The Key's Best Albums of 2021

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Published: November 30, 2021 06:04 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Wild River Anika Pyle Feb-12-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#2 New Music and Big Pop Another Michael Feb-19-2021, Bedroom Pop
#3 Collapsed In Sunbeams Arlo Parks Jan-29-2021, Bedroom Pop
#4 Losing Touch Beach Fuzz Aug-27-2021,
#5 An Overview on Phenomenal Nature Cassandra Jenkins Feb-19-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#6 Planet Her Doja Cat Jun-25-2021, Pop Rap
#7 Yellow Emma-Jean Thackray Jul-23-2021, Jazz Fusion
#8 Fun House Hand Habits Oct-22-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#9 Let Me Do One More illuminati hotties Oct-01-2021, Indie Rock
#10 Jubilee Japanese Breakfast Jun-04-2021, Indie Pop
#11 These 13 Jimbo Mathus, Andrew Bird Mar-05-2021, Appalachian Folk Music
#12 star-crossed Kacey Musgraves Sep-10-2021, Folk Pop
#13 Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Little Simz Sep-03-2021, UK Hip Hop
#14 HEY WHAT Low Sep-10-2021, Post-Industrial
#15 Home Video Lucy Dacus Jun-25-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#16 For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her McKinley Dixon May-07-2021, Jazz Rap
#17 Mesh Mesh Jan-01-2001, Post-Punk
#18 Moral Panic (The Complete Edition) Nothing But Thieves Oct-29-2021, Alternative Rock
#19 No Medium Rosali May-07-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#20 Changephobia Rostam Jun-04-2021, Indie Pop
#21 The Turning Wheel SPELLLING Jun-25-2021, Art Pop
#22 Pressure Machine The Killers Aug-13-2021, Heartland Rock
#23 I Don’t Live Here Anymore The War on Drugs Oct-29-2021, Heartland Rock
#24 Ignorance The Weather Station Feb-05-2021, Sophisti-Pop
#25 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler, The Creator Jun-25-2021, West Coast Hip Hop
#26 Stand For Myself Yola Jul-30-2021, Country Soul
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wild River | Anika Pyle | Album, Feb-12-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #2 | New Music and Big Pop | Another Michael | Album, Feb-19-2021, Bedroom Pop |
| #3 | Collapsed In Sunbeams | Arlo Parks | Album, Jan-29-2021, Bedroom Pop |
| #4 | Losing Touch | Beach Fuzz | EP, Aug-27-2021,  |
| #5 | An Overview on Phenomenal Nature | Cassandra Jenkins | Album, Feb-19-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #6 | Planet Her | Doja Cat | Album, Jun-25-2021, Pop Rap |
| #7 | Yellow | Emma-Jean Thackray | Album, Jul-23-2021, Jazz Fusion |
| #8 | Fun House | Hand Habits | Album, Oct-22-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #9 | Let Me Do One More | illuminati hotties | Album, Oct-01-2021, Indie Rock |
| #10 | Jubilee | Japanese Breakfast | Album, Jun-04-2021, Indie Pop |
| #11 | These 13 | Jimbo MathusAndrew Bird | Album, Mar-05-2021, Appalachian Folk Music |
| #12 | star-crossed | Kacey Musgraves | Album, Sep-10-2021, Folk Pop |
| #13 | Sometimes I Might Be Introvert | Little Simz | Album, Sep-03-2021, UK Hip Hop |
| #14 | HEY WHAT | Low | Album, Sep-10-2021, Post-Industrial |
| #15 | Home Video | Lucy Dacus | Album, Jun-25-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #16 | For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her | McKinley Dixon | Album, May-07-2021, Jazz Rap |
| #17 | Mesh | Mesh | EP, Jan-01-2001, Post-Punk |
| #18 | Moral Panic (The Complete Edition) | Nothing But Thieves | Album, Oct-29-2021, Alternative Rock |
| #19 | No Medium | Rosali | Album, May-07-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #20 | Changephobia | Rostam | Album, Jun-04-2021, Indie Pop |
| #21 | The Turning Wheel | SPELLLING | Album, Jun-25-2021, Art Pop |
| #22 | Pressure Machine | The Killers | Album, Aug-13-2021, Heartland Rock |
| #23 | I Don’t Live Here Anymore | The War on Drugs | Album, Oct-29-2021, Heartland Rock |
| #24 | Ignorance | The Weather Station | Album, Feb-05-2021, Sophisti-Pop |
| #25 | CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST | Tyler, The Creator | Album, Jun-25-2021, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #26 | Stand For Myself | Yola | Album, Jul-30-2021, Country Soul |