Best Albums of 2021

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Listed below are the best albums of 2021 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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2021 year summaryThe best artists of 2021 were Little Simz, Black Country, New Road, Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra, Weezer, Japanese Breakfast, Tyler, The Creator, Squid (2020s), Black Midi, Low and Wolf Alice.

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Year Of The Spider

Shannon And The Clams

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2021

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6 charts

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992.

Red Hot + Free

Various Artists

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2021

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2 charts

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Swing On Vinyl

LBT

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2021

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3 charts

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Under A Spell

Richard Barbieri

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2021

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4 charts

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995.

Familiar Patterns

Swiss Portrait

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2021

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Get Up Sequences Part One

The Go! Team

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2021

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8 charts

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Fuck Art

The Dirty Nil

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2021

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12 charts

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Warte Mein Land, Warte

Ozan Ata Canani

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2021

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5 charts

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Several Others

Whispering Sons

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2021

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9 charts

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Mush

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2021

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Best Albums of 2021 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	8	1%
Arca	4	0%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	3	0%
Portrayal Of Guilt	2	0%
Nas	2	0%
Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2	0%
Hawkwind	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	455	46%
	192	19%
	50	5%
	46	5%
	37	4%
	28	3%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	8	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	974	97%
Yes	26	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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Best Albums of the 2020s
1. Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road
2. The New Abnormal by The Strokes
3. Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple
4. Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers
5. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz
6. For The First Time by Black Country, New Road
7. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief
8. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar
9. Promises by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra
10. Folklore by Taylor Swift
11. What's Your Pleasure? by Jessie Ware
12. Shore by Fleet Foxes
13. Blue Rev by Alvvays
14. A Light For Attracting Attention by The Smile
15. How I'm Feeling Now by Charli XCX
16. Hellfire by Black Midi
17. RTJ4 by Run The Jewels
18. After Hours by The Weeknd
19. Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast
20. Call Me If You Get Lost by Tyler, The Creator