Albums I find to be a trickier ranking than songs, because often “best” is not always “favourite” and there are certainly records in here that are objectively better than others but I didn’t necessarily love them more. So this is very much a list of favourites, though the #1 spot is also the best, don’t get it twisted. What a ten years its been! Here’s hoping for ten more as good as this.
50. BROCKHAMPTON – SATURATION II
49. CARDI B – INVASION OF PRIVACY
48. TRAVIS SCOTT – ASTROWORLD
47. STORMZY – GANG SIGNS & PRAYERS
46. CHANCE THE RAPPER – COLORING BOOK
45. SKEPTA – KONICHIWA
44. PARAMORE – PARAMORE
43. TEGAN AND SARA – HEARTTHROB
42. KHALID – AMERICAN TEEN
41. SZA – CTRL
40. ROBYN – BODY TALK
39. ALPHABEAT – THE BEAT IS
38. NAO – SATURN
37. SOLANGE – A SEAT AT THE TABLE
36. RAE SREMMURD – SREMMLIFE
35. TOVE STYRKE – SWAY
34. BRITNEY SPEARS – GLORY
33. NICKI MINAJ – THE PINKPRINT
32. FRANK OCEAN – BLONDE
31. FALL OUT BOY – SAVE ROCK AND ROLL
30. KACEY MUSGRAVES – SAME TRAILER DIFFERENT PARK
29. THE PRETTY RECKLESS – LIGHT ME UP
28. LANA DEL REY – NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL!
27. MUNA – SAVES THE WORLD
26. TOVE LO – QUEEN OF THE CLOUDS
25. BROCKHAMPTON – IRIDESCENCE
24. JAY-Z & KANYE WEST – WATCH THE THRONE
23. TYLER, THE CREATOR – IGOR
22. KENDRICK LEMAR – DAMN.
21. SCISSOR SISTERS – NIGHT WORK
20. RIHANNA – ANTI
19. KANYE WEST – MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY
18. J HUS – COMMON SENSE
17. KACEY MUSGRAVES – GOLDEN HOUR
16. MUNA – ABOUT U
15. THE 1975 – A BRIEF INQUIRY INTO ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS
14. KENDRICK LEMAR – TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY
13. BEYONCÉ – LEMONADE
12. KANYE WEST – YEEZUS
11. LADY GAGA – THE FAME / MONSTER
10. TYLER, THE CREATOR – SCUM FUCK FLOWER BOY
9. KELIS – FLESH TONE
8. DRAGONETTE – BODYPARTS
7. ARIANA GRANDE – DANGEROUS WOMAN
6. THE 1975 – I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP FOR, YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL YET SO UNAWARE OF IT
5. BRITNEY SPEARS – FEMME FATALE
4. JANELLE MONAÉ – DIRTY COMPUTER
3. CARLY RAE JEPSEN – E•MO•TION
2. ARIANA GRANDE – THANK U, NEXT
1. KATY PERRY – TEENAGE DREAM