Year-End Lists

Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2016

1. Beyoncé
   Lemonade
2. Chance The Rapper
   Coloring Book
3. A Tribe Called Quest
   We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
4. Kanye West
   The Life of Pablo
5. Travis Scott
   Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
6. Frank Ocean
   Blond
7. Solange
   A Seat at the Table
8. Rihanna
   Anti
9. Schoolboy Q
   Blank Face LP
10. Bon Iver
    22, A Million
11. Kendrick Lamar
    Untitled Unmastered
12. Danny Brown
    Atrocity Exhibition
13. Young Thug
    Jeffery
14. Anderson .Paak
    Malibu
15. Drake
    Views
16. Young Thug
    Slime Season 3
17. KAYTRANADA
    99.9%
18. Kevin Gates
    Islah
19. YG
    Still Brazy
20. Lil Uzi Vert
    Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World
21. Kamaiyah
    A Good Night in the Ghetto
22. NxWorries
    Yes Lawd!
23. Mac Miller
    The Divine Feminine
24. Gallant
    Ology
25. Noname
    Telefone
26. The 1975
    I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
27. James Blake
    The Colour in Anything
28. Bruno Mars
    24K Magic
29. 2 Chainz
    COLLEGROVE
30. Rae Sremmurd
    SremmLife 2
31. Lil Yachty
    Lil Boat
32. Angel Olsen
    My Woman
33. dvsn
    SEPT. 5TH
34. David Bowie
    Blackstar
35. Baauer
    Aa
36. Joey Purp
    iiiDrops
37. Ka
    Honor Killed the Samurai
38. Frank Ocean
    Endless
39. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin
    Savage Mode
40. The Weeknd
    Starboy
41. Esperanza Spalding
    Emily’s D+Evolution
42. D.R.A.M.
    Big Baby D.R.A.M.
43. Lady Gaga
    Joanne
44. Maxwell
    blackSUMMERS’night
45. Blood Orange
    Freetown Sound
46. Mitski
    Puberty 2
47. A$AP Ferg
    Always Strive and Prosper
48. DJ Khaled
    Major Key
49. Ariana Grande
    Dangerous Woman
50. Majid Jordan
    Majid Jordan