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

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Heaux Tales Jazmine Sullivan Jan-08-2021, Contemporary R&B
#2 HEY WHAT Low Sep-10-2021, Post-Industrial
#3 SONGWRIGHTS APOTHECARY LAB Esperanza Spalding Sep-24-2021, Vocal Jazz
#4 Promises Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism
#5 Sound Ancestors Madlib Jan-29-2021, Instrumental Hip Hop
#6 Pray For Haiti Mach-Hommy May-21-2021, East Coast Hip Hop
#7 CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Tyler, The Creator Jun-25-2021, West Coast Hip Hop
#8 Mood Valiant Hiatus Kaiyote Jun-25-2021, Neo-Soul
#9 star-crossed Kacey Musgraves Sep-10-2021, Folk Pop
#10 If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power Halsey Aug-27-2021, Art Pop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Heaux Tales | Jazmine Sullivan | EP, Jan-08-2021, Contemporary R&B |
| #2 | HEY WHAT | Low | Album, Sep-10-2021, Post-Industrial |
| #3 | SONGWRIGHTS APOTHECARY LAB | Esperanza Spalding | Album, Sep-24-2021, Vocal Jazz |
| #4 | Promises | Floating PointsPharoah Sanders | Album, Mar-26-2021, Post-Minimalism |
| #5 | Sound Ancestors | Madlib | Album, Jan-29-2021, Instrumental Hip Hop |
| #6 | Pray For Haiti | Mach-Hommy | Album, May-21-2021, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #7 | CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST | Tyler, The Creator | Album, Jun-25-2021, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #8 | Mood Valiant | Hiatus Kaiyote | Album, Jun-25-2021, Neo-Soul |
| #9 | star-crossed | Kacey Musgraves | Album, Sep-10-2021, Folk Pop |
| #10 | If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power | Halsey | Album, Aug-27-2021, Art Pop |