The 10 Best Albums of 2021
The most memorable music made during a disorienting year, from Lorde, Arca, Jazmine Sullivan, and more
Editor’s Note: Find all of The Atlantic’s “Best of 2021” coverage here.
Strange year. A year of starts and stops, of feeling better but still bad, of muffled crises and a hazy. Who can maintain focus when viruses are mutating along with the ? How did anyone have patience for the and that the pop-music discourse? I needed songs that itched for attention, that evaded routines, that could tell a joke, and that said it was good to survive each day. Many of my picks could be described with the word that a brilliant new artist : . Was there any nicer way to label 2021?
