Year-End Lists

The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022]

1. Porter Robinson
   Nurture
2. Tyler, The Creator
   Call Me If You Get Lost
3. Dijon
   Absolutely
4. Jazmine Sullivan
   Heaux Tales
5. Rauw Alejandro
   Vice Versa
6. Mach-Hommy
   Pray For Haiti
7. Doja Cat
   Planet Her
8. Mustafa
   When Smoke Rises
9. Juls Baby
   Sounds of My World
10. Little Simz
    Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
11. Bladee
    The Fool
12. Blue Rojo
    Solitario
13. Ethel Cain
    Inbred
14. Turnstile
    Glow On
15. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist
    Haram
16. Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
    Promises
17. Prettyboy D-O
    Love is War
18. Lil Nas X
    Montero
19. Lana Del Rey
    Chemtrails over the Country Club
19. Lana Del Rey
    Blue Banisters
20. Rachika Nayar
    fragments
21. Vince Staples
    Vince Staples
22. Black Midi
    Cavalcade
23. osquinn
    drive-by lullabies
24. Wolf Alice
    Blue Weekend
25. Isaiah Rashad
    The House Is Burning
26. Halsey
    If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
27. HTRK
    Rhinestones
28. Karol G
    KG0516
29. Boldy James & The Alchemist
    Bo Jackson
30. Fuubutsushi
    Setsubun
31. The Spirit Of The Beehive
    Entertainment, Death
32. Navy Blue
    Navy’s Reprise
33. Unknown T
    Adolescence
34. Yasmin Williams
    Urban Driftwood
35. Lost Girls
    Menneskekollektivet
36. Sam Gendel
    Fresh Bread
37. Olivia Rodrigo
    Sour
38. Slaughter Beach, Dog
    At The Moonbase
39. L'Rain
    Fatigue
40. leroy
    dariacore
41. The Avalanches
    We Will Always Love You
42. Lambchop
    Showtunes
43. PinkPantheress
    To Hell with It
44. Deafheaven
    Infinite Granite
45. Playboi Carti
    Whole Lotta Red
46. Lojay & Sarz
    LV N ATTN
47. Grouper
    Shade
48. Tirzah
    Colourgrade
49. Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt
    Lucy & Aaron
50. Bruiser Wolf
    Dope Game Stupid