Albums from the Year 2021

Other Years:

2021

2022

2023

2021

This page lists the top albums of 2021 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described in the site generation page. A list of biggest hit songs of 2021 can be found here.

The companion site chart2000.com provides an alternative (and clearly better) set of charts of the top songs and albums of 2021. The data gathered at this site focuses on music from 2000 and before. The coverage for 2000-2010 is OK but after 2010 the number of charts included drops dramatically. The way year end summary charts are generated externally means that less recent data is available, so the results here are not to be trusted.

The top ten album artists of 2021 were:
1:Taylor Swift	3:Billie Eilish	5:Soundtrack	7:Ed Sheeran	9:Morgan Wallen
2:Olivia Rodrigo	4:Justin Bieber	6:Drake	8:Ariana Grande	10:Kanye West

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Jun 2021 (135 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - May 2021 (136 weeks), US 2 of 2021, Grammy in 2021 (Nominated), UK album 4 of 2021, Chart2000.com album 1 of 2022
2	Taylor Swift	Evermore	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Dec 2020 (158 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Dec 2020 (138 weeks), Grammy in 2021 (Nominated), US 4 of 2021, UK album 31 of 2021, Chart2000.com album 11 of 2021
3	Billie Eilish	Happier Than Ever	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Aug 2021 (125 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Aug 2021 (96 weeks), Grammy in 2021 (Nominated), UK album 26 of 2021, Chart2000.com album 12 of 2022
4	Drake	Certified Lover Boy	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Sep 2021 (120 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Sep 2021 (108 weeks), US 5 of 2021, UK album 22 of 2021, Chart2000.com album 7 of 2022
5	Ed Sheeran	=	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Nov 2021 (112 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Nov 2021 (113 weeks), UK album 2 of 2021, Chart2000.com album 2 of 2022
6	Taylor Swift	Red (Taylor's Version)	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Nov 2021 (110 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Nov 2021 (98 weeks), US 5 of 2022, UK album 32 of 2021, Chart2000.com album 20 of 2022
7	Ariana Grande	Positions	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Nov 2020 (103 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Nov 2020 (43 weeks), US 8 of 2021, UK album 50 of 2021, Chart2000.com album 14 of 2021
8	Justin Bieber	Justice	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Apr 2021 (116 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 2 - Mar 2021 (64 weeks), Grammy in 2021 (Nominated), UK album 21 of 2021, Chart2000.com album 10 of 2021
9	Morgan Wallen	Dangerous: The Double Album	2021	US 1 of 2021, US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Jan 2021 (154 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 77 - Jan 2021 (1 week), Chart2000.com album 4 of 2021
10	Kanye West	Donda	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Sep 2021 (62 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Sep 2021 (22 weeks), Grammy in 2021 (Nominated), Chart2000.com album 61 of 2021
11	Kid LAROI	F*ck Love	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Aug 2020 (164 weeks), US 6 of 2021, UK Albums 2013-23 peak 6 - Jul 2020 (87 weeks), UK album 25 of 2021, Chart2000.com album 6 of 2021
12	Doja Cat	Planet Her	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 2 - Jul 2021 (130 weeks), Grammy in 2021 (Nominated), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 3 - Jul 2021 (85 weeks), UK album 18 of 2021, Chart2000.com album 6 of 2022
13	Lil NAS X	Montero	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 2 - Oct 2021 (57 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 2 - Sep 2021 (23 weeks), Grammy in 2021 (Nominated), Chart2000.com album 49 of 2022
14	Taylor Swift	Fearless (Taylor's Version)	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Apr 2021 (128 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Apr 2021 (33 weeks), Chart2000.com album 46 of 2023
15	J Cole	The Off-Season	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - May 2021 (75 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 2 - May 2021 (10 weeks), Chart2000.com album 51 of 2021
16	Polo G	Hall Of Fame	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Jun 2021 (102 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 3 - Jun 2021 (11 weeks), Chart2000.com album 52 of 2022
17	Tyler, The Creator	Call Me If You Get Lost	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Jul 2021 (114 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 4 - Jul 2021 (10 weeks), Chart2000.com album 96 of 2023
18	Lil Baby & Lil Durk	The Voice Of The Heroes	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Jun 2021 (71 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 5 - Jun 2021 (5 weeks), Chart2000.com album 57 of 2021
19	Summer Walker	Still Over It	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Nov 2021 (56 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 5 - Nov 2021 (5 weeks), Chart2000.com album 93 of 2022
20	DJ Khalid	Khaled Khaled	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - May 2021 (32 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 10 - May 2021 (6 weeks), Chart2000.com album 82 of 2021
21	Playboi Carti	Whole Lotta Red	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Jan 2021 (135 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 17 - Jan 2021 (2 weeks), Chart2000.com album 94 of 2021
22	Rod Wave	Soulfly	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Apr 2021 (143 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 57 - Apr 2021 (1 week), Chart2000.com album 32 of 2021
23	Juice WRLD	Fighting Demons	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 2 - Dec 2021 (72 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 8 - Dec 2021 (15 weeks), Chart2000.com album 41 of 2022
24	Lil Durk	The Voice	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 2 - Jan 2021 (78 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 26 - Jan 2021 (5 weeks), Chart2000.com album 30 of 2021
25	Lil Tjay	Destined 2 Win	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 5 - Apr 2021 (44 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 7 - Apr 2021 (7 weeks), Chart2000.com album 81 of 2021
26	Bo Burnham	Inside (The Songs)	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 5 - Jun 2021 (23 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 7 - Jun 2021 (32 weeks), Chart2000.com album 93 of 2021
27	Imagine Dragons	Mercury - Act 1	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 7 - Sep 2021 (4 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 9 - Sep 2021 (81 weeks), Chart2000.com album 48 of 2022
28	Baby Keem	The Melodic Blue	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 5 - Sep 2021 (118 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 49 - Sep 2021 (1 week), Chart2000.com album 83 of 2022
29	Giveon	When It's All Said And Done... Take Time	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 5 - Mar 2021 (81 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 87 - Mar 2021 (1 week), Chart2000.com album 69 of 2021
30	Moneybagg Yo	A Gangsta's Pain	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - May 2021 (89 weeks), Chart2000.com album 41 of 2021
31	Pitbull	Greatest Hits	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 58 - Feb 2021 (96 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 107 - Feb 2021 (137 weeks), Chart2000.com album 95 of 2023
32	Abba	Voyage	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Nov 2021 (19 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 2 - Nov 2021 (7 weeks), Grammy in 2022 (Nominated), UK album 3 of 2021
33	Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak)	An Evening With Silk Sonic	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 2 - Nov 2021 (58 weeks), Chart2000.com album 76 of 2022
34	Pooh Shiesty	Shiesty Season	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 3 - Feb 2021 (109 weeks), Chart2000.com album 46 of 2021
35	Coldplay	Music Of The Spheres	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Oct 2021 (17 weeks), Grammy in 2022 (Nominated), US Albums 2014-23 peak 4 - Oct 2021 (8 weeks), UK album 14 of 2021
36	Nardo Wick	Who Is Nardo Wick?	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 16 - Dec 2021 (80 weeks), Chart2000.com album 56 of 2022
37	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Chronicle--The Twenty Greatest Hits	2021	Chart2000.com album 50 of 2021
38	The Foo Fighters	Medicine at Midnight	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Feb 2021 (11 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 3 - Feb 2021 (4 weeks), UK album 56 of 2021
39	Elton John	The Lockdown Sessions	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Oct 2021 (14 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 10 - Nov 2021 (28 weeks), UK album 39 of 2021
40	Lana Del Rey	Chemtrails Over The Country Club	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Mar 2021 (7 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 2 - Apr 2021 (5 weeks)
41	Pop Smoke	Faith	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Jul 2021 (13 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 3 - Jul 2021 (6 weeks)
42	KSI	All Over the Place	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Jul 2021 (26 weeks), UK album 46 of 2021, US Albums 2014-23 peak 94 - Jul 2021 (1 week)
43	Tony Bennett & Lady GaGa	Love For Sale	2021	Grammy in 2021 (Nominated), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 6 - Oct 2021 (2 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 8 - Oct 2021 (6 weeks)
44	Young Thug	Punk	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Oct 2021 (11 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 22 - Oct 2021 (1 week)
45	YoungBoy Never Broke Again	Sincerely, Kentrell	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Oct 2021 (44 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 47 - Oct 2021 (1 week)
46	Jon Batiste	We Are	2021	Grammy in 2021, US Albums 2014-23 peak 25 - Apr 2021 (3 weeks)
47	The Killers	Pressure Machine	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Aug 2021 (4 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 9 - Aug 2021 (2 weeks)
48	Demi Lovato	Dancing With The Devil...The Art Of Starting Over	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 2 - Apr 2021 (8 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 2 - Apr 2021 (4 weeks)
49	Kings of Leon	When You See Yourself	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Mar 2021 (6 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 11 - Mar 2021 (2 weeks)
50	Royal Blood	Typhoons	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - May 2021 (11 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 48 - May 2021 (1 week)
51	Architects	For Those That Wish To Exist	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Mar 2021 (2 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 80 - Mar 2021 (1 week)
52	Little Mix	Between Us	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 3 - Nov 2021 (111 weeks), UK album 9 of 2022, US Albums 2014-23 peak 182 - Nov 2021 (1 week)
53	Iron Maiden	Senjutsu	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 2 - Sep 2021 (8 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 3 - Sep 2021 (3 weeks)
54	John Mayer	Sob Rock	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 2 - Jul 2021 (6 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 4 - Jul 2021 (2 weeks)
55	Dave	We're All Alone in This Together	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Jul 2021 (86 weeks), UK album 10 of 2021
56	Twenty One Pilots	Scaled And Icy	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 3 - Jun 2021 (14 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 3 - May 2021 (6 weeks)
57	Lorde	Solar Power	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 2 - Aug 2021 (4 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 5 - Sep 2021 (4 weeks)
58	Migos	Culture Iii	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 2 - Jun 2021 (22 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 9 - Jun 2021 (4 weeks)
59	Rag'n'Bone Man	Life by Misadventure	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - May 2021 (35 weeks), UK album 20 of 2021
60	Sam Fender	Seventeen Going Under	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Oct 2021 (89 weeks), UK album 21 of 2022
61	Trippie Redd	Trip At Knight	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 2 - Sep 2021 (27 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 15 - Aug 2021 (2 weeks)
62	Nicki Minaj	Beam Me Up Scotty	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 2 - May 2021 (14 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 19 - May 2021 (1 week)
63	Tom Grennan	Evering Road	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Mar 2021 (55 weeks), UK album 52 of 2021
64	H.E.R.	Back Of My Mind	2021	Grammy in 2021 (Nominated), US Albums 2014-23 peak 6 - Jul 2021 (30 weeks)
65	Don Toliver	Life Of A Don	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 2 - Oct 2021 (8 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 26 - Oct 2021 (1 week)
66	Lana Del Rey	Blue Banisters	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 2 - Oct 2021 (4 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 8 - Nov 2021 (5 weeks)
67	Why Don't We	Good Times, Bad Times	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 3 - Jan 2021 (2 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 5 - Jan 2021 (1 week)
68	Soundtrack	Encanto	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - Dec 2021 (51 weeks)
69	Young Thug & Various Artists	Young Stoner Life: Slime Language 2	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 1 - May 2021 (24 weeks)
70	Brandi Carlile	In These Silent Days	2021	Grammy in 2022 (Nominated), US Albums 2014-23 peak 11 - Oct 2021 (3 weeks)
71	Kacey Musgraves	Star-crossed	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 3 - Sep 2021 (8 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 10 - Sep 2021 (2 weeks)
72	Prince	Welcome 2 America	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 4 - Aug 2021 (2 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 5 - Aug 2021 (1 week)
73	NAS	King's Disease II	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 3 - Aug 2021 (3 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 20 - Aug 2021 (2 weeks)
74	Meek Mill	Expensive Pain	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 3 - Oct 2021 (19 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 23 - Oct 2021 (2 weeks)
75	Mac Miller	Faces	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 3 - Oct 2021 (4 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 66 - Oct 2021 (1 week)
76	The Black Keys	Delta Kream	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 5 - May 2021 (2 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 6 - May 2021 (3 weeks)
77	Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	Raise The Roof	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 5 - Nov 2021 (8 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 7 - Dec 2021 (6 weeks)
78	Offspring	Let The Bad Times Roll	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 3 - Apr 2021 (1 week), US Albums 2014-23 peak 27 - May 2021 (1 week)
79	Duran Duran	Future past	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 3 - Oct 2021 (6 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 28 - Nov 2021 (1 week)
80	Evanescence	The Bitter Truth	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 4 - Apr 2021 (1 week), US Albums 2014-23 peak 11 - Apr 2021 (1 week)
81	Radiohead	Kid A Mnesia	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 4 - Nov 2021 (2 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 12 - Nov 2021 (2 weeks)
82	Roddy Ricch	Live Life Fast	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 4 - Jan 2022 (10 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 34 - Dec 2021 (1 week)
83	Pink	All I Know So Far: Setlist	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 4 - May 2021 (7 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 13 - Jun 2021 (4 weeks)
84	Dodie	Build A Problem	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 3 - May 2021 (1 week), US Albums 2014-23 peak 115 - May 2021 (1 week)
85	Jungle	Loving In Stereo	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 3 - Aug 2021 (2 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 159 - Aug 2021 (1 week)
86	Jazmine Sullivan	Heaux Tales	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 4 - Jan 2021 (21 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 79 - Jan 2021 (1 week)
87	Perry Como	Season's Greetings From Perry Como	2021	US Gold (certified by RIAA in Mar 1963), US Albums 2014-23 peak 110 - Dec 2021 (1 week)
88	Fall Out Boy	Take This To Your Grave	2021	US Gold (certified by RIAA in Aug 2006), US Albums 2014-23 peak 140 - May 2021 (1 week)
89	Greta Van Fleet	The Battle At Garden's Gate	2021	US Albums 2014-23 peak 7 - May 2021 (8 weeks), UK Albums 2013-23 peak 8 - Apr 2021 (1 week)
90	Chvrches	Screen Violence	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 4 - Sep 2021 (2 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 31 - Sep 2021 (1 week)
91	Barbra Streisand	Release Me 2	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 5 - Aug 2021 (3 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 15 - Aug 2021 (1 week)
92	Alice Cooper	detroit Stories	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 4 - Mar 2021 (2 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 47 - Mar 2021 (1 week)
93	Gojira	Fortitude	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 6 - May 2021 (1 week), US Albums 2014-23 peak 12 - May 2021 (1 week)
94	James Blake	Friends That Break Your Heart	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 4 - Oct 2021 (1 week), US Albums 2014-23 peak 75 - Oct 2021 (1 week)
95	Steven Wilson	The Future Bites	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 4 - Feb 2021 (1 week), US Albums 2014-23 peak 193 - Feb 2021 (1 week)
96	Central Cee	Wild West	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 2 - Mar 2021 (42 weeks), UK album 47 of 2021
97	Garbage	No Gods No Masters	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 5 - Jun 2021 (1 week), US Albums 2014-23 peak 33 - Jun 2021 (1 week)
98	The War on Drugs	I Don't Live Here Anymore	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 6 - Nov 2021 (4 weeks), US Albums 2014-23 peak 22 - Nov 2021 (1 week)
99	Wolf Alice	Blue Weekend	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Jun 2021 (12 weeks)
100	Barry Gibb	Greenfields - Gibb Brothers Songbook - 1	2021	UK Albums 2013-23 peak 1 - Jan 2021 (8 weeks)