Vulture's Best Albums of 2021

Including Halsey, Tyler the Creator, Mach-Hommy, Jazmine Sullivan, Madlib, Kacey Musgraves, Low, and more.

Published: December 13, 2021 15:00 Source

# 1

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

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

# 2

HEY WHAT by Low

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Post-Industrial Ambient Pop Experimental Rock

# 3

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Vocal Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz

# 4

Promises by Floating Points + Pharoah Sanders

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Post-Minimalism Third Stream

# 5

Sound Ancestors by Madlib

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Instrumental Hip Hop

# 6

Pray For Haiti by Mach-Hommy

Album • May 21 / 2021 East Coast Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 7

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 West Coast Hip Hop

# 8

Mood Valiant by Hiatus Kaiyote

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Neo-Soul

# 9

star-crossed by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Folk Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 10

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Art Pop Alternative Rock Electronic