I collected over 12 lists of Best Music of 2022 from the Internet, newspapers and magazines and compiled them into one meta-list. Here are the results: every recording on four or more of the original source lists, organized by rank (that is, with the albums on the most lists at the top).
Note 1: I have provided genre descriptions of the artist from Wikipedia as a guide.
Note 2: These are not my personal opinions. I have not listened to all this music.
On 12 lists
Beyoncé – Renaissance (dance/house/disco/pop)
Rosalía – Motomami (experimental pop/alternative reggaeton)
On 10 lists
Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers (hip hop)
On 9 lists
Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti (reggaeton/cumbia/indie pop)
Angel Olsen – Big Time (art pop/indie folk/alternative country)
On 7 lists
FKA Twigs – Caprisongs (art pop/avant-pop)
The Weeknd – Dawn FM (dance-pop/synth-pop)
On 6 lists
Alex G – God Save the Animals (indie rock/folktronica/low-fi)
Alvvays – Blue Rev (shoegaze/indie pop/indie rock)
Earl Sweatshirt – SICK! (hip hop)
Pusha T – It’s Almost Dry (hip hop)
Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen (electro/R&B)
Wet Leg – Wet Leg (indie rock/post-punk/indie pop)
On 5 lists
Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (indie rock/indie folk)
Miranda Lambert – Palomino (country)
Mitski – Laurel Hell (synth-pop/indie pop/electro-rock)
Soccer Mommy – Sometimes, Forever (indie rock)
Harry Styles – Harry’s House (pop-funk/pop rock/synth-pop)
Weyes Blood – And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (chamber pop/soft rock)
Wilco – Cruel Country (country)
On 4 lists
Black Country, New Road – Ants From Up There (post-punk/post-rock)
Zach Bryan – American Heartbreak (country/neotraditional country/alt-country)
Drake – Honestly, Nevermind (dance/house/Baltimore club)
Florence + the Machine – Dance Fever (pop rock/baroque pop/alternative rock)
Horsegirl – Versions of Modern Performance (post punk/indie rock)
Julia Jacklin – Pre Pleasure (indie pop/indie folk/alternative country)
Jockstrap – I Love You Jennifer B (experimental pop/electropop/glitch)
Makaya McCraven – In These Times (jazz/rap/pop rock)
Tommy McLain – I Ran Down Every Dream (blues/swamp pop)
Charlie Musselwhite – Mississippi Son (blues)
Saba – Few Good Things (hip hop)
Cécile McLorin Salvant – Ghost Song (jazz)
Amanda Shires – Take It Like a Man (Americana/folk/alternative country)
Soul Glo – Diaspora Problems (hardcore punk/punk rock/rap rock)
Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa (indie rock/blues rock)
Bartees Strange – Farm to Table (indie rock/alternative/hip hop)
Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder – Get on Board (blues/Americana)
Taylor Swift – Midnights (electronica/synth-pop/bedroom pop)
Nilüfer Yanya – Painless (indie rock/indie pop)
On 3 lists
ACME & Theater of Voices/Paul Hillier – Jóhann Jóhannsson: Drone Mass (classical)
Rauw Alejandro – Saturno (Latin R&B/reggaeton)
Asake – Mr. Money With the Vibe (Afrobeats/Afro-fusion/hip hop)
Beach House – Once Twice Melody (dream pop/indie pop/neo-psychedelia)
The Beths – Expert in a Dying Field (indie rock/indie pop)
Binker & Moses – Feeding the Machine (jazz/nu-jazz/electro jazz)
Björk – Fossora (avant-pop/techno)
Ethel Cain – Preacher’s Daughter (ethereal wave/lo-fi/ambient)
Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia (post-punk)
Grace Ives – Janky Star (synth pop/electronic)
Hurray for the Riff Raff – Life on Earth (Americana)
JID – The Forever Story (hip hop)
Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights (R&B/funk/psychedelia)
Ravyn Lenae – Hypnos (R&B/neo soul)
MJ Lenderman – Boat Songs (indie rock/alt-country)
Mavi – Laughing So Hard, It Hurts (hip hop/alternative hip hop)
Maren Morris – Humble Quest (country pop)
Muna – Muna (indie pop/synth-pop/electropop)
North Mississippi Allstars – Set Sail (Southern rock/blues rock/folk blues)
Sasami – Squeeze (indie rock/country rock/alternative metal)
The Smile – A Light for Attracting Attention (alternative rock/art rock/post-punk)
Immanuel Wilkins – The 7th Hand (modern jazz)
Lainey Wilson – Bell Bottom Country (country)
World/Global Music
Congotronics International – Where’s the One?
Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee – Bamanan