Top 100 Music Albums of 2021
by buzzdainer

A full year of pandemic certainly isn't a great starting point when it comes to evaluating the way a year has gone. I'll say this for 2021, though: it was a year that brought me a tremendous sense of clarity around my values and goals for the future. In November I went on a 21-day rafting trip on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, and it was a genuinely life-altering experience. I spent those three weeks on the river with some of the finest human beings I've ever known, sleeping out under the Milky Way, eating gourmet food, crashing through massive whitewater, playing music, and sharing stories and laughter. It was wonderful. A week after my return, I quit my job, which was absolutely what was needed to kick me into the next phase of my life. I am grateful for the sense of clarity that trip gave me, and I am excited for the next chapter. The albums in this chart are the one that helped me to gain, and retain, that healthy sense of perspective.

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Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 composition

Artist Albums %


Low 1 1%
Genesis Owusu 1 1%
Sons Of Kemet 1 1%
Watchhouse 1 1%
Jade Bird 1 1%
Sault 1 1%
Mia Doi Todd 1 1%
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Country Albums %


United States 75 75%
United Kingdom 15 15%
Australia 4 4%
Mali 1 1%
Puerto Rico 1 1%
Mixed Nationality 1 1%
Niger 1 1%
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 1 from 86th to 85th
Be Here Instead
by Parker Millsap
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 1 from 85th to 86th
Black To The Future
by Sons Of Kemet

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What I really like about your chart is how it reveals how diverse and interesting 2021 proved to be for music.
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Best Albums of the 1950s
1. Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
2. Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
3. Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4. Blue Train by John Coltrane
5. Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley
6. In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra
7. Here's Little Richard by Little Richard
8. The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman
9. Berry Is On Top by Chuck Berry
10. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
11. Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday
12. Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk
13. Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
14. Somethin' Else by Cannonball Adderley
15. The "Chirping" Crickets by The Crickets
16. Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins
17. Buddy Holly by Buddy Holly
18. Chet Baker Sings by Chet Baker
19. Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis
20. Moanin' In The Moonlight by Howlin' Wolf
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