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.
Source
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Promises | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders | Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism |
| #2 | Vince Staples | Vince Staples | Jul-09-2021, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #3 | to hell with it | PinkPantheress | Oct-15-2021, Atmospheric Drum and Bass |
| #4 | Blue Weekend | Wolf Alice | Jun-04-2021, Alternative Rock |
| #5 | Still Over It | Summer Walker | Nov-05-2021, Contemporary R&B |
| #6 | The Marfa Tapes | Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall | May-07-2021, Country |
| #7 | Donda | Kanye West | Aug-29-2021, Christian Hip Hop |
| #8 | The Hands of Time | Weedie Braimah | Sep-24-2021, Afro-Jazz |
| #9 | Navy's Reprise | Navy Blue | Aug-13-2021, Abstract Hip Hop |
| #10 | Heaux Tales | Jazmine Sullivan | Jan-08-2021, Contemporary R&B |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Promises | Floating PointsPharoah Sanders | Album, Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism |
| #2 | Vince Staples | Vince Staples | Album, Jul-09-2021, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #3 | to hell with it | PinkPantheress | Album, Oct-15-2021, Atmospheric Drum and Bass |
| #4 | Blue Weekend | Wolf Alice | Album, Jun-04-2021, Alternative Rock |
| #5 | Still Over It | Summer Walker | Album, Nov-05-2021, Contemporary R&B |
| #6 | The Marfa Tapes | Jack IngramMiranda LambertJon Randall | Album, May-07-2021, Country |
| #7 | Donda | Kanye West | Album, Aug-29-2021, Christian Hip Hop |
| #8 | The Hands of Time | Weedie Braimah | Album, Sep-24-2021, Afro-Jazz |
| #9 | Navy's Reprise | Navy Blue | Album, Aug-13-2021, Abstract Hip Hop |
| #10 | Heaux Tales | Jazmine Sullivan | EP, Jan-08-2021, Contemporary R&B |