Top 50 Music Albums of 2016
by mostlymor 
Turned out to be a great year for popular music... A word of explanation - this chart has much the same albums as BEA's overall year chart because, frankly, this is the only place I've been looking at new album releases - if an album makes some kind of impression on the overall 2016 chart I usually check it out, because people here do have a good ear for the most interesting music happening.
- Chart updated: 06/07/2025 00:15
- (Created: 10/30/2016 12:11).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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A bold and beautiful record, it's easy to forget how ambitious this is for chart-topping globe uniting 'pop' music - U2 haven't done anything quite this dark and brooding, Coldplay don't sound like they ever will, it's more like what Joy Division might have done after 'Closer' and is allied to Bowie in his Berlin phase. Sounds great as a headphone experience, and is perfect 'chill-out' material.
[First added to this chart: 10/30/2016]
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2016
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15,235
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Heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time. Who needs opera when you've got Bowie delivering this last act drama? This is great art and Bowie's best album for twenty years at least. But you probably know all this. "Lazarus", "Girl Loves Me" and "I Can't Give Everything Away" are the most haunting and compelling tunes for me. A final statement in keeping with the way Bowie lived his life that, as he's done often before, completely captivated the world's attention.
[First added to this chart: 10/31/2016]
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2016
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12,317
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Sounds similar to Green Day's 'American Idiot' and early Weezer - not bad things. What struck me most hearing this the first few times was how American bands consistently, erm.. 'rock harder' than British bands, we here in the UK seem to be too self conscious or too ironic to just crank the guitars up and get our heads down for a joyful lifts-you-to-the-skies riff riot. Anyway, back to the album - "Fill in The Blank", "Killer Whales/Drunk Drivers" and, especially, the exhilarating epic "The Ballad Of The Costa Concordia" are sublime, and as good as anything anybody else has recorded this year - sensational! The rest of it is generally solid indi-nerdy college rock, consistently good, always interesting, but not as memorably tuneful. Evens out at a very respectable 9/10. The kids'll love it.
[First added to this chart: 11/01/2016]
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2016
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7,109
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[First added to this chart: 07/24/2017]
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[First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
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2016
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1,401
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[First added to this chart: 11/03/2016]
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4,444
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[First added to this chart: 12/03/2016]
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3,760
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[First added to this chart: 12/23/2016]
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2016
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2,130
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2016
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543
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Top 50 Music Albums of 2016 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Various Artists | 3 | 6% | |
| Thee Oh Sees | 2 | 4% | |
| Anohni | 1 | 2% | |
| Run The Jewels | 1 | 2% | |
| Anderson .Paak | 1 | 2% | |
| Skepta | 1 | 2% | |
| Laura Mvula | 1 | 2% | |
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Top 50 Music Albums of 2016 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 5 from 20th to 15th The Colour In Anything by James Blake |
| Up 1 from 14th to 13th Untitled Unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 13th to 14th The Life Of Pablo by Kanye West |
| Down 1 from 15th to 16th Weezer (White Album) by Weezer |
| Down 1 from 16th to 17th A Sailor's Guide To Earth by Sturgill Simpson |
| New entries |
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| Starboy by The Weeknd |
| The Demos: 1994-1998 by Alanis Morissette |
| Leavers |
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| The Divine Miss M by Bette Midler |
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From Johnnyo 11/15/2024 21:34 | #306075
Really good chart
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