Best of 2021 Album Collections
With 2021 nearly in the books, the time has arrived to revisit and celebrate the plentiful past year in new music.
AllMusic has assembled our Best of 2021. Browse through and check out what music our editors have been listening to this year.
While we are still battling back from the most unprecedented years in modern history, 2021 was another jam-packed, wild time… especially music.
Published: December 17, 2021 15:04 Source
As 2021 comes to a close, we took a step back to honor the music that had the greatest impact on our lives. Here are Atwood Magazine's favorite albums of the year!
Published: December 30, 2021 21:00 Source
See how the latest from Adele, Japanese Breakfast, Billie Eilish and more rank on our countdown
Published: December 23, 2021 06:00 Source
From Julien Baker to Rostam, Madlib to Mogwai, these are the records that most impressed us at this point in the year
Published: July 09, 2021 05:00 Source
The records we couldn’t stop playing.
Published: December 17, 2021 15:01 Source
Arwa Haider and Nick Levine highlight BBC Culture's musical picks of the year.
Published: December 14, 2021 08:00 Source
We asked our presenters to pick their favourite, tallied all their votes, and we can now reveal the final results. Find out below which records made the Top 10, and see each presenter's personal pick of the year too!
Billboard's editorial staff picks their 50 favorite albums of 2021.
Published: December 06, 2021 18:14 Source
Here are the Billboard staff's 50 favorite albums of 2021 so far, presented alphabetically, with our favorite songs to follow tomorrow.
Published: June 07, 2021 17:01 Source
Bleep - We specialise in independent and innovative music regardless of genre or format. Working with labels and artists around the globe, we bring you a hand-picked selection of music for your ears and your feet.
2021 was an incredible year for punk and its many offshoots. Here are the 50 best albums across punk, hardcore, post-hardcore, emo, screamo, metalcore, ska-punk, pop punk, indie-punk, and some hard-to-define stuff in between.
Published: December 14, 2021 19:41 Source
From Low to Jazmine Sullivan to Turnstile to Japanese Breakfast to Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders to Vince Staples, here are our favorite albums of the year...
Published: December 28, 2021 18:35 Source
The Chorus.fm staff share their 30 favorite albums of 2021.
The end of the year is always an opportunity to look back, embracing winter’s implicit themes of decay and renewal. With the world still shrouded in the
Published: December 16, 2021 16:46 Source
Here are Complex's picks for the best albums of 2021, ranging from Hip-Hop and R&B to Pop. Find out which if your favorite project is the top album of the year.
Published: December 01, 2021 18:55 Source
There hasn’t been a year in recent memory when compiling the best UK albums has been anything short of incredibly tough—and it’s only getting tougher.
Published: December 21, 2021 18:30 Source
As the year comes to a close, we've rounded up the 50 top albums of 2021. Check out the complete list to see what made the cut here.
Published: December 07, 2021 13:00 Source
If there’s one thing that the worldwide pandemic has given us, it’s that songwriters are universally more honest, than ever before. The world could explode tomorrow, so you may as well say what’s on your mind, right?
Published: December 16, 2021 20:51 Source
Our edit of the best albums of 2021, featuring Klein, Squid, Ghetts, PinkPantheress and more. From field recordings to the divorce album, via club experiments and self-care rituals.
From Aya to Arca, Bladee to Billie Eilish, we look back on our favourite albums of the year
Published: December 17, 2021 11:09 Source
We've switched up our end-of-year coverage this year. Instead of ranked countdowns, we've asked 40 contributors to pick their favourite albums, tracks and compilations from the past 12 months, celebrating the personal sounds that made this strange year a memorable one for electronic music. Here are DJ Mag's top albums of 2021
Published: December 15, 2021 11:35 Source
The 50 best albums of the year, as voted by the Double J team
Published: December 08, 2021 22:00 Source
Here are 25 records that have impressed us the most this year...
Featuring Adele, Maxo Kream, Snail Mail, and more.
The best albums of 2021 come from stellar outings from Tyler, the Creator, Japanese Breakfast, the Kings of Leon, Leon Bridges, Mach-Hommy, the Weather Station, and more.
Published: December 10, 2021 13:38 Source
It’s been another dodgy year – but the music has been spectacular
Published: December 21, 2021 07:00 Source
The first half of 2021 has felt a bit like being in limbo: the return of the concert industry feels within reach, but with still a few more...
After 2020's many delays and cancellations, 2021 was a year of blockbusters. Pop superstars returned after several years of silence, the wor...
Picking out the 50 finest records of the year is always difficult but 2021 bore a new challenge. Expect inclusions for Japanese Breakfast, Shame and more.
Published: December 12, 2021 12:00 Source
25 records that helped us reorient ourselves to the outside world.
If there ever was a time that narrowing a list down to 20 best albums seemed shameful, 2021 had to be it. It appeared everyone was throwing down with
Published: November 29, 2021 14:02 Source
This year's list features offerings from Billie Eilish, Adele, and Lil Nas X.
Published: December 28, 2021 09:03 Source
Presenting an incomplete look at some of our favorite releases from the first half of 2021...
The Best Music Projects of 2021: 15 selections curated by the HYPEBEAST editorial team.
Published: December 23, 2021 02:00 Source
2021 was a difficult year for the music industry, with old systems collapsing on themselves. But that hasn't stopped the production of pure masterpieces.
Published: December 16, 2021 23:39 Source