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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# 51

Pink Noise by Laura Mvula

Album • Jul 02 / 2021 Synthpop Contemporary R&B Dance-Pop

# 52

MONTERO by Lil Nas X

Album • Sep 17 / 2021 Pop Rap Pop Trap

# 53

Lindsey Buckingham by Lindsey Buckingham

Album • Sep 17 / 2021 Pop Rock Art Pop

# 54

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz

Album • Sep 03 / 2021 UK Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 55

Soberish by Liz Phair

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Indie Pop Pop Rock

# 56

Former Things by LoneLady

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Synthpop

# 57

Native Sons by Los Lobos

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Roots Rock

# 58

För Allting by Makthaverskan

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 Post-Punk Dream Pop

# 59

Symphony No. 9 by Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra + Manfred Honeck + Anton Bruckner

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Romanticism Symphony

# 60

Portas by Marisa Monte

Album • May 18 / 2022 MPB Baroque Pop

# 61

The Path of The Clouds by Marissa Nadler

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Dream Pop Psychedelic Folk

# 62

Hushed and Grim by Mastodon

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Progressive Metal

# 63

Im Abendrot: Songs by Wagner, Pfitzner, Strauss by Matthias Goerne + Seong-Jin Cho

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Romanticism Lied

# 64

Afrique Victime by Mdou Moctar

Album • May 21 / 2021 Tishoumaren Psychedelic Rock

# 65

Overtones for the Omniverse by Mocky

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Third Stream

# 66

As The Love Continues by Mogwai

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Post-Rock

# 67

AAI by Mouse On Mars

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 IDM Experimental

# 68

Space 1.8 by Nala Sinephro

Album • Sep 03 / 2021 Nu Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz

# 69

SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo

Album • May 21 / 2021 Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 70

Franz Liszt: Inspirations (Bonus Track Version) by Olivier Latry

Album • May 28 / 2021

# 71

to hell with it by PinkPantheress

Album • Oct 15 / 2021 Atmospheric Drum and Bass Contemporary R&B Alt-Pop Downtempo

# 72

Whole Lotta Red by Playboi Carti

Album • Dec 25 / 2020 Trap Rage Southern Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 73

Cyclorama by Polo & Pan

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Tropical House

# 74

Sharecropper's Son by Robert Finley

Album • May 21 / 2021 Soul Blues Country Soul

# 75

Raise The Roof by Robert Plant + Alison Krauss

Album • Nov 19 / 2021 Americana

# 76

Play With The Changes by Rochelle Jordan

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Alternative R&B UK Bass

# 77

ONTOLOGY by Roxana Amed

Album • Apr 09 / 2021 Vocal Jazz

# 78

I've Been Trying To Tell You by Saint Etienne

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Ambient Pop Downtempo

# 79

Bye for Now by Smile Machine

EP • Jul 16 / 2021 Shoegaze

# 80

Black To The Future by Sons Of Kemet

Album • May 14 / 2021 Afro-Jazz

# 81

Bright Green Field by Squid

Album • May 07 / 2021 Art Punk Post-Punk Experimental Rock

# 82

Other You by Steve Gunn

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 83

Shirushi by TEKE::TEKE

Album • May 07 / 2021 Psychedelic Rock

# 84

DRONES by Terrace Martin

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Contemporary R&B

# 85

ULTRAPOP by The Armed

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Noise Rock Post-Hardcore

# 86

Coral Island by The Coral

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 87

Open Door Policy by The Hold Steady

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Indie Rock

# 88

Dark in Here by The Mountain Goats

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Indie Folk Folk Rock

# 89

Uncommon Weather by The Reds, Pinks and Purples

Album • Apr 09 / 2021 Jangle Pop Indie Pop

# 90

Ignorance by The Weather Station

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Sophisti-Pop Art Pop

# 91

The Dept. of Discontinued Lines by The William Loveday Intention

Album • Jan 06 / 2021

# 92

BLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST by Theo Croker

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Jazz Fusion

# 93

Thirstier by TORRES

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Alternative Rock Indie Rock

# 94

GLOW ON by Turnstile

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock

# 95

CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop

# 96

The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers by Valerie June

Album • Mar 12 / 2021 Country Soul Americana

# 97

Sonatas Nos. 4, 5 & 7 by Viktoria Mullova + Alasdair Beatson

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Classical Period

# 98

Blue Weekend by Wolf Alice

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 99

Urban Driftwood by Yasmin Williams

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Contemporary Folk

# 100

Stand For Myself by Yola

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Country Soul Pop Soul