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. Entertainment Weekly: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  2. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  3. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  4. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  5. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2016
  6. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  7. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
  8. NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2016
  9. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  10. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  11. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  12. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  13. A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
  14. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
  15. Refinery29: The 10 Best Albums of the 2010s
  16. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  17. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2016
  18. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 15 Best Albums of 2016
  19. Brooklyn Vegan: Top Albums of 2016
  20. Clash: Albums of the Year 2016
  21. Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  22. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  23. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  24. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
  25. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  26. Esquire: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  27. Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  28. Uproxx: 20 Best Albums of 2016
  29. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2016
  30. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  31. Gorilla vs. Bear: 60 Favorite Albums of 2016
  32. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2016
  33. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  34. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  35. Drowned in Sound: 16 Favourite Albums of 2016
  36. Hanif Abdurraqib: 40 Favorite Albums Of 2016
  37. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016
  38. Q: Top 50 Albums Of 2016
  39. Flood: The Best Records of 2016
  40. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  41. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
  42. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
  43. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  44. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  45. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  46. Tiny Mix Tapes: 51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016
  47. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  48. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
  49. Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  50. Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  51. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade