My top 15 albums of 2021 based entirely on the total number of documented plays in YouTube Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, and physical media. Every album on the list was purchased in some manner.

15. Mol Diorama

14. The Vintage Caravan Monuments

13. Japanese Breakfast Jubilee

12. Halsey If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power

11. Bill Fisher Hallucinations Of A Higher Truth

10. Sturgil Simpson The Ballad Of Dood And Juanita

9. Foo Fighters Medicine At Midnight

8. Rivers Of Nihil The Work

7. St. Vincent Daddy's Home

6. Modest Mouse The Golden Casket

5. Gojira Fortitude

4. Deafheaven Infinite Granite

3. Royal Blood Typhoons

2. Mastodon Hushed And Grim

1. Four Stroke Baron Classics