The end of the year is upon us, and it's time to reflect on your favorite music of 2021! Here are Reed's favorite songs of the year. Once you've made your own list, vote in The Current's Top 89 poll, and we'll count down your Top 89 of 2021 on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Top 20 singles of 2021

Amyl and The Sniffers – “Security”
Japanese Breakfast – “Be Sweet”
Caribou – “You Can Do It”
The Chemical Brothers – “The Darkness That You Fear”
Vince Staples – “Are You With That?”
The Avalanches ft. Cola Boyy and Mick Jones – “We Go On”
Silk Sonic – “Leave The Door Open”
Jazmine Sullivan – “Pick Up Your Feelings”
James Blake ft. SZA – “Coming Back”
Hamilton Leithauser and Kevin Morby – “Virginia Beach”
Yaeji & OHHYUK – “29”
Future Islands – “Peach”
IDLES – “Car Crash”
Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olson – “Like I Used To”
Wet Leg – “Chaise Longue”
Kacey Musgraves – “Justified”
Beach House – “Once Twice Melody”
Leon Bridges – “Motorbike”
Geese – “Low Era”
Shame – “Nigel Hitter”

Top 10 Albums of 2021

Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg
BADBADNOTGOOD – Talk Memory
Low – Hey What
Lucy Dacus – Home Video
Parquet Courts – Sympathy for Life
Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend
Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Nation of Language – A Way Forward
Men I Trust – Untourable Album
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra – Promises      

Top 10 Minnesota Albums of 2021 (other than Low)

Bad Bad Hats - Walkman
Gully Boys - Russian Doll EP
Rachel Lime - A.U.
Humbird - Still Life
Dua Saleh - Crossover EP
XINA - PULL EP
FPA - Princess Wiko
Under Violet | Val Son - Under Violet | Val Son EP
Mike Kota - Rift EP
Durry - 2021 singles (no album yet)