My annual tradition is to ask: What are your Top 5 Favorite Albums Of The Year? There are over 90 Top 5 lists from your friends in the radio & record industry for the #HAPPENS Alternative Year End Picks – Top 5 Albums Of 2024. Fontaines D.C. – Romance is the #1 Most Picked Album Of The Year. The Dublin 5-piece with GRAMMY nominations for Best Rock Album and Best Alternative Music Performance are on 41 of the 94 Top 5 lists of favorite albums of the year.

Here are the Top 5 Most Picked Albums Of 2024:

1. Fontaines D.C. – Romance (XL Recordings)
2. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World (Capitol)
3. Jack White – No Name (Third Man)
4. Cage The Elephant – Neon Pill (RCA)
5. The Last Dinner Party – Prelude To Ecstasy (Island)

Additional 2024 favorite albums rounding out the Top 10 include: Green Day – Saviors (Warner); Pearl Jam – Dark Matter (Monkeywrench/Republic); IDLES – TANGK (Partisan); Royel Otis – Pratts & Pain (Ourness) and Linkin Park – From Zero (Warner). 

So many lists to check out and probably some that you will find fascinating. Have fun, poke fun, and find a new discovery looking at all the Top 5 lists of the year. Find all the Year End Picks – The Best Albums Of 2024 HERE.