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Highest Rated Albums of 2019

Decade

2010s
- All Time
- 2010s

Genre

All
- - All
  - Abstract Hip Hop
  - Alternative R&B
  - Art Pop
  - Chamber Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Experimental Hip Hop
  - Folk
  - Glitch Pop
  - Hip Hop
  - Indie Folk
  - Indie Pop
- - Indie Rock
  - Metal
  - Neo-Psychedelia
  - Neo-Soul
  - Pop
  - Pop Rap
  - Pop Rock
  - Psychedelic
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Trap Rap

2019

1. Xiu Xiu - Girl with Basket of Fruit

February 8, 2019

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2. Little Simz - GREY Area

March 1, 2019

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3. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising

April 5, 2019

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4. Otoboke Beaver - Itekoma Hits

April 26, 2019

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5. Tyler, the Creator - IGOR

May 17, 2019

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6. Lingua Ignota - Caligula

July 19, 2019

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7. Charli XCX - Charli

September 13, 2019

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8. Richard Dawson - 2020

October 11, 2019

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9. Matana Roberts - COIN COIN Chapter Four: Memphis

October 18, 2019

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10. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!

August 30, 2019

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11. Malibu Ken - Malibu Ken

January 18, 2019

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12. Matmos - Plastic Anniversary

March 15, 2019

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13. Ariana Grande - thank u, next

February 8, 2019

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14. PUP - Morbid Stuff

April 5, 2019

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15. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You

April 19, 2019

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16. Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

March 29, 2019

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17. Quelle Chris - Guns

March 29, 2019

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18. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana

June 28, 2019

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19. Blu & Oh No - A Long Red Hot Los Angeles Summer Night

March 1, 2019

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20. The Comet Is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery

March 15, 2019

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21. Flume - Hi This Is Flume

March 20, 2019

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22. slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain

May 17, 2019

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23. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Hiding Places

March 29, 2019

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24. Sunn O))) - Pyroclasts

October 25, 2019

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25. Uboa - The Origin of My Depression

February 14, 2019

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Needle Drop awarded albums throughout 2019.

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