Year-End Lists

The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2021

1. Olivia Rodrigo
   Sour
2. Wolf Alice
   Blue Weekend
3. Little Simz
   Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
4. Clairo
   Sling
5. Self Esteem
   Prioritise Pleasure
6. Jazmine Sullivan
   Heaux Tales
7. Lorde
   Solar Power
8. St. Vincent
   Daddy's Home
9. Girl in Red
   If I Could Make It Go Quiet
10. Arlo Parks
    Collapsed in Sunbeams
11. Lana Del Rey
    Chemtrails over the Country Club
12. Turnstile
    Glow On
13. Remi Wolf
    Juno
14. Tyler, The Creator
    Call Me If You Get Lost
15. Laura Mvula
    Pink Noise
16. Halsey
    If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
17. The Weather Station
    Ignorance
18. For Those I Love
    For Those I Love
19. Lucy Dacus
    Home Video
20. Sault
    Nine
21. Sam Fender
    Seventeen Going Under
22. Snail Mail
    Valentine
23. Japanese Breakfast
    Jubilee
24. Celeste
    Not Your Muse
25. Pom Pom Squad
    Death of a Cheerleader
26. Claud
    Super Monster
27. Dry Cleaning
    New Long Leg
28. Amyl and The Sniffers
    Comfort To Me
29. Julien Baker
    Little Oblivions
30. Willow
    Lately I Feel Everything
31. Kacey Musgraves
    Star-Crossed
32. Hannah Peel
    Fir Wave
33. Goat Girl
    On All Fours
34. Ghetts
    Conflict of Interest
35. Tirzah
    Colourgrade
36. Bleachers
    Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night
37. Lana Del Rey
    Blue Banisters
38. Adele
    30
39. Black Honey
    Written & Directed
40. Hayley Williams
    Flowers for Vases / Descansos
41. Doja Cat
    Planet Her
42. The Staves
    Good Woman
43. slowthai
    Tyron
44. Greentea Peng
    Man Made
45. Liz Phair
    Soberish