Best Albums

NME

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Highest Rated Albums of 2022

Decade

2020s
- All Time
- 2020s
- 2010s
- 2000s
- 1990s

Source

Genre

All
- All
- Alternative Rock
- Art Pop
- Contemporary R&B
- Dance
- Dance Pop
- Electronic
- Electropop
- Folk
- Hip Hop
- Indie Pop
- Indie Rock
- K-Pop
- Pop
- Pop Rap
- Pop Rock
- Post-Punk
- Psychedelic
- Punk
- R&B
- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Synthpop
- Trap

2022

This is an ordered list of NME's highest rated albums of 2022. Check out NME's Year End List.

1. SZA - SOS

December 9, 2022

Contemporary R&B, Alternative R&B

Score

100

2. RM - Indigo

December 2, 2022

Pop Rap, Contemporary R&B

Score

100

3. Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow

November 18, 2022

Baroque Pop, Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

4. Nas - King's Disease III

November 11, 2022

East Coast Hip Hop, Boom Bap, Conscious Hip Hop, Hip Hop, Jazz Rap

Score

100

5. Wizkid - More Love, Less Ego

November 11, 2022

Afrobeats

Score

100

6. LEE CHANHYUK [이찬혁] - ERROR

October 17, 2022

K-Pop

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

7. Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork

October 21, 2022

Post-Punk, Spoken Word, Indie Rock

Score

100

8. Arctic Monkeys - The Car

October 21, 2022

Baroque Pop, Art Rock, Chamber Pop, Lounge

Score

100

9. SEULGI - 28 Reasons

October 4, 2022

K-Pop, Electropop, Alt-Pop

Score

100

10. Alex G - God Save the Animals

September 23, 2022

Indie Folk, Indie Rock, Alt-Country

Score

100

11. Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl

September 16, 2022

Pop Rock, Dance Pop

Score

100

12. The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta

September 16, 2022

Art Pop

Score

100

13. Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B

September 9, 2022

Glitch Pop, Art Pop

Score

100

14. Ena Mori - DON'T BLAME THE WILD ONE

July 29, 2022

Electropop

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

15. King Stingray - King Stingray

August 5, 2022

Surf Rock

Score

100

16. Fireboy DML - Playboy

August 5, 2022

Afrobeats

Score

100

17. Anish Kumar - Postcards

July 29, 2022

Tech House

Score

100

Source →

Amazon

18. Alex The Astronaut - How To Grow A Sunflower Under Water

July 22, 2022

Score

100

19. j-hope - Jack In The Box

July 15, 2022

Rap Rock, Pop Rap, Boom Bap, Hardcore Hip Hop

Score

100

20. Lil Silva - Yesterday Is Heavy

July 15, 2022

Alternative R&B, UK Funky

Score

100

21. Nova Twins - Supernova

June 17, 2022

Rap Rock, Industrial Rock, Punk Rock, Noise Rock, Nu Metal

Score

100

22. Just Mustard - Heart Under

May 27, 2022

Shoegaze, Noise Rock, Post-Punk, Gothic Rock

Score

100

23. Body Type - Everything Is Dangerous But Nothing's Surprising

May 20, 2022

Indie Rock

Score

100

24. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

May 13, 2022

Conscious Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop

Score

100

25. Kevin Morby - This Is A Photograph

May 13, 2022

Folk Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Chamber Pop

Score

100

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings NME awarded albums throughout 2022.