⇦ 2007

2009 ⇨

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	☆
Britney Spears	Circus	☆
Cage the Elephant	Cage the Elephant	☆
Coldplay	Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends	☆
Cut Copy	In Ghost Colours	☆
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!!!	☆
Oasis	Dig Out Your Soul	☆
Original Broadway Cast	In the Heights	☆
Panic! At the Disco	Pretty. Odd.	☆
Pink	Funhouse	☆
Rise Against	Appeal to Reason	☆
Santogold	Santogold	☆
Shinedown	The Sound of Madness	☆
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	☆

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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	☆
Britney Spears	Circus	☆
Britney Spears	If U Seek Amy	☆
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	☆
Hot Chip	Ready for the Floor	☆
Jason Mraz	I'm Yours	☆
Kanye West	Love Lockdown	☆
Kate Nash	Foundations	☆
Katy Perry	I Kissed a Girl	☆
Katy Perry	Hot n Cold	☆
Katy Perry	Waking Up in Vegas	☆
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	☆
Mariah Carey	Touch My Body	☆
Metric	Help I'm Alive	☆
Mogwai	Batcat	☆
My Morning Jacket	I'm Amazed	☆
Natasha Bedingfield	Pocketful of Sunshine	☆
Ne-Yo	Closer	☆
Nebula	The Dagger	☆
Neon Neon	Dream Cars	☆
Panic! at the Disco	Nine in the Afternoon	☆
Paramore	Decode	☆
Parts & Labor	Nowheres Nigh	☆
Passion Pit	Sleepyhead	☆
Pink	So What	☆
Pink	Sober	☆
Portishead	Machine Gun	☆
Rihanna	Disturbia	☆
Rihanna	Take a Bow	☆
Santogold	L.E.S. Artistes	☆
Shinedown	Second Chance	☆
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	☆

⇦ 2007

2009 ⇨