Year-End Lists

The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2021 Ranked

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
   Little Simz
2. Heaux Tales
   Jazmine Sullivan
3. Jubilee
   Japanese Breakfast
4. Montero
   Lil Nas X
5. to hell with it
   PinkPantheress
6. Shade
   Grouper
7. We're All Alone in This Together
   Dave
8. Sour
   Olivia Rodrigo
9. Conflict of Interest
   Ghetts
10. Before I Die
    Park Hye Jin
11. Collapsed in Sunbeams
    Arlo Parks
12. Valentine
    Snail Mail
13. Little Oblivions
    Julien Baker
14. Prioritise Pleasure
    Self Esteem
15. If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
    Halsey
16. Call Me If You Get Lost
    Tyler, The Creator
17. SHILOH: Lost For Words
    John Glacier
18. Still Over It
    Summer Walker
19. LP!
    JPEGMAFIA
20. Somewhere
    Sun June
21. Afrique Victime
    Mdou Moctar
22. Deacon
    serpentwithfeet
23. Blue Weekend
    Wolf Alice
24. Demidevil
    Ashnikko
25. Any Shape You Take
    Indigo De Souza
26. Red (Taylor's Version)
    Taylor Swift
27. Una Rosa
    Xenia Rubinos
28. Friends That Break Your Heart
    James Blake
29. if I could make it go quiet
    girl in red
30. Sling
    Clairo
31. Juno
    Remi Wolf
32. 30
    Adele
33. Skin
    Joy Crookes
34. Home Video
    Lucy Dacus
35. Second Line
    Dawn Richard
36. The Art of Losing
    The Anchoress
37. I Don’t Live Here Anymore
    The War on Drugs
38. Fatigue
    L'Rain
39. Smiling with No Teeth
    Genesis Owusu
40. Death of a Cheerleader
    Pom Pom Squad
41. Absolutely
    Dijon
42. Pink Noise
    Laura Mvula
43. Ignorance
    The Weather Station
44. One Foot in Front of the Other
    Griff
45. Star-Crossed
    Kacey Musgraves
46. Crawler
    Idles
47. Slack
    Molly Payton
48. Super Monster
    Claud
49. Lately I Feel Everything
    Willow
50. Geist
    Shannon Lay