2022 Music

2022 was <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-albums-2022/jared-baly">a great year for music</a>, and an equally great year for album covers. Striking, creative, evocative, and visceral artwork graced the covers of some of 2022's best releases across all genres. From the most <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-pop-albums-2022/jared-baly">mainstream of pop</a> to the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-heavy-metal-albums-2022/jared-baly?ref=browse_list">heaviest of metal</a> and everything in between, below are 50 of the most memorable album covers of 2022. Vote up your favorite one.

The Best Album Cover Art of 2022

Musical Album

Brian Hauntly

Ranking the all-time greatest and hottest new Christmas songs and albums for your yuletide singalongs and party playlists.

That's the Jingle Bell Rock

Entertainment

Put on your Santa hats and head-bang to the best rock Christmas albums of all-time.&nbsp;Featuring great Christmas songs from <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-rock-bands-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">popular rock bands</a>, like Twisted Sister, The Killers, Bad Religion, and Weezer, this list of rock holiday albums includes your favorite carols performed in the styling&nbsp;of heavy metal, punk rock, hard rock, and more. What are the top Christmas rock albums ever?

Vote up the best rock Xmas albums ever, and happy holidays!

The Best Rock Christmas Albums Of All Time

The 50+ Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Christmas Albums of All Time, Ranked

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Jazz

While the chestnuts are roasting on an open fire,&nbsp;fill the room with the best <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/jazz-christmas-albums/christmas-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">jazz Christmas albums</a> of all-time. Featuring great Christmas songs from popular jazz singers, like Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, and Tony Bennett, this list of jazz holiday albums includes soft jazz, adult contemporary, easy listening music, and a sprinkle of swing. What are the top Christmas jazz albums ever?

Vote up the best jazz Xmas albums, and add your favorites if they deserve a spot on this list.

The Best Jazz Christmas Albums Of All Time

The 50+ Greatest Jazz Christmas Albums Ever, Ranked By Fans

Lists of the greatest country bands, artists, and songs, ranked by fans like you. 

Country Music for Country Fans

Country Music

Have yourself a honky tonk holiday with the best country Christmas albums of all-time, ranked by fans everywhere. Featuring good <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-country-christmas-songs/jovaughnbrown?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">country Christmas songs</a> from popular country singers, like Kacey Musgraves, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, and Brad Paisley, this list of country holiday albums is the perfect starting point for creating your Christmas music playlist. What are the top Christmas country albums ever?

Vote up the best country Xmas albums below, and happy holidays!

The Best Country Christmas Albums Of All Time

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Lists about the year-end holiday that lifts spirits and brings good tidings.

A Wonderful Christmas Time

Graveyard Shift

Always be prepared for the holidays&nbsp;with the best Christmas albums of all-time, ranked by fans everywhere. Featuring great Christmas music from popular artists, like Mariah Carey, Bing Crosby, Michael Bubl&eacute;, and Sia, this list of good holiday albums is the perfect starting point for creating your Christmas music playlist. What are the top Christmas albums ever?

Vote up the best Xmas albums below, and happy holidays!

The Greatest Christmas Albums Of All Time

The 100+ Most Popular Christmas Albums Ever, Ranked By Fans

Hip-Hop Albums

Time to update your playlists, because this year's hottest rap&nbsp;album releases&nbsp;are more fire than ever&nbsp;with innovative production&nbsp;and profound&nbsp;verses by many of your favorite hip hop artists. From Vince Staples' RAMONA PARK BROKE MY HEART and Gunna's DS4Ever to Grammy Award winner Megan Thee Stallion's Traumazine, 2022's top hip hop&nbsp;albums feature diverse rappers across a few&nbsp;decades and countless hip hop&nbsp;music subgenres, including&nbsp;trap, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/alternative-hip-hop-bands-and-musicians/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">alternative hip hop</a>, drill, R&amp;B, pop, reggaetón, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/southern-rap-bands-and-musicians/ranker-hip-hop?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">southern hip hop</a>, soul, funk, gangsta rap, electronic, and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/experimental-hip-hop-bands-and-artists/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">experimental hip hop</a>. 2021 XXL Freshman Coi Leray&nbsp;and Brooklyn native Fivio Foreign finally dropped&nbsp;their highly-anticipated debut studio&nbsp;albums,&nbsp;Trendsetter&nbsp;and&nbsp;B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth), and the late King Von (rest in power) released his posthumous full-length project&nbsp;What It Means to Be King.Which 2022 rap&nbsp;album will win a Grammy next year? How many of these full-length projects and mixtapes&nbsp;will surpass a billion streams across Spotify and Apple Music? Vote below for your favorite new rap&nbsp;albums, and feel free to check out these artists' discography lists afterwards if you'd like to discover more of their greatest studio LPs.

The Best Rap Albums Of 2022

The 25+ Best Rap Albums Of 2022, Ranked

Jared Baly

2022 Movies

Perhaps it comes as no surprise to cinephiles and music junkies worldwide that 2022's movie soundtracks feature some of the year's best music. However, these soundtracks' overall compositions, range of talent, musical diversity, and powerful cinematic accompaniments in particular give the last decade's content a run for its money. From <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/elvis-movie-soundtrack-songs/jared-baly">Baz Luhrmann's ELVIS collaborations</a> to Hans Zimmer and Lady Gaga's <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-top-gun-maverick-songs/jared-baly">Top Gun: Maverick musical masterpieces</a>, 2022's top soundtracks continue to shatter glass ceilings with flawless scores, innovative renditions of classic songs, and profound original singles.&nbsp;Which film soundtracks do you believe contain the best music this year? Vote below for the greatest film soundtracks of 2022, and vote down the albums that fail to live up to the year's finest full-length projects.&nbsp;

The Best Movie Soundtracks Of 2022

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Be festive all year long with <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-pop-songs-2021/jared-baly?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the best pop</a> Christmas albums of all-time, ranked by fans everywhere. Featuring great <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-pop-christmas-songs/jovaughnbrown?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">pop Christmas songs</a> from popular pop artists, like Mariah Carey, Justin Bieber, Michael Bubl&eacute;, and NSYNC, this list of pop holiday albums is the perfect starting point for creating your Christmas music playlist. What are the top Christmas pop albums ever?

Vote up the best pop Xmas albums below, and happy holidays!

The Best Pop Christmas Albums Of All Time

The 50+ Greatest Pop Christmas Albums Ever, Ranked By Fans

Christmas Music

&#39;Tis the season for ranking the best Christmas albums of the 2010s decade. From pop and jazz to R&amp;B and country, the most popular 2010s Christmas albums features holiday music from famous artists, like Michael Bubl&eacute;, Justin Bieber, Kacey Musgraves, Mariah Carey, and many more. If you&#39;re looking to make a Christmas playlist, this list of 2010s&nbsp;holiday albums is the perfect gift. What are your favorite Christmas albums of the decade?&nbsp;

Vote up the best Christmas albums of the 2010s, and add other good holidays albums that deserve to be on here.&nbsp;

The Most Essential Christmas Albums Of The 2010s

The 50+ Greatest Christmas Albums Of The 2010s Decade, Ranked

Nothing goes better with hot chocolate&nbsp;in the wintertime than the best R&amp;B Christmas albums of all-time.&nbsp;Featuring great&nbsp;Christmas songs from popular R&amp;B singers, like John Legend, Whitney Houston, Boyz II Men, and Mary J. Blige, this list of R&amp;B holiday albums is the perfect starting point for creating your Christmas music playlist. What are the top Christmas R&amp;B albums ever?

Vote up the best R&amp;B and soul Xmas albums, and add your favorites if they deserve a spot on this list.

The Best R&B Christmas Albums Of All Time

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The best new artists, albums, and hits for your 2023 playlists, ranked by over 1 million votes. Click to make your opinion heard.

You Gotta Hear This

2022

What are the best albums of 2022, you might ask? From R&amp;B pop superstar The Weeknd's Dawn FM&nbsp;to&nbsp;the Grammy Award-winning Queen Bey's&nbsp;sensational <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-beyonce-renaissance-songs/jared-baly">RENAISSANCE</a>, this year's LP discography contains countless bangers across every music genre. Alternative punk royalty and concert tour partners Avril Lavigne and Machine Gun Kelly both dropped their highly-anticipated albums Love Sux and mainstream sellout, and some of your <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-rock-bands-2022/jared-baly">favorite rock artists</a>&nbsp;(Slash, Eddie Vedder, Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Mellencamp, Scorpions) also released their latest studio projects-- all of which are bound to be followed by&nbsp;killer&nbsp;concert tours.&nbsp;So which 2022 albums were you most excited to listen to? Which ones played the most heavily in your rotation? Vote below for this year's greatest new albums (in your opinion), and vote down the ones that don't live up to their hype.&nbsp;

The Best Albums Of 2022

The Top 200+ Albums Of 2022, Ranked

Slipknot

Iowa metal favorites <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-slipknot-songs/voteable">Slipknot </a>first threw their heavy hat into the music arena in 1996 with a demo titled Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat., but not until their 1999 self-titled debut studio album did the nine-piece truly started <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/wtf-slipknot-stories/jacob-shelton">making waves on the metal scene</a>.Clad in matching jumpsuits and disturbing, custom-made masks, the band struck some metal fans as nothing more than a gimmick, but Slipknot's ferocious blend of nu-metal spoke for itself. And Slipknot's fans - affectionately dubbed “maggots” - have been eating it up ever since.Slipknot have released several albums since that 1999 debut. Vote up the albums you think are Slipknot's strongest, and vote down the albums you think are the band's weaker work.

Every Slipknot Album, Ranked By Maggots And Casual Listeners Alike

Rock

What are this year&#39;s hottest alternative&nbsp;albums, you might ask? We&#39;ve featured all of your favorite new alternative records for your eye and ear candy below.&nbsp;From Bastille&#39;s Give Me the Future&nbsp;to Oliver Tree&#39;s Cowboy Tears, 2022&#39;s top alternative&nbsp;albums feature diverse bands across multiple&nbsp;decades and countless subgenres, including indie rock,&nbsp;synth pop, new wave, pop punk, heavy metal, folk, alternative rock, CCM, art pop, disco, country, and Americana. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are back with their twelfth studio album&nbsp;Unlimited Love, and alt. pop crossover female artists Mitski and Avril Lavigne continue shattering glass ceilings with their latest full-length projects, Laurel Hell and Love Sux.&nbsp;

Which 2022 alternative&nbsp;album will win a Grammy next year? Will any of these full-length projects surpass a billion streams across Spotify and Apple Music? Vote up&nbsp;your favorite new alternative&nbsp;albums, and feel free to check out these artists&#39; discography lists afterwards if you&#39;d like to discover more of their greatest studio LPs.

The Best Alternative Albums Of 2022

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Classic Rock

We&#39;re ranking the best rock <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-albums-2022/jared-baly?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">albums of 2022</a> for your enjoyment (and also because it&#39;s our moral obligation as music junkies to provide you with this year&#39;s hottest rock records). From the Red Hot Chili Peppers&#39; Unlimited Love&nbsp;to the Scorpions&#39;&nbsp;Rock Believer, 2022&#39;s top rock albums feature diverse bands across six decades and countless subgenres, including alternative rock, heavy metal, indie rock, pop rock, new wave, punk rock, country, folk rock, CCM, blues rock, and Americana. Classic rock legends Eddie Vedder, John Mellencamp, Slash, Elvis Costello, Tears For Fears, and&nbsp;Bryan Adams&nbsp;released their umpteenth studio albums this year, and millennial punk royalty Avril Lavigne and Machine Gun Kelly dropped their latest records Love Sux and Mainstream Sellout while also collaborating on each other&#39;s albums.&nbsp;

Which 2022 rock album will win a Grammy next year? Will any of these full-length projects surpass a billion streams across Spotify and Apple Music? Vote below for your favorite new rock albums, and feel free to check out these artists&#39; discography lists afterwards if you&#39;d like to discover more of their greatest studio LPs.

The Best Rock Albums Of 2022

The 75+ Best Rock Albums Of 2022, Ranked

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The Greatest Albums

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2010s: A Decade in Review

The Best of the 2010s

Here are the&nbsp;best albums&nbsp;of the decade, ranked by fans everywhere.&nbsp;Featuring popular music from some of the biggest artists today, this list of the top 2010s albums&nbsp;includes the best of rock, pop, rap, EDM, R&amp;B, and more.&nbsp;From Adele&#39;s&nbsp;2012&nbsp;Grammy-winning album 21 to Janelle Mon&aacute;e&#39;s 2019 critically acclaimed concept album&nbsp;Dirty Computer,&nbsp;the 2010s decade was filled with so many good albums. Which 2010s release will be regarded as the album of the decade?&nbsp;

Vote up the best albums of the 2010s, and add your favorites if they deserve to be on this list.&nbsp;

The Greatest Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked

The 100+ Best Albums Of The 2010s Decade, Ranked By Fans

Hard Rock

In case you haven't heard because you were too busy jamming out to last year's heavy&nbsp;metal music, 2022's heavy metal&nbsp;album releases&nbsp;are coming in hot every week with electrifying guitar solos and intoxicating melodies&nbsp;by many of your favorite <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-heavy-metal-bands-that-i-know/music-lover?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">heavy metal bands</a>. From Korn's Requiem and Ghost's IMPERA to Arch Enemy's Deceivers, 2022's <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/shreddits-top-metal-albums?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">top metal albums</a> feature diverse metal groups across four&nbsp;decades and countless&nbsp;subgenres, including industrial metal, nu metal, metalcore, progressive metal, hardcore punk, thrash metal,&nbsp;blackgaze, hard rock, power metal, alternative, and sludge metal. Indian folk metal band Bloodywood finally released their debut studio album Rakshak, and Black Sabbath veteran vocalist Tony Martin dropped his third solo album Thorns.&nbsp;Which 2022 heavy metal&nbsp;album will win a Grammy next year? How many of these full-length projects will surpass a billion streams across Spotify and Apple Music? Vote below for your favorite new heavy metal&nbsp;albums, and feel free to check out these artists' discography lists afterwards if you'd like to discover more of their greatest studio LPs.

The Best Heavy Metal Albums Of 2022

The 25+ Best Heavy Metal Albums Of 2022, Ranked

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Rock oder Büste

AC/DC

AC/DC is among the most iconic bands in rock and roll history. The ultimate garage band, they have achieved a status few bands are capable of. They have the ability to appeal to fans of most any genre of music without changing their sound, and this is just one of the reasons why they are considered by many to be one of the <a href="/crowdranked-list/the-best-rock-bands-of-all-time" target="_blank">best rock bands of all time</a>. Vote for the AC/DC albums you love the most, and of course, rerank this list in any order you like. Which of AC/DC's 15 studio albums rank highest on this list is arguably dependent on whether you are a fan of Bon Scott or Brian Johnson. The truth is, both fit the AC/DC sound perfectly, and Bon would no doubt look down from on high with thumbs or horns raised. There is no doubt, however, that these albums contain some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/ac-and-dc-best-songs-ever-/aargh" target="_blank">greatest AC/DC songs</a> ever recorded. AC/DC is an enduring rock band in an era when great bands often fall on the wayside in favor of newer, &quot;hotter&quot; young groups. Why? Because this band recorded some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-albums-of-all-time" target="_blank">greatest albums of all time</a>. The AC/DC repertoire&nbsp;is chock full of amazing albums that are all classics. Now we'll get to decide once and for all which AC/DC album is the best!

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Hard Rock & Heavy Metal

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Shreddit's top metal albums include some of the best and most classic extreme metal albums ever made. For casual fans, some of these album titles might be new, but they're certainly worth checking out. Longtime fans, however, will likely instantly recognize several of these albums, and realize that they are from some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-heavy-metal-bands-that-i-know" target="_blank">greatest heavy metal bands</a> of all time. This is where the votes come in: Cast your votes up or down, based on your own personal opinions. You can also add any of your favorites that might not be listed, and of course, you can (and should) re-rank this list of Shreddit's favorite metal albums any way you want.

From the doom metal of bands like Sweden's Candlemass to albums by the "stoner" metal band Sleep, the albums listed here reflect the diversity of the metal genre. Again, these are some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-heavy-metal-albums-you_ve-never-heard-/king-dinosaur" target="_blank">best heavy metal albums you've possibly never heard</a>, but they are all worth your time to track down.

Interested in other heavy metal-related lists? Check out and vote on these lists of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-female-hard-rock-and-metal-guitar-shredders" target="_blank">best female hard rock/metal guitar shredders</a>, the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/top-10-screamo-bands-of-all-time" target="_blank">best screamo bands of all time</a> and the best overall <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-metal-guitarists-and-guitar-teams" target="_blank">metal guitarists and guitar teams</a>.

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Music of the 2000s

List of the best albums of the 2000s decade, voted on and ranked by fans and critics. This list includes the greatest albums released between January 2000 and December 2009. Despite the rising popularity of song singles and accessibility through iTunes and other mp3 formats, the titles listed prove that the in the 00s, the album was as strong and creative as ever. This list contains the best 00s albums from all genres, from hip hop to pop to indie rock to metal. Vote for your favorites to move them up the list, or press "rerank" to create your own personalized order that will impact this ultimate list.

The Best Albums of the 2000s

Greatest Albums

This is a list of the greatest albums of all time, created and ranked by music fans worldwide. Music is as subjective as any art form, but most people can agree that there are works that rise above the rest and go down as the best albums of all time, regardless of their genre. This list is not simply a compilation&nbsp;of your &quot;favorite&quot; albums, but rather a&nbsp;list of the best albums. Whatever your musical tastes are, please vote for the studio LPs that you think have had&nbsp;the most impact throughout music history, the most influence on culture and other musicians, and the most authentic songwriting. From multi-platinum and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/diamond-certified-albums/ranker-music" target="_blank">diamond-certified albums</a> to the most popular Grammy Award winning full-length projects ever, this list features every album one can think of. Some of the thousands of studio albums featured below range from the Beatles&#39; Abbey Road to&nbsp;the Beach Boys&#39; Pet Sounds, to the Who&#39;s My Generation.

So what are the best albums ever? How about the top albums of all time? Vote below, and be sure to vote based on the quality of their music and overall impact on listeners worldwide instead of just their popularity or number of streams.