The 40 Best Albums of 2021 by Metacritic (2021)

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Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums & video games. These are their best albums of 2021.
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Carnage 
Australia Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2021
Appears in:
196 charts
Rank Score:
571
Rank in 2021:
26
Rank in 2020s:
67
Overall Rank:
2,726
Average Rating:
 77 (180 votes)
Comments:
8
2.
Red (Taylor’s Version) 
United States Taylor Swift
Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2021
Appears in:
41 charts
Rank Score:
185
Rank in 2021:
78
Rank in 2020s:
222
Overall Rank:
6,918
Average Rating:
 72 (44 votes)
Comments:
2
3.
Blue Weekend 
United Kingdom Wolf Alice
Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2021
Appears in:
188 charts
Rank Score:
708
Rank in 2021:
16
Rank in 2020s:
47
Overall Rank:
2,290
Average Rating:
 77 (166 votes)
Comments:
8
4.
Ignorance 
Canada The Weather Station
Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2021
Appears in:
177 charts
Rank Score:
507
Rank in 2021:
31
Rank in 2020s:
76
Overall Rank:
3,022
Average Rating:
 75 (164 votes)
Comments:
8
5.
Bright Green Field 
United Kingdom Squid
Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2021
Appears in:
249 charts
Rank Score:
1,138
Rank in 2021:
6
Rank in 2020s:
18
Overall Rank:
1,534
Average Rating:
 79 (274 votes)
Comments:
21
6.
Valentine 
United States Snail Mail
Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2021
Appears in:
123 charts
Rank Score:
461
Rank in 2021:
33
Rank in 2020s:
83
Overall Rank:
3,259
Average Rating:
 72 (96 votes)
Comments:
5
7.
30 
United Kingdom Adele
Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2021
Appears in:
96 charts
Rank Score:
208
Rank in 2021:
62
Rank in 2020s:
185
Overall Rank:
6,242
Average Rating:
 67 (92 votes)
Comments:
8
8.
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert 
United Kingdom Little Simz
Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2021
Appears in:
383 charts
Rank Score:
2,517
Rank in 2021:
1
Rank in 2020s:
5
Overall Rank:
735
Average Rating:
 84 (336 votes)
Comments:
25
9.
Call Me If You Get Lost 
United States Tyler, The Creator
Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2021
Appears in:
287 charts
Rank Score:
1,201
Rank in 2021:
5
Rank in 2020s:
16
Overall Rank:
1,465
Average Rating:
 79 (302 votes)
Comments:
21
10.
Jubilee 
United States Japanese Breakfast
Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2021
Appears in:
294 charts
Rank Score:
1,294
Rank in 2021:
4
Rank in 2020s:
15
Overall Rank:
1,373
Average Rating:
 78 (261 votes)
Comments:
20
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The 40 Best Albums of 2021 composition

Artist Albums %


Taylor Swift 2 5%
Dry Cleaning 1 3%
Clairo 1 3%
Squid 1 3%
Idles 1 3%
Billie Eilish 1 3%
Indigo De Souza 1 3%
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Country Albums %


United States 20 50%
United Kingdom 14 35%
Canada 2 5%
Niger 1 3%
Mixed Nationality 1 3%
Denmark 1 3%
Australia 1 3%

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