Top Albums of 2016
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
21 Savage & Metro Boomin Savage Mode Southern Hip Hop, Trap
8
511
 A Tribe Called Quest We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service Conscious Hip Hop, Jazz Rap
Aesop Rock The Impossible Kid Abstract Hip Hop
Agnes Obel Citizen of Glass Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
12
805
 Anderson .Paak Malibu Alternative R&B, Neo-Soul
Andy Shauf The Party Chamber Pop, Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Andy Stott Too Many Voices UK Bass
9
627
 Angel Olsen My Woman Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Anna Meredith Varmints Art Pop, Progressive Electronic
15
961
 ANOHNI Hopelessness Art Pop, Electropop
Ariana Grande Dangerous Woman Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop
Autechre elseq 1-5 IDM
Babyfather BBF Hosted by DJ Escrow Experimental Hip Hop
BADBADNOTGOOD IV Jazz Fusion, Nu Jazz
Bat for Lashes The Bride Art Pop
Beach Slang A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings Alternative Rock, Punk Rock
3
125
 Beyoncé Lemonade Contemporary R&B, Pop
20
1653
 Blood Orange Freetown Sound Alternative R&B, Synth Funk
Bob Mould Patch the Sky Alternative Rock
13
832
 Bon Iver 22, A Million Art Pop
Brian Eno The Ship Ambient
11
777
 Car Seat Headrest Teens of Denial Indie Rock
Cass McCombs Mangy Love Singer/Songwriter
16
981
 Chance the Rapper Coloring Book Conscious Hip Hop, Pop Rap
Charles Bradley Changes Soul
35
2960
 Childish Gambino Awaken, My Love! Funk, Neo-Soul, Psychedelic Soul
Cobalt Slow Forever Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Black Metal
Common Black America Again Conscious Hip Hop
Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas Mariner Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal
17
1252
 Danny Brown Atrocity Exhibition Experimental Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
Daughter Not to Disappear Art Pop, Dream Pop
1
72
 David Bowie ★ [Blackstar] Art Rock
D.D Dumbo Utopia Defeated Art Pop, Indie Pop
De La Soul And the Anonymous Nobody Conscious Hip Hop
Death Grips Bottomless Pit Abstract Hip Hop, Industrial Hip Hop
Deftones Gore Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock
Denzel Curry Imperial Southern Hip Hop, Trap
DIIV Is The Is Are Dream Pop, Post-Punk
Dinosaur Jr. Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not Alternative Rock
Drake Views Contemporary R&B, Pop Rap
Drive-By Truckers American Band Alt-Country, Southern Rock
Elysia Crampton Demon City Latin Electronic, UK Bass
Emma Ruth Rundle Marked for Death Dream Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Equiknoxx Bird Sound Power Juke
Esperanza Spalding Emily's D+Evolution Art Pop, Jazz Fusion
Every Time I Die Low Teens Mathcore
Explosions in the Sky The Wilderness Post-Rock
Flume Skin Glitch Pop, Wonky
2
114
 Frank Ocean Blonde Alternative R&B, Neo-Soul
Frank Ocean Endless Alternative R&B, Ambient Pop, Art Pop
Frankie Cosmos Next Thing Twee Pop
Get Well Soon Love Chamber Pop
Glass Animals How to Be a Human Being Art Pop, Indietronica
Goat Requiem Psychedelic Rock
Gojira Magma Groove Metal, Progressive Metal
Gold Panda Good Luck and Do Your Best IDM, Microhouse
Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam I Had a Dream That You Were Mine Chamber Pop, Indie Rock
Hinds Leave Me Alone Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
Hiss Golden Messenger Heart Like a Levee Americana, Folk Rock
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions Until the Hunter Dream Pop, Psychedelic Folk
32
2796
 Huerco S. For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have) Ambient
Ian William Craig Centres Ambient
34
2927
 Iggy Pop Post Pop Depression Alternative Rock
Inter Arma Paradise Gallows Death Doom Metal, Sludge Metal
Isaiah Rashad The Sun's Tirade Conscious Hip Hop, Southern Hip Hop
Isolation Berlin Und aus den Wolken tropft die Zeit Indie Pop
31
2696
 James Blake The Colour in Anything Alternative R&B, Art Pop
Jamila Woods HEAVN Alternative R&B, Neo-Soul
Japanese Breakfast Psychopomp Dream Pop, Indie Pop
Jeff Rosenstock WORRY. Indie Rock, Pop Punk, Power Pop
22
2052
 Jenny Hval Blood Bitch Ambient Pop, Art Pop
Jessy Lanza Oh No Alternative R&B, Synthpop, UK Bass
Julia Jacklin Don't Let the Kids Win Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Julianna Barwick Will Ambient, Ambient Pop
Juventud Juché Movimientos Art Punk, Post-Punk
Ka Honor Killed the Samurai Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Ears Progressive Electronic
Kamaiyah A Good Night in the Ghetto Hip Hop
Kano Made in the Manor Grime, UK Hip Hop
19
1562
 Kanye West The Life of Pablo Pop Rap
27
2387
 Kate Tempest Let Them Eat Chaos Conscious Hip Hop, Political Hip Hop, UK Hip Hop
18
1465
 Kaytranada 99.9% Alternative R&B, Funky House
33
2851
 Kendrick Lamar untitled unmastered. Conscious Hip Hop, Jazz Rap
Kero Kero Bonito Bonito Generation Electropop
Kevin Gates Islah Pop Rap, Southern Hip Hop
Kevin Morby Singing Saw Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
KING We Are KING Contemporary R&B
26
2373
 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Nonagon Infinity Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein Stranger Things OST [Volume 1 & 2] Synthwave, Television Music
La Femme Mystere French Pop, Indie Pop
Lady Gaga Joanne Pop Rock, Pop Soul
Lambchop FLOTUS Indietronica
Laura Mvula The Dreaming Room Art Pop
Leon Vynehall Rojus Deep House
10
640
 Leonard Cohen You Want It Darker Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Let's Eat Grandma I, Gemini Ambient Pop, Art Pop, Psychedelic Pop
Lucinda Williams The Ghosts of Highway 20 Americana, Country Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Lydia Loveless Real Alt-Country, Pop Rock
M83 Junk Synthpop
Maren Morris Hero Country Pop, Pop Rock
Margo Price Midwest Farmer's Daughter Country
Marissa Nadler Strangers Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Maxwell blackSUMMERS'night Contemporary R&B, Neo-Soul
Meilyr Jones 2013 Art Pop, Chamber Pop
Metallica Hardwired...to Self-Destruct Heavy Metal
Metronomy Summer 08 Alternative Dance, Indietronica, Synthpop
24
2290
 Michael Kiwanuka Love & Hate Singer/Songwriter, Soul
Miranda Lambert The Weight of These Wings Contemporary Country
14
916
 Mitski Puberty 2 Indie Rock
Moderat III IDM, Indietronica
Nails You Will Never Be One of Us Grindcore, Powerviolence
Nao For All We Know Alternative R&B, Electropop
Neko Case/k.d. lang/Laura Veirs case/lang/veirs Chamber Folk
Neurosis Fires Within Fires Atmospheric Sludge Metal
6
359
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree Art Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Nicolas Jaar Sirens Ambient Pop, Art Pop
Noname Telefone Conscious Hip Hop, Jazz Rap
Noura Mint Seymali Arbina Moorish Music
NxWorries Yes Lawd! Neo-Soul
Oathbreaker Rheia Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Blackgaze
Oranssi Pazuzu Varahtelija Black Metal, Psychedelic Rock
Oren Ambarchi Hubris Krautrock
28
2545
 Parquet Courts Human Performance Indie Rock
Paul Simon Stranger to Stranger Art Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Pinegrove Cardinal Indie Rock
23
2278
 PJ Harvey The Hope Six Demolition Project Alternative Rock, Art Rock
Preoccupations Preoccupations Post-Punk
Princess Nokia 1992/1992 Deluxe Trap
PUP The Dream is Over Pop Punk, Post-Hardcore
5
285
 Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool Art Pop, Art Rock, Chamber Pop
7
505
 Rihanna Anti Alternative R&B
Roly Porter Third Law Dark Ambient
Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 3 Hardcore Hip Hop
Russian Circles Guidance Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal, Post-Rock
Ryley Walker Golden Sings That Have Been Sung Chamber Folk, Psychedelic Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Savages Adore Life Post-Punk
School of Seven Bells SVIIB Dream Pop, Synthpop
ScHoolboy Q Blank Face LP Gangsta Rap
Shirley Collins Lodestar English Folk Music
Shura Nothing's Real Dance-Pop, Synthpop
21
1961
 Skepta Konnichiwa Grime, UK Hip Hop
4
167
 Solange A Seat at the Table Neo-Soul
Steve Gunn Eyes on the Lines Folk Rock
25
2371
 Sturgill Simpson A Sailor's Guide to Earth Alt-Country, Country Soul
Suede Night Thoughts Britpop
Suuns Hold/Still Art Rock
Swans The Glowing Man Experimental Rock, Post-Rock
Teenage Fanclub Here Jangle Pop
Tegan and Sara Love You to Death Synthpop
30
2660
 The 1975 I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It Pop Rock, Synthpop
The Avalanches Wildflower Plunderphonics
The Comet Is Coming Channel the Spirits Jazz Fusion, Nu Jazz, Space Rock
The Dillinger Escape Plan Dissociation Mathcore
The Drones Feelin Kinda Free Art Rock
The Fat White Family Songs for Our Mothers Art Punk, Psychedelic Rock
The Hotelier Goodness Indie Rock
The Last Shadow Puppets Everything You've Come to Expect Chamber Pop, Indie Rock
The Lemon Twigs Do Hollywood Psychedelic Pop
The Radio Dept. Running Out of Love Indie Pop, Synthpop
The Rolling Stones Blue & Lonesome Blues Rock, British Blues
The Weeknd Starboy Alternative R&B, Electropop
Thee Oh Sees A Weird Exits Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Tim Hecker Love Streams Ambient, Glitch
Touché Amoré Stage Four Screamo
Travis Scott Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight Trap
Triángulo de Amor Bizarro Salve discordia Indie Rock, Noise Pop
Underworld Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future Progressive House
Warpaint Heads Up Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
Weezer Weezer [The White Album] Alternative Rock, Power Pop
Weyes Blood Front Row Seat to Earth Psychedelic Folk
White Lung Paradise Punk Rock
29
2617
 Whitney Light Upon the Lake Indie Folk, Indie Rock
Wilco Schmilco Alt-Country, Indie Rock
Wild Beasts Boy King Art Pop, Synthpop
William Tyler Modern Country American Primitivism
YG Still Brazy Gangsta Rap
Young Thug JEFFERY Southern Hip Hop, Trap
Yussef Kamaal Black Focus Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Funk
Zeal and Ardor Devil Is Fine Avant-Garde Metal, Spirituals