Best Albums of 2021

« View best albums of 2020View best albums of 2022 »

Listed below are the best albums of 2021 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 54,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

2021 year summaryThe best artists of 2021 were Black Country, New Road, Little Simz, Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra, Weezer, Japanese Breakfast, Tyler, The Creator, Squid (2020s), Black Midi, Low and Injury Reserve.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Collector's summary (top 1,000)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

631.

Pictura De Ipse : Musique Directe

Hubert Lenoir

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

6 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

632.

Hall Of Fame

Polo G

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

633.

Change

Anika

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

9 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

634.

Kingdom Of Oblivion

Motorpsycho

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

635.

Escape Of The Phoenix

Evergrey

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

6 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

636.

Grapefruit Season

James Vincent McMorrow

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

637.

Renewal

Billy Strings

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

8 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

638.

What We Call Life

Jordan Rakei

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

639.

Etemen Ænka

Dvne

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

10 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

640.

All Day Gentle Hold!

Porches

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

9 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

« prev
1
...
63
64
65
...
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 64 of 100

Best Albums of 2021 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	7	1%
Arca	4	0%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	3	0%
Can	2	0%
트와이스 [Twice]	2	0%
Dltzk	2	0%
Mach-Hommy	2	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	459	46%
	195	20%
	49	5%
	44	4%
	34	3%
	27	3%
	17	2%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	974	97%
Yes	26	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

« View best albums of 2020View best albums of 2022 »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Popular Charts
1. 100 Best Albums - 2024 Edition by Apple Music (2024)
2. The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time by New Music Express (2013)
3. The Top 100 Albums by VH1 (2001)
4. The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone (2020)
5. 200 Greatest Albums of All Time by Uncut (2016)
6. Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums by Virgin (2000)
7. Top 100 Albums by ABC (2006)
8. The Definitive 200 by National Association of Recording Merchandisers (2007)
9. Die 100 besten Alben der Musikgeschichte by radioeins (2019)
10. The 300 Greatest Albums of All Time (1-100) by Paste (2024)
11. The Greatest Rock Albums by uDiscoverMusic (2015)
12. Die 100 Alben des Jahrhunderts by Spex (2000)
13. 100 Greatest Albums Ever by Q (2006)
14. Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Melody Maker (2000)
15. The 100 Greatest Albums Of All Time by Absolute Radio (2012)
16. Los 48 mejores discos de la historia by Esquire España (2022)
17. Mojo Readers: The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made by Mojo (1996)
18. Die 100 besten Platten des Jahrhunderts by Wiener (1999)
19. The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time by Consequence of Sound (2022)
20. Die 20 besten Alben der Geschichte by Musikexpress.de (2011)