The time of year has come again when we ask members of our staff what their favorite albums were from the past year. With so much great music flooding streaming services on a daily basis, it was difficult to whittle down our top choices to a small list, but we managed to do so! Read on for our team members top 5 album picks from 2023 (in no particular order). Also check out our curated playlist below featuring songs from every album on our lists! Here we go…
Ralph Torrefranca – Sr. Director, A&R
Paramore – This is Why
Say She She – Silver
Mitski – The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We
ANOHNI and the Johnsons – My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross
Hotline TNT – Cartwheel
Mary-Clare Lee – Manager, Copyright & Royalties
Post Malone – Austin
Mary-Kate Spring Lee – Tunes in the Morning
Doja Cat – Scarlet
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse soundtrack
Barbie the Album
Patrick Conseil – A&R Consultant
Post Malone – Austin
Troye Sivan – Something To Give Each Other
The National – Laugh Track
Joy Oladokun – Proof of Life
Tennis – Pollen
Max Hirsh – Manager, A&R
Wednesday – Rat Saw God
billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps
SZA – SOS
Blondshell – Blondshell
McKinley Dixon – Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
Charlotte Rowe – Manager, Contract Licensing
Noah Kahan – Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever)
Taylor Swift – 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
Raye – My 21st Century Blues
Kellen Smith – Manager, Creative Sync – Film & TV
Chemical Brothers – For That Beautiful Feeling
Lana Del Rey – Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
MSPAINT – Post-American
Lil Yachty – Let’s Start Here.
Queens of the Stone Age – In Times New Roman…
Ryan Brooks – Manager, Production
Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
Cleo Sol – Gold
Eartheater – Powders
Sampha – Lahai
Noname – Sundial
Nick Lopez – A&R, Creative Licensing
Super Shy – Happy Music
Medasin – Always in a Hurry
Yussuf Dayes – Black Classical Music
Adi Oasis – Lotus Glow
CARRTOONS – Saturday Night
Check out songs from our favorite 2023 albums here: