50 Best Albums of 2016 by Rolling Stone (2016)

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California. These are their best albums of 2016.
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41.

Schmilco 

 Wilco

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

106 charts

Rank Score:

313

Rank in 2016:

68

Rank in 2010s:

817

Overall Rank:

4,470

Average Rating:

 71 (158 votes)

Comments:

12

42.

Views 

 Drake

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

361

Rank in 2016:

60

Rank in 2010s:

715

Overall Rank:

3,972

Average Rating:

 55 (257 votes)

Comments:

19

43.

EVOL 

 Future (Rap)

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

22 charts

Rank Score:

63

Rank in 2016:

383

Rank in 2010s:

3,776

Overall Rank:

17,110

Average Rating:

 60 (40 votes)

Comments:

0

44.

Good Times! 

 The Monkees

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

190

Rank in 2016:

118

Rank in 2010s:

1,306

Overall Rank:

6,743

Average Rating:

 71 (45 votes)

Comments:

6

45.

Post Pop Depression 

 Iggy Pop

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

175 charts

Rank Score:

748

Rank in 2016:

33

Rank in 2010s:

360

Overall Rank:

2,182

Average Rating:

 74 (254 votes)

Comments:

10

46.

Day Breaks 

 Norah Jones

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

57

Rank in 2016:

428

Rank in 2010s:

4,165

Overall Rank:

18,565

Average Rating:

 73 (31 votes)

Comments:

2

47.

Stranger Things, Vol. 1 (A Netflix Original Series Soundtrack) 
Soundtrack

 Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

22

Rank in 2016:

865

Rank in 2010s:

8,464

Overall Rank:

33,811

Average Rating:

 75 (14 votes)

Comments:

0

48.

Emily's D+Evolution 

 Esperanza Spalding

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

430

Rank in 2016:

52

Rank in 2010s:

600

Overall Rank:

3,422

Average Rating:

 76 (106 votes)

Comments:

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49.

We're All Gonna Die 

 Dawes

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

15

Rank in 2016:

1,156

Rank in 2010s:

11,352

Overall Rank:

43,783

Average Rating:

 73 (17 votes)

Comments:

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50.

Bottomless Pit 

 Death Grips

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

212 charts

Rank Score:

1,489

Rank in 2016:

23

Rank in 2010s:

177

Overall Rank:

1,192

Average Rating:

 80 (424 votes)

Comments:

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50 Best Albums of 2016 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Mudcrutch	1	2%
Kanye West	1	2%
Maxwell	1	2%
Danny Brown	1	2%
A Tribe Called Quest	1	2%
Leonard Cohen	1	2%
Wilco	1	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	35	70%
	7	14%
	3	6%
	2	4%
	1	2%
	1	2%
	1	2%

50 Best Albums of 2016 similarity to your chart(s)

Other 2016 year charts

Listed below are 91 charts from recognised sources for 2016. There are also 479 user submitted charts covering this period.

• The 30 Best Albums of 2016 by The 405 (2016 year chart)
• 20 best albums of 2016 by The A.V. Club (2016 year chart)
• The Top 50 Records of 2016 by The Alternative (2016 year chart)
• American Songwriter’s Top 50 Albums Of 2016 by American Songwriter (2016 year chart)
• The best albums of 2016 by Aol (2016 year chart)
• Top 50 Albums Of 2016 by Austin Town Hall (2016 year chart)
• Die 80 besten Alben des Jahres 2016 by Bayern 2 (2016 year chart)
• Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2016 by Billboard (2016 year chart)
• Top 10 Albums of the Year 2016 by Bleep (2016 year chart)
• BrooklynVegan's Top 48 Albums of 2016 by BrooklynVegan (2016 year chart)
• Die ByteFM Jahrescharts 2016 by ByteFM (2016 year chart)
• Chorus.fm’s Top 25 Albums of 2016 by Chorus.fm (2016 year chart)
• Clash's Albums Of The Year 2016 by Clash (2016 year chart)
• Classic Rock's Best Albums Of 2016 by Classic Rock (2016 year chart)
• Die 50 besten Alben 2016 by Classic Rock Deutschland (2016 year chart)
• The Top 20 Albums of the 2016 by A Closer Listen (2016 year chart)
• The 50 Best Albums of 2016 by Complex (2016 year chart)
• Top 50 Albums of 2016 by Consequence of Sound (2016 year chart)
• The 15 Best Albums of 2016 by Cosmopolitan (2016 year chart)
• The Top 100 Albums Of 2016 by Crack Magazine (2016 year chart)
• Årets beste album 2016 by Dagsavisen (2016 year chart)
• Top 40 Albums of 2016 by Decibel (2016 year chart)
• The 20 Best Albums of 2016 by Deep Cuts (2016 year chart)
• 20 best albums of 2016 by Digital Spy (2016 year chart)
• The 50 best albums of 2016 by Double J (2016 year chart)
• Drowned in Sound's Favorite Albums of 2016 by Drowned in Sound (2016 year chart)
• Earbuddy's Best Albums of 2016 by Earbuddy (2016 year chart)
• Die besten Alben des Jahres 2016 by eclipsed (2016 year chart)
• Top 49 Music Albums of 2016 by Entertainment Weekly (2016 year chart)
• The 50 best albums of 2016 by FACT (2016 year chart)
• The Best Albums of 2016 by FLOOD Magazine (2016 year chart)
• The Best Albums of 2016 by Fopp (2016 year chart)
• The 20 best albums of 2016 by Fuse (2016 year chart)
• Gigwise's 51 Best Albums of 2016 by Gigwise (2016 year chart)
• Gorilla vs. Bear's Albums of 2016 by Gorilla vs. Bear (2016 year chart)
• The best albums of 2016 by The Guardian (2016 year chart)
• Beste albums van 2016 by Heaven Magazine (2016 year chart)
• Los mejores discos internacionales de 2016 by Hipersonica (2016 year chart)
• The 10 Best Albums Of 2016 by Idolator (2016 year chart)
• Les Inrocks Albums of the Year 2016 by Les Inrocks (2016 year chart)
• The 50 Best Albums of 2016 by Intro (2016 year chart)
• Kerrang!'s Albums Of 2016 by Kerrang! (2016 year chart)
• Top 90.3 Listener Voted Albums of 2016 by KEXP (2016 year chart)
• Top 49 Music Albums of 2016 by laut (2016 year chart)
• The Loud And Quiet best albums of 2016 by Loud And Quiet (2016 year chart)
• Top 25 albums of 2016 by Magnet (2016 year chart)
• Top 25 Albums of the Year by Magnetic Magazine (2016 year chart)
• Top 10 albums of 2016 by Mashable (2016 year chart)
• Top 50 Albums Of 2016 by Metal Hammer (2016 year chart)
• Die 20 besten Alben 2016 by metal.de (2016 year chart)
• Mojo Albums of the Year 2016 by Mojo (2016 year chart)
• musicOMH's Top 50 Albums Of 2016 by musicOMH (2016 year chart)
• Redaktionscharts 2016 by MusikBlog (2016 year chart)
• The 50 Best Albums of 2016 by Musikexpress.de (2016 year chart)
• The Needle Drop's Top 50 Albums of 2016 by The Needle Drop (2016 year chart)
• NME Albums Of The Year 2016 by New Music Express (2016 year chart)
• New Noise 2016 en 85 disques by New Noise (2016 year chart)
• Our Favorite Albums of 2016 by Newsweek (2016 year chart)
• The 100 Best Albums of 2016 by Noisey (2016 year chart)
• Best Albums of 2016 by Norman Records (2016 year chart)
• OOR's Eindlijst van 2016 by OOR (2016 year chart)
• Best Albums of 2016 by Passion of the Weiss (2016 year chart)
• Top 10 Albums of 2016 by People (2016 year chart)
• 50 Best Albums of 2016 by Pigeons & Planes (2016 year chart)
• The 50 Best Albums of 2016 by Pitchfork (2016 year chart)
• Album des Jahres 2016 by Plattentests.de (2016 year chart)
• The 70 Best Albums of 2016 by PopMatters (2016 year chart)
• The Best Albums of 2016 by Pretty Much Amazing (2016 year chart)
• Q Albums of the Year 2016 by Q (2016 year chart)
• Quietus Albums Of The Year 2016 by The Quietus (2016 year chart)
• Albums Of The Year 2016 by Rock Sound (2016 year chart)
• 50 Best Albums of 2016 by Rolling Stone (2016 year chart)
• Die Alben des Jahres 2016 by Rolling Stone Deutschland (2016 year chart)
• Albums Of The Year 2016 by Rough Trade (2016 year chart)
• The 25 Best Albums of 2016 by Slant Magazine (2016 year chart)
• The 20 Best Albums of 2016 by Spex (2016 year chart)
• 50 Best Albums of 2016 by Spin (2016 year chart)
• Top 50 Albums of 2016 by Sputnik Music (2016 year chart)
• State's Albums of 2016 by State (2016 year chart)
• The 50 Best Albums Of 2016 by Stereogum (2016 year chart)
• The Top 10 Albums of 2016 by TIME (2016 year chart)
• Time Out London's Best Albums of 2016 by Time Out (2016 year chart)
• 2016: Favorite 50 Music Releases by Tiny Mix Tapes (2016 year chart)
• Uncut's Top 75 albums of 2016 by Uncut (2016 year chart)
• 50 Best Albums of 2016 by Variance (2016 year chart)
• Our 50 favourite albums of 2016 by The Vinyl Factory (2016 year chart)
• The 50 Best Albums of 2016 by VISIONS (2016 year chart)
• Top 50 Albums of 2016 by Vive Le Rock! (2016 year chart)
• The best albums of 2016 by Vulture (2016 year chart)
• Top 50 Releases of 2016 by The Wire (2016 year chart)
• The Key’s Top 15 Albums of 2016 by WXPN (2016 year chart)

Other charts by Rolling Stone

Year charts

• The 100 Best Albums of 2023 by Rolling Stone (2023 year chart)
• Top 100 Music Albums of 2022 by Rolling Stone (2022 year chart)
• The 50 Best Albums of 2021 by Rolling Stone (2021 year chart)
• The 50 Best Albums of 2020 by Rolling Stone (2020 year chart)
• 50 Best Albums of 2019 by Rolling Stone (2019 year chart)
• 50 Best Albums of 2018 by Rolling Stone (2018 year chart)
• 50 Best Albums of 2017 by Rolling Stone (2017 year chart)
• 50 Best Albums of 2016 by Rolling Stone (2016 year chart)
• 50 Best Albums of 2015 by Rolling Stone (2015 year chart)
• 50 Best Albums of 2014 by Rolling Stone (2014 year chart)
• 50 Best Albums of 2013 by Rolling Stone (2013 year chart)
• Best Albums of 2006 by Rolling Stone (2006 year chart)
• Best Albums of 2005 by Rolling Stone (2005 year chart)

Decade charts

• 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2010s decade chart) (published 2019)
• 100 Best Albums of the 2000s by Rolling Stone (2000s decade chart) (published 2011)
• 100 Best Albums of the Nineties by Rolling Stone (1990s decade chart) (published 2010)
• 100 Best Albums of the Eighties by Rolling Stone (1980s decade chart) (published 1989)

Overall charts

• Top 500 Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone (published 2003)
• Top 500 Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone (published 2005)
• Top 500 Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone (published 2012)
• The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone (published 2020)

[Rolling Stone was founded in 1967.]

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75/100	12/11/2020 08:02	pjohnsongolf	273	89/100
95/100	07/27/2020 14:36	Timestarter	114	90/100
60/100	06/25/2019 19:11	jpajovich	92	76/100
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70/100	04/29/2019 11:11	023927	15	68/100

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