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2021 Music

The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

14 December 2021

Nurture - Porter Robinson

The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

[see also 2023 • 2022]

  1. Nurture
    Porter Robinson
  2. Call Me If You Get Lost
    Tyler, The Creator
  3. Absolutely
    Dijon
  4. Heaux Tales
    Jazmine Sullivan
  5. Vice Versa
    Rauw Alejandro
  6. Pray For Haiti
    Mach-Hommy
  7. Planet Her
    Doja Cat
  8. When Smoke Rises
    Mustafa
  9. Sounds of My World
    Juls Baby
  10. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
    Little Simz
  11. The Fool
    Bladee
  12. Solitario
    Blue Rojo
  13. Inbred
    Ethel Cain
  14. Glow On
    Turnstile
  15. Haram
    Armand Hammer & The Alchemist
  16. Promises
    Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
  17. Love is War
    Prettyboy D-O
  18. Montero
    Lil Nas X
  19. Chemtrails over the Country Club
    Lana Del Rey
  20. Blue Banisters
    Lana Del Rey
  21. fragments
    Rachika Nayar
  22. Vince Staples
    Vince Staples
  23. Cavalcade
    black midi
  24. drive-by lullabies
    osquinn
  25. Blue Weekend
    Wolf Alice
  26. The House Is Burning
    Isaiah Rashad
  27. If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
    Halsey
  28. Rhinestones
    HTRK
  29. KG0516
    Karol G
  30. Bo Jackson
    Boldy James & The Alchemist
  31. Setsubun
    Fuubutsushi
  32. Entertainment, Death
    The Spirit Of The Beehive
  33. Navy’s Reprise
    Navy Blue
  34. Adolescence
    Unknown T
  35. Urban Driftwood
    Yasmin Williams
  36. Menneskekollektivet
    Lost Girls
  37. Fresh Bread
    Sam Gendel
  38. Sour
    Olivia Rodrigo
  39. At The Moonbase
    Slaughter Beach, Dog
  40. Fatigue
    L'Rain
  41. dariacore
    leroy
  42. We Will Always Love You
    The Avalanches
  43. Showtunes
    Lambchop
  44. to hell with it
    PinkPantheress
  45. Infinite Granite
    Deafheaven
  46. Whole Lotta Red
    Playboi Carti
  47. LV N ATTN
    Lojay & Sarz
  48. Shade
    Grouper
  49. Colourgrade
    Tirzah
  50. Lucy & Aaron
    Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt
  51. Dope Game Stupid
    Bruiser Wolf

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