Best artists of 2021
Music came back slowly and unevenly. Tours were announced and cancelled twice before anyone trusted a date. Teenage pop and grown-up funk revival both had big years at opposite ends of the same chart, while several of rap's most reclusive figures resurfaced within months of each other.
Everyone who released an album in 2021, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.
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Larry June1 album here4.74.9 avg · 17 ratings
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Fuerza Regida1 album here4.75.0 avg · 12 ratings
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Junior H1 album here4.64.9 avg · 14 ratings
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Los Tigres del Norte4 albums here4.65.0 avg · 8 ratings
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Anuel AA2 albums here4.54.8 avg · 9 ratings
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4542 albums here4.55.0 avg · 5 ratings
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Jul3 albums here4.44.5 avg · 22 ratings
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Fontaines D.C.1 album here4.44.5 avg · 39 ratings
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Bob Marley & The Wailers1 album here4.44.6 avg · 11 ratings
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Romeo Santos1 album here4.45.0 avg · 4 ratings
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Hannah Montana1 album here4.45.0 avg · 4 ratings
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L2B1 album here4.45.0 avg · 4 ratings
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Grupo Bryndis3 albums here4.45.0 avg · 4 ratings
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Dave1 album here4.44.6 avg · 9 ratings
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WAR1 album here4.44.5 avg · 12 ratings
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Contra1 album here4.44.9 avg · 4 ratings
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AJ Tracey1 album here4.44.9 avg · 4 ratings
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Devendra Banhart1 album here4.44.9 avg · 4 ratings
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Daz Dillinger1 album here4.44.9 avg · 4 ratings
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Hans Zimmer11 albums here4.44.5 avg · 14 ratings
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Alice in Chains2 albums here4.44.4 avg · 66 ratings
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Dan Bull3 albums here4.44.5 avg · 10 ratings
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Dolu Kadehi Ters Tut1 album here4.35.0 avg · 3 ratings
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Kalben1 album here4.35.0 avg · 3 ratings
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Westside Gunn2 albums here4.34.4 avg · 79 ratings
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Kenny Rogers1 album here4.34.7 avg · 6 ratings
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Elvis Presley3 albums here4.34.5 avg · 11 ratings
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Fool's Garden1 album here4.34.7 avg · 5 ratings
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Cardo1 album here4.34.7 avg · 5 ratings
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Lacrim2 albums here4.34.4 avg · 24 ratings
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Laibach1 album here4.34.6 avg · 7 ratings
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Casey Veggies2 albums here4.34.6 avg · 7 ratings
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FattMack1 album here4.34.6 avg · 7 ratings
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Oneohtrix Point Never1 album here4.34.4 avg · 23 ratings
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Tim Maia1 album here4.34.8 avg · 4 ratings
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Tech N9ne2 albums here4.34.8 avg · 4 ratings
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Sinead Harnett2 albums here4.34.8 avg · 4 ratings
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FKA twigs1 album here4.34.4 avg · 22 ratings
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Scooter1 album here4.34.5 avg · 9 ratings
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Chloe x Halle1 album here4.34.6 avg · 6 ratings
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Norah Jones3 albums here4.34.3 avg · 30 ratings
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Harm's Way1 album here4.34.4 avg · 13 ratings
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Alan Walker3 albums here4.34.8 avg · 3 ratings
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Richard Ashcroft1 album here4.34.8 avg · 3 ratings
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Moira Dela Torre1 album here4.34.8 avg · 3 ratings
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Lady Pank2 albums here4.34.8 avg · 3 ratings
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Undying1 album here4.34.8 avg · 3 ratings
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Bob Dylan2 albums here4.34.3 avg · 50 ratings
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The Spinners1 album here4.34.6 avg · 5 ratings
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