De lijst is samengesteld uit 690 ingevoerde top-10 lijsten over het jaar 2021. Een nummer één positie in een lijst was hierbij goed voor 10 punten, een nummer tien positie leverde 1 punt op. Tussen haakjes zie je hoe vaak een album in een toplijst voor kwam.
- 994 (158)
- 733 (112)2. Low - HEY WHAT (2021)
- 675 (113)3. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage (2021)
- 587 (92)
- 546 (83)5. Bony Man - Cinnamon Fields (2021)
- 458 (72)6. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark (2021)
- 433 (64)
- 429 (71)8. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend (2021)
- 428 (67)
- 372 (62)
- 346 (68)
- 345 (52)12. Mastodon - Hushed and Grim (2021)
- 343 (64)13. The Black Keys - Delta Kream (2021)
- 339 (57)14. The Notwist - Vertigo Days (2021)
- 331 (56)15. Balthazar - Sand (2021)
- 311 (52)16. Silk Sonic - An Evening with Silk Sonic (2021)
- 291 (44)17. Steven Wilson - THE FUTURE BITES (2021)
- 290 (46)18. black midi - Cavalcade (2021)
- 281 (49)19. Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters (2021)
- 278 (42)20. Mick Flannery & Susan O'Neill - In the Game (2021)
- 270 (50)21. The Weather Station - Ignorance (2021)
- 267 (52)
- 267 (46)23. Iron Maiden - Senjutsu (2021)
- 264 (52)
- 261 (59)25. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever (2021)
- 260 (48)26. Elbow - Flying Dream 1 (2021)
- 241 (37)27. Turnstile - GLOW ON (2021)
- 229 (37)28. Jan Swerts - Oud Zeer (2021)
- 226 (37)29. Villagers - Fever Dreams (2021)
- 203 (36)30. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg (2021)
- 195 (36)31. Squid - Bright Green Field (2021)
- 192 (34)32. IDLES - Crawler (2021)
- 192 (34)33. Soen - Imperial (2021)
- 190 (29)34. Amenra - De Doorn (2021)
- 188 (31)35. The Killers - Pressure Machine (2021)
- 188 (30)
- 185 (29)
- 184 (31)38. Gojira - Fortitude (2021)
- 180 (33)39. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under (2021)
- 179 (32)40. Parquet Courts - Sympathy for Life (2021)
- 169 (28)41. ABBA - Voyage (2021)
- 159 (30)42. Tyler, the Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost (2021)
- 159 (25)
- 158 (29)44. Ben Howard - Collections from the Whiteout (2021)
- 150 (22)45. Lady Blackbird - Black Acid Soul (2021)
- 141 (22)46. Feu! Chatterton - Palais D'argile (2021)
- 139 (22)47. Kanye West - Donda (2021)
- 139 (22)48. Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince (2021)
- 134 (20)49. Leprous - Aphelion (2021)
- 129 (25)50. Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams (2021)
- 127 (23)
- 125 (23)52. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime (2021)
- 122 (21)53. Altın Gün - Yol (2021)
- 121 (28)54. Mogwai - As the Love Continues (2021)
- 119 (16)55. MEER - Playing House (2021)
- 116 (17)56. Soup - Visions (2021)
- 115 (21)
- 115 (18)58. King Buffalo - The Burden of Restlessness (2021)
- 113 (26)59. shame - Drunk Tank Pink (2021)
- 111 (18)60. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee (2021)
- 111 (15)61. Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready (2021)
- 110 (18)62. London Grammar - Californian Soil (2021)
- 110 (18)63. Curtis Harding - If Words Were Flowers (2021)
- 110 (16)64. Whispering Sons - Several Others (2021)
- 108 (18)65. Wheel - Resident Human (2021)
- 108 (15)66. Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World (2021)
- 107 (21)
- 104 (21)68. Ryan Adams - Big Colors (2021)
- 104 (15)69. Cory Hanson - Pale Horse Rider (2021)
- 103 (19)70. David Gray - Skellig (2021)
- 103 (17)
- 103 (16)72. Goat Girl - On All Fours (2021)
- 102 (19)73. James Blake - Friends That Break Your Heart (2021)
- 101 (22)74. DARKSIDE - Spiral (2021)
- 97 (20)75. Inhaler - It Won't Always Be Like This (2021)
- 97 (17)76. Prince - Welcome 2 America (2021)
- 94 (22)77. St. Vincent - Daddy's Home (2021)
- 93 (17)78. Limiñanas / Garnier - De Pelicula (2021)
- 91 (17)79. Barbara Pravi - On N'Enferme Pas les Oiseaux (2021)
- 89 (13)80. Big Big Train - Common Ground (2021)
- 88 (12)
- 86 (15)82. Froukje - Licht en Donker (2021)
- 86 (15)83. Spellling - The Turning Wheel (2021)
- 86 (13)84. Chvrches - Screen Violence (2021)
- 84 (13)85. John Grant - Boy from Michigan (2021)
- 84 (13)86. Måneskin - Teatro d'Ira: Vol. 1 (2021)
- 84 (11)87. Patrick Shiroishi - Hidemi (2021)
- 83 (14)88. Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon: I (2021)
- 83 (11)89. Bicep - Isles (2021)
- 82 (14)
- 81 (20)91. John Mayer - Sob Rock (2021)
- 81 (18)92. Neil Young - Carnegie Hall 1970 (2021)
- 81 (13)
- 80 (13)
- 80 (11)95. Gov't Mule - Heavy Load Blues (2021)
- 79 (18)96. Dinosaur Jr - Sweep It Into Space (2021)
- 79 (15)
- 78 (16)98. Novastar - Holler and Shout (2021)
- 78 (11)99. Cradle of Filth - Existence Is Futile (2021)
- 77 (13)100. Lorde - Solar Power (2021)