Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

Lists

  1. NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2016
  2. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  3. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  4. Clash: Albums of the Year 2016
  5. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  6. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  7. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016
  8. Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  9. Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  10. Uproxx: 20 Best Albums of 2016
  11. Hanif Abdurraqib: 40 Favorite Albums Of 2016
  12. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  13. A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
  14. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  15. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
  16. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  17. Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top Albums of 2016
  18. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  19. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  20. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  21. Entertainment Weekly: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  22. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 15 Best Albums of 2016
  23. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  24. A.V. Club: 21 Best Albums of 2016
  25. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  26. Brooklyn Vegan: Top Albums of 2016
  27. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2016
  28. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  29. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2016
  30. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
  31. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2016
  32. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  33. Flood: The Best Records of 2016
  34. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  35. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  36. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  37. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  38. Tiny Mix Tapes: 51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016
  39. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2016
  40. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
  41. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  42. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
  43. Les Inrocks: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  44. Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  45. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  46. Q: Top 50 Albums Of 2016
  47. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
  48. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade