Album of the year 2023 by Japanese music fans

Since 2013, we have been making annual rankings of albums by collecting votes via twitter posts and comments to our blog. Results have been published as articles edited by volunteers.

For totaling up, we gather twitter posts that contain certain hashtag - which was #2023年ベストアルバム in 2023. Since hashtags and comments to our blog are written in Japanese, most voters are guessed to be Japanese. 502 votes were used for totaling in 2023

Now we decided to compose the English version of the ranking from 2023 edition. The original Japanese article contains short reviews for some albums. But we omitted those reviews in the English version.

We sincerely hope you enjoy the tastes or trends of Japanese music fans.

* In case of a tie, random number was generated to score.
** All albums ranked in top 50 collected at least 14 votes.

Original text by @pitti2210
Translated and appropriately advised by @Apteryx_lwk

Album of the year 2022 by Japanese music fans

1. boygenius - the record
2. cero - e o
3. Kaneko Ayano - A towel blanket is peaceful
4. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
5. Sampha - Lahai
6. Spitz - Himitsu Studio
7. Hitsujibungaku - 12 hugs (like butterflies)
8. Blur - The Ballad Of Darren
9. Ohzora Kimishima - no public sounds
10. Quruli - Driven by Impulse
11. King Gnu - THE GREATEST UNKNOWN
12. Cornelius - Dream in Dream
13. NewJeans - NewJeans 2nd EP 'Get Up'
14. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
15. GEZAN with Million Wish Collective - Anochi
16. GRAPEVINE - Almost there
17. Homecomings - New Neighbors
18. Parannoul - After the Magic
19. Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS
20. Mr.Children - miss you
21. betcover!! - Uma
22. THE NOVEMBERS - The Novembers
23. Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
24. The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds
25. Ohzora Kimishima - Eitaisuru Kemuri
26. JJJ - MAKTUB
27. Wednesday - Rat Saw God
28. BUCK-TICK - Izora
29. JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES
30. The Japanese House - In The End It Always Does
31. ANOHNI And The Johnsons - My Back Was a Bridge For You To Cross
32. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
33. Laurel Halo - Atlas
34. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
35. Kelela - Raven
36. world's end girlfriend - Resistance & The Blessing
37. Gia Margaret - Romantic Piano
38. a flood of circle - Hanafuru Sora ni Fumetsu no Uta wo
39. Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
40. YANUSHI - Free As A Stone
41. ZUTOMAYO - Jinkougaku
42. Romy - Mid Air
43. Maneskin - RUSH!
44. James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven
45. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
46. Paramore - The Is Why
47. Summer Eye - Daikichi (Good Luck)
48. yeule - softcars
49. Sigur Rós - ÁTTA
50. Cleo Sol - Camera Obscura