Year-End Lists

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

1. Little Simz
   Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
2. Jazmine Sullivan
   Heaux Tales
3. Japanese Breakfast
   Jubilee
4. Lil Nas X
   Montero
5. PinkPantheress
   To Hell with It
6. Grouper
   Shade
7. Dave
   We're All Alone in This Together
8. Olivia Rodrigo
   Sour
9. Ghetts
   Conflict of Interest
10. Park Hye Jin
    Before I Die
11. Arlo Parks
    Collapsed in Sunbeams
12. Snail Mail
    Valentine
13. Julien Baker
    Little Oblivions
14. Self Esteem
    Prioritise Pleasure
15. Halsey
    If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
16. Tyler, The Creator
    Call Me If You Get Lost
17. John Glacier
    SHILOH: Lost For Words
18. Summer Walker
    Still Over It
19. JPEGMAFIA
    LP!
20. Sun June
    Somewhere
21. Mdou Moctar
    Afrique Victime
22. serpentwithfeet
    Deacon
23. Wolf Alice
    Blue Weekend
24. Ashnikko
    Demidevil
25. Indigo De Souza
    Any Shape You Take
26. Taylor Swift
    Red (Taylor's Version)
27. Xenia Rubinos
    Una Rosa
28. James Blake
    Friends That Break Your Heart
29. Girl in Red
    If I Could Make It Go Quiet
30. Clairo
    Sling
31. Remi Wolf
    Juno
32. Adele
    30
33. Joy Crookes
    Skin
34. Lucy Dacus
    Home Video
35. Dawn Richard
    Second Line
36. The Anchoress
    The Art of Losing
37. The War on Drugs
    I Don’t Live Here Anymore
38. L'Rain
    Fatigue
39. Genesis Owusu
    Smiling with No Teeth
40. Pom Pom Squad
    Death of a Cheerleader
41. Dijon
    Absolutely
42. Laura Mvula
    Pink Noise
43. The Weather Station
    Ignorance
44. Griff
    One Foot in Front of the Other
45. Kacey Musgraves
    Star-Crossed
46. Idles
    Crawler
47. Molly Payton
    Slack
48. Claud
    Super Monster
49. Willow
    Lately I Feel Everything
50. Shannon Lay
    Geist