The 50 Best Albums of 2016

1. Solange - A Seat at the Table
2. Frank Ocean - Blonde
3. Beyoncé - LEMONADE
4. David Bowie - Blackstar
5. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
6. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
7. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
8. ANOHNI - HOPELESSNESS
9. Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN
10. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
11. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
12. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
13. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
14. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
15. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
16. Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
17. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
18. Mitski - Puberty 2
19. Rihanna - ANTI
20. Nicolas Jaar - Sirens
21. Young Thug - JEFFERY
22. YG - Still Brazy
23. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
24. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
25. KAYTRANADA - 99.9%
26. Parquet Courts - Human Performance
27. Noname - Telefone
28. NxWorries - Yes Lawd!
29. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EARS
30. Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution
31. Whitney - Light Upon the Lake
32. Elza Soares - A Mulher do Fim do Mundo (The Woman at the End of the World)
33. Maxwell - blackSUMMERS'night
34. Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
35. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - I Had a Dream That You Were Mine
36. Jamila Woods - HEAVN
37. KING - We Are KING
38. Schoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
39. Moodyman - DJ-Kicks
40. Vijay Iyer / Wadada Leo Smith - A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke
41. Huerco S. - For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
42. Vince Staples - Prima Donna
43. Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth
44. Kevin Gates - Islah
45. William Tyler - Modern Country
46. Pinegrove - Cardinal
47. Kamaiyah - A Good Night in the Ghetto
48. Frankie Cosmos - Next Thing
49. Porches - Pool
50. 21 Savage / Metro Boomin - Savage Mode