Billboard's Top 50 Albums of 2016

Here are the top 50 albums of 2016, decided by Billboard staff.

Published: December 12, 2016 17:59 Source

# 1

Lemonade by Beyoncé

Album • Apr 23 / 2016 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 2

The Life Of Pablo by Kanye West

Album • Jun 10 / 2016 Pop Rap Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 3

Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper

Album • May 27 / 2016 Pop Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 4

Blackstar by David Bowie

Album • Jan 08 / 2016 Art Rock

# 5

Blonde by Frank Ocean

Album • Aug 20 / 2016 Alternative R&B Art Pop Neo-Soul

# 6

We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service by A Tribe Called Quest

Album • Nov 11 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 7

A Seat at the Table by Solange

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Neo-Soul

# 8

I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it by The 1975

Album • Feb 26 / 2016 Synthpop Pop Rock

# 9

Hero (Deluxe Edition) by Maren Morris

Album • Jun 03 / 2016

# 10

Malibu by Anderson .Paak

Album • Jan 15 / 2016 Neo-Soul

# 11

ANTI by Rihanna

Album • Jan 28 / 2016 Alternative R&B Contemporary R&B

# 12

A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead

Album • May 08 / 2016 Art Pop Art Rock Chamber Pop

# 13

untitled unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Mar 04 / 2016 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop

# 14

The Weight of These Wings by Miranda Lambert

Album • Nov 18 / 2016 Contemporary Country

# 15

Puberty 2 by Mitski

Album • Jun 17 / 2016 Indie Rock

# 16

HOPELESSNESS by ANOHNI

Album • May 06 / 2016 Art Pop Electropop Deconstructed Club

# 17

Views by Drake

Album • May 06 / 2016 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B

# 18

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Album • Oct 21 / 2016 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk

# 19

Ology by Gallant

Album • Apr 06 / 2016 Alternative R&B Contemporary R&B

# 20

This Is Acting by Sia

Album • Jan 29 / 2016 Electropop Alt-Pop

# 21

Starboy by The Weeknd

Album • Nov 25 / 2016 Alternative R&B Electropop

# 22

Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande

Album • May 20 / 2016 Contemporary R&B Dance-Pop

# 24

Energía by J Balvin

Album • Jun 24 / 2016

# 25

Stranger To Stranger by Paul Simon

Album • Jun 03 / 2016 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 26

99.9% by KAYTRANADA

Album • May 06 / 2016 Alternative R&B Funky House

# 27

Still Brazy (Deluxe) by YG

Album • Jun 14 / 2016

# 28

MY WOMAN by Angel Olsen

Album • Sep 02 / 2016 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 29

22, A Million by Bon Iver

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Art Pop Folktronica

# 30

Islah (Deluxe) by Kevin Gates

Album • Dec 11 / 2015

# 31

Teens Of Denial by Car Seat Headrest

Album • May 20 / 2016 Indie Rock

# 32

Joanne by Lady Gaga

Album • Oct 21 / 2016 Pop Rock

# 33

Freetown Sound by Blood Orange

Album • Jun 28 / 2016 Alternative R&B Synth Funk

# 34

Junk by M83

Album • Apr 08 / 2016 Synthpop

# 35

Hardwired…To Self-Destruct by Metallica

Album • Nov 18 / 2016 Heavy Metal

# 36

Lady Wood by Tove Lo

Album • Oct 28 / 2016 Electropop Dance-Pop

# 37

Goodness by The Hotelier

Album • May 27 / 2016 Indie Rock Emo

# 38

JEFFERY by Young Thug

Album • Aug 26 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap

# 39

American Band by Drive-By Truckers

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Alt-Country Southern Rock

# 40

HERE by Alicia Keys

Album • Nov 04 / 2016 Neo-Soul

# 41

Paradise by White Lung

Album • May 06 / 2016 Punk Rock

# 42

Skin by Flume

Album • May 27 / 2016 Future Bass Wonky Glitch Pop

# 43

iLevitable by iLe

Album • Jun 03 / 2016 Latin Alternative Jazz Pop

# 44

Three by Phantogram

Album • Oct 07 / 2016 Electropop Indietronica

# 45

A Sailor's Guide to Earth by Sturgill Simpson

Album • Apr 15 / 2016 Country Soul Alt-Country Progressive Country

# 46

Telefone by Noname

Album • Jul 31 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 47

The Dream Is Over by PUP

Album • May 27 / 2016 Post-Hardcore Pop Punk

# 48

Des/Amor by Reik

Album • Jun 17 / 2016 Latin Pop Pop Rock

# 49

Up to Anything by The Goon Sax

Album • Mar 11 / 2016 Indie Pop Jangle Pop

# 50

SremmLife 2 by Rae Sremmurd

Album • Aug 12 / 2016 Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop Trap