Top 100 Music Albums of 2016
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Top 10 Songs of 2016
1. Decks Dark By Radiohead
2. Old Friends By Pinegrove
3. Destroyed By Hippie Powers By Car Seat Headrest
4. When it Rain By Danny Brown
5. Golden Chords By DEAKIN
6. Daydreaming By Radiohead
7. Identikit By Radiohead
8. The Ballad of Costa Concordia By Car Seat Headrest
9. True Love Waits By Radiohead
10. Present Tense By Radiohead
11. New Friends By Pinegrove
12. Nights By Frank Ocean
13. Redbone By Childish Gambino
14. Bubbles Buried In This Jungle By Death Grips
15. Glass Eyes By Radiohead
16. Solo By Frank Ocean
17. Me And Your Mama By Childish Gambino
18. Real Friends By Kanye West
19. Really Doe By Danny Brown
20. Drunk Drivers/Killers Whales By Car Seat Headrest
101. Garbage - Strange Little Birds
70/100
Alternative Rock, Industrial Rock, Noise Pop
102. The Coral - Distance Inbetween
70/100
Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Rock, Psychedelic Pop
103. Santigold - 99c
70/100
Electropop, Alternative Dance, Art Pop
104. Steven Wilson - 4 1/2
70/100
Art Rock, Progressive Rock
105. Daughter - Not To Disappear
70/100
Dream Pop, Art Pop, Post-Rock
106. Vince Staples - Prima Donna
70/100
West Coast Hip-Hop, Hardcore Hip-Hop, Gangsta Rap
107. John Legend - Darkness And Light
70/100
Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B, Pop Soul
108. Common - Black America Again
70/100
Conscious Hip-Hop, Neo-Soul, Jazz Rap
109. Green Day - Revolution Radio
70/100
Pop Punk, Punk Rock, Alternative Rock
110. Atmosphere - Fishing Blues
70/100
Hip-Hop, Conscious Hip-Hop
111. King Crimson - Radical Action To Unseat The Hold of Monkey Mind
65/100
Progressive Rock, Jazz Rock, Experimental Rock
112. Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika
65/100
Folk Metal , Pagan Black Metal, Black Metal
113. Dinosaur Jr - Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not
65/100
Alternative Rock, Noise Rock
114. Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife 2
65/100
Southern Hip-Hop, Pop Rap, Trap Rap
115. Shura - Nothings Real
65/100
Synthpop, Alternative R&B, Dance-Pop
116. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
65/100
Art Pop, Electropop, Glitch Pop
117. D.R.A.M - Big Baby D.R.A.M
65/100
Trap Rap, Alternative R&B, Neo-Soul
118. Neil Young And Promise of The Real - Earth
65/100 (Live Album)
Folk Rock, Country Rock, Americana
119. Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20
65/100
Americana, Singer/Songwriter, Electric Blues
120. J. Cole - 4 Your Eyez Only
65/100
Conscious Hip-Hop, East Coast Hip-Hop, Jazz Rap
121. DIIV - Is The Is Are
65/100
Dream Pop, Post-Punk, Jangle Pop
122. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman
65/100
Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop, Pop Soul
123. The Monkees - Good Times
65/100
Sunshine Pop, Pop Rock, Power Pop
124. Andy Stott - Too Many Voices
65/100
UK Bass, Ambient Techno, Dub Techno
125. Hinds - Leave Me Alone
65/100
Lo-Fi Indie, Garage Rock Revival, Indie Pop
126. Shearwater - Jet Plane And Oxbow
65/100
Indie Rock, Post-Punk Revival
127. Maxwell - BlackSUMMERS'night
65/100
Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B, Sophisti-Pop
128. Bat For Lashes - The Bride
65/100
Art Pop, Dream Pop, Chamber Pop
129. Solange - A Seat at the Table
60/100
Neo-Soul, Alternative R&B, Sophisti-Pop
130. Flume - Skin
60/100
Wonky, Glitch Pop, Alternative R&B
131. Jesu/Sun Kil Moon - Jesu/Sun Kil Moon
60/100
Shoegaze, Singer/Songwriter, Post-Rock, Drone Metal, Contemporary Folk
132. Bastille - Wild World
60/100
Synthpop, Pop Rock
133. Paul Simon - Stranger To Stranger
Singer/Songwriter, Art Pop
134. Killswitch Engage - Incarnate
55/100
Melodic Metalcore, Metalcore
135. Dream Theater - The Astonishing
55/100
Rock Opera, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock
136. Usher - Hard II Love
55/100
Contemporary R&B, Pop, Trap Rap
137. Various Artists - The Hamilton Mixtape
50/100
Show Tunes, Hip-Hop
138. Korn - The Serenity of Suffering
50/100
Nu Metal, Alternative Metal
139. Gucci Mane- Everybody Looking
45/100
Trap Rap, Southern Hip-Hop
140.A$AP Ferg-Always Strive And Prosper
40/100
Pop Rap, Trap Rap, East Coast Hip-Hop
141.The Avett Brothers - True Sadness
35/100
Alt-Country, Americana, Contemporary Folk
142. Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis
30/100
Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Emo
143. Rob Zombie - The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser 20/100
Industrial Rock, Industrial Metal
- Chart updated: 01/31/2018 21:15
- (Created: 01/08/2016 01:38).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Alternative R&B, Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B [First added to this chart: 08/21/2016]
Alternative R&B, Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B [First added to this chart: 08/21/2016]
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Chamber Pop, Art Pop, Art Rock 95/100 Full Listens: 20 Most Listened: Decks Dark (39)
Track Picks: Decks Dark, Daydreaming, True Love Waits [First added to this chart: 05/10/2016]
Track Picks: Decks Dark, Daydreaming, True Love Waits [First added to this chart: 05/10/2016]
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2016
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Indie Rock, Power Pop, Garage Rock Revival 95/100 Full Listens: 6 Most Listened: Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales (23)
Tracks Picks: The Ballad of Costa Concordia, Fill In The Blank, Drunk Drivers [First added to this chart: 05/23/2016]
Tracks Picks: The Ballad of Costa Concordia, Fill In The Blank, Drunk Drivers [First added to this chart: 05/23/2016]
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2016
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Indie Rock, Alt-Country, Midwest Emo 95/100 Full Listens: 12 Most Listened: Old Friends (30)
Track Picks: Old Friends, Aphasia, Cadmium [First added to this chart: 07/09/2016]
Track Picks: Old Friends, Aphasia, Cadmium [First added to this chart: 07/09/2016]
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2016
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824
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Grindcore, Powerviolence, Sludge Metal [First added to this chart: 11/21/2016]
Grindcore, Powerviolence, Sludge Metal [First added to this chart: 11/21/2016]
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Industrial Hip-Hop, Abstract Hip-Hop, Experimental Hip-Hop 90/100 Full Listens: 5 Most Listened: Bubbles Buried In This Jungle (18)
Tracks Picks: Bubbles Buried In This Jungle, Houdini, Trash [First added to this chart: 05/07/2016]
Tracks Picks: Bubbles Buried In This Jungle, Houdini, Trash [First added to this chart: 05/07/2016]
Year of Release:
2016
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1,329
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Trap Rap, Southern Hip-Hop, Cloud Rap [First added to this chart: 11/12/2016]
Trap Rap, Southern Hip-Hop, Cloud Rap [First added to this chart: 11/12/2016]
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Power Pop, Pop Punk, Indie Rock [First added to this chart: 01/05/2017]
Power Pop, Pop Punk, Indie Rock [First added to this chart: 01/05/2017]
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2016
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1,689
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Art Rock, Jazz Rock, Experimental Rock 90/100 Full Listens: 5 Most Listened: Lazarus (21)
Track Picks: Lazarus, Blackstar, Dollar Days [First added to this chart: 01/10/2016]
Track Picks: Lazarus, Blackstar, Dollar Days [First added to this chart: 01/10/2016]
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2016
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12,383
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Post-Hardcore, Screamo, Melodic Hardcore [First added to this chart: 09/19/2016]
Post-Hardcore, Screamo, Melodic Hardcore [First added to this chart: 09/19/2016]
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 composition
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| Pinegrove | 1 | 1% | |
| Preoccupations | 1 | 1% | |
| Brian Fallon | 1 | 1% | |
| Things Not Worth Fixing | 1 | 1% | |
| Angel Olsen | 1 | 1% | |
| Aurora (NO) | 1 | 1% | |
| Blood Orange | 1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 chart changes
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| Up 12 from 25th to 13th Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown |
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| Down 1 from 13th to 14th E•Mo•Tion: Side B by Carly Rae Jepsen |
| Down 1 from 14th to 15th My Woman by Angel Olsen |
| Down 1 from 15th to 16th Run The Jewels 3 by Run The Jewels |
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