These are the Official Charts Company's UK Independent Albums Chart number ones of 2021.
scope=col | Issue date | scope=col | Album | scope=col | Artist(s) | scope=col | Record label | scope=col | Ref. | |
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scope=row | 1 January | align=center | Disco | align=center | Kylie Minogue | align=center | BMG | align=center" | [1] | |
scope=row | 8 January | align=center | Songs from the Kitchen Disco | align=center | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | align=center rowspan=2 | Cooking Vinyl | align=center" | [2] | |
scope=row | 15 January | align=center | Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted | align=center | Passenger | align=center" | [3] | |||
scope=row | 22 January | align=center | Suckapunch | align=center | You Me at Six | align=center | Underdog | align=center" | [4] | |
scope=row | 29 January | align=center | Isles | align=center | Bicep | align=center | Ninja Tune | align=center" | [5] | |
scope=row | 5 February | align=center | Collapsed in Sunbeams | align=center | Arlo Parks | align=center | Transgressive | align=center" | [6] | |
scope=row | 12 February | align=center | For the First Time | align=center | Black Country, New Road | align=center | Ninja Tune | align=center" | [7] | |
scope=row | 19 February | align=center | Who Am I? | align=center | Pale Waves | align=center | Dirty Hit | align=center" | [8] | |
scope=row | 26 February | align=center | As the Love Continues | align=center | Mogwai | align=center | Rock Action | align=center" | [9] | |
scope=row | 5 March | align=center | Nature Always Wins | align=center | Maxïmo Park | align=center | Prolifica | align=center" | [10] | |
scope=row | 12 March | align=center | Do It Again | align=center | Gabrielle | align=center rowspan="2" | BMG | align=center" | [11] | |
scope=row | 19 March | align=center | All the Right Noises | align=center | Thunder | align=center" | [12] | |||
scope=row | 26 March | align=center | Written & Directed | align=center | Black Honey | align=center | FoxFive | align=center" | [13] | |
scope=row | 2 April | align=center | Promises | align=center | Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders and London Symphony Orchestra | align=center | Luaka Bop | align=center" | [14] | |
scope=row | 9 April | align=center rowspan="2" | New Long Leg | align=center rowspan="2" | Dry Cleaning | align=center rowspan="2" | 4AD | align=center" | [15] | |
scope=row | 16 April | align=center" | [16] | |||||||
scope=row | 23 April | align=center | Flu Game | align=center | AJ Tracey | align=center | Revenge | align=center" | [17] | |
scope=row | 30 April | align=center | Too Much Pressure | align=center | The Selecter | align=center | Chrysalis | align=center" | [18] | |
scope=row | 7 May | align=center | Coral Island | align=center | The Coral | align=center | Run On | align=center" | [19] | |
scope=row | 14 May | align=center | Bright Green Field | align=center | Squid | align=center | Warp | align=center" | [20] | |
scope=row | 21 May | align=center | The Ides of March | align=center | Myles Kennedy | align=center | Napalm | align=center" | [21] | |
scope=row | 28 May | align=center | Intruder | align=center | Gary Numan | align=center rowspan=2 | BMG | align=center" | [22] | |
scope=row | 4 June | align=center | Hi | align=center | Texas | align=center" | [23] | |||
scope=row | 11 June | align=center | Blue Weekend | align=center | Wolf Alice | align=center | Dirty Hit | align=center" | [24] | |
scope=row | 18 June | align=center rowspan=2 | align=center rowspan=2 | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | align=center rowspan=2 | Sour Mash | align=center" | [25] | ||
scope=row | 25 June | align=center" | [26] | |||||||
scope=row | 2 July | align=center | Boy From Michigan | align=center | John Grant | align=center | Bella Union | align=center" | [27] | |
scope=row | 9 July | align=center | Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1 (2011–2021) | align=center | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | align=center | Sour Mash | align=center" | [28] | |
scope=row | 16 July | align=center | The Optimist | align=center | Turin Brakes | align=center | Two-Piers | align=center" | [29] | |
scope=row | 23 July | align=center | All Over the Place | align=center | KSI | align=center | BMG | align=center" | [30] | |
scope=row | 30 July | align=center | Downhill from Everywhere | align=center | Jackson Browne | align=center | Inside | align=center" | [31] | |
scope=row | 6 August | align=center | 10 | align=center | The Overtones | align=center | Hurricane | align=center" | [32] | |
scope=row | 13 August | align=center | Crying on the Bathroom Floor | align=center | Will Young | align=center | Cooking Vinyl | align=center" | [33] | |
scope=row | 20 August | align=center | Loving in Stereo | align=center | Jungle | align=center | Caiola | align=center" | [34] | |
scope=row | 27 August | align=center | Woman On the Internet | align=center | Orla Gartland | align=center | New Friends | align=center" | [35] | |
scope=row | 3 September | align=center | Posh Pop | align=center | Toyah | align=center | Edsel | align=center" | [36] | |
scope=row | 10 September | align=center | Sometimes I Might Be Introvert | align=center | Little Simz | align=center | Age 101 | align=center" | [37] | |
scope=row | 17 September | align=center rowspan=2 | What the Future Holds Pt. 2 | align=center rowspan=2 | Steps | align=center rowspan=2 | BMG | align=center" | [38] | |
scope=row | 24 September | align=center" | [39] | |||||||
scope=row | 1 October | align=center | Bright Magic | align=center | Public Service Broadcasting | align=center | Pias | align=center" | [40] | |
scope=row | 8 October | align=center | One Touch | align=center | Sugababes | align=center | London Music Stream | align=center" | [41] | |
scope=row | 15 October | align=center | Huffy | align=center | We Are Scientists | align=center | 100% | align=center" | [42] | |
scope=row | 22 October | align=center | 60 | align=center | Daniel O'Donnell | align=center | DMG TV | align=center" | [43] | |
scope=row | 29 October | align=center | Future Past | align=center | Duran Duran | align=center rowspan=2 | BMG | align=center" | [44] | |
scope=row | 5 November | align=center | Acoustic Hymns, Vol. 1 | align=center | Richard Ashcroft | align=center" | [45] | |||
scope=row | 12 November | align=center | Kid A Mnesia | align=center | Radiohead | align=center | XL | align=center" | [46] | |
scope=row | 19 November | align=center | The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows | align=center | Damon Albarn | align=center | Transgressive | align=center" | [47] | |
scope=row | 26 November | align=center | Motorheart | align=center | The Darkness | align=center | Cooking Vinyl | align=center" | [48] | |
scope=row | 3 December | align=center | Turning to Crime | align=center | Deep Purple | align=center | Ear Music | align=center" | [49] | |
scope=row | 10 December | align=center rowspan=2 | 2.0 | align=center rowspan=2 | JLS | align=center rowspan=2 | BMG | align=center" | [50] | |
scope=row | 17 December | align=center" | [51] | |||||||
scope=row | 24 December | align=center | AM | align=center | Arctic Monkeys | align=center | Domino | align=center" | [52] | |
scope=row | 31 December | align=center | Disco | align=center | Kylie Minogue | align=center | BMG | align=center" | [53] |