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Complex spent the better part of December filling you in on the best this year had to offer, including the best songs and albums of 2018. With the year coming to a close, here are our staff's personal picks.
Eric Skelton
![Eric Skelton](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/vs19wxmpqbubf4teslaa/eric-skelton.jpg?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto)
Frazier Tharpe
![Frazier](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/elnrqvtbu4unco6bexyi/frazier-tharpe.jpg)
Kiana Fitzgerald
![Kiana](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/ov7exhuq9ex7et0ezpqa/kiana-fitzgerald.jpg)
Shawn Setaro
![Shawn](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/gl69kwjli06rtqnyc6fi/shawn-setaro.png)
Adrienne Black
![adrienne](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/ofhbsrmw0nxi1ikq3bvh/adrienne-black.jpg)
Angel Diaz
![Angel Diaz](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/bgas7gcwpagaqkxrx3aw/angel-diaz.png)
khal
![khal](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/tu6eucvort8yytkuaj4n/khal.jpg)
Edwin Ortiz
![Edwin](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/yfe0jo3ci1qgu30qsfdl/edwin-ortiz.jpg)
Lucas Wisenthal
![Lucas](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/nmv6a06xpyix3zn5azng/lucas.png)
Damien Scott
![Damien](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/fdo7eu68m8uuk06demft/damien-scott.jpg)
Carolyn Bernucca
![Carolyn](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/hbxuvyzkakwpvyjxnl2h/carolyn-bernucca.jpg)
Katherine Shelby
![Shelby](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/j4nsitzcifzaybgarvzk/katherine-shelby.jpg)
Waiss David Aramesh
![waiss](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/hulpaaxlzbhgyq8b57yy/waiss.jpg)
Zach Dionne
![Zach](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/dy7zerbih9mdxrgq9llm/zach-dionne.jpg)
Eric Diep
![Eric](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/vn70ehhkl7x9h5w5d8ub/eric-diep.jpg)
Brian Josephs
![Brian](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/i7tygk2sjudtcyvz9nos/brian-josephs.jpg)
Trace William Cowen
![Trace](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/eahezxgk9x48doufejso/trace-cowen.jpg)
Sarah Jasmine Montgomery
![Sarah](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/ikmloey8zv2man30i99p/sarah-jasmine-montgomery.jpg)
Joe Price
![Joe](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/ygntmaxpppm9eod5yjlr/joe-price.jpg)
Tara Mahadevan
![Tara](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/c9ioblp4185ooqn2xwcx/tara-mahadevan.jpg)
Grant Rindner
![Grant](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/suyp3hmjqmbnf5bqpn9u/grant-rindner.jpg)
Joseph “JP” Patterson
![JP](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/complex/images/g8kk4d7nkknfloh2byhh/jp-pic.jpg)