Year-End Lists

NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

1. Sam Fender
   Seventeen Going Under
2. Little Simz
   Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
3. Wolf Alice
   Blue Weekend
4. Self Esteem
   Prioritise Pleasure
5. Tyler, The Creator
   Call Me If You Get Lost
6. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
   Carnage
7. Arlo Parks
   Collapsed in Sunbeams
8. Halsey
   If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
9. Turnstile
   Glow On
10. Olivia Rodrigo
    Sour
11. For Those I Love
    For Those I Love
12. The War on Drugs
    I Don’t Live Here Anymore
13. Ghetts
    Conflict of Interest
14. Clairo
    Sling
15. Billie Eilish
    Happier Than Ever
16. Sleaford Mods
    Spare Ribs
17. Lana Del Rey
    Blue Banisters
18. Dave
    We're All Alone in This Together
19. Lorde
    Solar Power
20. Lil Nas X
    Montero
21. London Grammar
    Californian Soil
22. Silk Sonic
    An Evening with Silk Sonic
23. Bicep
    Isles
24. Snail Mail
    Valentine
25. Royal Blood
    Typhoons
26. Chvrches
    Screen Violence
27. Summer Walker
    Still Over It
28. Idles
    Crawler
29. Genesis Owusu
    Smiling with No Teeth
30. The Killers
    Pressure Machine
31. slowthai
    Tyron
32. Laura Mvula
    Pink Noise
33. AJ Tracey
    Flu Game
34. Remi Wolf
    Juno
35. Big Red Machine
    How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?
36. Girl in Red
    If I Could Make It Go Quiet
37. Ray BLK
    Access Denied
38. Tomorrow X Together
    The Chaos Chapter: Freeze
39. Easy Life
    Life's a Beach
40. Black Country, New Road
    For the First Time
41. Joy Crookes
    Skin
42. Vince Staples
    Vince Staples
43. Dry Cleaning
    New Long Leg
44. Bleachers
    Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night
45. Young Thug
    Punk
46. Nao
    And Then Life Was Beautiful
47. Sault
    Nine
48. Kacey Musgraves
    Star-Crossed
49. Inhaler
    It Won’t Always Be Like This
50. Doja Cat
    Planet Her