Best Albums of 2018

Listed below are the best albums of 2018 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 57,000 greatest album charts.

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summaryThe best artists of 2018 were Car Seat Headrest, Kids See Ghosts, Idles, Beach House, Parquet Courts, Daughters, MGMT, Arctic Monkeys, Kacey Musgraves and Earl Sweatshirt.
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Buy album United States
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Buy album United States
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2018
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Buy album United States
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2018
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18
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2018
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Buy album United States
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  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
2018
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Rank Score:
18
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2018
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18
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 100 of 100

Best Albums of 2018 composition

Country Albums %


United States 469 47%
United Kingdom 192 19%
Mixed Nationality 41 4%
Australia 38 4%
Canada 36 4%
Germany 28 3%
France 21 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 985 99%
Yes 15 2%
Live? Albums %
No 976 98%
Yes 24 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 988 99%
Yes 12 1%
Best Artists of the 2020s
1. Black Country, New Road
2. The Strokes
3. Charli XCX
4. Little Simz
5. Kendrick Lamar
6. Fontaines D.C.
7. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
8. Big Thief
9. Taylor Swift
10. The Smile
11. Phoebe Bridgers
12. Fiona Apple
13. Lana Del Rey
14. Black Midi
15. Sufjan Stevens
16. The Weeknd
17. Magdalena Bay
18. Jessie Ware
19. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra
20. Tyler, The Creator
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