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The 20 Best Albums of 2024 (So Far)
Variety critics pick albums by Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Tyla, Kali Uchis, Tems and others as the mid-year best.
The Los Angeles-based artist broadens the palette of her endemic sound — Laurel Canyon folk, 1960s bossa nova, light psychedlia — with minor adjustments, tossing in a brief drum roll or faint synth that add texture to her spacious, yet somehow intimate, compositions. On her 12th studio album, Shakira fully invests in these cross-genre marvels — songs with rapper Cardi B, Tejano band Grupo Frontera, Mexican corridos group Fuerza Regida and EDM masters Bizarrap and Tiesto, among others — that, together, represent the evolving soundscape of current-day Latin pop. Image Credit: Epic Records After conquering global charts with “Water,” Tyla fulfilled her ultimate goal of spreading her trademark formula: “popiano,” a twist on South African amapiano coined by the singer to describe a blend of the genre’s piano-driven, tech-house beats and the progressive tempos of pop and R&B.
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