Year-End Lists

Jem Aswad: The Best Albums of 2021, as published by Variety

1. Tyler, The Creator
   Call Me If You Get Lost
2. PinkPantheress
   To Hell with It
3. Adia Victoria
   A Southern Gothic
4. Mdou Moctar
   Afrique Victime
5. Arlo Parks
   Collapsed in Sunbeams
6. Yebba
   Dawn
7. Matt Sweeney & Bonnie "Prince" Billy
   Superwolves
8. Arooj Aftab
   Vulture Prince
9. Summer Walker
   Still Over It
10. Sault
    Nine

Honorable mentions that could well have made the top 10 on a different day

• Amindi
  nice
• Bomba Estéreo
  Deja
• Idles
  Crawler
• Silk Sonic
  An Evening with Silk Sonic
• Tems
  If Orange Was a Place