The Washington Post's Top 10 Albums of 2021

Some of the year’s best albums helped push time forward. Others made it blur.

Published: December 07, 2021 18:19 Source

# 1

Whole Lotta Red by Playboi Carti

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

# 2

Shade by Grouper

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 3

Meu Coco by Caetano Veloso

Album • Oct 21 / 2021 MPB Art Pop

# 4

GLOW ON by Turnstile

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock

# 5

Promises by Floating Points + Pharoah Sanders

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Post-Minimalism Third Stream

# 6

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Avant-Garde Jazz Post-Minimalism

# 7

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter

# 8

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Contemporary Folk

# 9

Up 2 Më by Yeat

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Rage

# 10

star-crossed by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Folk Pop Singer-Songwriter