Rolling Stone (US)
1. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Beyoncé – Lemonade
3. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
4. Taylor Swift – Red
5. David Bowie – Blackstar
6. Drake – Take Care
7. Lorde – Melodrama
8. Adele – 21
9. Pistol Annies – Interstate Gospel
10. LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
11. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
12. Frank Ocean – Blonde
13. Kanye West – Yeezus
14. The Black Keys – Brothers
15. J Balvin – Vibras
16. Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold
17. Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap
18. Paul Simon – So Beautiful or So What
19. Taylor Swift – 1989
20. Solange – A Seat at the Table
21. Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
22. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
23. Robyn – Body Talk
24. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
25. Rihanna – ANTI
26. Beyoncé – Beyoncé
27. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
28. Jason Isbell – Southeastern
29. Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial
30. Ariana Grande – thank u, next
31. Billie Eilish – WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
32. Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell!
33. Mitski – Be the Cowboy
34. Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
35. D’Angelo – Black Messiah
36. Randy Newman – Dark Matter
37. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
38. Chance The Rapper – Coloring Book
39. ROSALÍA – EL MAL QUERER
40. SZA – Ctrl
41. Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
42. Miranda Lambert – Platinum
43. Bob Dylan – Tempest
44. HAIM – Days Are Gone
45. Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
46. Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
47. Bon Iver – 22, A Million
48. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
49. Kanye West & Jay-Z – Watch the Throne
50. Carly Rae Jepsen – E•MO•TION
51. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
52. Khalid – American Teen
53. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel
54. Japandroids – Celebration Rock
55. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
56. Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time
57. Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
58. Miranda Lambert – The Weight of These Wings
59. Harry Styles – Harry Styles
60. Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint
61. Waxahatchee – Cerulean Salt
62. Paul McCartney – Egypt Station
63. Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
64. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
65. St. Vincent – St. Vincent
66. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d. city
67. Bad Bunny – X 100PRE
68. Florence + The Machine – How Big How Blue How Beautiful
69. Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
70. Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
71. Grimes – Art Angels
72. Jack White – Blunderbuss
73. Jenny Lewis – On the Line
74. Pusha T – Daytona
75. Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear
76. Frank Ocean – Nostalgia, Ultra.
77. The Highwomen – The Highwomen
78. Soccer Mommy – Clean
79. Kesha – Rainbow
80. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Mirror Traffic
81. Brandi Carlile – By the Way, I Forgive You
82. Kamasi Washington – The Epic
83. Eric Church – Chief
84. Jamie xx – In Colour
85. Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
86. Angel Olsen – My Woman
87. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen
88. Arctic Monkeys – AM
89. Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me
90. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Psychedelic Pill
91. Tierra Whack – Whack World
92. Vampire Weekend – Father of the Bride
93. U2 – Songs of Innocence
94. Sheer Mag – Need to Feel Your Love
95. Future – Monster
96. Low Cut Connie – Call Me Sylvia
97. Rich Gang – Tha Tour Part 1
98. John Prine – The Tree of Forgiveness
99. Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence
100. The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
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