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Best albums of 2024: Charli XCX, Beyonce, The Cure and more

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Brat has been named the best new album of 2024 in a poll of polls compiled by BBC News .

Critics called it "brilliant from start to finish" and "pop music for the future" Beyonce's Cowboy Carter topped the poll with 486 points, nearly twice as many as the number two album.

Billie Eilish's third album, Hit Me Hard And Soft, is a "heartbreak masterpiece for her generation, and for the ages" The Cure's 14th studio album, Songs Of A Lost World , was "hugely cathartic" in escaping the "doom and gloom" he felt.

Kendrick Lamar took a victory lap in his rap with his sixth album.

The chart was compiled from 30 "best of" lists in the following publications.

Sabrina Carpenter , Tyler , The Creator , Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds , Vampire Weekend and Taylor Swift make the top 15 .

The chart is compiled by Billboard , Complex , Consequence Of Sound , Daily Mail, Dazed.