Year-End Lists

Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2016

1. Solange
   A Seat at the Table
2. Frank Ocean
   Blond
3. David Bowie
   Blackstar
4. A Tribe Called Quest
   We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
5. The 1975
   I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
6. Beyoncé
   Lemonade
7. Chance The Rapper
   Coloring Book
8. Radiohead
   A Moon Shaped Pool
9. Angel Olsen
   My Woman
10. Bon Iver
    22, A Million
11. Blood Orange
    Freetown Sound
12. Rihanna
    Anti
13. Kanye West
    The Life of Pablo
14. Mitski
    Puberty 2
15. Leonard Cohen
    You Want It Darker
16. Danny Brown
    Atrocity Exhibition
17. Young Thug
    Jeffery
18. Esperanza Spalding
    Emily’s D+Evolution
19. ANOHNI
    Hopelessness
20. Kendrick Lamar
    Untitled Unmastered
21. KING
    We Are King
22. Kevin Gates
    Islah
23. Joyce Manor
    Cody
24. Anderson .Paak
    Malibu
25. Nicolas Jaar
    Sirens
26. Schoolboy Q
    Blank Face LP
27. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
    Skeleton Tree
28. KAYTRANADA
    99.9%
29. Cymbals Eat Guitars
    Pretty Years
30. Jenny Hval
    Blood Bitch
31. The Hotelier
    Goodness
32. Parquet Courts
    Human Performance
33. Kamaiyah
    A Good Night in the Ghetto
34. dvsn
    SEPT. 5TH
35. Car Seat Headrest
    Teens of Denial
36. The Avalanches
    Wildflower
37. White Lung
    Paradise
38. Maxwell
    blackSUMMERS’night
39. YG
    Still Brazy
40. Miranda Lambert
    The Weight of These Wings
41. Whitney
    Light Upon the Lake
42. Bruno Mars
    24K Magic
43. Marissa Nadler
    Strangers
44. Vijay Iyer & Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith
    A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke
45. Oranssi Pazuzu
    Värähtelijä
46. Bat for Lashes
    The Bride
47. Maren Morris
    Hero
48. Pinegrove
    Cardinal
49. Moodymann
    DJ-Kicks
50. Sturgill Simpson
    A Sailor’s Guide to Earth