Year-End Lists

A curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Music
Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Flood The Best Records of 2016

Blackstar - David Bowie

Uncut 75 Best Albums of 2016

Blond - Frank Ocean

The Skinny Top 50 Albums of 2016

Adore Life - Savages

Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ Best Albums of 2016

Lemonade - Beyoncé

Entertainment Weekly 50 Best Albums of 2016

AllMusic 48 Best Albums of 2016

A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead

Slant 25 Best Albums of 2016

Blackstar - David Bowie

Treble The Top 50 Albums of 2016

A Seat at the Table - Solange

NPR Music Best 50 Albums of 2016

You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen

Kitty Empire: Observer Top 10 Albums of 2016

Lemonade - Beyoncé

Consequence of Sound Top 50 Albums of 2016

We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service - A Tribe Called Quest

Gorilla vs. Bear 60 Favorite Albums of 2016

Lemonade - Beyoncé

Stereogum 50 Best Albums of 2016

My Woman - Angel Olsen

American Songwriter Top 50 Albums of 2016

Blackstar - David Bowie

Paste 50 Best Albums of 2016

Blackstar - David Bowie

Les Inrocks 50 Best Albums of 2016

Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Greg Kot: Chicago Tribune Top Albums of 2016

Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Crack Magazine Albums of the Year 2016

Lemonade - Beyoncé

Rolling Stone 50 Best Albums of 2016

99.9% - Kaytranada

Polaris Music Prize 2016 Award

Konnichiwa - Skepta

The Mercury Prize 2016 Award

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Village Voice: Pazz & Jop Top 100 Albums of 2015

Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens

Diffuser 50 Best Albums of 2015

Garden of Delete - Oneohtrix Point Never

Dennis Cooper 31 Favorite Albums of 2015