Year-End Lists

Rob Sheffield: Top 20 Albums of 2021, as published by Rolling Stone

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022]

1. Sour
   Olivia Rodrigo
2. Red (Taylor's Version)
   Taylor Swift
3. Home Video
   Lucy Dacus
4. 30
   Adele
5. To Hell with It
   PinkPantheress
6. Doomin' Sun
   Bachelor
7. Heaux Tales
   Jazmine Sullivan
8. Driver
   Adult Mom
9. Open Door Policy
   The Hold Steady
10. Afrique Victime
    Mdou Moctar
11. Happier Than Ever
    Billie Eilish
12. Hall of Fame
    Polo G
13. Mercurial World
    Magdalena Bay
14. Carnage
    Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
15. Future Past
    Duran Duran
16. Laura Stevenson
    Laura Stevenson
17. Vice Versa
    Rauw Alejandro
18. Jubilee
    Japanese Breakfast
19. Glow On
    Turnstile
20. Lindsey Buckingham
    Lindsey Buckingham