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From Cindy Lee to Charli XCX, Tyler the Creator to The Cure, Mannequin Pussy to MJ Lenderman, here are our favorite albums of 2024.

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2024 also saw the release of Artist Lebo’s first EP, ‘Growing Pains’, out on independent record label Khaya Lyf Music.