# The Best Guitar Solos of 2021 > The best guitar solos of 2021, ranked. #1 is Afrique Victime by Mdou Moctar, then Chismiten and Ya Habibti. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: The 20 greatest guitar solos released in 2021, ranked: solos our consensus of published lists rates highest come first, then our genre and artist rankings, with no more than three per artist. Led by Afrique Victime by Mdou Moctar, Chismiten by Mdou Moctar and Ya Habibti by Mdou Moctar. 1. [Afrique Victime](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mdou-moctar-afrique-victime/) — Mdou Moctar · solo by Mdou Moctar · 2021 2. [Chismiten](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mdou-moctar-chismiten/) — Mdou Moctar · solo by Mdou Moctar · 2021 3. [Ya Habibti](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mdou-moctar-ya-habibti/) — Mdou Moctar · solo by Mdou Moctar · 2021 4. [Away From the Mire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/billy-strings-away-from-the-mire/) — Billy Strings · solo by Billy Strings · 2021 5. [Mr Ed](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mammoth-wvh-mr-ed/) — Mammoth WVH · solo by Wolfgang Van Halen · 2021 6. [Nightflyer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/allison-russell-nightflyer/) — Allison Russell · solo by Allison Russell band · 2021 7. [Persephone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/allison-russell-persephone/) — Allison Russell · solo by Allison Russell band · 2021 8. [662](https://greatestsolos.com/song/christone-kingfish-ingram-662/) — Christone "Kingfish" Ingram · solo by Christone "Kingfish" Ingram · 2021 9. [4th Day Prayer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/allison-russell-4th-day-prayer/) — Allison Russell · solo by Allison Russell band · 2021 10. [Dead Inside](https://greatestsolos.com/song/nita-strauss-dead-inside/) — Nita Strauss · solo by Nita Strauss · 2021 11. [Hellbender](https://greatestsolos.com/song/billy-strings-hellbender/) — Billy Strings · solo by Billy Strings · 2021 12. [Age of Machine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/greta-van-fleet-age-of-machine/) — Greta Van Fleet · solo by Jake Kiszka · 2021 13. [Faster](https://greatestsolos.com/song/samantha-fish-faster/) — Samantha Fish · solo by Samantha Fish · 2021 14. [Long Distance Woman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/christone-kingfish-ingram-long-distance-woman/) — Christone "Kingfish" Ingram · solo by Christone "Kingfish" Ingram · 2021 15. [Another Life Goes By](https://greatestsolos.com/song/christone-kingfish-ingram-another-life-goes-by/) — Christone "Kingfish" Ingram · solo by Christone "Kingfish" Ingram · 2021 16. [Built by Nations](https://greatestsolos.com/song/greta-van-fleet-built-by-nations/) — Greta Van Fleet · solo by Jake Kiszka · 2021 17. [Know It All](https://greatestsolos.com/song/billy-strings-know-it-all/) — Billy Strings · solo by Billy Strings · 2021 18. [The Chant](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-the-chant/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2021 19. [Heat Above](https://greatestsolos.com/song/greta-van-fleet-heat-above/) — Greta Van Fleet · solo by Jake Kiszka · 2021 20. [Assault & Batteries](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ice-nine-kills-assault-and-batteries/) — Ice Nine Kills · solo by Justin DeBlieck & Dan Sugarman · 2021 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)