The best albums of 2024, according to Rolling Stone

“With ‘Espresso’ and ‘Please Please Please,’ Sabrina Carpenter secured two strong contenders for Song of the Summer. But she caps her meteoric rise with Short n’ Sweet, her definitive coronation album, showcasing his talent for turning romantic tragedies into pop Brilliant and irreverent Carpenter’s nonchalance isn’t just on vacation: he’s in a coma These songs are often dirty, always funny, often cruel, but he makes fun of herself together with everyone else a strange sight seems like an eternity’.”

5. Billie Eilish, “Hit Me Hard and Slow”

“‘You don’t want to know how lonely I’ve been,’ Billie Eilish sings midway through Hit Me Hard and Soft. Her third album is her coming-of-age album, but also her coming-out album, with a constant twist of emotion and rapid musical turns she goes from depression, isolation and misery to the explicit electro-goth lust of “Lunch”, where she is enchanted by a muse who is “a desire, not a passion”. evolved as a pop artist, but it’s also a promising omen that the best Billie is yet to come.”

6. Tyla, “Tyla”

“22-year-old South African Tyla’s highly anticipated debut album arrives at a time when South African amapiano is about to go global like never before. Come on. Her global hit ‘Water’ was undeniable, but most catchy here are the songs that feel less like happy hour in a luxury hotel and more after-hours moments, “Truth or Dare” puts the drum beats in the spotlight, as the stacked vocal choir takes flight Same goes for “No. 1”, Tyla’s collaboration with Afrobeat queen Tems.

7. Future and Metro Boomin, “We Don’t Trust You”

“History will remember Future and Metro Boomin’s collaborative project, We Don’t Trust You, as the catalyst for hip-hop’s great change in vibe. In a rap world full of commentary lamenting the lack of big hits, it offer many, starting with ‘Like That’, filled with revolutionary verses from Kendrick Lamar. The album offers future classics like “Fried” and “Type Shit,” featuring a towering Playboi Carti.

8. Ariana Grande, “Eternal Sunshine”

“Ariana Grande’s seventh album is a stunningly exposed journey to the end of her world – or at least what she believes is the end. It’s an album about divorce that navigates all the stages of grief, as the singer faces a new beginning with some of the most honest and creative music of her career to date. After “Intro (End of the World)” asks the album’s central question, she spends the next few tracks fighting for herself or her relationship instead. of songs that evoke everything Robyn to Diana Ross and Aaliyah.”

9. Doechii, “Alligator Bites Never Heal”

“With her album Alligator Bites Never Heal (a nod to the Florida roots of the self-proclaimed ‘Swamp Princess’), Doechii establishes herself as a fully realized artist with immense technical and curatorial skill. On it, she masterfully glides through the rough boom -bap to sensual electronica, dance music, Miami jook and sincere soul, always with a sharp pen and brilliant charisma. His various vocal tics and beat choices often reminiscent of Kendrick Lamar – but she also sounds like a student of A Tribe Called Quest, Missy Elliott and Nicki Minaj, but most of the time she sounds just like Doechii.”

10. Waxahatchee, “Tiger’s Blood”

“‘I drank someone else’s juice and left only the husk,’ boasts Katie Crutchfield. She has every right to sound arrogant. The veteran indie rock heroine has gained many new fans with her hit Saint Cloud of 2020, adopting a quieter style of heartfelt rock & roll. Tigers Blood is even more rugged and confident, a master storyteller fully aware of being on the crest of a wave sobriety, of the day job. keep it all together – with the poetic voice of a Lucinda Williams who came of age playing DIY basement punk shows.”