Year-End Lists

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

Music
Collapsed in Sunbeams - Arlo Parks

Esquire The Best Albums of 2021

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Vinyl Factory Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2021

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

BBC Radio 6 Music Top 10 Albums of 2021

Seventeen Going Under - Sam Fender

NME The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Nurture - Porter Robinson

Our Culture The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Outside Child - Allison Russell

Chris Willman: Variety The Best Albums of 2021

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

Jem Aswad: Variety The Best Albums of 2021

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

PopMatters The 75 Best Albums of 2021

For the First Time - Black Country, New Road

Loud And Quiet Albums of the Year 2021

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Albums of 2021

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

Slant The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Whole Lotta Red - Playboi Carti

Chris Richards: Washington Post Best Music of 2021

Fatigue - L'Rain

The Wire Top 50 Albums of 2021

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

Consequence Top 50 Albums of 2021

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

The Ringer The Best Albums of 2021

Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

Billboard The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Hey What - Low

Treble The 50 Best Albums of 2021

I Don’t Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs

Stereogum The 50 Best Albums Of 2021

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Time The 10 Best Albums of 2021

Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

Rolling Stone 50 Best Albums of 2021

29: Written In Stone - Carly Pearce

Holler Albums of the Year 2021

I Don’t Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs

Steven Hyden: Uproxx Favorite Albums of 2021

30 - Adele

Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times Best Albums of 2021