AllMusic's Best of 2021

AllMusic has assembled our Best of 2021. Browse through and check out what music our editors have been listening to this year.

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# 1

30 by Adele

Album • Nov 19 / 2021 Pop Soul

# 2

Queens of the Summer Hotel by Aimee Mann

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Baroque Pop

# 3

Missa solemnis by Freiburger Barockorchester + RIAS Kammerchor + René Jacobs + Polina Pastirchak + Sophie Harmsen + Steve Davislim + Johannes Weisser

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Romanticism Choral Christian Liturgical Music Mass

# 4

Outside Child by Allison Russell

Album • May 21 / 2021 Contemporary Folk Americana

# 5

Comfort To Me by Amyl and The Sniffers

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Garage Punk

# 6

Talk Memory by BADBADNOTGOOD

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Jazz Fusion

# 7

Open Arms to Open Us by Ben LaMar Gay

Album • Nov 19 / 2021 Nu Jazz Art Pop

# 8

Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Alt-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 9

Hardware by Billy F Gibbons

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Southern Rock

# 10

INSIDE by Bo Burnham

Album • Jun 10 / 2021

# 11

Deja by Bomba Estéreo

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Latin Electronic Latin Alternative

# 12

In These Silent Days by Brandi Carlile

Album • Oct 01 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 13

El Madrileño by C. Tangana

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Latin Pop Alternative R&B Flamenco Pop

# 14

Parallel World by Cadence Weapon

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Experimental Hip Hop Political Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 15

An Overview on Phenomenal Nature by Cassandra Jenkins

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 16

The River Doesn’t Like Strangers by Chelsea Carmichael

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Jazz Jazz Fusion

# 17

Screen Violence by CHVRCHES

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Synthpop

# 18

Playground In A Lake by Clark

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Ambient Chamber Music

# 19

Mother by Cleo Sol

Album • Aug 20 / 2021 Neo-Soul Smooth Soul

# 20

PROSTHETIC BOOMBOX by Cola Boyy

Album • Jun 18 / 2021 Hypnagogic Pop Bedroom Pop

# 21

The Tunnel and the Clearing by Colleen

Album • May 21 / 2021 Electronic Ambient Pop

# 22

Bloodmoon: I by Converge + Chelsea Wolfe

Album • Nov 19 / 2021 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Gothic Metal

# 23

If Words Were Flowers by Curtis Harding

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Psychedelic Soul

# 24

The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows by Damon Albarn

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 Ambient Pop Art Pop

# 25

New Long Leg by Dry Cleaning

Album • Apr 02 / 2021 Post-Punk

# 26

The Obvious I by Ed Dowie

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Synthpop

# 27

Phantasmagoria or a Different Kind of Journey by Eivind Aarset

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Jazz-Rock Electroacoustic

# 28

Dear America by Eric Bibb

Album • Aug 20 / 2021 Blues Country Blues

# 29

Flat White Moon by Field Music

Album • Apr 23 / 2021 Progressive Pop Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 30

Medicine At Midnight by Foo Fighters

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 31

For As Long As I Can Remember by Geoffrey O'Connor

Album • Aug 06 / 2021 Sophisti-Pop

# 32

Shade by Grouper

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 33

If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power by Halsey

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Art Pop Alternative Rock Electronic

# 34

Far In by Helado Negro

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Indietronica Art Pop

# 35

Arvo Pärt: Passio by Helsinki Chamber Choir + Nils Schweckendiek

Album • Sep 03 / 2021

# 36

Mood Valiant by Hiatus Kaiyote

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Neo-Soul

# 37

The Marfa Tapes by Jack Ingram + Miranda Lambert + Jon Randall

Album • May 07 / 2021 Country Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 38

The Horses and the Hounds by James McMurtry

Album • Aug 20 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Americana Roots Rock

# 39

Jubilee by Japanese Breakfast

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Indie Pop Chamber Pop

# 40

Dear Love by Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Vocal Jazz

# 41

Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 9 by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Album • Mar 01 / 2021

# 42

Brighten by Jerry Cantrell

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 43

Septet by John Carroll Kirby

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Jazz Fusion

# 44

WE ARE by Jon Batiste

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Soul

# 45

Presentable Corpse - 002 by Jorge Elbrecht

Album • May 28 / 2021 Psychedelic Pop

# 46

KG0516 by KAROL G

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Reggaetón Latin Pop

# 47

Broken Land 2 by Kenneth Whalum

Album • Jul 16 / 2021

# 48

Butterfly 3000 by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Album • Jun 11 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 49

Clarinet Quintet; Horn Quintet by Klenke Quartett + Nicola Jürgensen + Stephan Katte + Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart + Johann Sebastian Bach

Album • May 21 / 2021

# 50

Fatigue by L’Rain

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Neo-Psychedelia Neo-Soul