# The best albums of 2015 according to Pitchfork

The top 20 of Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2015, published on 16 December 2015 and led by Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly.

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## Top 20

1. **To Pimp a Butterfly — Kendrick Lamar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 1. Hip hop with jazz and funk.
2. **In Colour — Jamie xx** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 2. Solo debut by the xx's producer.
3. **Art Angels — Grimes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 3.
4. **Summertime '06 — Vince Staples** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 4. His debut, a double album.
5. **Currents — Tame Impala** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 5.
6. **Carrie & Lowell — Sufjan Stevens** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 6.
7. **Black Messiah — D'Angelo and The Vanguard** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 7.
8. **Wildheart — Miguel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 8.
9. **Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit — Courtney Barnett** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 9. The Australian's debut album.
10. **The Epic — Kamasi Washington** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 10. Jazz, nearly three hours long.
11. **Garden of Delete — Oneohtrix Point Never** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 11.
12. **I Love You, Honeybear — Father John Misty** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 12.
13. **Divers — Joanna Newsom** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 13.
14. **Barter 6 — Young Thug** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 14.
15. **Vulnicura — Björk** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 15.
16. **M3LL155X — FKA twigs** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 16. An EP.
17. **If You're Reading This It's Too Late — Drake** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 17.
18. **Have You in My Wilderness — Julia Holter** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 18.
19. **DS2 — Future** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 19.
20. **Elaenia — Floating Points** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 20. His full-length debut.

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