Hot Press Top 50 Tracks of the Year 2021

1. Silk Sonic - Leave The Door Open

2. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

3. CMAT - No More Virgos

4. Lana Del Rey - White Dress

5. SZA - Good Days

6. Saint Sister - Any Dreams?

7. Damien Dempsey - Donaghmede

8. Kojaque - Town’s Dead

9. IDLES - Beachland Ballroom

10. James Vincent McMorrow - Planes In The Sky

11. Matthew Harris - A Difficult Winter

12. Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar - Family Ties

13. Villagers - So Simpatico

14. Wolf Alice - Smile

15. Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License

16. KNEECAP - Thart agus Thart

17. Self Esteem - How Can I Help You

18. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

19. Wyvern Lingo - Sydney

20. Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime

21. The Mary Janes & Friends - Heartbreaker

22. St. Vincent - Pay Your Way In Pain

23. Malaki - Head Highs

24. Junior Brother - Life’s New Haircut

25. Joy Crookes - Feet Don't Fail Me Now

26. Little Simz feat. Oblongjayar - Point and Kill

27. Kanye West - Come To Life

28. Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - Industry Baby

29. Lorde - Solar Power

30. Illuminati Hotties - Mmmoooaaaaayaya

31. David Keenan - Me, Myself and Lunacy

32. Vince Staples - LAW OF AVERAGES

33. Inhaler - Totally

34. Adele - Easy On Me

35. Soda Blonde - Holy Roses

36. Rosie Carney - Party Dress

37. Sleaford Mods feat. Billy Nomates - Mork n Mindy

38. Sigrid - Burning Bridges

39. Denise Chaila - 061

40. Prince - Welcome 2 America

41. Lisa Hannigan & Crash Ensemble - MCMXIV

42. For Those I Love - You Stayed / To Live

43. Rejjie Snow feat. Cam O’bi & J. Ivy - Oreos

44. Japanese Breakfast - Be Sweet

45. Fia Moon - Falling For You

46. Somebody’s Child - (You Are My) Friends

47. Jack O'Rourke - Opera On The Top Floor

48. Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill - Chain Reaction

49. John Francis Flynn - My Son Tim

50. Tebi Rex & ROE - Hanging With Trees