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The 25 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2021

Posted in: Country Music Lists

By Jonathan Bernstein, Jon Dolan, Jon Freeman, Christian Hoard, Joseph Hudak, Elias Leight

From Morgan Wade's invigorating debut and Sturgill Simpson's concept record to Allison Russell's musical memoir and Eric Church's magnum opus, these are the best from Nashville and beyond
The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Posted in: Music Lists

By Jonathan Bernstein, Jon Blistein, Mankaprr Conteh, Jon Dolan, Jon Freeman, Kory Grow, Christian Hoard, Joseph Hudak, Jeff Ihaza, Kristine Kwak, Elias Leight, Julyssa Lopez, Angie Martoccio, Jennifer Mota, Mosi Reeves, Rob Sheffield, Simon Vozick-Levinson, Richard Villegas, Brenna Ehrlich

From Adele's heroic return to Rauw Alejandro's thrillingly unpredictable breakthrough to Lil Nas X's pop-rap victory lap, and much more, here are the records that pushed music forward this year

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