On Dec. 31, from 8 a.m.-6 p.m., we’ll close out 2024 by counting down YOUR Top 100 Albums of 2024!
We asked you to choose your top 10 albums of the year below, rank them, and submit them for a chance to win the Grand Prize: A $500 Gift Card to Plan 9 Music in Richmond and Charlottesville.
Click here to see where WNRN staff placed each album in their own lists and add the songs to your own playlist on Spotify.
100. The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards
99. Fancy Gap – Fancy Gap
98. Local Natives – But I’ll Wait For You
97. J Mascis – What Do We Do Now
96. Coldplay – Moon Music
95. Chuck Prophet – Wake the Dead
94. Faye Webster – Underdressed at the Symphony
93. Yannis & The Yaw – Lagos Paris London EP
92. Sleater-Kinney – Little Rope
91. Amos Lee – Transmissions
90. The Smile – Wall of Eyes
89. The Bug Club – On The Intricate Inner Workings of the System
88. Marcus King – Mood Swings
87. Oxford Drama – The World is Louder
86. Real Estate – Daniel
85. Remi Wolf – Big Ideas
84. Warren Haynes – Million Voices Whisper
83. MGMT – Loss of Life
82. Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Her Way Out
81. Johnny Cash – Songwriter
80. Bleachers – Bleachers
79. Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft
78. Illiterate Light – Slow Down Time EP
77. Kings Of Leon – Can We Please Have Fun
76. Mark Knopfler – One Deep River
75. Chicano Batman – Notebook Fantasy
74. Angie McMahon – Light Sides EP
73. JD McPherson – Nite Owls
72. The Red Clay Strays – Made by These Moments
71. Richard Thompson – Ship to Shore
70. AJ Lee & Blue Summit – City of Glass
69. Gary Clark Jr. – JPEG RAW
68. Oh He Dead – Ugly
67. Ducks Ltd. – Harm’s Way
66. La Luz – News Of The Universe
65. Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets – Indoor Safari
64. Johnny Blue Skies – Passage Du Desir
63. Humbird – Right On
62. Futurebirds – Easy Company
61. Maggie Rose – No One Gets Out Alive
60. Phosphorescent – Revelator
59. The Heavy Heavy – One of a Kind
58. Soccer Mommy – Evergreen
57. Dwight Yoakam – Brighter Days
56. The Avett Brothers – The Avett Brothers
55. Norah Jones – Visions
54. Dan Tyminski – Live From The Ryman
53. Khruangbin – A La Sala
52. Ray LaMontagne – Long Way Home
51. Rubblebucket – Year Of The Banana
50. Tiny Habits – All for Something
49. Leon Bridges – Leon
48. Iron & Wine – Light Verse
47. Royel Otis – Pratts & Pain
46. The Last Dinner Party – Prelude To Ecstasy
45. The Black Keys – Ohio Players
44. Sarah Jarosz – Polaroid Lovers
43. Aoife O’Donovan – All My Friends
42. Dr. Dog – Dr. Dog
41. Amy Helm – Silver City
40. Clairo – Charm
39. Cage The Elephant – Neon Pill
38. Phish – Evolve
37. Dehd – Poetry
36. Nan Macmillan – From Both Eyes
35. Beabadoobee – This Is How Tomorrow Moves
34. JJ Grey & Mofro – Olustee
33. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – Into The Wild EP
32. Brigitte Calls Me Baby – The Future Is Our Way Out
31. The Decemberists – As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
30. Billy Strings – Live Vol. 1
29. Lake Street Dive – Good Together
28. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Flight b741
27. IDLES – Tangk
26. Nilüfer Yanya – My Method Actor
25. Brittany Howard – What Now
24. Hurray For The Riff Raff – The Past Is Still Alive
23. Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future
22. Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
21. Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter
20. 49 Winchester – Leavin’ This Holler
19. Sierra Ferrell – Trail Of Flowers
18. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland
17. Bonny Light Horseman – Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free
16. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – South of Here
15. Future Islands – People Who Aren’t There Anymore
14. Illiterate Light – Arches
13. St. Vincent – All Born Screaming
12. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us
11. Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
10. Jack White – No Name
9. Michael Kiwanuka – Small Changes
8. Maggie Rogers – Don’t Forget Me
7. Father John Misty – Mahashmashana
6. MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks
5. Charley Crockett – $10 Cowboy
4. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
3. Fontaines D.C. – Romance
2. Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
1. Billy Strings – Highway Prayers
The Top 100 Albums of 2024 on WNRN is supported by Furbish Thrift, a non-profit thrift store that benefits Richmond’s animals.
