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

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Whole Lotta Red Playboi Carti Dec-25-2020, Trap
#2 Shade Grouper Oct-22-2021, Contemporary Folk
#3 Meu Coco Caetano Veloso Oct-21-2021, MPB
#4 GLOW ON Turnstile Aug-27-2021, Post-Hardcore
#5 Promises Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism
#6 descension (Out of Our Constrictions) Natural Information Society Apr-16-2021, Avant-Garde Jazz
#7 Chemtrails Over The Country Club Lana Del Rey Mar-19-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#8 Urban Driftwood Yasmin Williams Jan-29-2021, Contemporary Folk
#9 Up 2 Më Yeat Sep-10-2021, Rage
#10 star-crossed Kacey Musgraves Sep-10-2021, Folk Pop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Whole Lotta Red | Playboi Carti | Album, Dec-25-2020, Trap |
| #2 | Shade | Grouper | Album, Oct-22-2021, Contemporary Folk |
| #3 | Meu Coco | Caetano Veloso | Album, Oct-21-2021, MPB |
| #4 | GLOW ON | Turnstile | Album, Aug-27-2021, Post-Hardcore |
| #5 | Promises | Floating PointsPharoah Sanders | Album, Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism |
| #6 | descension (Out of Our Constrictions) | Natural Information Society | Album, Apr-16-2021, Avant-Garde Jazz |
| #7 | Chemtrails Over The Country Club | Lana Del Rey | Album, Mar-19-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #8 | Urban Driftwood | Yasmin Williams | Album, Jan-29-2021, Contemporary Folk |
| #9 | Up 2 Më | Yeat | Album, Sep-10-2021, Rage |
| #10 | star-crossed | Kacey Musgraves | Album, Sep-10-2021, Folk Pop |