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2021 Music

The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2021

20 December 2021

Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2021

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020]

  1. Sour
    Olivia Rodrigo
  2. Blue Weekend
    Wolf Alice
  3. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
    Little Simz
  4. Sling
    Clairo
  5. Prioritise Pleasure
    Self Esteem
  6. Heaux Tales
    Jazmine Sullivan
  7. Solar Power
    Lorde
  8. Daddy's Home
    St. Vincent
  9. if I could make it go quiet
    girl in red
  10. Collapsed in Sunbeams
    Arlo Parks
  11. Chemtrails over the Country Club
    Lana Del Rey
  12. Glow On
    Turnstile
  13. Juno
    Remi Wolf
  14. Call Me If You Get Lost
    Tyler, The Creator
  15. Pink Noise
    Laura Mvula
  16. If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
    Halsey
  17. Ignorance
    The Weather Station
  18. For Those I Love
    For Those I Love
  19. Home Video
    Lucy Dacus
  20. Nine
    Sault
  21. Seventeen Going Under
    Sam Fender
  22. Valentine
    Snail Mail
  23. Jubilee
    Japanese Breakfast
  24. Not Your Muse
    Celeste
  25. Death of a Cheerleader
    Pom Pom Squad
  26. Super Monster
    Claud
  27. New Long Leg
    Dry Cleaning
  28. Comfort To Me
    Amyl and The Sniffers
  29. Little Oblivions
    Julien Baker
  30. Lately I Feel Everything
    Willow
  31. Star-Crossed
    Kacey Musgraves
  32. Fir Wave
    Hannah Peel
  33. On All Fours
    Goat Girl
  34. Conflict of Interest
    Ghetts
  35. Colourgrade
    Tirzah
  36. Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night
    Bleachers
  37. Blue Banisters
    Lana Del Rey
  38. 30
    Adele
  39. Written & Directed
    Black Honey
  40. Flowers for Vases / Descansos
    Hayley Williams
  41. Planet Her
    Doja Cat
  42. Good Woman
    The Staves
  43. Tyron
    slowthai
  44. Man Made
    Greentea Peng
  45. Soberish
    Liz Phair

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