Best Albums of 2021

Listed below are the best albums of 2021 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 50,000 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, Japanese Breakfast, Tyler, The Creator, Squid, Weezer, Black Midi, Lana Del Rey and Low.
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 11 of 100

Best Albums of 2021 composition

Country Albums %


United States 461 46%
United Kingdom 197 20%
Canada 45 5%
Mixed Nationality 44 4%
Australia 38 4%
Germany 28 3%
France 18 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 990 99%
Yes 10 1%
Live? Albums %
No 973 97%
Yes 27 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 987 99%
Yes 13 1%
Best Albums of the 2000s
1. Kid A by Radiohead
2. In Rainbows by Radiohead
3. Funeral by Arcade Fire
4. Is This It by The Strokes
5. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
6. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
7. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
8. Madvillainy by Madvillain
9. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
10. Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol
11. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
12. A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay
13. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
14. Elephant by The White Stripes
15. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
16. Amnesiac by Radiohead
17. Demon Days by Gorillaz
18. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
19. Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age
20. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
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