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Highest Rated Albums of 2016

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2016

This is an ordered list of AllMusic's highest rated albums of 2016. Check out AllMusic's Year End List.

1. Ehnes Quartet - Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 'Death and the Maiden'; Sibelius: String Quartet Op. 56 'Intimate Voices'

November 18, 2016

Chamber Music

Score

100

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2. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service

November 11, 2016

Hip Hop

Score

100

3. Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings

November 18, 2016

Country

Score

100

4. Solange - A Seat at the Table

September 30, 2016

Alternative R&B

Score

100

5. Kae Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos

October 7, 2016

Hip Hop

Score

100

6. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

September 9, 2016

Art Rock

Score

100

7. Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book

May 13, 2016

Pop Rap

Score

100

8. Maren Morris - Hero

June 3, 2016

Country

Score

100

9. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity

April 29, 2016

Psychedelic Rock

Score

100

10. Mitski - Puberty 2

June 17, 2016

Indie Rock

Score

100

11. Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter

March 25, 2016

Country

Score

100

12. Anderson .Paak - Malibu

January 15, 2016

Neo-Soul

Score

100

13. King - We Are King

February 5, 2016

Contemporary R&B

Score

100

14. Rihanna - ANTI

January 27, 2016

Contemporary R&B

Score

100

15. David Bowie - ★ [Blackstar]

January 8, 2016

Art Rock

Score

100

16. Murray Perahia - Johann Sebastian Bach: The French Suites

October 6, 2016

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17. Seong-Jin Cho - Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1; Ballades

December 23, 2016

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18. Nicola Benedetti - Shostakovich, Glazunov

July 1, 2016

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19. Larry Young - In Paris: The ORTF Recordings

March 11, 2016

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20. Stan Getz - Moments in Time

February 19, 2016

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21. Eraldo Bernocchi & Prakash Sontakke - Invisible Strings

November 18, 2016

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22. Bobby Previte - Mass

November 18, 2016

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23. Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn - Echo In The Valley

October 6, 2016

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24. Steven Osborne - Feldman: Palais de Mari - Crumb: A Little Suite for Christmas

May 27, 2016

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25. Lara Downes - America Again

October 28, 2016

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings AllMusic awarded albums throughout 2016.

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