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2021 Music

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

13 December 2021

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

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

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020]

  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

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