Celeb News: Billboard: top 15 albums of 2013: Critics' Picks

PromKing

15. Chance The Rapper, "Acid Rap"
14. Lady Gaga, "ARTPOP"
13. CHVRCHES, "The Bones of What You Believe"
12. Vampire Weekend, "Modern Vampires of the City"
11. Justin Timberlake, "The 20/20 Experience"
10. Kacey Musgraves, "Same Trailer Different Park"
09. Arcade Fire, "Reflektor"
08. Rhye, "Woman"
07. Daft Punk, "Random Access Memories"
06. HAIM, "Days Are Gone"
05. Drake, "Nothing Was The Same"
04. Lorde, "Pure Heroine"
03. Disclosure, "Settle"
02. Kanye West, "Yeezus"
01. Beyoncé, "Beyoncé"

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Alvajay

simon

SLAY!!!!

QueenBLadyG

Jet

Slay

P!nkism

not her snatching that title, releasing at the very end of 2013

Optimus

ARTPOP #14? What an irrelevant list

P!nkism

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ARTPOP #14? What an irrelevant list

That's what you get when you go on a twitter rant about BB

Besides Gaga doesn't care about the charts, only the music

DG1

Legendary album by a legendary artist.

Callum

Damn, #1 and it's only been out like barely a week. What kind of slayage?

LEGENDB

What's higher than #1?!?!?!

*giggles hysterically*

BambooBanga

Replace Artpop with Matangi and it would be a good list.

Will_

Oop.

Jet

Quote:

Swept away in the hype? Maybe. But really, who isn't crazy in love with Beyoncé right now? It's been less than a week since her fifth solo album parachuted, without warning, into the iTunes store in the dead of night, leaving fans and critics alike in awe of the sheer ballsiness of the move — a superstar releasing their product with zero promotion. Wow, right? That could have been one hell of a failure. It was not.

Sure, a decent amount of time is needed to see past the fog of excitement. We had six days. Not much of a chance to live with it sans rollout (or lack thereof) reverence. But let's try to take a step back and talk music. "Beyoncé" is stellar, standing tall amongst the albums it leapfrogged to land at No. 1 here—accessible enough to appeal to pop ears ("XO"), bizarre and transformative enough with winds and ghostly warbles ("Haunted," "Mine") to qualify as a gorgeous art project. None of the other albums on the list cover as many bases as she does here at as high a performance quality.

Her voice both soars and rumbles about familiar subjects: female empowerment and love. But especially regarding the latter, she delves deeper than ever before--shoveling beneath surface level ditties. That's the key switch-up. Once slightly ajar, Beyoncé knocks the door into her personal life off the hinges on this appropriately self-titled set.

Want to know about additional strength her king provides his queen with an embrace? Conversely, how about the vivid worries she's had about splitting with him? It's all there on "Beyoncé," set to warm, well-curated production from a who's who of hit-makers. This is an album made by a fearless, grown-ass woman—somehow self-assured, stoic, fragile and thoughtful all at once. And for those reasons, she wears the crown. - Brad Wete

Stan

LEGENDB

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Legendary album by a legendary artist.

the Grammys are gonna eat this album alive

pink.hearts

slay!

Ressti

Completely agree with numero uno

King B

Yes.Bwerde where you at?

Timber

Well ofcourse.

Bey'Knight

*****FLAWLESS