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2021 Music

Washington Post: Chris Richards: Best Music of 2021

07 December 2021

Whole Lotta Red - Playboi Carti

Chris Richards: Best Music of 2021, as published by The Washington Post

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2011]

  1. Whole Lotta Red
    Playboi Carti
  2. Shade
    Grouper
  3. Meu Coco
    Caetano Veloso
  4. Glow On
    Turnstile
  5. Promises
    Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
  6. descension (Out of Our Constrictions)
    Natural Information Society with Evan Parker
  7. Chemtrails over the Country Club
    Lana Del Rey
  8. Urban Driftwood
    Yasmin Williams
  9. Up 2 Më
    Yeat
  10. Star-Crossed
    Kacey Musgraves

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