The best albums of 2016 by The Guardian (2016)

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper. These are their best albums of 2016.
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3.

★ (Blackstar) 

 David Bowie

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

1,188 charts

Rank Score:

12,597

Rank in 2016:

3

Rank in 2010s:

9

Overall Rank:

115

Average Rating:

 86 (1,603 votes)

Comments:

147

9.

Konnichiwa 

 Skepta

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

327

Rank in 2016:

65

Rank in 2010s:

781

Overall Rank:

4,309

Average Rating:

 73 (114 votes)

Comments:

6

10.

A Moon Shaped Pool 

 Radiohead

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

1,340 charts

Rank Score:

17,121

Rank in 2016:

1

Rank in 2010s:

6

Overall Rank:

74

Average Rating:

 87 (2,086 votes)

Comments:

272

23.

Freetown Sound 

 Blood Orange

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

136 charts

Rank Score:

490

Rank in 2016:

44

Rank in 2010s:

518

Overall Rank:

3,062

Average Rating:

 77 (164 votes)

Comments:

5

24.

I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It 

 The 1975

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

151 charts

Rank Score:

1,109

Rank in 2016:

26

Rank in 2010s:

250

Overall Rank:

1,558

Average Rating:

 68 (253 votes)

Comments:

16

27.

Love & Hate 

 Michael Kiwanuka

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

147 charts

Rank Score:

772

Rank in 2016:

32

Rank in 2010s:

347

Overall Rank:

2,128

Average Rating:

 79 (161 votes)

Comments:

3

28.

The Colour In Anything 

 James Blake

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

152 charts

Rank Score:

529

Rank in 2016:

40

Rank in 2010s:

477

Overall Rank:

2,881

Average Rating:

 72 (285 votes)

Comments:

11

31.

Made In The Manor 

 Kano (UK)

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

47

Rank in 2016:

489

Rank in 2010s:

4,871

Overall Rank:

21,259

Average Rating:

 75 (20 votes)

Comments:

0

39.

For All We Know 

 Nao

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

42

Rank in 2016:

550

Rank in 2010s:

5,393

Overall Rank:

23,081

Average Rating:

 72 (15 votes)

Comments:

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40.

Nothing's Real 

 Shura

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

24

Rank in 2016:

832

Rank in 2010s:

8,046

Overall Rank:

32,461

Average Rating:

 72 (20 votes)

Comments:

0

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The best albums of 2016 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Michael Kiwanuka	1	3%
Anohni	1	3%
Iggy Pop	1	3%
Mitski	1	3%
James Blake	1	3%
Rihanna	1	3%
Nao	1	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	18	45%
	10	25%
	4	10%
	3	8%
	2	5%
	1	3%
	1	3%
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The 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.

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• 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)
• Die 50 besten Alben 2016 by Classic Rock Deutschland (2016 year chart)
• Classic Rock's Best Albums Of 2016 by Classic Rock (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)

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Year charts

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• The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever by The Guardian (published 1997)

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