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The Observer's best albums of the 21st century
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Voodoo (2000), D'Angelo
Kid A (2000), Radiohead
Vespertine (2001), Björk
The Blueprint (2001), Jay Z
Discovery (2001), Daft Punk
Is This It (2001), The Strokes
Back To Black (2006), Amy Winehouse
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Arctic Monkeys
Untrue (2007), Burial
The Fame Monster (2009), Lady Gaga
Let England Shake (2011), PJ Harvey
1989 (2014), Taylor Swift
To Pimp A Butterfly (2015), Kendrick Lamar
Blonde (2016), Frank Ocean
Puberty 2 (2016), Mitski
Blackstar (2016), David Bowie
Lemonade (2016), Beyoncé
Melodrama (2017), Lorde
Norman Fucking Rockwell (2019), Lana Del Rey
Psychodrama (2019), Dave
Ghosteen (2019), Nick Cave
Promises (2021), Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (2021), Lil Simz
Brat (2024), Charli XCX
Getting Killed (2025), Geese
