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Top Ten Albums 2016

Lemonade​
Lemonade​

As of December 2016, Lemonade has sold 1.5 million copies in the United States, making it the third best-selling album of the year in the United States. Lemonade was the best-selling album of 2016, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), selling 2.5 million copies that year alone.

Blackstar​
Blackstar​

Regardless of the circumstances or the rune-reading, Blackstar ranks among Bowie’s very best albums. Blackstar is a self-contained world. Despite drawing inspiration from recent albums by D’Angelo and Kendrick Lamar, and featuring percussion from LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, it never strains to be of-the-moment like his 90s albums Outside and Earthling.

Blonde​
Blonde​

Blonde (alternately titled blond) is the second studio album by American singer Frank Ocean. It was released on August 20, 2016, as a timed exclusive on the iTunes Store and Apple Music, and followed the August 19 release of Ocean's visual album Endless.

A Seat at the ​Table​
A Seat at the ​Table​

Indebted to both vintage soul and contemporary indie rock, A Seat at the Table is a love letter to self-sufficiency in the face of incredible pain and a manifesto for modern black womanhood.

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A Moon ​Shaped Pool​
A Moon ​Shaped Pool​

A Moon Shaped Pool is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released digitally on 8 May 2016, with CD and LP releases in June 2016 through XL Recordings. Radiohead also sold a special edition from their website, containing additional tracks and artwork.

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Coloring Book​
Coloring Book​

The Best Albums of 2016 includes projects from Chance the Rapper to Anderson .Paak to Drake to Rihanna to Beyonce to Esperanza Spalding but who's No. 1?

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The Life of ​Pablo​
The Life of ​Pablo​

The Life of Pablo is the seventh studio album by American rapper and recording artist Kanye West, released on February 14, 2016 by GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings. Recording sessions took place from 2013 to 2016 in Italy, Mexico, Canada, and the United States.

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Anti​
Anti​

On May 5, Anti was certified double platinum by the RIAA, becoming the first multi-platinum album of 2016. Anti was the third most-streamed album of 2016, while Rihanna was listed as the most-streamed female artist of the year.

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We Got It From ​Here
We Got It From ​Here

Rate Your Music is an online community of people who love music. Catalog, rate, tag, and review your music. List and review the concerts you've attended, and track upcoming shows. When you rate your music, the site's music/social recommender can recommend similar music and users with similar music taste.

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22, A Million​
22, A Million​

The millennium's most critically acclaimed folk star abandons the cabin and holes up in the laboratory, creating an album full of digital mush, distorted noises and desolate croon.

My Woman​
My Woman​

My Woman, Angel Olsen Angel Olsen/Jagjaguwar/Amanda Ma. My Woman feels less like a single album than two distinct, focused EPs, each anchored by Olsen’s astounding voice.

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Teens of ​Denial​
Teens of ​Denial​

50 Best Albums of 2016. Beyoncé smashed the system, Chance the Rapper counted his blessings, David Bowie left a powerful goodbye and more. ... 'Teens of Denial'

Puberty 2​
Puberty 2​

As Mitski Miyawaki rips through her emotions and her guitar, the singer-songwriter blazes through a catalog of deeply personal anxieties and feelings ranging from racial identity (standout track "Your Best American Girl") to deteriorating relationships (brazen album opener "Happy") As technically proficient as it is unhinged and raw, Mitski opens up her personal world so we can all wallow along.

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You Want It ​Darker​
You Want It ​Darker​

You Want It Darker is the fourteenth and final studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, released on October 21, 2016, by Columbia Records, 19 days before Cohen's death. The album was created towards the end of his life and focuses on death, God, and humor.

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Untitled ​Unmastered​
Untitled ​Unmastered​

Untitled Unmastered (stylized as untitled unmastered. ) is a compilation album by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on March 4, 2016, by Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.

Skeleton Tree​
Skeleton Tree​

Skeleton Tree is the sixteenth studio album by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It was released on 9 September 2016 on Bad Seed Ltd. A follow-up to the band's critically acclaimed album Push the Sky Away (2013), Skeleton Tree was recorded over 18 months at Retreat Recording Studios in Brighton, La Frette Studios in La Frette-sur-Seine and Air Studios in London.

Atrocity ​Exhibition​
Atrocity ​Exhibition​

Atrocity Exhibition is the fourth studio album by American rapper Danny Brown. It was released on September 27, 2016, by Warp Records and Fool's Gold Records. It is primarily produced by British producer Paul White, and features guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, Earl Sweatshirt, B-Real, Kelela and Petite Noir.

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Malibu​
Malibu​

The Best Albums of 2016 includes projects from Chance the Rapper to Anderson .Paak to Drake to Rihanna to Beyonce to Esperanza Spalding but who's No. 1?

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Views​
Views​

The following is a list of albums released in 2016 First quarter January. Release date Artist Album Genre Label Producer Ref. January 1 ... Views: Hip hop, dancehall ...

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Hopelessness​
Hopelessness​

As America focused its attention on the tangled election morass, New York chamber-pop genius Anohni was clawing at a bigger picture, dancing with tears in her eyes.

A Sailor's ​Guide to Earth​
A Sailor's ​Guide to Earth​

Review: Sturgill Simpson, 'A Sailor's Guide To Earth' For Simpson's first album since his 2014 breakthrough, the inventive country singer crafts a highly personal song cycle about order and insubordination.

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Freetown ​Sound​
Freetown ​Sound​

With Sierra Leone and New York City as the backdrop, avant-R&B trailblazer and indie-rock expat Blood Orange explores change and justice in the face of discrimination.

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Still Brazy​
Still Brazy​

The Compton native doesn't cloak his message in metaphor and he is not given to elaborate wordplay. He is, however, great at getting his point across. "Fuck Donald Trump" isn't a very sophisticated or nuanced critique and it doesn't need to be – it's still popular music's most anthemic and galvanizing statement of dissent in 2016.

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99.9%​
99.9%​

The best music of 2016. Music reviews, ratings, news and more. See which albums are sitting at the top of this year's charts.

Blood Bitch​
Blood Bitch​

Blood Bitch is the sixth studio album by Norwegian musician Jenny Hval, released on September 30, 2016 on Sacred Bones Records. Co-produced by Hval and Lasse Marhaug, the album was preceded by the singles, "Female Vampire", "Conceptual Romance" and "Period Piece".

Post Pop ​Depression​
Post Pop ​Depression​

Post Pop Depression is the eighteenth studio album by American rock singer Iggy Pop, released on March 18, 2016, by Loma Vista Recordings. Produced by Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, the album was recorded in secrecy and features contributions from Queens of the Stone Age's Dean Fertita and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders.

Emily's ​D+Evolution​
Emily's ​D+Evolution​

50 Best Albums of 2016. ... Esperanza Spalding, 'Emily's D+Evolution' After a Best New Artist Grammy and the well-received Radio Music Society, ...

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Konnichiwa​
Konnichiwa​

The best albums of 2016: 40-10 Read more Full of stark, simmering beats and slick, swaggering vocals, Konnichiwa went on to reach No 2 in the charts and was awarded the Mercury prize in September.

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Jeffery​
Jeffery​

50 Best Albums of 2016. Beyoncé smashed the system, Chance the Rapper counted his blessings, David Bowie left a powerful goodbye and more. Load Previous

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Telefone​
Telefone​

Though Telefone was long delayed (to the point where some of her peers called her the “Jay Electronica of Chicago”), Noname made up for that wait with a gem. On 10 captivating songs that are as quirky as they are smooth, Noname runs the gamut of emotions with her pen, but always returns to the confusion and pain that writhes beneath the surface of many of our lives.

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Blank Face ​LP​
Blank Face ​LP​

Blank Face LP finds Schoolboy Q reconciling the varied and opposing roles he's played in his 20-something years of life: broke gangbanger and rich rap star, drug addict and dope dealer, proud father and fuck-up. Q wears all of these labels without shame. Standout "John Muir," named for the middle ...

Islah​
Islah​

Islah is the debut studio album by American rapper Kevin Gates. It was released on January 29, 2016, by Bread Winners' Association and Atlantic Records. The album was supported by four official singles: "Kno One", "Really Really", "2 Phones" and "Time for That".

Stranger to ​Stranger​
Stranger to ​Stranger​

Paul Simon said the theme of his 13th album was sound, packing it with sideways reinventions of the mournful blues snap and early rock & roll melodicism that have long charged his work. But the genre-bending oddball sonics draw you into songs full of the anxiety that defined our annus horribilis.

Midwest ​Farmer's Daughter​
Midwest ​Farmer's Daughter​

50 Best Albums of 2016. Beyoncé smashed the system, Chance the Rapper counted his blessings, David Bowie left a powerful goodbye and more. Load Previous

Hero​
Hero​

The debut album by Maren Morris may not be immediately recognizable as country music – even by today's standards – but the Texas native's storytelling and homegrown drawl elev

Joanne​
Joanne​

On September 15, the singer appeared on Apple Radio's Beats 1 and revealed that the name of the album as Joanne and release date as October 21, 2016. She also confirmed that within the next 48 hours, the recording would be finished.

Wildflower​
Wildflower​

Here are the 50 best albums released in 2016 according to Paste. Studio Get App. Paste Studio; ... Wildflower nicks samples from groups like The Pharcyde and The Bar ...

The Weight of ​These Wings​
The Weight of ​These Wings​

The Weight of These Wings is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. It was released on November 18, 2016 via RCA Records Nashville. The album consists of two discs, with Disc 1 titled The Nerve, and Disc 2 titled The Heart.

Hardwired
Hardwired

Hardwired... to Self-Destruct is the tenth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released as a double album on November 18, 2016 by their vanity label Blackened Recordings. It is their first studio album in eight years following Death Magnetic (2008), marking the longest gap between two studio albums in the band's career.

The Colour in ​Anything​
The Colour in ​Anything​

Posted on May 9th, 2016 at 8:13 pm. Zennz Said, I agree that’s underwhelming but James is not trying to sound like Sam Smith. More than anything, this album has the same sound as his first album “James Blake”. Undergrown remains his best album. Posted on May 26th, 2016 at 6:15 pm. start Said, Great post.

Light Upon ​the Lake​
Light Upon ​the Lake​

Light Upon the Lake is Whitney’s full-length debut album, and was released in June 2016 by the record label Secretly Canadian. Founding members Julien Ehrlich, formerly of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and Max Kakacek, formerly of Smith Westerns, formed Whitney after the break-up of their former bands.

American ​Band​
American ​Band​

American Band is the eleventh studio album by American Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers, released on September 30, 2016 on ATO Records.

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How to Be a ​Human Being​
How to Be a ​Human Being​

The clearest departure from Zaba on this album is, as the title might suggest, the humanity. Where their first album displayed a diversity of sound, How To Be a Human Being expands from eccentric instrumental choices to the eccentricities of life itself.

A Good Night ​in the Ghetto​
A Good Night ​in the Ghetto​

The Best Albums of 2016 includes projects from Chance the Rapper to ... Kamaiyah, 'A Good Night in the Ghetto' Image via ... You're guaranteed a good night wherever ...

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Love & Hate​
Love & Hate​

Love is not about working up or building up to loving someone, love is not a constant struggle and is something as fragile as you explained it. Love is effortless and is hard and sturdy and simply cannot be forced, what you are attempting is forced love which is something exceptionally hard to do.

BLACKsummers'Night​
BLACKsummers'Night​

The second installment of an album trilogy Maxwell began in 2008, blackSUMMERS'night is a stunning testament to the Brooklyn-born singer's talents as a vocalist as well as a shrewd yet op

This Is Acting​
This Is Acting​

This Is Acting is the seventh studio album by Australian singer and songwriter Sia. It was released on 29 January 2016 by Inertia, Monkey Puzzle and RCA Records. The album is mostly composed of songs written by Sia for other pop artists that were not included on their albums.

Revolution ​Radio​
Revolution ​Radio​

Revolution Radio is the twelfth studio album by American punk rock band Green Day, released on October 7, 2016 through Reprise Records. The album's lead single, "Bang Bang", premiered on August 11, 2016.

Starboy​
Starboy​

The Weeknd is a monster. Home; News ... The Weeknd Shares New 18-Track Album “Starboy” November 25, 2016 by ... Reddit; XO head honcho The Weeknd is back with his ...

Birds in the ​Trap Sing McKnight​
Birds in the ​Trap Sing McKnight​

No offense to Rodeo (still a great, wild ride that contains his best song to date), but it’s clear opening for the Weeknd and Rihanna while crafting Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight gave Travis a Kanye, Graduation-esque epiphany.

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