The best albums of 2016 according to Pitchfork
The top 3 according to 17 votes from people: Blond — Frank Ocean · Lemonade — Beyoncé · The Life of Pablo — Kanye West. (Updated Jun 15, 2021.)
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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Top 20
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Blond — Frank Ocean
No. 2.
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Lemonade — Beyoncé
No. 3. A visual album.
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The Life of Pablo — Kanye West
No. 5.
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Hopelessness — Anohni
No. 8.
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A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead
No. 10.
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A Seat at the Table — Solange
No. 1.
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Coloring Book — Chance the Rapper
No. 6. A streaming-only mixtape.
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We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service — A Tribe Called Quest
No. 7. Their final album.
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22, A Million — Bon Iver
No. 12.
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Freetown Sound — Blood Orange
No. 14.
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untitled unmastered. — Kendrick Lamar
No. 16. A compilation of unreleased tracks.
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Blackstar — David Bowie
No. 4. Released two days before his death.
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My Woman — Angel Olsen
No. 9.
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Atrocity Exhibition — Danny Brown
No. 11.
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Malibu — Anderson .Paak
No. 13.
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You Want It Darker — Leonard Cohen
No. 17. His last album released in his lifetime.
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Puberty 2 — Mitski
No. 18.
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Anti — Rihanna
No. 19.
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Sirens — Nicolas Jaar
No. 20.
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Skeleton Tree — Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
No. 15.
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Comments (2)
Blond de Frank Ocean, mon album de la décennie.
Blackstar, l'adieu de Bowie, bouleversant.