Year-End Lists

NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

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1. Seventeen Going Under
   Sam Fender
2. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
   Little Simz
3. Blue Weekend
   Wolf Alice
4. Prioritise Pleasure
   Self Esteem
5. Call Me If You Get Lost
   Tyler, The Creator
6. Carnage
   Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
7. Collapsed in Sunbeams
   Arlo Parks
8. If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
   Halsey
9. Glow On
   Turnstile
10. Sour
    Olivia Rodrigo
11. For Those I Love
    For Those I Love
12. I Don’t Live Here Anymore
    The War on Drugs
13. Conflict of Interest
    Ghetts
14. Sling
    Clairo
15. Happier Than Ever
    Billie Eilish
16. Spare Ribs
    Sleaford Mods
17. Blue Banisters
    Lana Del Rey
18. We're All Alone in This Together
    Dave
19. Solar Power
    Lorde
20. Montero
    Lil Nas X
21. Californian Soil
    London Grammar
22. An Evening with Silk Sonic
    Silk Sonic
23. Isles
    Bicep
24. Valentine
    Snail Mail
25. Typhoons
    Royal Blood
26. Screen Violence
    Chvrches
27. Still Over It
    Summer Walker
28. Crawler
    Idles
29. Smiling with No Teeth
    Genesis Owusu
30. Pressure Machine
    The Killers
31. Tyron
    slowthai
32. Pink Noise
    Laura Mvula
33. Flu Game
    AJ Tracey
34. Juno
    Remi Wolf
35. How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?
    Big Red Machine
36. if I could make it go quiet
    girl in red
37. Access Denied
    Ray BLK
38. The Chaos Chapter: Freeze
    Tomorrow X Together
39. Life's a Beach
    Easy Life
40. For the First Time
    Black Country, New Road
41. Skin
    Joy Crookes
42. Vince Staples
    Vince Staples
43. New Long Leg
    Dry Cleaning
44. Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night
    Bleachers
45. Punk
    Young Thug
46. And Then Life Was Beautiful
    Nao
47. Nine
    Sault
48. Star-Crossed
    Kacey Musgraves
49. It Won’t Always Be Like This
    Inhaler
50. Planet Her
    Doja Cat