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2016 Music Year End List Aggregate
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These numbers are obtained from the 116 lists found at the end of this page.
![David Bowie - ★ [Blackstar]](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/200x/album/2016/43569-blackstar.jpg)
Honorable Mention:
Maren Morris - Hero (35), Wilco - Schmilco (35), Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EARS (34), Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (34), Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (34), Huerco S. - For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have) (32), Equiknoxx - Bird Sound Power (31), Kae Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos (31), NxWorries - Yes Lawd! (31), Cass McCombs - Mangy Love (30), Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - I Had A Dream That You Were Mine (30), Meilyr Jones - 2013 (28), King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (28), Kano - Made in the Manor (28), Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth (27), Bat For Lashes - The Bride (27), Preoccupations - Preoccupations (27), Osees - A Weird Exits (26), Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (26), Nao - For All We Know (26), Shura - Nothing's Real (26), White Lung - Paradise (26), The Radio Dept. - Running Out of Love (24), Lady Gaga - Joanne (24), Hinds - Leave Me Alone (24), Tegan and Sara - Love You to Death (24), Lucy Dacus - No Burden (22), Andy Shauf - The Party (22), Elysia Crampton - Demon City (22), Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex (22), PUP - The Dream Is Over (22), Cobalt - Slow Forever (21), Omar S - The Best (21), DIIV - Is the Is Are (21), Glass Animals - How to Be a Human Being (21), Charles Bradley - Changes (21), The Hotelier - Goodness (21), Touché Amoré - Stage Four (21), Nails - You Will Never Be One of Us (20), Suede - Night Thoughts (20), Ian William Craig - Centres (20), Sia - This Is Acting (20), BADBADNOTGOOD - IV (20), Swans - The Glowing Man (20), Frankie Cosmos - Next Thing (20), Let's Eat Grandma - I, Gemini (20), Kornél Kovács - The Bells (19), Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun (19), Shirley Collins - Lodestar (19), D.D Dumbo - Utopia Defeated (19)
Maren Morris - Hero (35), Wilco - Schmilco (35), Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EARS (34), Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (34), Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger (34), Huerco S. - For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have) (32), Equiknoxx - Bird Sound Power (31), Kae Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos (31), NxWorries - Yes Lawd! (31), Cass McCombs - Mangy Love (30), Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - I Had A Dream That You Were Mine (30), Meilyr Jones - 2013 (28), King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity (28), Kano - Made in the Manor (28), Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth (27), Bat For Lashes - The Bride (27), Preoccupations - Preoccupations (27), Osees - A Weird Exits (26), Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (26), Nao - For All We Know (26), Shura - Nothing's Real (26), White Lung - Paradise (26), The Radio Dept. - Running Out of Love (24), Lady Gaga - Joanne (24), Hinds - Leave Me Alone (24), Tegan and Sara - Love You to Death (24), Lucy Dacus - No Burden (22), Andy Shauf - The Party (22), Elysia Crampton - Demon City (22), Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex (22), PUP - The Dream Is Over (22), Cobalt - Slow Forever (21), Omar S - The Best (21), DIIV - Is the Is Are (21), Glass Animals - How to Be a Human Being (21), Charles Bradley - Changes (21), The Hotelier - Goodness (21), Touché Amoré - Stage Four (21), Nails - You Will Never Be One of Us (20), Suede - Night Thoughts (20), Ian William Craig - Centres (20), Sia - This Is Acting (20), BADBADNOTGOOD - IV (20), Swans - The Glowing Man (20), Frankie Cosmos - Next Thing (20), Let's Eat Grandma - I, Gemini (20), Kornél Kovács - The Bells (19), Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun (19), Shirley Collins - Lodestar (19), D.D Dumbo - Utopia Defeated (19)
How Points are Measured
Ranked Lists
1st Place:
10 points
2nd Place:
8 points
3rd place:
6 points
Top 10:
5 points
Top 25:
3 points
Other:
1 point
Unranked Lists
10 Albums or Less:
5 points
25 Albums or Less:
3 points
More than 25 Albums:
1 point
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Passion of the Weiss, The New Zealand Herald, Rolling Stone (Australia), The Vinyl Factory, Q Magazine
Dec 14
Les Inrocks, Salon, Tiny Mix Tapes, BLARE, FLOOD, The Line of Best Fit, Time Out London, Drowned in Sound
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KCRW, Esquire (US), Norman Records, American Songwriter, Gorilla vs. Bear, Crack Magazine, Stereogum, The Skinny
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