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