The 10 Best Pop Albums of 2016: Finalizing

Example:
Artist – Album

Top 3 (Consideration)
Beyoncé – Lemonade
Tegan & Sara – Love You To Death
The Weeknd – Starboy

Top 5 (Consideration)
Anohni – Hopelessness
Glass Animals - How To Be A Human Being
Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
Lady Gaga – Joanne

List Contenders
Alex Newell – POWER EP
Christine and the Queens – Chaleur Humaine
Flume – Skin
Rihanna – Anti
Solange – A Seat At The Table
Shura – Nothing's Real

List Maybes
Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman
The Chainsmokers – Collage EP
Charlie Puth – Nine Track Mind
Douglas Dare – Aforger
Jain – Zanaka
Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch
Josef Salvat – Night Swim
Lauren Aquilina – Isn't It Strange?
Meghan Trainor – Thank You
Miike Snow – iii
Nick Jonas – Last Year Was Complicated
OneRepublic – Oh My My
Panic! At The Disco – Death of a Bachelor
Petite Miller – Lil Empire
Regina Spektor – Remember Us To Life
Róisín Murphy - Take Her Up To Monto!
Serpentwithfeet - blisters
Sound of Ceres – Nostalgia For Infinity
Zayn – mind of mine
The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It