The best songs and albums of 2021 so far: Official Charts staff picks

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Only six months in, 2021 has already been an exciting year for music - with the potential return of rock to the Official Singles Chart Top 40 and 24 different Number 1 albums.

Here's the standout music that the Official Charts staff have had on loop so far. This dazzling second outing for the Belfast duo should have been the first Number 1 album in the prestigious history of Ninja Tune this January – but it is certainly top of my 2021 list so far.

Bicep compose the kind of intricate, cinematic, groove-laden electronic music that draws inevitable and deserved comparisons with the godfathers of the genre, the mighty Orbital.