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