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. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  2. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  3. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  4. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  5. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2016
  6. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  7. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2016
  8. Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  9. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  10. A.V. Club: 21 Best Albums of 2016
  11. Entertainment Weekly: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  12. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  13. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2016
  14. Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top Albums of 2016
  15. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  16. NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2016
  17. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 15 Best Albums of 2016
  18. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  19. Flood: The Best Records of 2016
  20. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  21. Hanif Abdurraqib: 40 Favorite Albums Of 2016
  22. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  23. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  24. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  25. A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
  26. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  27. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016
  28. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  29. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  30. Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  31. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  32. Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s