Year-End Lists

Complex: The Best Albums of 2021

1. Tyler, The Creator
   Call Me If You Get Lost
2. J. Cole
   The Off-Season
3. Adele
   30
4. Doja Cat
   Planet Her
5. Jazmine Sullivan
   Heaux Tales
6. Kanye West
   Donda
7. Summer Walker
   Still Over It
8. Mach-Hommy
   Pray For Haiti
9. Don Toliver
   Life of a Don
10. Shelley FKA DRAM
    Shelley FKA DRAM
11. Benny the Butcher & Harry Fraud
    The Plugs I Met 2
12. Drake
    Certified Lover Boy
13. Baby Keem
    The Melodic Blue
14. Silk Sonic
    An Evening with Silk Sonic
15. Olivia Rodrigo
    Sour
16. Moneybagg Yo
    A Gangsta’s Pain
17. Isaiah Rashad
    The House Is Burning
18. Westside Gunn
    Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Sincerely Adolf
19. Vince Staples
    Vince Staples
20. Justin Bieber
    Justice
21. Snoh Aalegra
    Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies
22. Kacey Musgraves
    Star-Crossed
23. Maxo Kream
    Weight of the World
24. IDK
    USEE4YOURSELF
25. Wale
    Folarin II
26. Polo G
    Hall of Fame
27. Yebba
    Dawn
28. Armand Hammer & The Alchemist
    Haram
29. Conway the Machine
    La Maquina
30. Sleepy Hallow
    Still Sleep?
31. Young Thug
    Punk
32. Nas
    King's Disease II
33. James Blake
    Friends That Break Your Heart
34. Halsey
    If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
35. Lil Nas X
    Montero
36. G Herbo
    25
37. Morray
    Street Sermons
38. Billie Eilish
    Happier Than Ever
39. slowthai
    Tyron
40. Ka
    A Martyr’s Reward
41. Rod Wave
    SoulFly
42. Rome Streetz & Ransom
    Coup De Grâce
43. Willow
    Lately I Feel Everything
44. Boldy James & The Alchemist
    Bo Jackson
45. Pi'erre Bourne
    The Life of Pi'erre 5
46. PinkPantheress
    To Hell with It
47. Aminé
    TwoPointFive
48. Meek Mill
    Expensive Pain
49. J Balvin
    José
50. Migos
    Culture III