The 50 Best Albums of 2016 - Pitchfork

1. Solange – A Seat at the Table
2. Frank Ocean – Blonde
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