100 Greatest Albums of 2016
Criteria: These music albums from the year 2016 were chosen for their initial and lasting popularity and their influence and impact on rock music in general. Also considered is critical acclaim. The list includes rock and roll and related genres that were influential on rock music.
Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'. Not necessarily the year an album peaked in the U.S. charts.
Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'. Not necessarily the year an album peaked in the U.S. charts.
1. Lemonade
Beyoncé
2. Blackstar
David Bowie
3. We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
A Tribe Called Quest
4. A Seat at the Table
Solange
5. Coloring Book
Chance the Rapper
6. A Moon Shaped Pool
Radiohead
7. ANTI
Rihanna
8. The Life of Pablo
Kanye West
9. 22, A Million
Bon Iver
10. Blonde
Frank Ocean
11. You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
12. Teens of Denial
Car Seat Headrest
13. Starboy
The Weeknd
14. Views
Drake
15. A Sailor's Guide to Earth
Sturgill Simpson
16. This is Acting
Sia
17. Skeleton Tree
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
18. American Band
Drive-By Truckers
19. Freetown Sound
Blood Orange
20. My Woman
Angel Olsen
21. Stranger to Stranger
Paul Simon
22. Malibu
Anderson .Paak
23. Run the Jewels 3
Run the Jewels
24. Hoplessness
Anohni
25. Atrocity Exhibition
Danny Brown
26. Wonderful Crazy Night
Elton John
27. Post Pop Depression
Iggy Pop
28. Midwest Farmer's Daughter
Margo Price
29. Blue & Lonesome
The Rolling Stones
30. Untitled Unmastered
Kendrick Lamar
31. I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
The 1975
32. The Hope Six Demolition Project
PJ Harvey
33. blackSUMMERS'night
Maxwell
34. 57th & 9th
Sting
35. Goodness
The Hotelier
36. Emily's D+Evolution
Esperanza Spalding
37. Jeffrey
Young Thug
38. Blue Mountain
Bob Weir
39. Joanne
Lady Gaga
40. Human Performance
Parquet Courts
41. Care
How to Dress Well
42. The Weight of These Wings
Miranda Lambert
43. No Burden
Lucy Dacus
44. Good Times!
The Monkees
45. Holy Ghost
Modern Baseball
46. 24k Magic
Bruno Mars
47. Hero
Maren Morris
48. Weezer (The White Album)
Weezer
49. The Ghosts of Highway 20
Lucinda Williams
50. Glory
Britney Spears
51. Sremmlife 2
Rae Sremmurd
52. AIM
M.I.A.
53. case/lang/veirs
case/lang/veirs
54. Dangerous Woman
Ariana Grande
55. Tired of Tomorrow
Nothing
56. Islah
Kevin Gates
57. Awaken, My Love!
Childish Gambino
58. Puberty 2
Mitski
59. Paradise
White Lung
60. Blank Face LP
Schoolboy Q
61. Worry.
Jeff Rosenstock
62. Big Day in a Small Town
Brandy Clark
63. Death of a Bachelor
Panic! at the Disco
64. Remember Us to Life
Regina Spektor
65. Disassociation
The Dillinger Escape Plan
66. Moth
Chairlift
67. American Football
American Football
68. Away
Okkervil River
69. Bottomless Pit
Death Grips
70. 99.9%
Kaytranada
71. Blood Bitch
Jenny Hval
72. Patch the Sky
Bob Mould
73. Revolution Radio
Green Day
74. I Had A Dream You Were Mine
Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam
75. Young In All the Wrong Ways
Sara Watkins
76. Hardwired...to Self-Destruct
Metallica
77. Still Brazy
YG
78. Light Upon the Lake
Whitney
79. Night Thoughts
Suede
80. Schmilco
Wilco
81. Dig In Deep
Bonnie Raitt
82. Full Circle
Loretta Lynn
83. Love & Hate
Michael Kiwanuka
84. Let Them Eat Chaos
Kate Tempest
85. Wildflower
The Avalanches
86. Painting of a Panic Attack
Frightened Rabbit
87. Here
Alicia Keys
88. SVIIB
School of Seven Bells
89. We're All Gonna Die
Dawes
90. Magma
Gojira
91. The Waiting Room
Tindersticks
92. HEAVN
Jamila Woods
93. Mudcrutch 2
Mudcrutch
94. Konnichiwa
Skepta
95. Chaleur Humaine
Christine and the Queens
96. Side Pony
Lake Street Dive
97. A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings
Beach Slang
98. Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future
Underworld
99. A Good Night in the Ghetto
Kamaiyah
100. Adore Life
Savages
Beyoncé
2. Blackstar
David Bowie
3. We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
A Tribe Called Quest
4. A Seat at the Table
Solange
5. Coloring Book
Chance the Rapper
6. A Moon Shaped Pool
Radiohead
7. ANTI
Rihanna
8. The Life of Pablo
Kanye West
9. 22, A Million
Bon Iver
10. Blonde
Frank Ocean
11. You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
12. Teens of Denial
Car Seat Headrest
13. Starboy
The Weeknd
14. Views
Drake
15. A Sailor's Guide to Earth
Sturgill Simpson
16. This is Acting
Sia
17. Skeleton Tree
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
18. American Band
Drive-By Truckers
19. Freetown Sound
Blood Orange
20. My Woman
Angel Olsen
21. Stranger to Stranger
Paul Simon
22. Malibu
Anderson .Paak
23. Run the Jewels 3
Run the Jewels
24. Hoplessness
Anohni
25. Atrocity Exhibition
Danny Brown
26. Wonderful Crazy Night
Elton John
27. Post Pop Depression
Iggy Pop
28. Midwest Farmer's Daughter
Margo Price
29. Blue & Lonesome
The Rolling Stones
30. Untitled Unmastered
Kendrick Lamar
31. I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
The 1975
32. The Hope Six Demolition Project
PJ Harvey
33. blackSUMMERS'night
Maxwell
34. 57th & 9th
Sting
35. Goodness
The Hotelier
36. Emily's D+Evolution
Esperanza Spalding
37. Jeffrey
Young Thug
38. Blue Mountain
Bob Weir
39. Joanne
Lady Gaga
40. Human Performance
Parquet Courts
41. Care
How to Dress Well
42. The Weight of These Wings
Miranda Lambert
43. No Burden
Lucy Dacus
44. Good Times!
The Monkees
45. Holy Ghost
Modern Baseball
46. 24k Magic
Bruno Mars
47. Hero
Maren Morris
48. Weezer (The White Album)
Weezer
49. The Ghosts of Highway 20
Lucinda Williams
50. Glory
Britney Spears
51. Sremmlife 2
Rae Sremmurd
52. AIM
M.I.A.
53. case/lang/veirs
case/lang/veirs
54. Dangerous Woman
Ariana Grande
55. Tired of Tomorrow
Nothing
56. Islah
Kevin Gates
57. Awaken, My Love!
Childish Gambino
58. Puberty 2
Mitski
59. Paradise
White Lung
60. Blank Face LP
Schoolboy Q
61. Worry.
Jeff Rosenstock
62. Big Day in a Small Town
Brandy Clark
63. Death of a Bachelor
Panic! at the Disco
64. Remember Us to Life
Regina Spektor
65. Disassociation
The Dillinger Escape Plan
66. Moth
Chairlift
67. American Football
American Football
68. Away
Okkervil River
69. Bottomless Pit
Death Grips
70. 99.9%
Kaytranada
71. Blood Bitch
Jenny Hval
72. Patch the Sky
Bob Mould
73. Revolution Radio
Green Day
74. I Had A Dream You Were Mine
Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam
75. Young In All the Wrong Ways
Sara Watkins
76. Hardwired...to Self-Destruct
Metallica
77. Still Brazy
YG
78. Light Upon the Lake
Whitney
79. Night Thoughts
Suede
80. Schmilco
Wilco
81. Dig In Deep
Bonnie Raitt
82. Full Circle
Loretta Lynn
83. Love & Hate
Michael Kiwanuka
84. Let Them Eat Chaos
Kate Tempest
85. Wildflower
The Avalanches
86. Painting of a Panic Attack
Frightened Rabbit
87. Here
Alicia Keys
88. SVIIB
School of Seven Bells
89. We're All Gonna Die
Dawes
90. Magma
Gojira
91. The Waiting Room
Tindersticks
92. HEAVN
Jamila Woods
93. Mudcrutch 2
Mudcrutch
94. Konnichiwa
Skepta
95. Chaleur Humaine
Christine and the Queens
96. Side Pony
Lake Street Dive
97. A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings
Beach Slang
98. Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future
Underworld
99. A Good Night in the Ghetto
Kamaiyah
100. Adore Life
Savages
DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 2016
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Edited By: Ryan