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BEST ALBUMS
Un Verano Sin Ti debuted atop th e US
Billboard 200, marking Bad Bun ny's
secon d num ber-on e album an d th e
secon d all-Span ish language album
to top th e chart.[7] It spent 13
weeks atop th e chart an d topped 5
th e Billboard 200 Year-En d Chart as
th e best-perform ing album of th e
year, th e first Span ish language
album to do so. It was also th e first
album by a Latin artist to reach 10
billion streams on Spotify.
Olivia Rodrigo's Sour broke th e
global Spotify record for th e biggest
open ing week for an album by
a female artist. It topped th e
charts in several countries, including
th e US Billboard 200, an d was
on e of th e best-selling albums of
2021.Various publications listed it
among th e best albums of 2021, including
Billboard an d Rolling Ston e
that placed th e album at num ber
on e Pop Vocal Album an d Pop Solo
Performance.
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Taylor Swift's Folklore was Swift's
seventh num ber-on e album on th e
US Billboard 200, wh ere it reign ed
atop for eight weeks an d becam e
th e best-selling album of 2020.
Folklore received widespread critical
acclaim, centering on its emotional
weight, poetic lyricism, an d
relaxed pace. Critics praised it by
its emotional weight an d introspective
songwriting, calling it Swift's
most subdued an d soph isticated
body of work yet.