TIME's 10 Best Albums of 2021

The best albums this year explored heartbreak, obsession, salvation, family, and rage; they came from jazz drummers and hip-hop icons alike.

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# 1

Promises by Floating Points + Pharoah Sanders

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Post-Minimalism Third Stream

# 2

Vince Staples by Vince Staples

Album • Jul 09 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop Trap

# 3

to hell with it by PinkPantheress

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

# 4

Blue Weekend by Wolf Alice

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 5

Still Over It by Summer Walker

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Contemporary R&B

# 6

The Marfa Tapes by Jack Ingram + Miranda Lambert + Jon Randall

Album • May 07 / 2021 Country Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 7

Donda by Kanye West

Album • Aug 29 / 2021 Christian Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 8

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Afro-Jazz Jazz Fusion

# 9

Navy's Reprise by Navy Blue

Album • Aug 13 / 2021 Abstract Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 10

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

EP • Jan 08 / 2021 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul