Complex's 50 Best Albums of 2016

The Best Albums of 2016 includes projects from Chance the Rapper to Anderson .Paak to Drake to Rihanna to Beyonce to Esperanza Spalding but who's No. 1?

Published: December 05, 2016 16:45 Source

# 1
Album • Apr 23 / 2016 Contemporary R&B Pop
# 2
Album • May 27 / 2016 Pop Rap Conscious Hip Hop
# 3
Album • Nov 11 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Jazz Rap
# 4
Album • Jun 10 / 2016 Pop Rap Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop
# 5
Album • Sep 02 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap
# 6
Album • Aug 20 / 2016 Alternative R&B Art Pop Neo-Soul
# 7
Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Neo-Soul
# 8
Album • Jan 28 / 2016 Alternative R&B Contemporary R&B
# 9
Album • Jul 08 / 2016 Gangsta Rap West Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 10
Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Art Pop Folktronica
# 11
Album • Mar 04 / 2016 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 12
Album • Sep 27 / 2016 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 13
Album • Aug 26 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap
# 14
Album • Jan 15 / 2016 Neo-Soul
# 15
Album • May 06 / 2016 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B
# 16
Album • Mar 25 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 17
Album • May 06 / 2016 Alternative R&B Funky House
# 18
Album • Dec 11 / 2015
# 19
Album • Jun 14 / 2016
# 20
Album • May 27 / 2016 Trap Pop Rap
# 21
Album • Mar 23 / 2016 West Coast Hip Hop Ratchet Music
# 22
Album • Oct 21 / 2016 Neo-Soul
# 23
Album • Sep 16 / 2016 Neo-Soul Jazz Rap
# 24
Album • Apr 06 / 2016 Alternative R&B Contemporary R&B
# 25
Album • Jul 31 / 2016 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap
# 26
Album • Feb 26 / 2016 Synthpop Pop Rock
# 27
Album • May 05 / 2016 Alternative R&B Art Pop
# 28
Album • Nov 17 / 2016 Contemporary R&B Synth Funk
# 29
Album • Mar 03 / 2016 Southern Hip Hop
# 30
Album • Aug 12 / 2016 Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop Trap
# 31
Album • Jul 05 / 2016 Trap Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 32
Album • Sep 02 / 2016 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 33
Album • Mar 27 / 2016 Alternative R&B
# 34
Album • Jan 08 / 2016 Art Rock
# 35
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Album • Mar 18 / 2016 Trap [EDM] Wonky
# 36
Album • May 12 / 2017 Hardcore Hip Hop
# 37
Album • Aug 13 / 2016 East Coast Hip Hop Drumless Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop
# 39
Album • Jul 15 / 2016 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 40
Album • Nov 25 / 2016 Alternative R&B Electropop
# 41
Album • Jan 01 / 2016 Jazz Fusion Art Pop Progressive Pop
# 42
Album • Oct 21 / 2016
# 43
Album • Oct 21 / 2016 Pop Rock
# 44
Album • Jul 01 / 2016
# 45
Album • Jun 28 / 2016 Alternative R&B Synth Funk
# 46
Album • Jun 17 / 2016 Indie Rock
# 47
Album • Jun 22 / 2016 Pop Rap Trap East Coast Hip Hop
# 48
Album • Aug 05 / 2016 Pop Rap
# 49
Album • May 20 / 2016 Contemporary R&B Dance-Pop
# 50
Album • Feb 05 / 2016 Electropop Alternative R&B