A list of the top 25 albums of 2021 that still remains remarkably close as I choose to publish it.

Trying to narrow a list of the top albums for this year to 50 was hard but settle in for familiar faces and new artists alike.

2020 was rough. Music was one of the few salves. From Waxahatachee to Dua Lipa, these were some of the best records of last year.

We are wasting no time, because I have too many great albums to share. Let’s get to it by glancing over the rest of the top 50 starting...

The only other time I have done a countdown for my favorite non-rap albums of the year was in 2017. In that year, I still slotted rap...