Year-End Lists

Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

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1. Sour
   Olivia Rodrigo
2. Call Me If You Get Lost
   Tyler, The Creator
3. Montero
   Lil Nas X
4. 30
   Adele
5. Planet Her
   Doja Cat
6. If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
   Halsey
7. An Evening with Silk Sonic
   Silk Sonic
8. Happier Than Ever
   Billie Eilish
9. Heaux Tales
   Jazmine Sullivan
10. El Madrileño
    C. Tangana
11. The Melodic Blue
    Baby Keem
12. Inside (The Songs)
    Bo Burnham
13. Star-Crossed
    Kacey Musgraves
14. to hell with it
    PinkPantheress
15. Collapsed in Sunbeams
    Arlo Parks
16. Jubilee
    Japanese Breakfast
17. Still Over It
    Summer Walker
18. Certified Lover Boy
    Drake
19. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
    Little Simz
20. Valentine
    Snail Mail
21. The House Is Burning
    Isaiah Rashad
22. When It's All Said And Done... Take Time
    Giveon
23. In These Silent Days
    Brandi Carlile
24. KG0516
    Karol G
25. Red (Taylor's Version)
    Taylor Swift
26. if I could make it go quiet
    girl in red
27. Glow On
    Turnstile
28. Table For Two
    Lucky Daye
29. The Lockdown Sessions
    Elton John
30. Nurture
    Porter Robinson
31. Inédito
    Carin Leon
32. The Off-Season
    J. Cole
33. Seis
    Mon Laferte
34. Vince Staples
    Vince Staples
35. 29: Written In Stone
    Carly Pearce
36. Justice
    Justin Bieber
37. Vice Versa
    Rauw Alejandro
38. in defense of my own happiness complete
    Joy Oladokun
39. Donda
    Kanye West
40. I Don’t Live Here Anymore
    The War on Drugs
41. Lately I Feel Everything
    Willow
42. If Orange Was a Place
    Tems
43. Life of a Don
    Don Toliver
44. Actual Life (April 14 - December 17 2020)
    Fred again..
45. Lyke Mike
    Myke Towers
46. Little Oblivions
    Julien Baker
47. Times
    SG Lewis
48. Dum and Dummer 2
    Young Dolph & Key Glock
49. The Marfa Tapes
    Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall
50. Sling
    Clairo