Our review of the past year starts in earnest with a selection of the best Pop and R&B videos we featured here in 2021.

Many of these are also featured in our big End of Year YouTube playlist.

Videos

• Adele 'Easy On Me' by Xavier Dolan
• Anne Marie x Little Mix 'Kiss My (Uh-Oh)' by Hannah Lux Davis
• Arlo Parks 'Hope' by Molly Burdett
• Arlo Parks 'Too Good' by Bedroom
• Bamao Yendé & Le Diouck 'Marvin Gueye' by Vincent Catel
• Bastille 'Distorted Light Beam' by Jak Payne
• Bastille 'No Bad Days' by The Trash Factory & Dan Smith
• Bree Runway 'Hot Hot' by Jocelyn Anquetil
• Celeste 'Tonight Tonight' by Noah Lee
• Charlie XCX 'Good Ones' by Hannah Lux Davis
• DJ Snake ft Selena Gomez 'Selfish Love' by Rodrigo Saavedra
• Doja Cat 'Streets' by Christian Breslauer
• Dua Lipa 'We're Good' by Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia
• Dua Lipa 'Love Again' (Director's Cut) by Lope Serrano at CANADA
• Ed Sheeran 'Bad Habits' by Dave Meyers
• FKA twigs, Headie One, Fred again.. 'Don't Judge Me' by Emmanuel Adjei & FKA twigs
• FKA twigs ft The Weeknd 'Tears In The Club' by Amber Grace Johnson
• Griff 'One Night' by AB/CD/CD
• George Moir 'Patio' by George McCallum
• Holly Humberstone 'Falling Asleep At The Wheel' (Live for The Late Late Show With James Corden) by Raja Virdi
• James Arthur 'September' by Bryan Schlam
• Jorja Smith ft Shaybo 'Bussdown' by Fenn O'Meally
• Joy Crookes 'Skin' by Nono Ayuso
• Joy Crookes 'Skin' by Nono Ayuso
• Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 'Kiss Of Life' by Sophie Muller
• Lana Del Rey 'Chemtrails Over The Country Club' by BRTHR
• Lil Nas X 'Montero (Call Me By Your Name)' by Tanu Muino
• Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow 'Industry Baby' by Christian Breslauer
• Little Mix ft Saweetie 'Confetti' by Samuel Douek
• Little Mix 'No' by Fred Rowson
• Lolo Zouaï 'Galipette' by Amber Grace Johnson
• Mabel 'Let Them Know' by Isaac Rentz
• Mabel X Pokèmon 'Take It Home' by Sophia Ray
• Mahalia ft AJ Tracey 'Roadside' by Pip + Lib
• Maisie Peters 'Psycho' by Louis Bhose
• Mansur Brown 'My Prayer' by Filmawi
• Moonga K. ft Phfat 'Who's It Gonna Be?' by Paul Ward
• Nao 'Messy Love' by Lisette Donkersloot
• Normani X Cardi B 'Wild Side' by Tanu Muino
• Paul McCartney ft Beck 'Find My Way' by Andrew Donoho
• Priya Ragu 'Chicken Lemon Rice' by Dumas Haddad
• Rag'n'Bone Man 'All You Ever Wanted' by Will Hooper
• Samm Henshaw 'Grow' by Jim Pilling
• Sasha Keable X Jorja Smith 'Killing Me' by Olivia Rose
• Selena Gomez, Rauw Alejandro 'Baila Conmigo' by Fernando Nogari
• Sigrid 'Mirror' by Femke Huurdeman
• Sigrid 'Burning Bridges' by Sophia Ray
• Stromae 'Santé' by Jara Moravec & Luc Van Haver
• The Weeknd 'Take My Breath' by CLIQUA
• Wesley Joseph ft Jorja Smith 'Patience' by Wesley Joseph
• Years & Years 'Starstruck' by Fred Rowson
• Years & Years, Galantis 'Sweet Talker' by Sophia Ray
• Yonaka 'Seize The Power' by Jade Ang Jackman