Top 100 Music Albums of 2016
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travelful 
2016 snapshot
Every album I listen to will be included on here, even if I hated it. You may also notice some higher rated albums in the comments, while some albums I hated are still featured in the chart. This is because I create my yearly charts as "snapshots" of the music scene from that year. From these I create my decade charts, where you will find no filler. Basically anything rated 60% or higher I recommend depending on your tastes.
other projects heard in 2016:
2 Chainz - COLLEGROVE - 5/10
6LACK - 'Free 6LACK' - 6/10
Animal Collective - Painting With' - 4/10
American Football - 'American Football (2016)' - 5/10
Anohni - 'Hopelessness' - 5/10
Aphex Twin - 'Cheetah EP' - 6/10
Arca - 'Entrañas' - 4/10
Ariana Grande - 'Dangerous Woman' - 4/10
A$ap Mob = 'Cozy Tapes Vol.1: Friends' - 6/10
Black Mountain - 'IV' - 6/10
Bruno Mars - '24k Magic' - 1/10
Bladee - 'Eversince' - 6.5/1
Common - 'Black America Again' - 6/10
D.R.A.M - 'Big Baby D.R.A.M.' - 5/10
Emily Jane White - 'They Moved In Shadow All Together' - 6.5/10
Emma Ruth Rundle - 'Marked For Death' - 6/10
Explosions In The Sky - 'The Wilderness' - 5.5/10
아버지 [father] - 'Reflection' - 6.5/10
Flume - 'Skin' - 5/10
Gidge - 'Lulin' - 5/10
Gucci Mane - 'WOPTOBER' - 7/10
Gucci Mane - 'The Return of East Atlanta Santa' - 7/10
haircuts for men - '大理石のファンタジー' - 6/10
Huerco S. - For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have) - 6/10
青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba] - 'マホロボシヤ (Mahoroboshiya)' - 7/10
Jay Som - 'Turn Into' - 6/10
Joey Purp - ;iiiDrops' - 5.5/10
Leon Vynehall - 'Rojus (Designed to Dance)' - 6/10
Local Natives - 'Sunlit Youth' - 5/10
Logic - 'Bobby Tarantino' - 3/10
Matt Elliot - 'The Calm Before' - 6.5/10
MIA - 'AIM' - 3.5/10
Mr. Fingers - 'Outer Acid EP' - 7/10
NxWorries - 'Yes Lawd!' - 6.5/10
Nicolas Jaar - 'Sirens' - 6/10
PJ Harvey - 'The Hope Six Demolition Project' - 5.5/10
Preoccupations - 'Preoccupations' - 6/10
Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'The Getaway' - 6/10
Regina Spektor - 'Remember Us To Life' - 7.5/10
Saba -'Bucket List Project' - 6.5/10
Sims - 'More Than Ever' - 7.5/10
Ski Mask the Slump God - 'Drown-in-Designer' - 6/10
$uicideBoys$ - 'Dark Side Of The Clouds' - 7.5/10
The Drones - 'Feelin Kinda Free' - 7/10
The Dwarfs of East Agouza - 'Bes' - 6.5/10
The Field - 'The Follower' - 5/10
The Frightnrs - 'Nothing More to Say' - 6.5/10
The Lumineers - 'Cleopatra' - 4/10
The Underachievers - 'It Happened In Flatbush' - 6.5/10
Weezer - '(The White Album)' - 6.5/10
Wilco - Schmilco - 6/10
Wiz Khalifa - 'Khalifa' - 3/10
Woods - 'City Sun Eater In The River Of Light' - 7/10
Young Thug - 'Slime Season 3' - 7/10
Yussef Kamaal - 'Black Focus' - 5.5/10
Yves Tumor - 'Serpent Music' - 6/10
- Chart updated: 03/14/2025 19:15
- (Created: 12/15/2017 03:31).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Experimental hip hop, hardcore hip hop
10 [First added to this chart: 12/14/2017]
10 [First added to this chart: 12/14/2017]
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2016
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5,658
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Hardcore hip-hop
decent 9 [First added to this chart: 12/14/2017]
decent 9 [First added to this chart: 12/14/2017]
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2016
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1,472
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Alt r&b, art pop, neo-soul
light - decent 9 [First added to this chart: 12/14/2017]
light - decent 9 [First added to this chart: 12/14/2017]
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2016
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12,814
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Pop, contemporary r&b
light - decent 9 [First added to this chart: 04/27/2019]
light - decent 9 [First added to this chart: 04/27/2019]
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3,773
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East coast, gangsta rap
light - decent 9 [First added to this chart: 05/04/2021]
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East coast, jazz rap, conscious hip-hop
light 9 [First added to this chart: 04/04/2019]
light 9 [First added to this chart: 04/04/2019]
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2016
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3,438
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Country, americana, singer/songwriter
light 9 [First added to this chart: 03/14/2025]
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Abstract hip-hop, east coast
light 9 [First added to this chart: 03/31/2019]
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Progressive country, country soul
light 9 [First added to this chart: 04/02/2019]
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877
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East coast, hardcore hip-hop
strong 8 - light 9 [First added to this chart: 03/04/2021]
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 composition
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| Frank Ocean | 2 | 2% | |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 1 | 1% | |
| Kero Kero Bonito | 1 | 1% | |
| Mick Jenkins | 1 | 1% | |
| David Bowie | 1 | 1% | |
| Honey Island Swamp Band | 1 | 1% | |
| 2814 | 1 | 1% | |
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60 | 60% | |
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11 | 11% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 34th to 35thEverybody Looking by Gucci Mane |
| Down 1 from 35th to 36th2 The Sky by DJ Metatron |
| Down 1 from 36th to 37thJeffery by Young Thug |
| New entries |
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| In The Night by Charley Crockett |
| Leavers |
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| Splendor & Misery by Clipping. |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 11/30/2025 00:19 |  Purplepash | 1,695 | 88/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2021 20:17 | DJENNY | 4,365 | 100/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2020 19:53 |  Repo | 562 | 100/100 |
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From Repo 12/22/2020 19:54 | #263080
Repo 12/22/2020 19:54 | #263080
Yikes! That's a lot of killer hip hop! I may have to vote for you! lol.
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