NBHAP’s 50 Best Albums Of 2021
Listen to the best albums of 2021 picked by NBHAP. Including Little Simz, Wolf Alice, Big Red Machine, IDLES, Noga Erez and more. Stream here.
Published: December 02, 2021

The New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz's Best Albums of 2021
Less isolation didn’t mean a return to normalcy. Albums with big feelings and room for catharsis made the most powerful connections.
Published: December 02, 2021

The New York Times: Jon Caramanica's Best Albums of 2021
Less isolation didn’t mean a return to normalcy. Albums with big feelings and room for catharsis made the most powerful connections.
Published: December 02, 2021

The New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz's Best Albums of 2021
Less isolation didn’t mean a return to normalcy. Albums with big feelings and room for catharsis made the most powerful connections.
Published: December 02, 2021

The New York Times' Best Jazz Albums of 2021
In a year of continued uncertainty, musicians held their colleagues, and listeners, close.
Published: December 02, 2021

Complex's Best Albums of 2021
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

NPR Music's 50 Best Albums of 2021
NPR's annual list of the year's best albums is full of work by musicians who hit career peaks, discovered their voices or willed something new into reality.
Published: December 01, 2021

Louder Than War Albums of the Year 2021
Louder Than War present their best albums of the year for 2021. Our Top 100 as voted for by writers and contributors to the site.
Published: December 01, 2021

Treble's Top 25 Metal Albums of 2021
Get caught up on the greatest heavy releases of the past year—these are the 25 best metal albums of 2021, from Aenigmatum to Wode.
Published: December 01, 2021

Gigwise's 51 Best Albums of 2021
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Published: December 01, 2021

The Key's Best Albums of 2021
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Published: November 30, 2021

Uproxx's Best Albums of 2021
Billie Eilish, The Killers, and Young Thug all showed up big-time to deliver some of 2021's finest works.
Published: November 29, 2021

Glide's 20 Best Albums of 2021
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

Prog Magazine's Albums of the Year 2021
UK art rocker The Anchoress tops Prog Magazine's annual poll, holding off some stellar competition
Published: November 27, 2021

The New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich's Best Music of 2021
Amanda Petrusich writes about the best albums of 2021, including “Ignorance,” by the Weather Station; “Promises,” by Floating Points; “Little Oblivions,” by Julien Baker; “Afrique Victime,” by Mbou Moctar, and more.
Published: November 26, 2021

Revolver's 25 Best Albums of 2021
Gojira, Iron Maiden, Turnstile and more
Published: November 25, 2021

Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2021

Published: November 18, 2021

A.V. Club's Best Albums of 2021 So Far
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

Slant Magazine's Best Albums of 2021 … So Far
Our list of the best albums of 2021 so far is a testament to these artists' independent spirit.
Published: June 29, 2021

The Guardian's Best Albums of 2021 So Far
From drill’s high watermark to Tuareg rock, Colombian pop and London jazz, here are our music editors’ picks of the best LPs from the first half of the year
Published: June 14, 2021

Revolver's 20 Best Albums of 2021 So Far
From Gojira to Gulch
Published: June 14, 2021

Rolling Stone's Best Albums of 2021 So Far
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Published: June 11, 2021

NME's Best Albums of 2021 (So Far)
Six months deep into the year and we've already had a ton of top records. Catch up on all our favourites to date
Published: June 10, 2021

Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2021 So Far
The best LPs from a transitional six months.
Published: June 08, 2021

Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2021 So Far
Here are the Billboard staff&amp;#39;s 50 favorite albums of 2021 so far, presented alphabetically, with our favorite songs to follow tomorrow.
Published: June 07, 2021

Uproxx's Best Albums of 2021 So Far
Taylor Swift, Lil Tjay, St. Vincent, and others have highlighted the front half of this year in music.
Published: June 01, 2021

The Young Folks' Top 50 Albums of 2020

Published: December 30, 2020

Hot Press's Albums of 2020
The wait is over &ndash; it's time to reveal our Top 10 Albums of 2020!
Published: December 30, 2020

Magnetic's 30 Best Albums of 2020
In a year with incredible music, we tried to parse out 30 of the best albums out there from Sault, to Run The Jewels, Kelly Lee Owens, Arca, Actress, Krust, Caribou and many more.
Published: December 29, 2020

Passion of the Weiss's Best Albums of 2020
We made it. Some of us.
Published: December 29, 2020

Good Morning America's 50 Best Albums of 2020
Like 2020 itself, the records released this year offered many surprises.
Published: December 28, 2020

Drowned in Sound's Favourite Albums of 2020
The records that were stuck on repeat on our ghost-ship.
Published: December 27, 2020

Idolator's 70 Best Pop Albums Of 2020
We round up the 70 best pop albums of 2020, from Kylie Minogue’s ‘DISCO’ to Taylor Swift’s ‘folklore.’
Published: December 27, 2020

The Observer: Kitty Empire's 10 Best Albums of 2020
Our critic’s picks, from righteous old-school hip-hop via euphoric retro pop to classic American songwriting
Published: December 27, 2020

Northern Transmissions Best Albums of 2020
Northern Transmissions top albums of 2020. The year was a great one featuring, releases by Phoebe Bridgers, Fiona Apple, Adrianne Lenker and more.
Published: December 25, 2020

Us Weekly's 10 Best Albums of 2020
Miley Cyrus, Bob Dylan and The Weeknd are among the artists who had the best albums of 2020 — see Us Weekly’s list of the full top 10!
Published: December 24, 2020

XLR8R's Best Releases of 2020

Published: December 24, 2020

The Music's Top Ten Albums of 2020
'The Music' writers have voted and it's Miiesha's stunning debut, 'Nyaaringu', that claims the top spot as Album Of The Year.
Published: December 24, 2020

Okayplayer’s Best Albums Of 2020
If you just listened to these albums you would never ask, “is the concept of the album dead?” Here are the 20 best albums of 2020.
Published: December 23, 2020

Pitchfork's 16 Best Ambient Albums of 2020
Whether offering solace, transport, or simple numbness, these albums perfectly suited a year of lockdown.
Published: December 23, 2020

Magnet's Top 25 Albums of 2020

Published: December 23, 2020

Yahoo Entertainment's Best Albums of 2020
With concerts canceled for most of 2020, these albums gave us our music fixes safely at home, and helped us power through a difficult year.
Published: December 22, 2020

The Independent's 40 Best Albums of 2020
Despite the music industry being one of the worst-affected sectors during the pandemic, artists have gone above and beyond with albums to help us get through it. The Independent picks its 40 favourites
Published: December 22, 2020

Complex UK's Best Albums Of 2020
Did your favourite make the cut?
Published: December 22, 2020

BrooklynVegan’s Top 55 Albums of 2020
From Run The Jewels to Fiona Apple to Hum to Bartees Strange to Napalm Death to Mary Lattimore, here are our favorite albums of this whirlwind year...
Published: December 21, 2020

Esquire's Best Albums of 2020
From Bob Dylan, to Taylor Swift, Run The Jewels, and BTS—these are the best albums of 2020 that transcended the noise of a horrible year.
Published: December 21, 2020

Highsnobiety's 20 Best Albums of 2020
We're rounding up our biggest music highlights of the year, from Lil Uzi Vert to Pop Smoke and Kehlani. 2020 sucked but these 20 records got us through it.
Published: December 20, 2020

Dazed's 20 Best Albums of 2020
From Arca to A. G. Cook, Rina Sawayama and Rico Nasty, we look back on our favourite albums of the year
Published: December 18, 2020

The Guardian's 50 Best Albums of 2020
Our countdown is complete, topped by a mercurial work of sprawling invention by a woman who has dug deep to survive. Taken as a whole, these choices contain drama, solace, poetry and fire, a fitting selection for a turbulent year
Published: December 18, 2020

Spectrum Culture's Top 20 Albums of 2020

Published: December 18, 2020