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The Best Music of 2018

Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 2018. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 2018, check out this list.

Albums (?)Wikipedia
Alice in ChainsRainier Fog☆
Arctic MonkeysTranquility Base Hotel & Casino☆
Ariana GrandeSweetener☆
Ashley McBrydeGirl Going Nowhere☆
Bad BunnyX 100pre☆
Brandi CarlileBy the Way, I Forgive You☆
Cardi BInvasion of Privacy☆
Carrie UnderwoodCry Pretty☆
ChvrchesLove Is Dead☆
Courtney BarnettTell Me How You Really Feel☆
Dave Matthews BandCome Tomorrow☆
David ByrneAmerican Utopia☆
Emma Ruth RundleOn Dark Horses☆
Father John MistyGod's Favorite Customer☆
GhostPrequelle☆
HozierWasteland, Baby!☆
Imagine DragonsOrigins☆
Janelle MonáeDirty Computer☆
John PrineThe Tree of Forgiveness☆
Judas PriestFirepower☆
Juice WRLDGoodbye & Good Riddance☆
Kacey MusgravesGolden Hour☆
Kamasi WashingtonHeaven and Earth ☆
Kanye WestYe☆
Kendrick Lamar and Various ArtistsBlack Panther Soundtrack☆
Lucy DacusHistorian☆
Mac MillerSwimming☆
MGMTLittle Dark Age☆
MitskiBe the Cowboy☆
Nipsey HussleVictory Lap☆
of MontrealWhite Is Relic/Irrealis Mood☆
Panic! At the DiscoPray for the Wicked☆
Playboi CartiDie Lit☆
Post MaloneBeerbongs & Bentleys☆
RobynHoney☆
RosalíaEl Mal Querer☆
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80Black Times☆
SophieOil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides☆
The 1975A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships☆
Travis ScottAstroworld☆
twenty one pilotsTrench☆
Various ArtistsA Star Is Born: Original Soundtrack☆
Songs (?)Wikipedia
5 Seconds of SummerYoungblood☆
Arctic MonkeysFour Out of Five☆
Ariana Grandethank u, next☆
Ariana Grandebreathin'☆
Ariana Grandeno tears left to cry☆
Billie EilishYou Should See Me in a Crown☆
Brandi CarlileThe Joke☆
Brandi CarlileThe Mother☆
Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J BalvinI Like It☆
Childish GambinoThis Is America☆
Courtney BarnettNameless, Faceless☆
Dan + ShaySpeechless☆
DrakeGod's Plan☆
Florence + the MachineHunger☆
GhostDance Macabre☆
Gorillaz ft. George BensonHumility☆
Greta Van FleetWhen the Curtain Falls☆
Imagine DragonsNatural☆
Janelle MonaeMake Me Feel☆
John PrineSummer's End☆
Judas PriestNo Surrender☆
Juice WRLDLucid Dreams☆
Kacey MusgravesButterflies☆
Kacey MusgravesSlow Burn☆
Kacey MusgravesHigh Horse☆
Kendrick Lamar feat. SZAAll The Stars☆
Lady Gaga (w/ Bradley Cooper)Shallow☆
Lana Del ReyMariners Apartment Complex☆
Leon BridgesBad Bad News☆
Lewis CapaldiSomeone You Loved☆
Mumford & SonsGuiding Light☆
MuseThought Contagion☆
Nicholas BritellSuccession (Main Title Theme)☆
Nine Inch NailsGod Break Down the Door☆
Of MontrealParanoiac Intervals/Body Dysmorphia☆
Panic! at the DiscoHigh Hopes☆
Panic! at the DiscoHey Look Ma, I Made It☆
Post Malone feat. Swae LeeSunflower☆
RobynMissing U☆
The StrutsBody Talks☆
Toby Keith Don't Let the Old Man In☆
Travis Scott feat. Drake, Swae Lee, Big HawkSicko Mode☆
twenty one pilotsChlorine☆
WeezerAfrica☆

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