# The best albums of 2016 according to Pitchfork

The top 20 of Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2016, published on 13 December 2016 and led by Solange's A Seat at the Table.

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- Jun 15, 2021 · vinyle_nice
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## Top 20

1. **Blond — Frank Ocean** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 2.
2. **Lemonade — Beyoncé** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 3. A visual album.
3. **The Life of Pablo — Kanye West** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 5.
4. **Hopelessness — Anohni** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 8.
5. **A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 10.
6. **A Seat at the Table — Solange** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 1.
7. **Coloring Book — Chance the Rapper** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 6. A streaming-only mixtape.
8. **We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service — A Tribe Called Quest** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 7. Their final album.
9. **22, A Million — Bon Iver** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 12.
10. **Freetown Sound — Blood Orange** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 14.
11. **untitled unmastered. — Kendrick Lamar** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 16. A compilation of unreleased tracks.
12. **Blackstar — David Bowie** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 4. Released two days before his death.
13. **My Woman — Angel Olsen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 9.
14. **Atrocity Exhibition — Danny Brown** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 11.
15. **Malibu — Anderson .Paak** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 13.
16. **You Want It Darker — Leonard Cohen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 17. His last album released in his lifetime.
17. **Puberty 2 — Mitski** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 18.
18. **Anti — Rihanna** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 19.
19. **Sirens — Nicolas Jaar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 20.
20. **Skeleton Tree — Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — No. 15.

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