Year-end list aggregation website albumoftheyear.org analyzed the placement of 2023 albums on 68 year-end lists, and it’s official: the record, the full-length debut by supergroup boygenius, is the album of the year with a total of 185 points. (This time last year, Beyoncé topped the list with 318 points for RENAISSANCE.)

Point System:
• 1st Place = 10 points
• 2nd Place = 8 points
• 3rd Place = 6 points
• Top 10 = 5 points
• Top 25 = 3 points
• Other = 1 point
3. Lana Del Rey, Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd (160 points)
4. Olivia Rodrigo, GUTS (156 points)
5. Sufjan Stevens, Javelin (149 points)
#6-50 and lists analyzed at the source
What’s your album of the year?