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The Best Pop Albums of 2016 by User Score
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1
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Frank Ocean - Blonde
August 20th, 2016
Alternative R&B
,
Art Pop
,
Neo-Soul
USER SCORE
89
13,483 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
May 8th, 2016
Art Rock
,
Art Pop
,
Chamber Pop
USER SCORE
88
8,543 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Radwimps - Your Name
August 24th, 2016
Cinematic Classical
,
Pop Rock
,
J-Pop
USER SCORE
86
194 ratings
Amazon
4
.
Kate Bush - Before the Dawn
November 25th, 2016
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
USER SCORE
86
67 ratings
Amazon
Music
5
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Beyoncé - Lemonade
April 23rd, 2016
Contemporary R&B
,
Pop
USER SCORE
85
5,157 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
The Blasting Company - Over the Garden Wall
July 8th, 2016
Chamber Folk
,
Ragtime
,
Dixieland
,
Traditional Pop
,
Baroque Pop
USER SCORE
85
160 ratings
Amazon
7
.
Various Artists - La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
December 9th, 2016
Show Tunes
,
Jazz
,
Jazz Pop
USER SCORE
85
460 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Céu - Tropix
March 25th, 2016
Art Pop
,
Synthpop
,
MPB
USER SCORE
84
245 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Bruno Pernadas - Those Who Throw Objects at the Crocodiles Will Be Asked to Retrieve Them
September 23rd, 2016
Art Pop
,
Jazz Fusion
,
Progressive Pop
,
Jazz Pop
USER SCORE
83
348 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Bon Iver - 22, A Million
September 30th, 2016
Art Pop
,
Folktronica
USER SCORE
83
3,137 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Slow Dakota - The Ascension of Slow Dakota
July 22nd, 2016
Baroque Pop
,
Chamber Pop
USER SCORE
83
64 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION: Side B
August 26th, 2016
Synthpop
,
Dance-Pop
USER SCORE
82
1,398 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Lemon Demon - Spirit Phone
February 29th, 2016
Synthpop
,
Indietronica
,
Geek Rock
,
New Wave
USER SCORE
82
962 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
宇多田ヒカル [Hikaru Utada] - Fantôme
September 28th, 2016
J-Pop
USER SCORE
82
196 ratings
Amazon
Music
15
.
Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation
October 21st, 2016
Electropop
,
Synthpop
USER SCORE
81
3,101 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
종현 [Jonghyun] - She Is
May 24th, 2016
K-Pop
,
Contemporary R&B
,
Neo-Soul
USER SCORE
81
81 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Tash Sultana - Notion
September 23rd, 2016
Indie Pop
,
Art Pop
USER SCORE
81
61 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Paradis - Recto Verso
September 23rd, 2016
Synthpop
,
Deep House
,
French Pop
USER SCORE
81
102 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Bridgit Mendler - Nemesis
November 18th, 2016
Alt-Pop
,
Future Bass
,
Alternative R&B
USER SCORE
80
224 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Klô Pelgag - L'étoile thoracique
November 4th, 2016
Chamber Pop
,
Art Pop
USER SCORE
80
79 ratings
Amazon
21
.
Mahmundi - Mahmundi
May 6th, 2016
Synthpop
,
Sophisti-Pop
,
MPB
,
Indie Pop
USER SCORE
80
107 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
LADIES' CODE - STRANG3R
October 13th, 2016
K-Pop
,
Art Pop
USER SCORE
80
61 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Taemin - Press It
February 23rd, 2016
K-Pop
,
Contemporary R&B
USER SCORE
80
72 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
KNOWER - Life
February 5th, 2016
Electropop
,
Jazz-Funk
,
Art Pop
USER SCORE
80
64 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth
October 21st, 2016
Psychedelic Folk
,
Baroque Pop
USER SCORE
80
994 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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