O jornal britânico The Guardian elegeu Yeezus de Kanye West como melhor álbum de 2013. Já a publicação norte-americana Billboard escolheu o recém-lançado disco homônimo de Beyoncé como o melhor lançamento e Yeezus ficou na segunda colocação.
Do top 10 de melhores álbuns do jornal britânico fazem parte ainda discos de John Grant, Daft Punk, Vampire Weekend, James Blake e Disclosure, no da Billboard estão também em destaque discos de Lorde, Drake, Haim e Arcade Fire.
Melhores do Ano The Guardian
40. London Grammar – If You Wait
39. Ciara – Ciara
38. King Krule – 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
37. John Hopkins – Immunity
36. Hookworms – Pearl Mystic
35. Jessy Lanza – Pull My Hair Back
34. Miley Cyrus – Bangerz
33. White Denim – Corsicana Lemonade
32. John Murry – The Graceless Age
31. Drake – Nothing Was the Same
30. Julia Holter – Loud City Song
29. Autre Ne Veut – Anxiety
28. Jai Paul – Jai Paul
27. Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time
26. Pet Shop Boys – Electric
25. Deerhunter – Monomania
24. Matthew E White – Big Inner
23. Savages – Silence Yourself
22. DJ Rashad – Double Cup
21. Paramore – Paramore
20. David Bowie – The Next Day
19. Arctic Monkeys – AM
18. These New Puritans – Field of Reeds
17. Laura Marling – Once I Was an Eagle
16. Kacey Musgraves – Same Trailer, Different Park
15. Earl Sweatshirt – Doris
14. Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap
13. Lorde – Pure Heroine
12. Haim – Days Are Gone
11. The National – Trouble Will Find Me
10. My Bloody Valentine – m b v
9. Janelle Monáe – The Electric Lady
8. John Wizards – John Wizards
7. Kelela – Cut 4 Me
6. Disclosure – Settle
5. James Blake – Overgrown
4. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
3. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
2. John Grant – Pale Green Ghosts
1. Kanye West – Yeezus
Melhores do Ano Billboard
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
9. Arcade Fire – Reflektor
8. Rhye – Woman
7. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
6. Haim – Days Are Gone
5. Drake – Nothing Was the Same
4. Lorde – Pure Heroine
3. Disclosure – Settle
2. Kanye West – Yeezus
1. Beyoncé – Beyoncé
