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Best Music of 2022

The 50 Best Albums of 2022

December 12, 2022 • We ranked our 50 favorite records of the year, from hip-hop to classical and everything in between.

OHYUNG's imagine naked! is one of NPR Music's top 11 experimental music albums of 2022. Photo Illustration: Jackie Lay/NPR/Jess X. Snow/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Best Music of 2022

The 11 Best Experimental Albums of 2022

December 10, 2022 • In 2022, the greatest difficult-to-classify sounds encompassed microtonal rock jams, tender ambient, Egyptian ghosts and an epic synth symphony.

FKA twigs' mixtape Caprisongs is NPR hip-hop and R&B editor Sheldon Pearce's top album of the year. Photo Illustration: Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption

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Best Music of 2022

Sheldon Pearce's Top 20 Albums of 2022

December 9, 2022 • In a year when the industry bet on fresh tech and virtual worlds, NPR's hip-hop and R&B editor found these albums powerfully immersive all on their own.

On '¡Ay!', the tropical music of Lucrecia Dalt's childhood becomes avant-garde sci-fi

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On '¡Ay!', the tropical music of Lucrecia Dalt's childhood becomes avant-garde sci-fi

October 10, 2022 • On her surreal, sci-fi and decidedly romantic new album ¡Ay!, the Colombian, Berlin-based electronic artist crafts an alien narrative drawing inspiration from the genres of her youth.