NME Release Controversial Top Albums Of 2016 List
24 November 2016, 12:10 | Updated: 24 November 2016, 12:30
Drizzy won't be impressed.
NME have released their annual best albums of 2016 list, featuring Drake, Beyonce, Rihanna and more.
The music publication have broken down their 50 Best Albums Of 2016 and have made a few surprising choices.
Drake’s record-breaking album ‘Views’ didn’t even make the top 10, while Beyonce’s visual album 'Lemonade' was only placed 11th in the list.
Interestingly, Skepta’s Mercury Prize winning album ‘Konnichiwa’ was NME’s 4th best album of the year.
Check out the full list below:
50. Bon Iver – '22 A Million'
49. Public Access TV – 'Never Enough'
47. Wild Beasts – 'Boy King'
46. Savages - 'Adore Life'
45. Car Seat Headrest – 'Teens Of Denial'
44. The Lemon Twigs – 'Do Hollywood'
43. Anohni – 'Hopelessness'
42. Whitney – 'Light Upon The Lake'
41. Solange – 'A Seat At The Table
40. Rihanna – 'Anti'
39. Green Day – 'Revolution Radio'
38. Slaves – 'Take Control'
37. Soft Hair – 'Soft Hair'
36. Swet Shop Boys – 'Cashmere'
35. Glass Animals – 'How To Be A Human Being'
34. Let’s Eat Grandma – 'I, Gemini'
33. Margo Price – 'Midwest Farmers Daughter'
32. Kings Of Leon – 'Walls'
31. Bastille – 'Wild World'
30. Nao – 'For All We Know'
29. Kate Tempest – 'Let Them Eat Chaos'
28. Goat – 'Requiem'
27. Giggs – 'Landlord'
26. Biffy Clyro – 'Ellipsis'
25. Blossoms – 'Blossoms'
24. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – 'Skeleton Tree'
23. Michael Kiwanuka – 'Love And Hate'
22. Radiohead – 'A Moon-shaped-pool'
21. Anderson. Paak – 'Malibu'
20. Lady Gaga – 'Joanne'
19. White – 'Lung Paradise'
18. Tegan And Sara – 'Love You To Death'
17. Drake – 'Views'
16. Danny Brown – 'Atrocity Exhibition'
15. Kano – 'Made In The Manor'
14. Jamie T – 'Trick'
13. Angel Olsen – 'My Woman'
12. Sunflower Bean – 'Human Ceremony'
11. Beyonce – 'Lemonade'
10. Frank Ocean – 'Blond'
9. Chance The Rapper – 'Coloring Book'
8. Iggy Pop – 'Post Pop Depression'
7. Diiv – 'Is The Is Are'
6. David Bowie – 'Backstair'
5. Kaytranada – '99.9%'
4. Skepta – 'Konnichiwa'
3. Christine And The Queens – 'Chaleur Humaine'
2. Kanye West – 'The Life Of Pablo'
1. The 1975 – 'I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It'
Meanwhile, The Weeknd's new album 'Starboy' is set for release on 25th November, while Drake is also planning to drop his new playlist project 'More Life' in December.
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