Angel Olsen's "Lark" appears on NPR Music's top 20 songs of September. Cameron McCool/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Best Music Of 2019 A collection of lists, essays and features on the best recordings of 2019.
Best Music Of 2019
Brittany Howard's solo debut Jaime appears on NPR Music's best 10 albums of September. Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bon Iver's i,i appears on NPR Music's best albums of August. Graham Tolbert /Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Hey majesty Missy Elliot returned with Iconology in August. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Cuco's debut album, Para Mí, is one of NPR Music's best albums of July. Cameron Postforoosh/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Highwomen's "Crowded Table" is one of NPR Music's best songs of July. Alysse Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
NPR Music picks the best albums of 2019 (so far). Chelsea Beck for NPR hide caption
Carly Rae Jepsen. Her song "Too Much," from her fourth full-length, Dedicated, is on our list of the best tracks out in May. Markus & Koala/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tyler, The Creator. His latest album, IGOR is on our list of the best albums out in May. Sam Rock/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Weyes Blood (left), Glen Hansard and Lizzo Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Lil Nas X (left), FKA Twigs and Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Mdou Moctar, DaBaby and Sigrid made some of our favorite songs from the month of March. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Billie Eilish, Solange and Koffee released some of the best full-lengths in March. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Ariana Grande (left), Offset (middle) and Jessica Pratt all put out albums that made NPR Music's Top 10 list for February. Mike Coppola/Emma McIntyre/Guillaume Belvez/Getty Images/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Chaka Khan (left), Aldous Harding (center) and Tierra Whack all put out songs that made NPR Music's Top Ten list for February. Jon Kopaloff / Marc Grimwade / Rich Fury/Wire Image / Getty Images hide caption
Sharon Van Etten, Dawn Richard and Nkisi released some of our favorite albums from January. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Vampire Weekend, Lizzo and Lana Del Rey released some of our favorites songs of the month. Courtesy of the artists hide caption