50) Jenny Hval – Classic Objects
49) Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti
48) Cate Le Bon – Pompeii
47) Weyes Blood – And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
46) Lee Bains & The Glory Fires – Old-Time Folks
45) Black Midi – Hellfire
44) Neil Young with Crazy Horse – World Record
43) White Lung – Premonition
42) Earl Sweatshirt – Sick!
41) Ari Lennox – Age/Sex/Location
40) Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time
39) Zola Jesus – Arkhon
38) Björk – Fossora
37) The 1975 – Being Funny in a Foreign Language
36) Aldous Harding – Warm Chris
35) Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen
34) Death Cab for Cutie – Asphalt Meadows
33) Natalia Lafourcade – De Todas las Flores
32) Burial – Antidawn
31) Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork
30) Yeat – Lyfë
29) Drake – Honestly, Nevermind
28) M.I.A. – Mata
27) Jockstrap – I Love You Jennifer B
26) Bladee & Ecco2k – Crest
25) Mitski – Laurel Hell
24) Charli XCX – Crash
23) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down
22) The Beths – Expert in a Dying Field
21) Alex G – God Save the Animals
20) Ethel Cain – Preacher’s Daughter
19) Daphni – Cherry
18) Taylor Swift – Midnights
17) Wet Leg – Wet Leg
16) The Weeknd – Dawn FM
15) Father John Misty – Chloë and the Next 20th Century
14) Pusha T – It’s Almost Dry
13) Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer
12) Hurray for the Riff Raff – Life on Earth
11) Nilüfer Yanya – Painless
10) Black Country, New Road – Ants from Up There
09) Hikaru Utada – Bad Mode
08) Angel Olsen – Big Time
07) Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
06) Rosalía – Motomami
05) Beach House – Once Twice Melody
04) FKA Twigs – Caprisongs
03) Alvvays – Blue Rev
02) Beyoncé – Renaissance
01) Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
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