by Shawn Alexander
shawn@happens.vip
Fontaines D.C. #1 On Alternative Year End Picks: The Best Albums Of 2024
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:
- Fontaines D.C. – Romance (XL Recordings)
- The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World (Capitol)
- Jack White – No Name (Third Man)
- Cage The Elephant – Neon Pill (RCA)
- 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.
| ARTIST | twenty one pilots |
|---|---|
| SONG | “The Line” |
| LABEL | Atlantic/Virgin |
“The Line” is from Arcane League of Legends Season 2 on Netflix.
ALTERNATIVE BIRTHDAYS
ALT Happy Birthday wishes to former WWCD (CD 92.9)/Columbus, OH Owner Randy Malloy (12/9), Big Loud Rock SVP/Promotion David Barbis (12/10), KJEE/Santa Barbara MD Dave Hanacek (12/10), Audacy/Kansas City OM Jim Fox (12/15), Alternative Soundcheck’s John O’Connell (12/16), former WWCD (CD 92.9)/Columbus MD Tom Butler (12/18), Capitol’s Dan Connelly (12/22), INgrooves Label Manager Jon Manley (12/23), The Artist Cooperative’s Bob Divney (12/25), Columbia SVP/Rock Formats Lisa Sonkin (12/25), Mom & Pop West Coast GM & VP/Radio Promotion David Jacobs (12/26), 91X/San Diego’s Zach Van Lue (12/27), U.N.C.L.E. Agent 001 Marc Kordelos (12/29), KROQ/Los Angeles Brand Manager Miles Anzaldo (12/31).
