Top 100 Music Albums of 2021
by Rm12398 
After spending the majority of 2021 away from new music, I took the time in 2023 to go back in retrospect on the year and explore the best critically acclaimed albums. This is the 100 albums that I listened to, ranked.
- Chart updated: 06/21/2026 15:45
- (Created: 05/13/2022 02:06).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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90/100 (A)
[First added to this chart: 05/16/2022]
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2021
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1,391
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90/100 (A)
[First added to this chart: 05/16/2022]
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2021
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1,113
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90/100 (A)
[First added to this chart: 05/16/2022]
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2021
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1,331
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90/100 (A)
[First added to this chart: 05/16/2022]
90/100 (A)
[First added to this chart: 05/16/2022]
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2021
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3,862
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6. (=)
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90/100 (A)
[First added to this chart: 09/15/2022]
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2021
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1,072
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A tremendous merger of Korean Pop and Shoegaze. It makes your ears bleed in the best of ways.
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 08/14/2023]
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 08/14/2023]
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2021
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991
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One of the best country records I have heard in a while. There is a real aura of class and timelessness in the song-writing and the instrumentation. The hit is clearly “If Trouble Comes A Lookin’” which is fantastic. You then have“Hometown Hero”, which is a heartbreaking song about a soldier who commits suicide. The song itself is stunning but the single banjo playing the National Anthem Of America is the icing on top of a soul destroying cake.
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 08/25/2023]
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 08/25/2023]
90/100 (A)
[First added to this chart: 11/03/2022]
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2021
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1,830
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Not as sensational and intricate as 2023’s “Family Ties”. Does not mean this isn’t a fantastic alt-country album as it most definitely is.
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 08/05/2024]
90/100 (A) [First added to this chart: 08/05/2024]
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 2 | 2% | |
| Jane Remover | 1 | 1% | |
| Sons Of Kemet | 1 | 1% | |
| Brockhampton | 1 | 1% | |
| Injury Reserve | 1 | 1% | |
| Liz Harris | 1 | 1% | |
| Japanese Breakfast | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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49 | 49% | |
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21 | 21% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 2nd to 1stI Don't Live Here Anymore by The War On Drugs |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 1st to 2ndG_d's Pee At State's End! by Godspeed You! Black Emperor |
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