Year-End Lists

Mikael Wood: The 10 Best Albums of 2021, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022]

1. Heaux Tales
   Jazmine Sullivan
2. Sour
   Olivia Rodrigo
3. Changephobia
   Rostam
4. Montero
   Lil Nas X
5. Chemtrails over the Country Club
   Lana Del Rey
6. Call Me If You Get Lost
   Tyler, The Creator
7. 30
   Adele
8. Planet Her
   Doja Cat
9. The Marfa Tapes
   Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall
10. Vince Staples
    Vince Staples

Plus 10 more not to be missed

• Certified Lover Boy
  Drake
• Home Video
  Lucy Dacus
• Inside (The Songs)
  Bo Burnham
• fishmonger
  underscores
• Happier Than Ever
  Billie Eilish
• Still Over It
  Summer Walker
• Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine
  BROCKHAMPTON
• Blood Bunny
  Chloe Moriondo
• Sob Rock
  John Mayer
• I Know I'm Funny haha
  Faye Webster