocial | ☆ |
| T.I. | Whatever You Like | ☆ |
| T.I. feat. Rihanna | Live Your Life | ☆ |
| Taylor Swift | Love Story | ☆ |
| Taylor Swift | You Belong With Me | ☆ |
| The Killers | Human | ☆ |
| The Killers | Spaceman | ☆ |
| The Knux | Bang! Bang! | ☆ |
| The Raconteurs | Salute Your Solution | ☆ |
| The Ting Tings | That's Not My Name | ☆ |
| The Ting Tings | Shut Up and Let Me Go | ☆ |
| TV on the Radio | Golden Age | ☆ |
| TV on the Radio | DLZ | ☆ |
| Vampire Weekend | A-Punk | ☆ |
| Weezer | Pork and Beans | ☆ |
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