A few weeks ago, we launched the Pitchfork 2024 Readers’ Poll. Thousands of readers voted on the best songs and albums of the half-decade, and here are the results. (Thanks for voting!)
Compare your picks with Pitchfork’s own lists of the best songs and best albums of 2024, and check out all of Pitchfork’s 2024 wrap-up coverage here.
The 100 Best Songs of 2024, According to Pitchfork Readers
100. A$AP Rocky: “Highjack” [ft. Jessica Pratt]
99. Adrianne Lenker: “Once a Bunch”
98. Mannequin Pussy: “Loud Bark”
97. Charli XCX / Robyn / Yung Lean: “360 featuring robyn and yung lean”
96. MGMT: “Nothing to Declare”
95. Kacey Musgraves: “Deeper Well”
94. Waxahatchee: “Much Ado About Nothing”
93. Caribou: “Come Find Me”
92. SZA: “Saturn”
91. Addison Rae: “Aquamarine”
90. Jane Remover: “Magic I Want U”
89. JADE: “Angel of My Dreams”
88. Cassandra Jenkins: “Delphinium Blue”
87. Julia Holter: “Spinning”
86. Dua Lipa: “Training Season”
85. Cassandra Jenkins: “Only One”
84. Maggie Rogers: “Don’t Forget Me”
83. FKA twigs: “Drums of Death”
82. Ariana Grande: “eternal sunshine”
81. Magdalena Bay: “Cry for Me”
80. Charli XCX: “Apple”
79. Panda Bear: “Defense” [ft. Cindy Lee]
78. Porter Robinson: “Cheerleader”
77. Charli XCX: “Spring Breakers”
76. Vampire Weekend: “Connect”
75. Mannequin Pussy: “I Got Heaven”
74. Vampire Weekend: “Hope”
73. Sabrina Carpenter: “Juno”
72. Charli XCX: “Guess”
71. Caroline Polachek: “Spring Is Coming With a Strawberry in the Mouth”
70. Ariana Grande: “yes, and?”
69. Nourished by Time: “Hell of a Ride”
68. Lady Gaga: “Disease”
67. Billie Eilish: “CHIHIRO”
66. Los Campesinos!: “Feast of Tongues”
65. Laura Marling: “Patterns”
64. Charli XCX / Bon Iver: “I think about it all the time featuring bon iver”
63. Caroline Polachek: “Starburned and Unkissed”
62. Lady Gaga / Bruno Mars: “Die With a Smile”
61. Father John Misty: “Screamland”
60. Charli XCX / Shygirl: “365 featuring shygirl”
59. Waxahatchee: “Bored”
58. Billie Eilish: “LUNCH”
57. Vampire Weekend: “Classical”
56. Jessica Pratt: “The Last Year”
55. Beyoncé: “II MOST WANTED” [ft. Miley Cyrus]
54. Tinashe: “Nasty”
53. Beyoncé: “II HANDS II HEAVEN”
52. Mk.gee: “Are You Looking Up”
51. Jamie xx: “Life” [ft. Robyn]
50. Addison Rae: “Diet Pepsi”
49. Father John Misty: “I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All”
48. MJ Lenderman: “Joker Lips”
47. Mannequin Pussy: “Nothing Like”
46. Future / Metro Boomin: “Like That” [ft. Kendrick Lamar]
45. Mk.gee: “Alesis”
44. Charli XCX: “B2B”
43. Kendrick Lamar: “Meet the Grahams”
42. St. Vincent: “Broken Man”
41. Jamie xx: “Baddy on the Floor” [ft. Honey Dijon]
40. Vampire Weekend: “Mary Boone”
39. The Smile: “Friend of a Friend”
38. Bon Iver: “S P E Y S I D E”
37. Beth Gibbons: “Floating on a Moment”
36. Beyoncé : “TEXAS HOLD ’EM”
35. Charli XCX: “Sympathy is a knife”
34. Kim Gordon: “BYE BYE”
33. Clairo: “Sexy to Someone”
32. Kendrick Lamar: “euphoria”
31. Beyoncé: “16 CARRIAGES”
30. Beyoncé: “YA YA”
29. Cindy Lee: “If You Hear Me Crying”
28. Charli XCX / Caroline Polachek: “Everything is romantic featuring caroline polachek”
27. Sabrina Carpenter: “Please Please Please”
26. Clairo: “Juna”
25. Vampire Weekend: “Gen-X Cops”
24. Nilüfer Yanya: “Like I Say (I Runaway)”
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23. Charli XCX / Billie Eilish: “Guess featuring billie eilish”
22. FKA twigs: “Eusexua”
21. The Smile: “Bending Hectic”
20. Magdalena Bay: “Death & Romance”
19. The Cure: “Alone”
18. Jessica Pratt: “Life Is”
17. Fontaines D.C.: “Favourite”
16. Geordie Greep: “Holy, Holy”
15. Magdalena Bay: “Image”
14. Charli XCX: “365”
13. Billie Eilish: “BIRDS OF A FEATHER”
12. MJ Lenderman: “Wristwatch”
11. Vampire Weekend: “Capricorn”
10. MJ Lenderman: “She’s Leaving You”
9. Sabrina Carpenter: “Espresso”
8. Adrianne Lenker: “Sadness as a Gift”
7. Fontaines D.C.: “Starburster”
6. Charli XCX: “Von dutch”
5. Charli XCX: “360”
4. Kendrick Lamar: “Not Like Us”
3. Chappell Roan: “Good Luck, Babe!”
2. Waxahatchee: “Right Back to It” [ft. MJ Lenderman]
- Charli XCX / Lorde: “Girl, so confusing featuring lorde”
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The 100 Best Albums of 2024, According to Pitchfork Readers
100. Khruangbin: A La Sala
99. Beabadoobee: This Is How Tomorrow Moves
98. Future Islands: People Who Aren’t There Anymore
97. Haley Heynderickx: Seed of a Seed
96. Kelly Lee Owens: Dreamstate
95. Ravyn Lenae: Bird’s Eye
94. Mustafa: Dunya
93. Tinashe: Quantum Baby
92. Still House Plants: If I don’t make it, I love u
91. Foxing: Foxing
90. Mabe Fratti: Sentir que no sabes
89. Trent Reznor / Atticus Ross: Challengers (Original Score)
88. Amyl and the Sniffers: Cartoon Darkness
87. Nicolás Jaar: Piedras 1 & 2
86. Faye Webster: Underdressed at the Symphony
85. Yard Act: Where’s My Utopia?
84. Four Tet: Three
83. Dehd: Poetry
82. Nxworries: Why Lawd?
81. Christopher Owens: I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair
80. Zach Bryan: The Great American Bar Scene
79. Justice: Hyperdrama
78. Mach-Hommy: #RICHAXXHAITIAN
77. Chelsea Wolfe: She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She
76. ¥$ / Kanye West / Ty Dolla $ign: VULTURES 1
75. Future / Metro Boomin: We Don’t Trust You
74. Empress Of: For Your Consideration
73. This Is Lorelei: Box for Buddy, Box for Star
72. Caribou: Honey
71. A. G. Cook: Britpop
70. Tyla: Tyla
69. Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism
68. Mdou Moctar: Funeral for Justice
67. Bladee: Cold Visions
66. Porter Robinson: SMILE! :D
65. Maggie Rogers: Don’t Forget Me
64. Bon Iver: SABLE, EP
63. Friko: Where we’ve been, Where we go from here
62. Remi Wolf: Big Ideas
61. Julia Holter: Something in the Room She Moves
60. Hovvdy: Hovvdy
59. Knocked Loose: You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To
58. DIIV: Frog in Boiling Water
57. Helado Negro: Phasor
56. Kacey Musgraves: Deeper Well
55. MGMT: Loss of Life
54. Brittany Howard: What Now
53. Floating Points: Cascade
52. Chat Pile: Cool World
51. Vince Staples: Dark Times
50. Arooj Aftab: Night Reign
49. English Teacher: This Could Be Texas
48. Doechii: Alligator Bites Never Heal
47. Being Dead: EELS
46. Idles: TANGK
45. Johnny Blue Skies / Sturgill Simpson: Passage Du Desir
44. Los Campesinos!: All Hell
43. Schoolboy Q: Blue Lips
42. Cassandra Jenkins: My Light, My Destroyer
41. Nala Sinephro: Endlessness
40. Blood Incantation: Absolute Elsewhere
39. Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department
38. Laura Marling: Patterns in Repeat
37. The Last Dinner Party: Prelude to Ecstasy
36. JPEGMAFIA: I Lay Down My Life for You
35. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: “NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD”
34. Kim Gordon: The Collective
33. Kali Uchis: ORQUÍDEAS
32. Father John Misty: Mahashmashana
31. St. Vincent: All Born Screaming
30. Jack White: No Name
29. Ariana Grande: Eternal Sunshine
28. Kendrick Lamar: GNX
27. Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Past Is Still Alive
26. Mount Eerie: Night Palace
25. The Smile: Cutouts
24. Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown
23. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Wild God
22. Mk.gee: Two Star & the Dream Police
21. Geordie Greep: The New Sound
20. Jamie xx: In Waves
19. Sabrina Carpenter: Short n’ Sweet
18. Nilüfer Yanya: My Method Actor
17. Clairo: Charm
16. Mannequin Pussy: I Got Heaven
15. Charli XCX: Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat
14. The Smile: Wall of Eyes
13. Tyler, the Creator: CHROMAKOPIA
12. Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch
11. Fontaines D.C.: Romance
10. The Cure: Songs of a Lost World
9. Billie Eilish: HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
8. Adrianne Lenker: Bright Future
7. Beyoncé: COWBOY CARTER
6. Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee
5. Waxahatchee: Tigers Blood
4. MJ Lenderman: Manning Fireworks
3. Magdalena Bay: Imaginal Disk
2. Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us
- Charli XCX: BRAT
