Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Rockit Top 50 Italian Songs & Top 15 Italian Albums of 2016


Info: Rockit is an Italian music website launched in 1997 and mainly focused on national independent music. 
Source: Rockit (songs chart / albums chart)
Date of publication: December 2016
Spotify playlists latest update: 28th December 2016
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TOP 50 SONGS

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1. Motta - Prima o poi ci passerà
2. Thegiornalisti - Sold Out
3. Cosmo - L'ultima festa
4. Ghali - Ninna nanna
5. I Cani - Il posto più freddo
6. Birthh - Chlorine
7. Spartiti - Sendero luminoso
8. Novamerica - Music Is The Answer
9. Tiziano Ferro - Il conforto (feat. Carmen Consoli)
10. Pop X - Secchio
11. Wrongonyou - The Mountain Man
12. Niccolò Fabi - Una somma di piccole cose
13. Ex-Otago - Cinghiali incazzati
14. Salmo - L'alba
15. Leo Pari - Bacia brucia ama usa
16. Krano - Mi e ti
17. The Zen Circus - L'anima non conta
18. Selton - Voglia di infinito
19. Sfera Ebbasta - BRNBQ
20. Afterhours - Non voglio ritrovare il tuo nome
21. Mimes of Wine - Birds of a Feather
22. Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti - In questa grande città/La prima cumbia (feat. Jovanotti)
23. Sky Of Birds - The Scary Days of a Blank Love
24. Izi - Chic
25. L.U.C.A. - In principio
26. Francesco Di Bella - Nuova Gianturco
27. Giorgio Tuma - Maude Hope
28. His Clancyness - Pale Fear
29. Nada - La canzone dell'amore
30. Vinicio Capossela - Il pumminale
31. Alfio Antico - Storie di piscii
32. Verano - Nevada
33. Piers Faccini - Bring Down The Wall
34. Brothers In Law - Middle Of Nowhere
35. Mind Enterprises - Chapita
36. Soviet Soviet - Surf Palm
37. Inutili - Robots
38. Gomma - Aprile
39. Ainè - Dopo la pioggia (feat. Sergio Cammariere)
40. Jolly Mare - Hotel Riviera
41. LIM - Comet
42. Urali - George (My King)
43. Klimt 1918 - Comandante
44. Nadàr Solo - Aprile
45. Mother Island - On Days Like This
46. Le Sacerdotesse dell'Isola del Piacere - Paura di tutto
47. Sylvia - Si Ck
48. Capitano Merletti - An Egg Into the Sun
49. Fil Bo Riva - Like Eye Did
50. The Winstons - Diprodoton


TOP 15 ALBUMS

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1. Cosmo - L'ultima festa
2. Motta - La fine dei vent'anni
3. Afterhours - Folfiri o Folfox
4. Birthh - Born in the Woods
5. I Cani - Aurora
6. Niccolò Fabi - Una somma di piccole cose
7. Salmo - Hellvisback
8. Thegiornalisti - Completamente Sold Out
9. Ex-Otago - Marassi
10. The Zen Circus - La terza guerra mondiale
11. Giorgio Tuma - This Life Denied Me Your Love
12. Krano - Requiescat in Pavlem
13. Novamerica - Novamerica
14. Alfio Antico - Antico
15. Sfera Ebbasta - Sfera Ebbasta

Blitz Top 30 Portuguese Albums of 2016


Info: Blitz is a Portuguese music magazine launched in 1986.
Source: Blitz
Date of publication: December 2016
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1. Capitão Fausto - Capitão Fausto tem os dias contados
2. Gisela João - Nua
3. Cristina Branco - Menina
4. Bruno Pernadas - Those Who Throw Objects at Crocodiles Will Be Asked To Retrieve Them
5. Samuel Úria - Carga de ombro
6. Linda Martini - Sirumba
7. Sensible Soccers - Villa Soledade
8. Norberto Lobo - Muxama
9. Antonio Zambujo - Até pensei que fosse minha
10. Rodrigo Leāo & Scott Matthew - Life Is Long
11. You Can't Win, Charlie Brown - Marrow
12. Peixe:Avião - Peso morto
13. Noiserv - 00.00.00.00
14. Marta Ren and the Groovejets - Stop Look Listen
15. Capicua e Pedro Geraldes - Mão Verde
16. NBC - Toda a gente pode ser tudo
17. Filho Da Mãe - Mergulho
18. Old Jerusalem - A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose
19. White Haus - Modern Dancing
20. Paus - Mitra
21. Joana Barra Vaz - Mergulho Em Loba
22. Medeiros/Lucas - Terra do corpo
23. Osso Vaidoso - Miopia
24. Deolinda - Outras Histórias
25. Carminho - Carminho canta Tom Jobim
26. Corona - Cimo de vila velvet cantiga
27. Octa Push - Lingua
28. Señoritas - Acho que é meu dever não gostar
29. Alex Rein - Mirror Lane
30. Retimbar - Voa pé

Muzikalia Top 40 Spanish Albums of 2016


Info: Muzikalia is a Spanish website launched in 2000, focused on independent music.
Source: Muzikalia
Date of publication: December 2016
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1. Triángulo De Amor Bizarro – Salve discordia
2. Belako – Hamen
3. Tórtel – Transparente
4. Hinds – Leave Me Alone
5. Gener – Oh, Germanes
6. Enric Montefusco – Meridiana
7. Juventud Juché – Movimientos
8. León Benavente – 2
9. Aries – Adieu or Die
10. Novedades Carminha – Campeones del mundo
11. Viva Belgrado – Ulises
12. The New Raemon / Mcenroe – Lluvias y truenos
13. Love Of Lesbian – El poeta Halley
14. Terrier – La plaga
15. Monte Del Oso – Existen moscas que se relajan durante el vuelo
16. Silvia Pérez Cruz – Domus
17. Depedro – El pasajero
18. Mucho – Pidiendo a las puertas del infierno
19. Manel – Jo competeixo
20. Viva Suecia – La fuerza mayor
21. All La Glory – Everybody’s Breaking Everybody’s Heart
22. Chucho – Los años luz
23. Murciano Total – Enquinias
24. Doble Pletina – Así es como escapó
25. Soledad Vélez – Dance And Hunt
26. Bambikina – Referencias
27. Casa Das Feras – Calloway Circus
28. Ana Béjar – The Good Man
29. Muñeco – Teoría del cielo
30. The Lazy Lies – The Lazy Lies
31. El Petit De Cal Eril – La força
32. Adrian Levi – Under Songs
33. Arcano Guzmán – Ciudad inventada
34. El Ser Humano – 3
35. Parade – Demasiado humano
36. Yo, Estratosférico – Potencialmente infinitos
37. Xebi Sf – Tibidabo
38. Holy Bouncer – Hippie Girl Lover
39. Remate – Cabello de ángel, tocino de cielo
40. Mechanismo – The Forlorn Hope

Les Inrockuptibles Top 100 Songs & Top 50 Albums of 2016


Info: Les Inrockuptibles is a French cultural magazine. It started as a monthly magazine in 1986 and it became weekly in 1995. Its main focuses are music, cinema, books, politics, society...
Source: Les Inrockuptibles (songs chart / albums chart)
Date of publication: December 2016
Spotify playlists latest update: 28th December 2016
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TOP 100 SONGS

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1. Kanye West - Ultralight Beam
2. David Bowie - Blackstar
3. The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming
4. The xx - On Hold
5. PNL - Da
6. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
7. Rihanna feat. Drake - Work
8. The Lemon Twigs - As Long As We're Together
9. La Femme - Où va le monde?
10. Parcels - Gamesofluck
11. Beyoncé - Formation
12. Alex Cameron - Mongrel
13. The Strokes - Threat of Joy
14. Childish Gambino - Redbone
15. Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me
16. Frank Ocean - Nights
17. DIIV - Bent (Roi's Song)
18. Parquet Courts - Human Performance
19. Jessy Lanza - It Means I Love You
20. Agar Agar - Prettiest Virgin
21. Soft Hair – Lying Has To Stop
22. Cigarettes After Sex – Affection
23. Solange – Cranes in the Sky
24. Radiohead - Daydreaming
25. Kanye West - Fade
26. Weyes Blood – Do You Need My Love?
27. The Weekend feat. Daft Punk – Starboy
28. Jacques – Dans la radio
29. Bon Iver – 715 Creeks
30. Shura - Nothing's Real
31. Justice – Randy
32. ANOHNI – Drone Bomb Me
33. Schoolboy Q – Groovy Tony
34. Les Pirouettes – L’escalier
35. David Bowie – Lazarus
36. Princess Nokia – Tomboy
37. Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla – One Dance
38. The Last Shadow Puppets - Miracle Aligner
39. Thee Oh Sees - Plastic Plant
40. PJ Harvey - The Wheel
41. Blood Orange - Augustine
42. Young Thug - Digits
43. Agnes Obel - Familiar
44. Kendrick Lamar - untitled 05
45. Nicolas Jaar - No
46. Frank Ocean - Ivy
47. Nekfeu - Réalité augmentée
48. Ichon - Si l'on ride
49. Juliette Armanet - Cavalier seule
50. Jagwar Ma - OB1
51. Goat Girl - Country Sleaze
52. Chris Cohen - As If Apart
53. Chance the Rapper feat. 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne - No Problem
54. Kate Tempest - Ketamine for Breakfast
55. Rat Boy - Get Over It
56. Benjamin Biolay - Palermo Hollywood
57. Travis Scott feat. Kendrick Lamar - Goosebumps
58. Andy Shauf - The Magician
59. Drake - Fake Love
60. Frustration - Cause You Ran Away
61. The Lemon Twigs – These Words
62. Damso - Amnesie
63. Warpaint – New Song
64. PNL – J’suis QLF
65. La Femme – Tatiana
66. Shake 070 – Bass For My Thoughts
67. Paradis - Recto Verso
68. Kaytranada - Lite Spots
69. Calypso Valois - Le Jour
70. Oscar - Gone Forever
71. Batuk - Daniel
72. Kevin Morby - Dorothy
73. Grand Blanc - Tendresse
74. Iggy Pop - Gardenia
75. Booba - DKR
76. Let's Eat Grandma - Deep Six Textbook
77. Flavien Berger, Véronique Vincent et Aksak Maboul - Je pleure tout le temps
78. Vince Staples - Prima Donna
79. Deerhoof - Criminals of the Mind
80. Liss - Sorry
81. Alex Cameron - She's Mine
82. Lindstrom - Closing Shot
83. Parquet Courts - Berlin Got Blurry
84. Isaiah Rashad - 4r Da Squaw
85. Parcels - Myenemy
86. Abra - Crybaby
87. Rae Sremmurd feat. Gucci Mane - Black Beatles
88. DIIV - Dopamine
89. Rendez-Vous - Distance
90. Denzel Curry - Ult
91. James Blake feat. Bon Iver - I Need a Forest Fire
92. Corine - Pourquoi Pourquoi
93. Suuns - Instrument
94. Shame - The Lick
95. The Rolling Stones - Ride 'Em On Down
96. Calypso Rose - Calypso Queen
97. Le Vasco - Easy Online
98. Pi Ja Ma - Radio Girl
99. Ty Segall - Emotional Mugger
100. DJ Snake ft Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You


TOP 50 ALBUMS

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1. David Bowie - Blackstar
2. La Femme - Mystère
3. Frank Ocean - Blonde
4. The Lemon Twigs - Do Hollywood
5. PNL - Dans la légende
6. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
7. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
8. Drake - Views
9. Alex Cameron - Jumping the Shark
10. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
11. PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
12. Bon Iver - 22, a Million
13. Parquet Courts - Human Performance
14. Ala.ni - You & I
15. Angel Olsen - My Woman
16. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
17. The Weeknd - Starboy
18. Grand Blanc - Mémoires vives
19. Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth
20. Soft Hair - Soft Hair
21. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
22. James Blake - The Colour in Anything
23. The Pirouettes - Carrément carrément
24. Benjamin Biolay - Palermo Hollywood
25. Young Thug - JEFFERY
26. Anohni - Hopelessness
27. Bayonne - Primitives
28. Jóhan Jóhansson - Orphée
29. Justice - Woman
30. Lescop - Echo
31. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
32. Cullen Omori - New Misery
33. Noura Mint Seymali - Arbina
34. Solange - A Seat at the Table
35. El'Blaszczyk - The Quirky Lost Tapes, 1993-95
36. Field Music - Commontime
37. Schoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
38. Rihanna - Anti
39. Julien Doré - &
40. Fat White Family - Songs for Our Mothers
41. Wati Watia Zorey Band - Zanz in Lanfèr
42. Karl Blau - Introducing Karl Blau
43. Nicolas Jaar - Sirens
44. M.I.A. - AIM
45. DIIV - Is the Is Are
46. Paradis - Recto verso
47. Céu - Tropix
48. Fatou Seidi Ghali & Alamnou Akrouni - Les Filles de Illighadad
49. Lost Under Heaven - Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing
50. Pone - Radiant

The Guardian Top 40 Albums of 2016


Info: The Guardian is a British national daily newspaper.
Source: The Guardian
Date of publication: December 2016
Spotify playlist latest update: 28th December 2016
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1. Beyoncé - Lemonade
2. Frank Ocean - Blonde
3. David Bowie - Blackstar
4. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
5. Solange - A Seat at the Table
6. Anohni – Hopelessness
7. Rihanna - Anti
8. Christine and the Queens – Chaleur Humaine
9. Skepta - Konnichiwa
10. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
11. Nick Cave – Skeleton Tree
12. Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book
13. Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
14. Bon Iver – 22, A Million
15. Avalanches – Wildflower
16. King – We Are King
17. Mitski – Puberty 2
18. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
19. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It from Here … Thank You 4 Your Service
20. Drake – Views
21. Angel Olsen – My Woman
22. Anderson .Paak – Malibu
23. Blood Orange – Freetown Sound
24. The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
25. Young Thug – Jeffery
26. Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch
27. Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
28. James Blake – The Colour in Anything
29. Sunflower Bean – Human Ceremony
30. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman
31. Kano – Made in the Manor
32. Margo Price – Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
33. Whitney – Light Upon the Lake
34. Lambchop – Flotus
35. Tegan and Sara – Love You to Death
36. Kaytranada – 99.9%
37. Case/lang/veirs – Case/lang/veirs
38. Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
39. Nao – For All We Know
40. Shura – Nothing’s Real

Pitchfork Top 100 Songs & Top 50 Albums of 2016


Info: Pitchfork is an American online magazine launched in 1995 by Ryan Schreiber. It developed a reputation for its extensive focus on independent music, but it has since expanded with a variety of coverage on both indie and popular music artists.
Source: Pitchfork (songs chart / albums chart)
Date of publication: 12-13th December 2016
Spotify playlists latest update: 28th December 2016
(end-of-2016 playlist series)


TOP 100 SONGS

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1. Kanye West feat. Chance the Rapper, The-Dream, Kelly Price, and Kirk Franklin - Ultralight Beam
2. Beyoncé - Formation
3. Solange - Cranes in the Sky
4. Frank Ocean - Ivy
5. David Bowie - Lazarus
6. ANOHNI - Drone Bomb Me
7. Rihanna feat. Drake - Work
8. Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me
9. Radiohead - True Love Waits
10. Rae Sremmurd feat. Gucci Mane - Black Beatles
11. A Tribe Called Quest - We the People...
12. Chance the Rapper feat. Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz - No Problem
13. Frank Ocean - Pink + White
14. Kanye West - Real Friends
15. Blood Orange feat. Empress Of - Best to You
16. Mitski - Your Best American Girl
17. Anderson .Paak - Am I Wrong
18. Bon Iver - 33 ‘GOD’
19. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
20. Car Seat Headrest - Fill in the Blank
21. Solange feat. Sampha - Don't Touch My Hair
22. Jenny Hval - Conceptual Romance
23. David Bowie - I Can't Give Everything Away
24. Radiohead - Daydreaming
25. Frank Ocean - Nikes
26. Danny Brown feat. Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Earl Sweatshirt - Really Doe
27. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - I Need You
28. Beyoncé - Hold Up
29. Bon Iver - 22 (OVER S∞∞N) [Bob Moose Extended Cab Version]
30. Drake feat. Wizkid and Kyla - One Dance
31. A Tribe Called Quest - Dis Generation
32. Kanye West feat. Kendrick Lanar - No More Parties in L.A.
33. D.R.A.M. feat. Lil Yachty - Broccoli
34. Chance the Rapper feat. Jeremih - Summer Friends
35. Kevin Gates - 2 Phones
36. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 02
37. Noname - Yesterday
38. Weyes Blood - Do You Need My Love
39. Jessy Lanza - It Means I Love You
40. Young Thug - Kanye West
41. Beyoncé - Sorry
42. French Montana feat. Kodak Black - Lockjaw
43. Joey Purp feat. Chance the Rapper - Girls@
44. Anderson .Paak - Come Down
45. Kevin Morby - I Have Been to the Mountain
46. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - A 1000 Times
47. Chance the Rapper feat. Knox Fortune - All Night
48. Blood Orange - E.V.P.
49. Aphex Twin - CHEETAHT2 [Ld spectrum]
50. Parquet Courts - Human Performance
51. Esperanza Spalding - Earth to Heaven
52. YG - Who Shot Me?
53. Kaytranada feat. Anderson .Paak - Glowed Up
54. dvsn - Hallucinations
55. Gucci Mane - First Day Out tha Feds
56. Desiigner - Panda
57. Jamila Woods feat. Noname - VRY BLK
58. Young Thug - Digits
59. Whitney - No Woman
60. Maxwell - 1990x
61. Sampha - Blood on Me
62. Drake - Controlla
63. Cass McCombs - Bum Bum Bum
64. Porches - Be Apart
65. Savages - Adore
66. KING - The Greatest
67. Young M.A. - OOOUUU
68. Nao - Girlfriend
69. Vince Staples feat. A$AP Rocky - Prima Donna
70. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Existence in the Unfurling
71. Isaiah Rashad - Smile
72. Moses Sumney - Lonely World
73. Schoolboy Q - That Part
74. The 1975 - Somebody Else
75. Travis Scott feat. Young Thug - Pick Up the Phone
76. Ka - 30 Keys
77. Skepta - Man
78. serpentwithfeet - blisters
79. Mr. Fingers - Qwazars
80. PJ Harvey - The Wheel
81. Deakin - Golden Chords
82. Ariana Grande - Into You
83. Huerco S. - Promises of Fertility
84. G.L.O.S.S. - Give Violence a Chance
85. Angel Olsen - Sister
86. Bat For Lashes - Sunday Love
87. Alicia Keys - In Common
88. Rihanna - Needed Me
89. Frankie Cosmos - On the Lips
90. Pinegrove - Old Friends
91. 21 Savage / Metro Boomin - No Heart
92. Sheer Mag - Can't Stop Fighting
93. Danny Brown - When It Rain
94. Cate Le Bon - Wonderful
95. Kamaiyah - I'm On
96. Kodak Black feat. Gucci Mane - Vibin in This Bih
97. Olga Bell - Randomness
98. Moor Mother - Deadbeat Protest
99. Sturgill Simpson - Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)
100. Lil Peep - Kiss


TOP 50 ALBUMS

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1. Solange - A Seat at the Table
2. Frank Ocean - Blonde
3. Beyoncé - Lemonade
4. David Bowie - Blackstar
5. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
6. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
7. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
8. Anohni - Hopelessness
9. Angel Olsen - My Woman
10. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
11. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
12. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
13. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
14. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
15. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
16. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
17. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
18. Mitski - Puberty 2
19. Rihanna - Anti
20. Nicolas Jaar - Sirens
21. Young Thug - JEFFERY
22. YG - Still Brazy
23. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
24. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
25. Kaytranada - 99.9%
26. Parquet Courts - Human Performance
27. Noname - Telefone
28. NxWorries - Yes Lawd!
29. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Ears
30. Esperanza Spalding - Emily’s D+Evolution
31. Whitney - Light Upon the Lake
32. Elza Soares - A Mulher do Fim do Mundo (The Woman at the End of the World)
33. Maxwell - blackSUMMERS’night
34. Kevin Morby - Singing Saw
35. Hamilton LeithauserRostam - I Had a Dream That You Were Mine
36. Jamila Woods - Heavn
37. King - We Are King
38. Schoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
39. Moodymann - DJ-Kicks
40. Vijay Iyer / Wadada Leo Smith - A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke
41. Huerco S. - For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
42. Vince Staples - Prima Donna
43. Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth
44. Kevin Gates - Islah
45. William Tyler - Modern Country
46. Pinegrove - Cardinal
47. Kamaiyah - A Good Night in the Ghetto
48. Frankie Cosmos - Next Thing
49. Porches - Pool
50. 21 Savage / Metro Boomin - Savage Mode

Wire Top 50 Albums of 2016


Info: The Wire is "a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music. Since then it has covered hip hop, modern classical, free improvisation, post-rock, and various forms of electronic music. (from Wikipedia)
Source: The Wire 
Date of publication: The Wire January 2017 Issue (#395)
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1. David Bowie – Blackstar
2. Shirley Collins – Lodestar
3. Moor Mother – Fetish Bones
4.Autechre – elseq 1-5 (just elseq 1 available)
5. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
6. Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch
7. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina
8. Yves Tumor – Serpent Music
9. Gaika – SECURITY
10. Mark Ernestus’ Ndagga Rhythm Force – Yermande
11. Gate – Saturday Night Fever
12. Solange – A Seat at the Table
13. Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
14. Oren Ambarchi – Hubris
15. Babyfather – “BBF” Hosted By DJ Escrow
16. 75 Dollar Bill – Wood / Metal / Plastic / Pattern / Rhythm / Rock
17. Anna Meredith – Varmints
18. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – EARS
19. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
20. Carla dal Forno – You Know What It’s Like
21. David Toop – Entities Inertias Faint Beings
22. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
23. Kendrick Lamar – untitled unmastered
24. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids – We Be All Africans
25. Laura Cannell – Simultaneous Flight Movement
26. Ectoplasm Girls – New Feeling Come
27. Steve Gunn – Eyes on the Lines
28. Ian William Craig – Centres
29. Matmos – Ultimate Care II
30. Laraaji & Sun Araw – Professional Sunflow
31. Scott Walker – The Childhood of a Leader (OST)
32. Bitchin Bajas & Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties
33. Elysia Crampton – Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City
34. Katie Gately – Color
35. Shackleton with Ernesto Tomasini – Devotional Songs
36. Anxiety – Anxiety
37. Skepta – Konnichiwa
38. Puce Mary – The Spiral
39. The Dwarfs of East Agouza – Bes
40. Catherine Christer Hennix – Live At Issue Project Room
41. Horse Lords – Interventions
42. Roy Montgomery – R M H Q: Headquarters
43. Frank Ocean – Blonde
44. Thalia Zedek – Eve
45. Charlemagne Palestine – Cathédrale De Strasbourg
46. Kepler Quartet – Ben Johnston: String Quartets Nos. 6, 7, & 8
47. Circuit Des Yeux – Jackie Lynn
48. Zomby – Ultra
49. Klara Lewis – Too
50. Peder Mannerfelt – Controlling Body

FACT Top 50 Songs & Top 50 Albums of 2016


Info: FACT is a music publication launched in the UK in 2003, with particular focus on electronic, pop, rap, and experimental artists.
Source: Fact (songs chart / albums chart)
Date of publication: 13-20th December 2016
Spotify playlists latest update: 27th December 2016
(end-of-2016 playlist series)


TOP 50 SONGS

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1. Popcaan - Ova Dweet
2. Rihanna - Work
3. Danny L Harle feat. Carly Rae Jepsen - Super Natural
4. Pangaea - Skips Desk
5. Beyonce - Formation
6. Equiknoxx - Bubble
7. D.R.A.M. feat. Lil Yachty - Broccoli
8. Fox - Vacio
9. Rae Sremmurd - Black Beatles
10. Drake - One Dance
11. Dont DJ - Gammelan
12. Fat Joe and Remy Ma - All The Way Up
13. DJ Marfox - 2685
14. D∆WN - Honest
15. Lil Uzi Vert - Money Longer
16. Avalon Emerson - The Frontier
17. DJ Q - Sonic
18. Kanye West - Ultralight Beam
19. Mitski - Your Best American Girl
20. Sir Spyro feat. Killa P, Lady Chann & Teddy Bruckshot - Topper Top
21. Kevin Gates - 2 Phones
22. Floorplan - Mmm Hmm Hmm
23. Dave - Wanna Know
24. Demdike Stare - Hardnoise
25. Lindstrøm - Closing Shot
26. Abra - Crybaby
27. Radiohead - Burn The Witch
28. Mr. Fingers - Qwazars
29. Young M.A - OOOUUU
30. Willow - A2
31. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 07
32. Alexandria - Problem
33. Quavius - Love The Way
34. Fifth Harmony - Work From Home
35. Soda Plains - Rodeo
36. Peder Mannerfelt - Public Images
37. AJ Tracey - Naila (Murlo Remix)
38. Tinashe - Ride of Your Life
39. Skepta - Man
40. Jubilee feat. HoodCelebrityy - Wine Up
41. Alicia Keys - In Common
42. Elysia Crampton feat. Why Be & Chino Amobi - Dummy Track
43. Young Thug - Harambe
44. Reckonwrong - The Passions of Pez
45. UMFANG - Force
46. Denzel Curry - Knotty Head
47. Justice - Safe and Sound
48. Machine Woman - I Can Mend Your Broken Heart
49. Gage - Talons Reach
50. Cousin Stizz - Every Season


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1. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
2. Equiknoxx - Bird Sound Power
3. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
4. Lorenzo Senni - Persona
5. Mitski - Puberty 2
6. Kamaiyah - A Good Night In The Ghetto
7. Steve Hauschildt - Strands
8. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
9. Pangaea - In Drum Play
10. Solange - A Seat at the Table
11. Jessy Lanza - Oh No
12. The Body - No One Deserves Happiness
13. Rihanna - ANTI
14. YG - Still Brazy
15. Beyoncé - Lemonade
16. The Outfit, TX - Green Lights: Everythang Goin
17. Konx-Om-Pax - Caramel
18. Bjarki - Б
19. Young Thug - JEFFERY
20. Peder Mannerfelt - Controlling Body
21. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
22. Demdike Stare - Wonderland
23. David Bowie - Blackstar
24. Negative Gemini - Body Work
25. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
26. Sophia Loizou - Singulacra
27. DVA [Hi:Emotions] - NOTU_URONLINEU
28. FIS - From Patterns To Details
29. Helena Celle - If I Can't Handle Me…
30. Powell - Sport
31. Angel Olsen - My Woman
32. Seekersinternational - Ragga Preservation Society
33. Ohal - Acid Park
34. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
35. Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein - Stranger Things Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
36. Jake Meginsky - Seven Psychotropic Sinewave Palindromes
37. Abra - Princess
38. Second Woman - Second Woman
39. Disasterpeace - Hyper Light Drifter
40. Botany - Deepak Verbera
41. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Suzanne Ciani - Sunergy
42. Will Long - Long Trax
43. Mozzy - Mandatory Check
44. Elon Katz - The Human Pet
45. Klara Lewis - Too
46. Cousin Stizz - MONDA
47. Chino Amobi - Airport Music For Black Folk
48. Good Willsmith - Things Our Bodies Used To Have
49. Serpentwithfeet - Blisters
50. Lil Uzi Vert - Lil Uzi Vert vs the World

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

American Songwriter Top 50 Songs & Top 50 Albums of 2016


Info: American Songwriter is a bimonthly magazine, established in 1984 and based in Nashville, covering every aspect of the craft and art of songwriting.
Source: American Songwriter (songs chart / albums chart)
Date of publication: 1-7th December 2016
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TOP 50 SONGS

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1. Lori McKenna - Humble & Kind
2. Margo Price - Hands of Time
3. Drive-By Truckers - Surrender Under Protest
4. Courtney Marie Andrews - How Quickly Your Heart Mends?
5. Car Seat Headrest - Fill in the Blank
6. Angel Olsen - Intern
7. Handsome Family - Gold
8. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Distant Sky
9. Brandy Clark - Homecoming Queen
10. Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like a Levee
11. Sturgill Simpson - Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)
12. Mitski - Your Best American Girl
13. Beyoncé - Daddy Lessons
14. David Bowie - I Can’t Give Everything Away
15. Miranda Lambert - Runnin' Just in Case
16. Shovels & Rope - The Last Hawk
17. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
18. Lambchop - The Hustle
18. Lydia Loveless - Heaven
20. Richmond Fontaine - I Got Off the Bus
21. William Bell - This Is Where I Live
22. Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam - A 1000 Times
23. Elizabeth Cook - Tabitha Tuders’ Mama
24. John Paul White - Black Leaf
25. Eric Bachman - Mercy
26. Sara Watkins - Young in All the Wrong Ways
27. Ryley Walker - The Halfwit in Me
28. Bob Weir - Only a River
29. Yola Carter - Orphan Country
30. Bon Iver - ___45___
31. Whitney - Golden Days
32. Wilco - We Aren’t the World (Safety Girl)
33. Paul Simon - The Werewolf
34. Radiohead - Burn the Witch
35. case/lang/veirs - Atomic Number
36. Kenny Chesney - Jesus & Elvis
37. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
38. Steve Gunn - Ancient Jules
39. Okkervil River - Okkervil River R.I.P.
40. Frankie Lee - High and Dry
41. Anohni - Drone Bomb Me
42. Charles Bradley - Good to Be Back Home
43. Mavis Staples - Take Us Back
44. Parquet Courts - Berlin Got Blurry
45. Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker - Nine Times Along
46. St. Paul & the Broken Bones - I’ll Be Your Woman
47. Joan Shelley - Cost of the Cold
48. Paul Cauthen - Marfa Lights
49. Felice Brothers - Jack at the Asylum
50. Big Thief - Masterpiece


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1. Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN
2. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
3. Margo Price - Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
4. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
5. case/lang/veirs - case/lang/veirs
6. David Bowie - Blackstar
7. Drive-By Truckers - American Band
8. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
9. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here … Thank You 4 Your Service
10. Dori Freeman - Dori Freeman
11. Parker Millsap - The Very Last Day
12. Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book
13. Mudcrutch - 2
14. Bon Iver – 22, A Million
15. Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts Of Highway 20
16. William Bell - This Is Where I Live
17. Hayes Carll - Lovers And Leavers
18. Aaron Lee Tasjan - Silver Tears
19. Mitski - Puberty 2
20. Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
21. Brandy Clark - Big Day In A Small Town
22. Robert Ellis - Robert Ellis
23. Beyoncé - Lemonade
24. Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like A Levee
25. Bonnie Raitt - Dig In Deep
26. Lydia Loveless - Real
27. Dawes - We’re All Gonna Die
28. Miranda Lambert - The Weight Of These Wings
29. Brian Fallon - Painkillers
30. Against Me! - Shape Shift With Me
31. Lambchop - FLOTUS
32. Kelsey Waldon - I’ve Got A Way
33. Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
34. Savages - Adore Life
35. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
36. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
37. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
38. Courtney Marie Andrews - Honest Life
39. Warpaint - Heads Up
40. Maren Morris - Hero
41. Lera Lynn - Resistor
42. Conor Oberst - Ruminations
43. Amanda Shires - My Piece Of Land
44. Pinegrove - Cardinal
45. Frank Ocean - Blonde
46. Felice Brothers - Life in the Dark
47. Margaret Glaspy - Emotions and Math
48. Brothers Osborne - Pawn Shop
49. Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
50. Twin Peaks - Down In Heaven

PopMatters Top 80 Songs & Top 70 Albums of 2016


Info: PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism, launched in 1999 by Sarah Zupko, that covers many aspects of popular culture.
Source: PopMatters (songs chart / albums chart)
Date of publication: 7-13th December 2016
Spotify playlists latest update: 27th December 2016
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1. Beyoncé - Formation
2. David Bowie - Blackstar
3. Mitski - Your Best American Girl
4. The 1975 - The Sound
5. Frank Ocean - Nikes
6. Radiohead - Burn the Witch
7. Common - Black America Again
8. Chance the Rapper feat. 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne - No Problem
9. Anderson .Paak - Come Down
10. Bon Iver - 33 'God'
11. Kanye West - Ultralight Beam
12. Beyoncé - Sorry
13. Rihanna - Needed Me
14. Pantha du Prince feat. Queens - The Winter Hymn
15. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
16. A Tribe Called Quest - We the People...
17. Angel Olsen - Shut Up and Kiss Me
18. The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk - Starboy
19. Underworld - Low Burn
20. Kaytranada - Got It Good
21. Kendrick Lamar - untitled 07 | levitate
22. Blood Orange - Best to You
23. Daniel Lanois - Deconstruction
24. Gold Panda - In My Car
25. Miike Snow - My Trigger
26. Sampha - Blood on Me
27. Classixx - Grecian Summer
28. Danny Brown feat. Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Earl Sweatshirt - Really Doe
29. Ash Koosha - Biutiful
30. Brian Eno - The Ship
31. Dee-1 feat. Lupe Fiasco and Big KRIT - Against Us (Remix)
32. Mary Lattimore - Jimmy V
33. Emeli Sandé - Hurts
34. Courtney Barnett - Elevator Operator
35. John Cale - Hallelujah
36. D.R.A.M. (feat. Lil Yachty) - Broccoli
37. James Blake - Radio Silence
38. Iggy Pop - Gardenia
39. Rae Sremmurd - Black Beatles
40. Laura Mvula - Show Me Love
41. Car Seat Headrest - Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
42. Parquet Courts - Berlin Got Blurry
43. Richard Dawn - Cali Sun
44. Jameszoo - Flake
45. Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes (Song for Richard)
46. DJ Paypal feat. DJ Earl + DJ Taye - Dose
47. Weezer - LA Girlz
48. Travis Scott feat. The Weeknd - Wonderful
49. Rukhsana Merrise - Money
50. DJ Shadow feat. Run the Jewels - Nobody Speak
51. NAO - Girlfriend
52. Tove Lo - True Disaster
53. Tim Hecker - Castrati Stack
54. Charles Bradley - Changes
55. Katy B x Four Tet x Floating Points - Calm Down
56. Drive-By Truckers - Surrender Under Protest
57. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life
58. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Jesus Alone
59. Massive Attack feat. Hope Sandoval - The Spoils
60. Skepta - Man
61. Cymbals Eat Guitars - 4th of July 2015 (Sandy)
62. Jenny Hval - Female Vampire
63. The Avalanches - Subways
64. Tinariwen - Ténéré Tàqqàl
65. Solange - Cranes in the Sky
66. Andy Schauf - The Magician
67. FKA Twigs - Good to Love
68. Guy Garvey - Open the Door
69. Lydia Loveless - Longer
70. PJ Harvey - The Wheel
71. MØ - Final Song
72. ANOHNI - Drone Bomb Me
73. Kano - 3 Wheel-Ups
74. Clipping. - A Better Place
75. Garbage - Empty
76. Metronomy - Old Skool
77. Suuns - Translate
78. The Avett Brothers - True Sadness
79. Against Me! - 333
80. Yeasayer - I Am Chemistry


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1. Beyoncé - Lemonade
2. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
3. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
4. Frank Ocean - Blond
5. David Bowie - Blackstar
6. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
7. Ital Tek - Hollowed
8. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
9. Solange - A Seat at the Table
10. Underworld - Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future
11. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
12. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
13. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
14. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
15. The Avalanches - Wildflower
16. Common - Black America Again
17. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered
18. Drive-By Truckers - American Band
19. The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
20. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
21. Nicolas Jaar - Sirens
22. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
23. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
24. Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20
25. Angel Olsen - My Woman
26. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
27. Pantha du Prince - The Triad
28. Preoccupations - Preoccupations
29. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
30. Margo Price - Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
31. Autechre - elseq 1-5 (only available elseq 1)
32. Whitney - Light Upon the Lake
33. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - I Had a Dream That You Were Mine
34. Laura Mvula - The Dreaming Room
35. Tim Hecker - Love Streams
36. Field Music - Commontime
37. Rihanna - ANTI
38. Mitski - Puberty 2
39. Esperanza Spalding - Emily’s D+Evolution
40. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
41. Charles Bradley - Changes
42. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Pretty Years
43. Beach Slang - A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings
44. Isaiah Rashad - The Sun's Tirade
45. De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody
46. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
47. YG - Still Brazy
48. Kaytranada - 99.9%
49. The Radio Dept. - Running Out of Love
50. The Avett Brothers - True Sadness
51. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
52. Venetian Snares - Traditional Synthesizer Music
53. PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
54. Young Thug - JEFFERY
55. Jessy Lanza - Oh No
56. Clipping. - Splendor & Misery
57. Bombino - Azel
58. Descendents - Hypercaffium Spazzinate
59. Lydia Loveless - Real
60. Ngaiire - Blastoma
61. Kate Tempest - Let Them Eat Chaos
62. Explosions in the Sky - The Wilderness
63. James Blake - The Colour in Everything
64. Ian William Craig - Centres
65. Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
66. Nels Cline - Lovers
67. Suuns - Hold/Still
68. St. Lenox - Ten Hymns from My American Gothic
69. Alice Bag - Alice Bag
70. Eluvium - False Readings On

Rolling Stone Top 50 Songs & Top 50 Albums of 2016


Info: Rolling Stone is an American magazine that focuses on popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and Ralph J. Gleason.
Source: Rolling Stone (Songs chart / Albums chart)
Date of publication: 28-30th November 2016
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1. Beyonce - Formation
2. Frank Ocean - Ivy
3. Drake feat. Wizkid and Kyla - One Dance
4. David Bowie - No Plan
5. Kanye West - Ultralight Beam
6. Pwr Bttm - Projection
7. Solange - Cranes in the Sky
8. Fifth Harmony feat. Ty Dolla $ign - Work From Home
9. Lvl Up - Pain
10. Rae Sremmurd feat. Gucci Mane - Black Beatles
11. Young M.A - Ooouuu
12. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dark Necessities
13. Wilco - If I Ever Was a Child
14. Mannequin Pussy - Romantic
15. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 05 | 09.21.2014.
16. Chance the Rapper feat. Saba - Angels
17. Lucy Dacus - I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore
18. The Monkees - Me & Magdalena
19. Danny Brown feat. Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Earl Sweatshirt - Really Doe
20. Bob Dylan - That Old Black Magic
21. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin feat. Future - X
22. Ariana Grande feat. Nicki Minaj - Side to Side
23. Little Big Town - Better Man
24. Courtney Barnett - Three Packs a Day
25. Leonard Cohen - Treaty
26. Vince Staples - War Ready
27. Angel Olsen - Sister
28. Lady Gaga - Perfect Illusion
29. Cobalt - Beast Whip
30. A Tribe Called Quest - The Space Program
31. Miranda Lambert - Vice
32. Kodak Black - Everything 1K
33. Mitski - Your Best American Girl
34. Britney Spears - Clumsy
35. Japanese Breakfast - Everybody Wants to Love You
36. Drive-By Truckers - Ever South
37. Tacocat - Night Swimming
38. Maren Morris - 80s Mercedes
39. Paul Simon - Cool Papa Bell
40. Lil Uzi Vert - Original Uzi (4 of Us)
41. Yohuna - The Moon Hangs in the Sky Like Nothing Hangs in the Sky
42. Bob Mould - Voices in My Head
43. Free Cake for Every Creature - All You Gotta Be When You're 23 Is Yourself
44. Desiigner - Tiimmy Turner
45. Car Seat Headrest - Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
46. Helado Negro - Runaround
47. D.R.A.M. feat. Lil Yachty - Broccoli
48. Sturgill Simpson - Keep It Between the Lines
49. Nicki Minaj - Black Barbies
50. Van Morrison - Going Down to Bangor


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1. Beyonce - Lemonade
2. David Bowie - Blackstar
3. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
4. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
5. Frank Ocean - Blond
6. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
7. The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome
8. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
9. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
10. Young Thug - Jeffery
11. Solange - A Seat at the Table
12. Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
13. Maren Morris - Hero
14. Green Day - Revolution Radio
15. Lvl Up - Return to Love
16. Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings
17. Parquet Courts - Human Performance
18. The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
19. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
20. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
21. Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
22. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
23. Mitski - Puberty 2
24. Drive-By Truckers - American Band
25. Rihanna - Anti
26. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
27. Brandy Clark - Big Day in a Small Town
28. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
29. Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch 2
30. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
31. White Lung - Paradise
32. Alicia Keys - Here
33. Sting - 57th & 9th
34. Angel Olsen - My Woman
35. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
36. Metallica - Hardwired… to Self-Destruct
37. Bonnie Raitt - Dig In Deep
38. Tove Lo - Lady Wood
39. Elton John - Wonderful Crazy Night
40. Maxwell - blackSUMMERS'night
41. Wilco - Schmilco
42. Drake - Views
43. Future - Evol
44. The Monkees - Good Times!
45. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
46. Norah Jones - Day Breaks
47. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things OST Volumes 1 and 2
48. Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution
49. Dawes - We're All Gonna Die
50. Death Grips - Bottomless Pit

NPR Top 100 Songs & Top 50 Albums of 2016


Info:  NPR (National Public Radio) is "an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States" (from Wikipedia). 
Source: NPR
Date of publication: December 2016
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1. Beyoncé - Formation
2. Mitski - Your Best American Girl
3. Kanye West (feat. Chance the Rapper, The-Dream, Kelly Price and Kirk Franklin) - Ultralight Beam
4. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
5. Drive-By Truckers - What It Means
6. Chance the Rapper (feat. Anderson .Paak, BJ The Chicago Kid, Raury and Ty Dolla $ign) - Blessings (Reprise)
7. Rae Sremmurd (feat. Gucci Mane) - Black Beatles
8. Solange - Cranes in the Sky
9. Pinegrove - Old Friends
10. ANOHNI - Drone Bomb Me
11. Fifth Harmony (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) - Work From Home
12. Frank Ocean - Pink + White
13. David Bowie - I Can't Give Everything Away
14. Maren Morris - Rich
15. Rihanna (feat. Drake) - Work
16. Car Seat Headrest - Vincent
17. Anderson .Paak - Come Down
18. Gregory Porter - Take Me to the Alley
19. Danny Brown (feat. Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Earl Sweatshirt) - Really Doe
20. Boris Giltburg - Étude-tableaux, Op. 39: No. 3 (Rachmaninoff)
21. Margaret Glaspy - You And I
22. Lizzo - Good As Hell
23. Robert Ellis - California
24. James Blake (feat. Bon Iver) - I Need A Forest Fire
25. Angel Olsen - Sister
26. Ty Dolla $ign (feat. Big TC) - No Justice
27. Lucy Dacus - I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore
28. Miranda Lambert - Vice
29. Paul Simon - Wristband
30. Xenia Rubinos - Mexican Chef
31. Desiigner - Panda
32. Bon Iver - 22 (OVER S∞∞N)
33. Maggie Rogers - Alaska
34. A Tribe Called Quest - We The People...
35. Parker Millsap - Heaven Sent
36. Leyla McCalla - A Day For The Hunter, A Day for the Prey
37. Blood Orange (feat. Empress Of) - Best To You
38. Pavel Kolesnikov - Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17, No. 4 (Chopin)
39. Lindstrøm - Closing Shot
40. Radiohead - Daydreaming
41. Maxwell - Lake By the Ocean
42. Låpsley - Operator (DJ Koze's Disco Edit)
43. Allen Toussaint - Mardi Gras In New Orleans
44. Brandy Clark - Since You've Gone To Heaven
45. Bombino - Timtar (Memories)
46. Big Thief - Masterpiece
47. Riton (feat. Kah-Lo) - Rinse & Repeat
48. Jeff Parker - Get Dressed
49. Joyce DiDonato - Lascia ch'io pianga (Handel)
50. William Bell - The Three Of Me
51. Swet Shop Boys - T5
52. Shura - What’s It Gonna Be?
53. Julianna Barwick - Big Hollow
54. Yola Carter - Fly Away
55. Weezer - California Kids
56. The 1975 - A Change Of Heart
57. Savages - Adore
58. Daniel Wohl - Source
59. Lake Street Dive - Call Off Your Dogs
60. Angelica Garcia - Orange Flower
61. Joyce Manor - Fake I.D.
62. Fat Joe, Remy Ma & Jay Z (feat. French Montana and Infared) - All The Way Up (Remix)
63. Beyoncé (feat. Dixie Chicks) - Daddy Lessons (Remix)
64. Japanese Breakfast - In Heaven
65. case/lang/veirs - Atomic Number
66. Robbie Fulks - South Bend Soldiers On
67. Rolf Lislevand - Caprice de Chaconne (Corbetta)
68. Kelsey Waldon - All By Myself
69. La Yegros (feat. Lindigo) - Sueñitos
70. The xx - On Hold
71. Isaiah Rashad (feat. SZA) - Stuck in the Mud
72. Brent Cobb - Diggin' Holes
73. Angela Hunte - Mon Bon Ami
74. Miles Mosley - Abraham
75. Dae Dae - Wat U Mean (Aye, Aye, Aye)
76. William Tyler - Highway Anxiety
77. D.R.A.M. (feat. Lil Yachty) - Broccoli
78. Vektor - Charging The Void
79. Fea - Tragedias
80. Jambinai - They Keep Silence
81. Heron Oblivion - Beneath Fields
82. SubRosa - Troubled Cells
83. Noura Mint Seymali - Ghlana
84. Jon Bellion - All Time Low
85. Lubomyr Melnyk - Sunset
86. Calvin Harris (feat. Rihanna) - This Is What You Came For
87. Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band - High Castle Rock
88. Jacob Collier - Hideaway
89. The Furrow Collective - Chuir M'Athair Mise dhan Taigh Charraideach
90. ¡Aparato! - Aire
91. Beth Orton - Dawnstar
92. Oathbreaker - 10:56 / Second Son of R.
93. ZAYN - PILLOWTALK
94. Adam Torres - Juniper Arms
95. Eighth Blackbird - Pulse (Robert Honstein)
96. Young Thug and Travis Scott (feat. Quavo) - Pick Up the Phone
97. John Paul White - Black Leaf
98. Los Cenzontles - Both Sides Now
99. William Michael Morgan - I Met a Girl
100. Drake (feat. WizKid and Kyla) - One Dance


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1. Solange - A Seat At The Table
2. Beyoncé - Lemonade
3. David Bowie - Blackstar
4. Frank Ocean - Blonde
5. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
6. Barbara Hannigan/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons - let me tell you (Abrahamsen)
7. Anderson .Paak - Malibu
8. Car Seat Headrest - Teens Of Denial
9. Miranda Lambert - The Weight Of These Wings
10. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
11. Xenia Rubinos - Black Terry Cat
12. Rihanna - Anti
13. Kaytranada - 99.9%
14. Drive-By Truckers - American Band
15. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
16. Carrie Rodriguez - Lola
17. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here...Thank You 4 Your service
18. Laura Mvula - The Dreaming Room
19. David T. Little - Dog Days
20. Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
21. The 1975 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
22. Noname - Telefone
23. A-WA - Habib Galbi
24. Young Thug - Jeffery
25. Angel Olsen - My Woman
26. Noura Mint Seymali - Arbina
27. Jamila Woods - HEAVN
28. Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution
29. Mitski - Puberty 2
30. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EARS
31. Big Thief - Masterpiece
32. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
33. Logan Richardson - Shift
34. Lori McKenna - The Bird & The Rifle
35. Pavel Kolesnikov - Chopin Mazurkas
36. Maren Morris - Hero
37. René Marie - Sound Of Red
38. Pinegrove - Cardinal
39. Tweet - Charlene
40. Aaron Lee Tasjan - Silver Tears
41. Carl Gari & Abdullah Miniawy - Darraje
42. Pure Disgust - Pure Disgust
43. Parker Millsap - The Very Last Day
44. New York Philharmonic/Alan Gilbert - Rouse: Symphonic Works
45. Mal Devisa - Kiid
46. Steven Julien - Fallen
47. Y La Bamba - Ojos del Sol
48. Domo Genesis - Genesis
49. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide To Earth
50. Catherine Russell - Harlem On My Mind

NME Top 50 Songs & Top 50 Albums of 2016


Info: NME (New Musical Express) is a British music magazine published since 1952.
Source: NME (songs chart / albums chart)
Date of publication: 26/27th November 2016
Spotify playlists latest update: 27th December 2016
(end-of-2016 playlist series)

TOP 50 SONGS

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1. Rihanna – Work
2. The 1975 – Somebody Else
3. Chance The Rapper – All Night
4. Iggy Pop – Gardenia
5. Christine & The Queens – Tilted
6. Beyoncé – Formation
7. Kanye West – Ultralight Beam
8. Skepta – Man
9. Lady Leshurr – Where Are You Now?
10. Charli XCX – After The Afterparty
11. David Bowie – Lazarus
12. The 1975 – The Sound
13. Warpaint – New Song
14. Tove Lo – Cool Girl
15. Bastille – Good Grief
16. Kaytranada – Lite Spots
17. Drake – One Dance
18. Blossoms – Charlemagne
19. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – A 1000 Times
20. Angel Olsen – Shut Up Kiss Me
21. Kanye West - Famous
22. Stormzy - Scary
23. Christine and the Queens - iT
24. Mitski - Your Best American Girl
25. Lady Gaga - Perfect Illusion
26. Anderson .Paak - Come Down
27. Desiigner - Panda
28. Kate Tempest - Europe Is Lost
29. Beck - Wow
30. Parquet Courts - Dust
31. Kevin Morby - Dorothy
32. HMLTD - Stained
33. Black Honey - Hello Today
34. Father John Misty - Real Love Baby
35. Kanye West - Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1
36. Rihanna - Needed Me
37. Kano - 3 Wheel-ups (feat. Wiley & Giggs)
38. ANOHNI - Why Did You Separate Me from the Earth?
39. Metallica - Hardwired
40. Anderson .Paak - Heart Don't Stand a Chance
41. The Stone Roses - Beautiful Thing
42. Deap Vally - Royal Jelly
43. The Last Shadow Puppets - Miracle Aligner
44. Whitney - No Woman
45. Blood Orange - Best to You
46. Tegan and Sara - U-turn
47. Justice - Safe and Sound
48. Sunflower Bean - Easier Said
49. The Strokes - Drag Queen
50. Snakehips - Cruel (feat. ZAYN)


TOP 50 ALBUMS

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1. The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It
2. Kanye West – The Life Of Pablo
3. Christine And The Queens – Chaleur Humaine
4. Skepta – Konnichiwa
5. Kaytranada – 99.9%
6. David Bowie - Blackstar
7. DIIV – Is The Is Are
8. Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
9. Chance The Rapper – Coloring Book
10. Frank Ocean - Blond
11. Beyonce - Lemonade
12. Sunflower Bean – Human Ceremony
13. Angel Olsen - My Woman
14. Jamie T - Trick
15. Kano – Made In The Manor
16. Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
17. Drake - Views
18. Tegan And Sara – Love You To Death
19. White Lung - Paradise
20. Lady Gaga - Joanne
21. Anderson. Paak – Malibu
22. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
23. Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate
24. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
25. Blossoms – Blossoms
26. Biffy Clyro – Ellipsis
27. Giggs - Landlord
28. Goat - Requiem
29. Kate Tempest – Let Them Eat Chaos
30. Nao – For All We Know
31. Bastille – Wild World
32. Kings of Leon - Walls
33. Margo Price – Midwest Farmers Daughter
34. Let’s Eat Grandma – I, Gemini
35. Glass Animals – How To Be A Human Being
36. Swet Shop Boys – Cashmere
37. Soft Hair - Soft Hair
38. Slaves - Take Control
39. Green Day - Revolution Radio
40. Rihanna - Anti
41. Solange – A Seat At The Table
42. Whitney – Light Upon The Lake
43. ANOHNI - Hopelessness
44. The Lemon Twigs – Do Hollywood
45. Car Seat Headrest – Teens Of Denial
46. Savages - Adore Life
47. Wild Beasts - Boy King
48. Show Me The Body – Body War
49. Public Access TV – Never Enough
50. Bon Iver – 22, A Million