Anticipated by no one and ignored by most, here are my picks for best albums and songs of 2021. You can click on each album to link to Spotify, or the underlined album title for Apple Music. My favorite songs are compiled on playlists on both Spotify and Apple. Click here for song playlist on Spotify.
Albums
Wolf Alice Blue Weekend
Leon Bridges Gold-Diggers Sound
The Marías CINEMA
Olivia Rodrigo Sour
Helado Negro Far In
Priya Ragu damnshestamil
Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever
Robert Finley Sharecropper’s SonSongs: 21 for ’21
Wet Leg Chaise Longue
The Marías Hush
Sofi Tukker & John Summit
Sun Came Up
Shungudzo
It’s a good day (to fight the system)
Leon Bridges Motorbike
Arlo Parks Too Good
Robert Finley
Better Than I Treat Myself
The Black Keys Crawling Kingsnake
Gabriels Blame
Madi Diaz New Person, Old Place
St. Vincent The Melting Of The Sun
Priya Ragu Kamali
Park Hye Jin Let’s Sing Let’s Dance
Ora The Molecule Sugar
Wolf Alice Lipstick on the Glass
Aida Victoria Magnolia Blues
Helado Negro Outside the Outside
Little Simz Woman
Billie Eilish Oxytocin
Olivia Rodrigo brutal
The Linda Lindas Racist, Sexist Boy
The Pick 