Year-End Lists

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

Music
Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

Steve Erickson: GCN The Best Music of 2021

Shade - Grouper

Wilco Favorite Albums of 2021

Glow On - Turnstile

Northern Transmissions Top 20 Albums of 2021

Revolution Shuffle - Michael Pisaro-Liu

Tone Glow Our Favorite Albums, 2021

Valentine - Snail Mail

Dork Albums of 2021

For the First Time - Black Country, New Road

Atwood Magazine 2021 Albums of the Year

Painful Enlightenment - Jana Rush

Hanif Abdurraqib 83 Favorite Albums Of 2021

Screen Violence - Chvrches

AllMusic Best of 2021

i became birds - Home Is Where

Jordan Cronk The Top 30 Albums of 2021

Screen Violence - Chvrches

Patrick Ryan: USA Today 5 Best Albums of 2021

In These Silent Days - Brandi Carlile

Melissa Ruggieri: USA Today 5 Best Albums of 2021

Glow On - Turnstile

Brooklyn Vegan Top 50 Albums of 2021

Outside Child - Allison Russell

No Depression Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2021

Ignorance - The Weather Station

Kitty Empire: Observer Top 10 Albums of 2021

The Turning Wheel - Spellling

Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop Top 50 Albums of 2021

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

A.V. Club The 20 Best Albums of 2021

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

Jason Parham: Wired The 8 Best Albums of 2021

If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power - Halsey

Brittany Spanos: Rolling Stone Top 10 Albums of 2021

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

Passerby Best Albums of 2021

Raise The Roof - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Ultimate Classic Rock Top 40 Rock Albums of 2021

Montero - Lil Nas X

New Statesman The Best Albums of 2021

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

Abeni Jones: Autostraddle Ten of the Best Albums Released by Queer and Trans Artists in 2021

When Smoke Rises - Mustafa

Carl Wilson: Slate Top 10 Albums of 2021

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

Albumism The 100 Best Albums of 2021