Best Albums of 2016

Listed below are the best albums of 2016 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 8 hours ago).
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2016 year summaryThe best artists of 2016 were Radiohead, David Bowie, Frank Ocean, Car Seat Headrest, Danny Brown, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nick Cave, Bon Iver, Kanye West and Beyoncé.
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"This guys know how to do storytelling in concept albums, excellent sf lyrics/story, fantastic rifs, awesome metal music, I will even praise black metal vocalist lol."  Reply
- MusicLover4581 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"I can't help but echo the obvious and say there is undeniably a huge 90s Death-Row/calli influence on this record... however that's not a complaint in the slightest. It mixes it's somewhat retro-sounding but still excellent production with a voice that brutally, cogently expresses the anger of th..."  [+]  Reply
- cestuneblague | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"What a great album. was a little disapointted when Perfect Illusion came out. but the album came to show me that she can do much more than that, the album has so many genres and is so diferent from all she have done, but i can still feel the roots of how she started up her career. good job gaga"  Reply
- OurLastBreathe | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Side A: some body-shaking-stadium-anthem-bangers. Side B: Some powerful ballads a la Katy Perry. Favorite Tracks: Funeral Pyre, Same Old Blues, You Don’t Get Me High Anymore, Cruel World, You’re Mine."  Reply
- jandrews925 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Really nice album. Its not a super exciting album but is great for background music or just chilling in the afternoon. Theres some great string and piano arrangements. Favourites: Shes mine Pt1/Pt2, Vile Mentality, Neighbours, From whom the bell tolls"  Reply
- Tuatara | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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Best Albums of 2016 composition

Best Albums of the 1980s
1. The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
2. Doolittle by Pixies
3. Remain In Light by Talking Heads
4. Disintegration by The Cure
5. The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses
6. The Joshua Tree by U2
7. Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
8. Thriller by Michael Jackson
9. Purple Rain by Prince And The Revolution
10. Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
11. Closer by Joy Division
12. Master Of Puppets by Metallica
13. Surfer Rosa by Pixies
14. Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
15. Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses
16. Graceland by Paul Simon
17. Spirit Of Eden by Talk Talk
18. Back In Black by AC/DC
19. Murmur by R.E.M.
20. Ride The Lightning by Metallica