Best Albums of 2015

« View best albums of 2014View best albums of 2016 »

Listed below are the best albums of 2015 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 46,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

2015 year summaryThe best artists of 2015 were Kendrick Lamar, Sufjan Stevens, Tame Impala, Father John Misty, Grimes, Courtney Barnett, Beach House, Carly Rae Jepsen, Steven Wilson and Jamie xx.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Share | |

Collector's summary (top 973) (filtered)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

This chart is currently filtered to only show non compilation albums. (Remove this filter)

Sort by

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,635 charts

Rank Score:

40,599

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

90 (2,057 votes)

Comments:

348

Carrie & Lowell

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,123 charts

Rank Score:

19,685

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

876 charts

Rank Score:

11,193

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

157

Average Rating:

82 (1,299 votes)

Comments:

113

I Love You, Honeybear

Father John Misty

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

629 charts

Rank Score:

7,044

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

272

Average Rating:

80 (850 votes)

Comments:

Art Angels

Grimes

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

485 charts

Rank Score:

4,591

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

416

Average Rating:

79 (605 votes)

Comments:

Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit

Courtney Barnett

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

505 charts

Rank Score:

3,931

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

304 charts

Rank Score:

3,477

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

268 charts

Rank Score:

3,341

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

396 charts

Rank Score:

3,126

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

601

Average Rating:

78 (580 votes)

Comments:

10.

The Epic

Kamasi Washington

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

393 charts

Rank Score:

3,097

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

606

Average Rating:

82 (450 votes)

Comments:

« prev
1
2
3
4
...
97
98
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 973. Page 1 of 98

Best Albums of 2015 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	6	1%
Prince	2	0%
Nicolas Jaar	2	0%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	2	0%
Periphery	2	0%
Max Richter	2	0%
Death Grips	2	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	466	47%
	200	20%
	50	5%
	35	4%
	29	3%
	27	3%
	23	2%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	973	97%
Yes	27	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	985	99%
Yes	15	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	995	100%
Yes	5	1%

« View best albums of 2014View best albums of 2016 »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Email Address
Forgotten passwords and other site notifications are sent to the email address saved on your profile. If you've changed your email address recently, please remember to update it on your profile page. (If you can't remember your password, and your email address is out of date, please contact us for assistance getting back into your account).