Rolling Stone The 50 Best Songs of 2021

This year, the pop-music world felt more wide open than ever. Our list of 2021’s best songs includes a beautiful indie-pop celebration of queer love, a reggaeton star tucking into some sweet Eighties synths, a self-celebrating pop-rap smash that scandalized the American right, a Lorde track that sounds like it could’ve been a Nineties U.K. club hit, and unforgettable anthems that pushed the boundaries of K-pop, rock, and country.

1.

Wizkid
Essence
2.

Taylor Swift
All Too Well
3.

Olivia Rodrigo
drivers license
4.

Lil Nas X
MONTERO (Call Me by Your Name)
5.

Lucy Dacus
VBS
6.

Silk Sonic
Leave the Door Open
7.

Billie Eilish
Happier Than Ever
8.

Rauw Alejandro
Todo de ti
9.

Adele
I Drink Wine
10.

Noname
Rainforest
11.

MUNA
Silk Chiffon
12.

Wet Leg
Wet Dream
13.

Polo G
RAPSTAR
14.

Morgan Wade
Wilder Days
15.

Japanese Breakfast
Be Sweet
16.

BTS
Butter
17.

Megan thee Stallion
Thot Shit
18.

Bo Burnham
All Eyes On Me
19.

Snail Mail
Ben Franklin
20.

Lorde
Solar Power
21.

Tainy
Lo siento BB:/
22.

Kacey Musgraves
breadwinner
23.

girl in red
Serotonin
24.

Eric Church
Russian Roulette
25.

Madi Diaz
New Person, Old Place
26.

WILLOW
t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l
27.

Bleachers
Stop Making This Hurt
28.

Meek Mill
Sharing Locations
29.

Leela James
Complicated
30.

Clairo
Bambi
31.

Isaiah Rashad
From The Garden
32.

Epik High
Rosario
33.

Westside Gunn
RIGHT NOW
34.

Magdalena Bay
You Lose!
35.

Valerie June
Why the Bright Stars Glow
36.

Pop Smoke
Demeanor
37.

Mitski
The Only Heartbreaker
38.

Parquet Courts
Walking at a Downtown Pace
39.

The Kid LAROI
WITHOUT YOU (Miley Cyrus remix)
40.

TWICE
The Feels

Created: 2022-01-03 14:08:02 By: zag