Rolling Stone
50 Best Albums of 2016
1. Beyoncé – LEMONADE
2. David Bowie – Blackstar
3. Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book
4. Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial
5. Frank Ocean – Blonde
6. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
7. Rolling Stones – Blue & Lonesome
8. Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
9. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
10. Young Thug – JEFFERY
11. Solange – A Seat at the Table
12. Paul Simon – Stranger to Stranger
13. Maren Morris – Hero
14. Green Day – Revolution Radio
15. LVL UP – Return to Love
16. Miranda Lambert – The Weight of These Wings
17. Parquet Courts – Human Performance
18. The 1975 – I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
19. Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
20. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
21. Margo Price – Midwest Farmer's Daughter
22. Bon Iver – 22, A Million
23. Mitski – Puberty 2
24. Drive-By Truckers – American Band
25. Rihanna – ANTI
26. Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor's Guide to Earth
27. Brandy Clark – Big Day in a Small Town
28. Blood Orange – Freetown Sound
29. Mudcrutch – 2
30. A Tribe Called Quest – We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
31. White Lung – Paradise
32. Alicia Keys – HERE
33. Sting – 57th & 9th
34. Angel Olsen – MY WOMAN
35. ANOHNI – HOPELESSNESS
36. Metallica – Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
37. Bonnie Raitt – Dig In Deep
38. Tove Lo – Lady Wood
39. Elton John – Wonderful Crazy Night
40. Maxwell – blackSUMMERS'night
41. Wilco – Schmilco
42. Drake – Views
43. Future – EVOL
44. The Monkees – Good Times!
45. Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
46. Norah Jones – Day Breaks
47. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – Stranger Things, Volume One and Two
48. Esperanza Spalding – Emily's D+Evolution
49. Dawes – We're All Gonna Die
50. Death Grips – Bottomless Pit