2023 Music Year End Lists
Check out our comprehensive collection of 2023 music year-end lists from various publications. Discover the top-rated album or song crowned the best from your second favorite music news source.
The 50 best albums of 2023 (Albumism)
The Allmusic 2023 year in review
AllMusic’s Best of 2023
50 best albums of 2023 (Alt Press)
The Alt’s top 55 releases of 2023 & award winners (The Alternative)
AP’s top albums of 2023: Music from Olivia Rodrigo, Peso Pluma, the Rolling Stones and more
The 10 best albums of 2023 (The Atlantic)
The 27 best albums of 2023 (AV Club)
The best albums of 2023: Essential releases (Bandcamp)
BBC Radio 6 Music albums of the year 2023
The 50 best albums of 2023: Staff list (Billboard)
The 100 best songs of 2023: Staff Picks (Billboard)
The 30 Best Dance Tracks of 2023: Staff Picks (Billboard)
The 10 best country albums of 2023: Staff Picks (Billboard)
Top 10 albums of the year 2023 (Bleep)
BPM’S Top 50 albums of 2023 (BPM)
25 best rap albums of 2023 (BrooklynVegan)
50 best punk albums of 2023 (BrooklynVegan)
The best albums of 2023 (Business Insider)
Albums Of The Year 2023 (Clash)
The best albums of 2023 (Complex)
The 50 best albums of 2023 (Consequence)
The top 50 albums of the year (Crack)
The 30 best reggae and dancehall albums of 2023 (Dancehall Mag) New
The 20 best albums of 2023 (Dazed)
SPOILER: Here are Decibel’s top 40 albums of 2023 (Decibel)
DIY’s albums of the year 2023
DIY’s tracks of the year 2023
DJ Mag’s top albums of 2023
DJ Mag’s top tracks of 2023
Dork’s top 50 albums of 2023 (Dork)
The 20 best albums of 2023 (Esquire)
Exclaim!’s 50 best albums of 2023
The 50 best albums of 2023 (The Fader)
The 100 best songs of 2023 (The Fader)
The best albums of 2023 (Flood Magazine)
Best albums of 2023 (Fopp)
Glide’s 20 best album for 2023 (Glide)
Albums of the year for 2023 (God Is In The TV)
Gorilla VS. Bear’s albums of 2023 (Gorilla vs. Bear)
Gorilla vs. Bear’s songs of 2023 (Gorilla vs. Bear)
The best music projects of 2023 (Hypebeast)
KCRW best of 2023 – Best albums
The 50 best albums of 2023 (Kerrang)
The Kerrang! staff’s top albums of 2023
The Line of Best Fit’s albums of the year 2023
Loud And Quiet albums of the year 2023
The 10 best alt metal albums of 2023 (Louder)
The 10 best indie albums of 2023 (Louder)
The 50 best rock albums of 2023 (Louder)
The 10 best metalcore albums of 2023 (Louder)
Louder Than War albums of 2023
Metal Injection’s top 20 albums of 2023
Top 25 albums of 2023 chosen by the Metal Injection Readers Poll
The best albums of 2023 (NME)
Northern Transmissions Best Albums of 2023 (Northern Transmissions)
Best of NPR’s Tiny Desk 2023 New
Best albums of 2023 (NPR)
Best songs of 2023 (NPR)
Nylon’s top albums of 2023 (Nylon)
The 50 best albums of 2023 (Paste)
The 50 best albums of 2023 (Pitchfork)
The 100 best songs of 2023 (Pitchfork)
The 80 best albums of 2023 (Pop Matters)
Quietus albums of the year 2023 (In Association With Norman Records)
The best albums of 2023 (Resident Advisor)
30 best albums of 2023 (Revolver Magazine)
The 100 best albums of 2023 (Rolling Stone)
Albums of the year 2023 (Rough Trade)
The 50 best albums of 2023 (Slant)
Staff’s top 50 albums of 2023: 50-31 (Sputnik Music)
The 50 best albums of 2023 (Stereogum)
Stereogum’s 50 favorite songs of 2023
The 10 best electronic albums of 2023 (Stereogum)
The 10 best metal albums Of 2023 (Stereogum)
Under the Radar’s top 100 albums of 2023
The best albums of 2023 (Uproxx)
Here are the best hip-hop projects of 2023 (XXL Magazine)
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The 50 best albums of 2023 (Pitchfork) image via Chris Panicker
Favorite Songs 2023 – Stereogum image via Stereogum