Best Albums of 2021

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Listed below are the best albums of 2021 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 56,000 greatest album charts.

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

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The Machine Is Burning And Now Everyone Knows It Could Happen Again

Bruit ≤

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2021

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17 charts

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Un Canto Por México, Vol. 2

Natalia Lafourcade

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2021

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20 charts

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483.

The Parlor

Alabama Slim

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2021

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1 chart

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484.

Her
Soundtrack

Arcade Fire With Owen Pallett

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2021

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13 charts

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485.

Ententraum

International Music

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2021

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13 charts

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Maximum Sorrow!

Desperate Journalist

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2021

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11 charts

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487.

Bring Backs

Alfa Mist

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2021

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14 charts

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Dagara: Gyil Music Of Ghana's Upper West Region

Dagar Gyil Ensemble Of Lawra

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2021

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7 charts

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Sharecropper's Son

Robert Finley

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2021

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12 charts

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490.

Leap Second

M. Caye Castagnetto

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2021

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14 charts

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Best Albums of 2021 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	7	1%
Arca	4	0%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	3	0%
Weezer	2	0%
Taylor Swift	2	0%
Guided By Voices	2	0%
Lana Del Rey	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	462	46%
	190	19%
	51	5%
	46	5%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

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Best Albums of 2023
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2. Javelin by Sufjan Stevens
3. Scaring The Hoes by JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown
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5. The Record by Boygenius
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7. That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware
8. First Two Pages Of Frankenstein by The National
9. The Ballad Of Darren by Blur
10. Live At Bush Hall by Black Country, New Road
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13. Maps by Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
14. Guts by Olivia Rodrigo
15. The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan
16. This Is Why by Paramore
17. But Here We Are by Foo Fighters
18. I Inside The Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey
19. PetroDragonic Apocalypse; Or Dawn Of Eternal Night: An Annihilation Of Planet Earth And The Beginning Of Merciless Damnation by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
20. Let's Start Here by Lil Yachty