Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Music
Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

The Ringer The Best Albums of 2021

Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

Billboard The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Hey What - Low

Treble The 50 Best Albums of 2021

I Don’t Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs

Stereogum The 50 Best Albums Of 2021

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Time The 10 Best Albums of 2021

Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

Rolling Stone 50 Best Albums of 2021

29: Written In Stone - Carly Pearce

Holler Albums of the Year 2021

I Don’t Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs

Steven Hyden: Uproxx Favorite Albums of 2021

30 - Adele

Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times Best Albums of 2021

When Smoke Rises - Mustafa

Jon Caramanica: New York Times Best Albums of 2021

Deja - Bomba Estéreo

Jon Pareles: New York Times Best Albums of 2021

Mercurial World - Magdalena Bay

Gorilla vs. Bear Albums of 2021

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

NPR 50 Best Albums of 2021

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

Complex The Best Albums of 2021

Fire - The Bug

Quietus Albums of the Year 2021

The Heart Pumps Kool-Aid - ---__--___

Sasha Geffen: Artforum Best Music of 2021

Prioritise Pleasure - Self Esteem

Gigwise 51 Best Albums of 2021

Bright Green Field - Squid

Les Inrocks Top 25 Albums of 2021

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

Exclaim 50 Best Albums of 2021

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

Uproxx The Best Albums Of 2021

Bright Green Field - Squid

Glide 20 Best Albums of 2021

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Paste The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Ignorance - The Weather Station

Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker The Best Music of 2021