The Young Folks' 50 Best Albums of 2021



Published: December 29, 2021 22:00 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Jubilee Japanese Breakfast Jun-04-2021, Indie Pop
#2 Afrique Victime Mdou Moctar May-21-2021, Tishoumaren
#3 Collapsed In Sunbeams Arlo Parks Jan-29-2021, Bedroom Pop
#4 Nurture Porter Robinson Apr-23-2021, Electropop
#5 SOUR Olivia Rodrigo May-21-2021, Pop
#6 Home Video Lucy Dacus Jun-25-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#7 Blue Weekend Wolf Alice Jun-04-2021, Alternative Rock
#8 If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power Halsey Aug-27-2021, Art Pop
#9 Valentine Snail Mail Nov-05-2021, Indie Rock
#10 Promises Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism
#11 Daddy's Home St. Vincent May-14-2021, Psychedelic Soul
#12 New Long Leg Dry Cleaning Apr-02-2021, Post-Punk
#13 An Evening With Silk Sonic Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic Nov-12-2021, Smooth Soul
#14 Happier Than Ever Billie Eilish Jul-30-2021, Alt-Pop
#15 FLOWERS for VASES / descansos Hayley Williams Feb-05-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#16 Pray For Haiti Mach-Hommy May-21-2021, East Coast Hip Hop
#17 Little Oblivions Julien Baker Feb-26-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#18 Red (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift Nov-12-2021, Pop Rock
#19 Solar Power Lorde Aug-20-2021, Folk Pop
#20 HEY WHAT Low Sep-10-2021, Post-Industrial
#21 Screen Violence CHVRCHES Aug-27-2021, Synthpop
#22 if i could make it go quiet girl in red Apr-30-2021, Indie Pop
#23 In These Silent Days Brandi Carlile Oct-01-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#24 Civilisation Kero Kero Bonito Sep-10-2021, Synthpop
#25 Sling Clairo Jul-16-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#26 Smiling with No Teeth Genesis Owusu Mar-15-2021, Neo-Soul
#27 To See the Next Part of the Dream Parannoul Apr-19-2021, Shoegaze
#28 Pink Noise Laura Mvula Jul-02-2021, Synthpop
#29 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler, The Creator Jun-25-2021, West Coast Hip Hop
#30 Heaux Tales Jazmine Sullivan Jan-08-2021, Contemporary R&B
#31 For the first time Black Country, New Road Feb-05-2021, Post-Rock
#32 Actual Life (April 14 - December 17 2020) Fred again.. Apr-15-2021, Future Garage
#33 to hell with it PinkPantheress Oct-15-2021, Atmospheric Drum and Bass
#34 I Know I'm Funny haha Faye Webster Jun-25-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#35 I Don’t Live Here Anymore The War on Drugs Oct-29-2021, Heartland Rock
#36 30 Adele Nov-19-2021, Pop Soul
#37 Cavalcade black midi May-26-2021, Avant-Prog
#38 Bright Green Field Squid May-07-2021, Art Punk
#39 You Be the Wolf Janet Batch Oct-29-2021,
#40 Prioritise Pleasure Self Esteem Oct-22-2021, Electropop
#41 Sound Ancestors Madlib Jan-29-2021, Instrumental Hip Hop
#42 Tough Cookies: Best of the Quarantine Broadcasts Low Cut Connie May-19-2021,
#43 1987 Donny Montell Sep-04-2021,
#44 333 Tinashe Aug-06-2021, Alternative R&B
#45 LP! JPEGMAFIA Oct-22-2021, Experimental Hip Hop
#46 Juno Remi Wolf Oct-15-2021, Contemporary R&B
#47 Mercurial World Magdalena Bay Oct-08-2021, Synthpop
#48 DEACON serpentwithfeet Mar-26-2021, Alternative R&B
#49 Mother Cleo Sol Aug-20-2021, Neo-Soul
#50 MONTERO Lil Nas X Sep-17-2021, Pop Rap
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Jubilee | Japanese Breakfast | Album, Jun-04-2021, Indie Pop |
| #2 | Afrique Victime | Mdou Moctar | Album, May-21-2021, Tishoumaren |
| #3 | Collapsed In Sunbeams | Arlo Parks | Album, Jan-29-2021, Bedroom Pop |
| #4 | Nurture | Porter Robinson | Album, Apr-23-2021, Electropop |
| #5 | SOUR | Olivia Rodrigo | Album, May-21-2021, Pop |
| #6 | Home Video | Lucy Dacus | Album, Jun-25-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #7 | Blue Weekend | Wolf Alice | Album, Jun-04-2021, Alternative Rock |
| #8 | If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power | Halsey | Album, Aug-27-2021, Art Pop |
| #9 | Valentine | Snail Mail | Album, Nov-05-2021, Indie Rock |
| #10 | Promises | Floating PointsPharoah Sanders | Album, Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism |
| #11 | Daddy's Home | St. Vincent | Album, May-14-2021, Psychedelic Soul |
| #12 | New Long Leg | Dry Cleaning | Album, Apr-02-2021, Post-Punk |
| #13 | An Evening With Silk Sonic | Bruno MarsAnderson .PaakSilk Sonic | Album, Nov-12-2021, Smooth Soul |
| #14 | Happier Than Ever | Billie Eilish | Album, Jul-30-2021, Alt-Pop |
| #15 | FLOWERS for VASES / descansos | Hayley Williams | Album, Feb-05-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #16 | Pray For Haiti | Mach-Hommy | Album, May-21-2021, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #17 | Little Oblivions | Julien Baker | Album, Feb-26-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #18 | Red (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | Album, Nov-12-2021, Pop Rock |
| #19 | Solar Power | Lorde | Album, Aug-20-2021, Folk Pop |
| #20 | HEY WHAT | Low | Album, Sep-10-2021, Post-Industrial |
| #21 | Screen Violence | CHVRCHES | Album, Aug-27-2021, Synthpop |
| #22 | if i could make it go quiet | girl in red | Album, Apr-30-2021, Indie Pop |
| #23 | In These Silent Days | Brandi Carlile | Album, Oct-01-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #24 | Civilisation | Kero Kero Bonito | Album, Sep-10-2021, Synthpop |
| #25 | Sling | Clairo | Album, Jul-16-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #26 | Smiling with No Teeth | Genesis Owusu | Album, Mar-15-2021, Neo-Soul |
| #27 | To See the Next Part of the Dream | Parannoul | Album, Apr-19-2021, Shoegaze |
| #28 | Pink Noise | Laura Mvula | Album, Jul-02-2021, Synthpop |
| #29 | CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST | Tyler, The Creator | Album, Jun-25-2021, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #30 | Heaux Tales | Jazmine Sullivan | EP, Jan-08-2021, Contemporary R&B |
| #31 | For the first time | Black Country, New Road | Album, Feb-05-2021, Post-Rock |
| #32 | Actual Life (April 14 - December 17 2020) | Fred again.. | Album, Apr-15-2021, Future Garage |
| #33 | to hell with it | PinkPantheress | Album, Oct-15-2021, Atmospheric Drum and Bass |
| #34 | I Know I'm Funny haha | Faye Webster | Album, Jun-25-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #35 | I Don’t Live Here Anymore | The War on Drugs | Album, Oct-29-2021, Heartland Rock |
| #36 | 30 | Adele | Album, Nov-19-2021, Pop Soul |
| #37 | Cavalcade | black midi | Album, May-26-2021, Avant-Prog |
| #38 | Bright Green Field | Squid | Album, May-07-2021, Art Punk |
| #39 | You Be the Wolf | Janet Batch | Album, Oct-29-2021,  |
| #40 | Prioritise Pleasure | Self Esteem | Album, Oct-22-2021, Electropop |
| #41 | Sound Ancestors | Madlib | Album, Jan-29-2021, Instrumental Hip Hop |
| #42 | Tough Cookies: Best of the Quarantine Broadcasts | Low Cut Connie | Album, May-19-2021,  |
| #43 | 1987 | Donny Montell | Album, Sep-04-2021,  |
| #44 | 333 | Tinashe | Album, Aug-06-2021, Alternative R&B |
| #45 | LP! | JPEGMAFIA | Album, Oct-22-2021, Experimental Hip Hop |
| #46 | Juno | Remi Wolf | Album, Oct-15-2021, Contemporary R&B |
| #47 | Mercurial World | Magdalena Bay | Album, Oct-08-2021, Synthpop |
| #48 | DEACON | serpentwithfeet | Album, Mar-26-2021, Alternative R&B |
| #49 | Mother | Cleo Sol | Album, Aug-20-2021, Neo-Soul |
| #50 | MONTERO | Lil Nas X | Album, Sep-17-2021, Pop Rap |