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The Singapore-born artist and producer yeule's new album, softscars, makes NPR Music's shortlist of the best albums out this week. Neil Krug/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Mitski's The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We is on our shortlist of the best albums out on Sept. 15. Ebru Yildiz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Jon Batiste's World Music Radio tops our shortlist for the best new albums out on Aug. 18. Emman Montalvan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Big Boi and Andre 3000 of Outkast perform at the Firefly Music Festival in 2014. Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Firefly Music Festival hide caption

Noname's Sundial tops NPR Music's shortlist of the best albums out on Aug. 11. Mahaneela/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Post Malone's AUSTIN tops this week's shortlist of the best albums out now. Alfred Marroquin/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

The latest EP from NewJeans, Get Up, is on our shortlist of the best releases out on July 21. ADOR/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Alana Springsteen's TWENTY SOMETHING: Figuring It Out is on our shortlist of the best new releases out on July 14. Mason Goodson/Courtesy of the aritst hide caption

Coi Leray's COI tops this week's shortlist of the best new albums out on June 23. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Killer Mike's first new solo album in more than a decade, Michael, is on NPR Music's short list for the best releases out on June 16. Jonathan Mannion/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Amaarae's new album Fountain Baby tops our shortlist of the best new albums out on June 9. Josh Croll/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Ben Folds' first solo album in 15 years, What Matters Most, is on our shortlist of the best releases out on June 2. Alysse Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Lil Durk's Almost Healed tops our shortlist of the best releases out on May 26. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

KAYTRANADA and Aminé's new project together, KAYTRAMINÉ tops our shortlist of the best albums out this week. Lucas Creighton hide caption

The singer Rahill's debut solo album, Flowers At Your Feet, is one of our picks for the best releases out on May 12. Travis Trautt/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Q Marsden's debut album, Soul,PRESENT tops this week's shortlist of the best albums out on May 5. Willem Verbeeck/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Labrinth's new album, Ends & Begins, is on our shortlist of the best releases out on April 28. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

D-Day, the debut studio album from Agust D (Suga) of the K-pop band BTS, is on our shortlist of the best releases out on April 21. Courtesy of BIGHIT Music hide caption

Chlöe's debut solo album In Pieces is on our shortlist for the best albums out on March 31. Jack Bridgland/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Atlanta rapper and singer 6LACK's first new album in five years, Since I Have A Lover tops our shortlist for the best releases out on March 24. Jack McKain/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

T-Pain's On Top of the Covers is on our shortlist of the best albums out on March 17. Giles Williams/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Endless Summer Vacation, the latest from Miley Cyrus, tops this week's shortlist of the best albums out on March 10. Brianna Capozzi/Courtesy of the artist hide caption