Year-End Lists

Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2016

1. Solange
   A Seat at the Table
2. Frank Ocean
   Blond
3. Beyoncé
   Lemonade
4. David Bowie
   Blackstar
5. Kanye West
   The Life of Pablo
6. Chance The Rapper
   Coloring Book
7. A Tribe Called Quest
   We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
8. ANOHNI
   Hopelessness
9. Angel Olsen
   My Woman
10. Radiohead
    A Moon Shaped Pool
11. Danny Brown
    Atrocity Exhibition
12. Bon Iver
    22, A Million
13. Anderson .Paak
    Malibu
14. Blood Orange
    Freetown Sound
15. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
    Skeleton Tree
16. Kendrick Lamar
    Untitled Unmastered
17. Leonard Cohen
    You Want It Darker
18. Mitski
    Puberty 2
19. Rihanna
    Anti
20. Nicolas Jaar
    Sirens
21. Young Thug
    Jeffery
22. YG
    Still Brazy
23. Jenny Hval
    Blood Bitch
24. Car Seat Headrest
    Teens of Denial
25. KAYTRANADA
    99.9%
26. Parquet Courts
    Human Performance
27. Noname
    Telefone
28. NxWorries
    Yes Lawd!
29. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
    EARS
30. Esperanza Spalding
    Emily’s D+Evolution
31. Whitney
    Light Upon the Lake
32. Elza Soares
    A Mulher do Fim do Mundo
33. Maxwell
    blackSUMMERS’night
34. Kevin Morby
    Singing Saw
35. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam
    I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
36. Jamila Woods
    HEAVN
37. KING
    We Are King
38. Schoolboy Q
    Blank Face LP
39. Moodymann
    DJ-Kicks
40. Vijay Iyer & Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith
    A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke
41. Huerco S
    For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
42. Vince Staples
    Prima Donna
43. Weyes Blood
    Front Row Seat to Earth
44. Kevin Gates
    Islah
45. William Tyler
    Modern Country
46. Pinegrove
    Cardinal
47. Kamaiyah
    A Good Night in the Ghetto
48. Frankie Cosmos
    Next Thing
49. Porches
    Pool
50. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin
    Savage Mode