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Highest Rated Albums of 2016

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

1.

A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
November 11, 2016
Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings
November 18, 2016
Country
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Solange - A Seat at the Table
September 30, 2016
Alternative R&B
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Kae Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos
October 7, 2016
Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
September 9, 2016
Art Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book
May 13, 2016
Pop Rap
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Maren Morris - Hero
June 3, 2016
Country
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
April 29, 2016
Psychedelic Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Mitski - Puberty 2
June 17, 2016
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
March 25, 2016
Country
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Anderson .Paak - Malibu
January 15, 2016
Neo-Soul
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

King - We Are King
February 5, 2016
R&B
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Rihanna - ANTI
January 27, 2016
R&B
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

David Bowie - Blackstar
January 8, 2016
Art Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Seong-Jin Cho - Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1; Ballades
December 23, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

16.

Larry Young - In Paris: The ORTF Recordings
March 11, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

17.

Stan Getz - Moments in Time
February 19, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Eraldo Bernocchi & Prakash Sontakke - Invisible Strings
November 18, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

19.

Bobby Previte - Mass
November 18, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn - Echo In The Valley
October 6, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

21.

Lara Downes - America Again
October 28, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
December 25, 2016
Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Daniil Trifonov - Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov Plays Franz Liszt
October 7, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

24.

Charlie Haden & Liberation Music Orchestra - Time/Life
September 16, 2016
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Kenny Chesney - Cosmic Hallelujah
October 28, 2016
Country
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
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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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