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The Best Music of 2016
Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 2016. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 2016, check out this list.
| Albums (?) | Wikipedia | |
| A Tribe Called Quest | We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service | ☆ |
| Angel Olsen | My Woman | ☆ |
| Beyoncé | Lemonade | ☆ |
| Bon Iver | 22, A Million | ☆ |
| Brandy Clark | Big Day in a Small Town | ☆ |
| Bruno Mars | 24k Magic | ☆ |
| Car Seat Headrest | Teens of Denial | ☆ |
| Chance The Rapper | Coloring Book | ☆ |
| Childish Gambino | Awaken My Love! | ☆ |
| Danny Brown | Atrocity Exhibition | ☆ |
| David Bowie | Blackstar | ☆ |
| Denzel Curry | Imperial | ☆ |
| Dinosaur Jr. | Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not | ☆ |
| Drake | Views | ☆ |
| Drive-By Truckers | American Band | ☆ |
| Emma Ruth Rundle | Marked For Death | ☆ |
| Fitz & The Tantrums | Fitz & The Tantrums | ☆ |
| Frank Ocean | Blonde | ☆ |
| Iggy Pop | Post Pop Depression | ☆ |
| Kanye West | The Life of Pablo | ☆ |
| Kate Bush | Before the Dawn | ☆ |
| King Crimson | Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind | ☆ |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Nonagon Infinity | ☆ |
| Leonard Cohen | You Want It Darker | ☆ |
| Lucinda Williams | The Ghosts of Highway 20 | ☆ |
| Mac Miller | The Divine Feminine | ☆ |
| Megadeth | Dystopia | ☆ |
| Metallica | Hardwired...to Self-Destruct | ☆ |
| Miranda Lambert | The Weight of These Wings | ☆ |
| Mitski | Puberty 2 | ☆ |
| Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Skeleton Tree | ☆ |
| Opeth | Sorceress | ☆ |
| Panic at the Disco | Death of a Bachelor | ☆ |
| Paul Simon | Stranger to Stranger | ☆ |
| Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool | ☆ |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | The Getaway | ☆ |
| Rihanna | ANTI | ☆ |
| Run the Jewels | Run the Jewels 3 | ☆ |
| Solange | A Seat at the Table | ☆ |
| Sturgill Simpson | A Sailor's Guide to Earth | ☆ |
| The Avett Brothers | True Sadness | ☆ |
| The Claypool Lennon Delirium | Monolith of Phobos | ☆ |
| The Head And The Heart | Signs Of Light | ☆ |
| The Lumineers | Cleopatra | ☆ |
| The Monkees | Good Times! | ☆ |
| The Weeknd | Starboy | ☆ |
| Warpaint | Heads Up | ☆ |
| Weezer | Weezer (White Album) | ☆ |
| Young Thug | Jeffrey | ☆ |
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