TOP ALBUMS OF 2021

The year 2021 was a strong year for different genres of music: pop albums from Olivia Rodrigo, Doja Cat, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Adele, Taylor Swift, & The Kid LAROI; hip-hop/rap album from Drake; country album from Morgan Wallen; alternative album from Billie Eilish; & R&B/soul album from The Weeknd.

The complete list of my TOP ALBUMS OF 2021 is after the jump.

55. Senjutsu - Iron Maiden

54. Shiesty Season - Pooh Shiesty

53. Still Over It - Summer Walker

52. Dancing With The Devil…The Art Of Starting Over - Demi Lovato

51. Sincerely, Kentrell - YoungBoy Never Broke Again

50. New Long Leg - Dry Cleaning

49. Californian Soil - London Grammar

48. Promises - Floating Points

47. When You See Yourself - Kings Of Leon

46. The Chaos Chapter: Freeze - Tomorrow X Together

45. The Lockdown Sessions - Elton John

44. Deacon - serpentwithfeet

43. Life By Misadventure - Rag'n'Bone Man

42. Attacca - Seventeen

41. Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook, Vol. 1 - Barry Gibb

40. Culture III - Migos

39. Shade - Grouper

38. Afrique Victime - Mdou Moctar

37. Faith - Pop Smoke

36. Chemtrails Over The Country Club - Lana Del Rey

35. Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

34. Medicine At Midnight - Foo Fighters

33. Khaled Khaled - DJ Khaled

32. Slime Language 2 - Young Stoner Life, Young Thug & Gunna

31. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

30. Valentine - Snail Mail

29. Bright Green Field - Squid

28. Ignorance - The Weather Station

27. Blue Weekend - Wolf Alice

26. Carnage - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

25. Soulfly - Rod Wave

24. Music Of The Spheres - Coldplay 

23. Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

22. Hall Of Fame - Polo G

21. The Voice Of The Heroes - Lil Baby & Lil Durk

20. Voyage - ABBA

19. A Gangsta's Pain - Moneybagg Yo

18. Sticker - NCT 127

17. We're All Alone In This Together - Dave

16. Fearless (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

15. Hot Sauce - NCT Dream

14. Montero - Lil Nas X

13. The Off-Season - J. Cole

12. Donda - Kanye West

11. F*CK LOVE 3: OVER YOU

Artist: The Kid LAROI

Labels: Grade A / Columbia

Release Date: 09 July 2021

Single: Stay

10. RED (TAYLOR'S VERSION)

Artist: Taylor Swift

Label: Republic

Release Date: 12 November 2021

Singles: I Bet You Think About Me / Message In A Bottle

9. 30

Artist: Adele

Labels: Columbia / Melted Stone

Release Date: 19 November 2021

Singles: Easy On Me / Oh My God

8. THE HIGHLIGHTS

Artist: The Weeknd

Labels: XO / Republic

Release Date: 05 February 2021

Singles: Greatest Hits Album

7. =

Artist: Ed Sheeran

Labels: Asylum / Atlantic

Release Date: 28 February 2020

Singles: Bad Habits / Shivers / Overpass Graffiti

6. HAPPIER THAN EVER

Artist: Billie Eilish

Labels: Darkroom / Interscope

Release Date: 30 July 2021

Singles: My Future / Therefore I Am / Your Power /

                Lost Cause / NDA / Happier Than Ever / Male Fantasy

5. JUSTICE

Artist: Justin Bieber

Labels: Def Jam / RBMG / SB Projects / Schoolboy

Release Date: 19 March 2021

Singles: Holy / Lonely / Anyone / Hold On / Peaches / Ghost

4. DANGEROUS: THE DOUBLE ALBUM

Artist: Morgan Wallen

Labels: Big Loud / Republic

Release Date: 08 January 2021

Singles: More Than My Hometown / 7 Summers / Sand In My Boots

3. CERTIFIED LOVER BOY

Artist: Drake

Labels: OVO / Republic

Release Date: 03 September 2021

Singles: Way 2 Sexy / Girls Want Girls / Knife Talk

2. PLANET HER

Artist: Doja Cat

Labels: Kemosabe / RCA

Release Date: 25 June 2021

Singles: Kiss Me More / You Right / Need To Know / Woman

1. SOUR

Artist: Olivia Rodrigo

Label: Geffen

Release Date: 21 May 2021

Singles: Drivers License

               Deja Vu

               Good 4 U

               Traitor

               Brutal