TIME's Best Albums of 2021 So Far

From the unvarnished confessional tone of Jazmine Sullivan's 'Heaux Tales' to the warm acoustic chemistry on 'The Marfa Tapes.'

Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Promises Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism
#2 Actual Life (April 14 - December 17 2020) Fred again.. Apr-15-2021, Future Garage
#3 The Marfa Tapes Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall May-07-2021, Country
#4 Heaux Tales Jazmine Sullivan Jan-08-2021, Contemporary R&B
#5 Little Oblivions Julien Baker Feb-26-2021, Singer-Songwriter
#6 DEACON serpentwithfeet Mar-26-2021, Alternative R&B
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Promises | Floating PointsPharoah Sanders | Album, Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism |
| #2 | Actual Life (April 14 - December 17 2020) | Fred again.. | Album, Apr-15-2021, Future Garage |
| #3 | The Marfa Tapes | Jack IngramMiranda LambertJon Randall | Album, May-07-2021, Country |
| #4 | Heaux Tales | Jazmine Sullivan | EP, Jan-08-2021, Contemporary R&B |
| #5 | Little Oblivions | Julien Baker | Album, Feb-26-2021, Singer-Songwriter |
| #6 | DEACON | serpentwithfeet | Album, Mar-26-2021, Alternative R&B |