Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Lists

  1. Time: The 10 Best Albums of 2021
  2. Wired: Jason Parham: The 8 Best Albums of 2021
  3. NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2021
  4. Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 10 Best Albums of 2021
  5. Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim: The Best Albums of 2021
  6. Complex: The Best Albums of 2021
  7. The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  8. Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  9. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  10. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  11. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2021
  12. Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  13. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2021
  14. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  15. NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  16. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  17. PopMatters: The 75 Best Albums of 2021
  18. Clash: Albums of the Year 2021
  19. Hanif Abdurraqib: 83 Favorite Albums Of 2021