Year-End Lists

Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2021, in alphabetical order

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

• Collapsed in Sunbeams
  Arlo Parks
• Ultrapop
  The Armed
• How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?
  Big Red Machine
• Happier Than Ever
  Billie Eilish
• Sling
  Clairo
• War & Wonders
  D Smoke
• Die 4 Respect
  DDG & OG Parker
• Absolutely
  Dijon
• Planet Her
  Doja Cat
• Life of a Don
  Don Toliver
• I Know I'm Funny haha
  Faye Webster
• 1176
  Guapdad 4000 and !llmind
• Back of My Mind
  H.E.R.
• If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
  Halsey
• USEE4YOURSELF
  IDK
• Any Shape You Take
  Indigo De Souza
• The House Is Burning
  Isaiah Rashad
• The Off-Season
  J. Cole
• Jubilee
  Japanese Breakfast
• Heaux Tales
  Jazmine Sullivan
• Little Oblivions
  Julien Baker
• Star-Crossed
  Kacey Musgraves
• Pressure Machine
  The Killers
• Chemtrails over the Country Club
  Lana Del Rey
• The Voice of the Heroes
  Lil Baby and Lil Durk
• Montero
  Lil Nas X
• Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
  Little Simz
• Home Video
  Lucy Dacus
• Afrique Victime
  Mdou Moctar
• Carnage
  Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
• Sour
  Olivia Rodrigo
• Lean Into Life
  Petey
• Whole Lotta Red
  Playboi Carti
• Hall of Fame
  Polo G
• Nightmare Vacation
  Rico Nasty
• Romeo
  Sega Bodega
• An Evening with Silk Sonic
  Silk Sonic
• All The Brilliant Things
  Skyzoo
• Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies
  Snoh Aalegra
• Still Over It
  Summer Walker
• Evermore
  Taylor Swift
• 333
  Tinashe
• Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
  Topaz Jones
• Glow On
  Turnstile
• Call Me If You Get Lost
  Tyler, The Creator
• Vince Staples
  Vince Staples
• Folarin II
  Wale
• I Don’t Live Here Anymore
  The War on Drugs
• A Billion Little Lights
  Wild Pink
• Punk
  Young Thug