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10. Anderson .Paak, 'Malibu'
9. Maren Morris, 'HERO'
8. The 1975, 'I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it'
7. Solange, 'A Seat at the Table'
6. A Tribe Called Quest, 'We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service'
5. Frank Ocean, 'Blond'
4. David Bowie, 'Blackstar'
3. Chance the Rapper, 'Coloring Book'
The slow and steady success of Chicago native Chance the Rapper seemingly culminated in the vibrant and explosive mixtape that is Coloring Book. Features from the starry likes of Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Justin Bieber and more are sprinkled over all of Chance’s gospel-influenced tracks, proving that he belongs in their stratosphere, while never letting them disrupt his own wavelength. Meanwhile, feel-good party anthems like “No Problem” and “All Night” and religiously fueled tracks like “How Great” and “Blessings” harmoniously coexist, making it difficult to define Coloring Book in terms of one specific sound or genre. Even seven months after the mixtape dropped, Chance is still surfing the waves of its success, filling U.S. Cellular Field for his Magnificent Coloring Day one-day festival and becoming the first artist nominated for a Grammy based on album streams alone -- reflecting just how far one rapper can go when he refuses to draw inside the lines.
2. Kanye West, 'The Life of Pablo'
Pablo is not Kanye's best album, but it might be his most Kanye album, saddled as it is with both manic genius and boundary-defying risk. He annoys with his casual misogyny and outsized ego, and he's certainly lost fans over the course of a year in which he was never far from the headlines, whether that came from presiding over perhaps the most confusing album rollout of all time, stoking the fires of his increasingly bizarre beef with Swift, or aligning himself with Donald Trump. But like West, Pablo remains alluring, bold and uncompromising, serving as both a telescope into the faraway reaches of its conflicted creator's mind and a reminder that there is no light in the world without the balance of an uncomfortable darkness.
1. Beyoncé, 'Lemonade'
Many who lived on the Internet in 2016 will remember The Queen's latest masterwork for a combination of the one-liner “Becky with the good hair,” a twerking Serena Williams and a profound new use for the lemon emoji. But Lemonade's enduring message is found through its closing footage -- of Hattie White, Jay Z’s grandmother, turning 90 years old, and delivering a succinct message about the album’s truest theme: perseverance. “I had my ups and downs, but I always find the inner strength to pull myself up,” she testifies. “I was served lemons, but I made lemonade.
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Other entries:
50. Rae Sremmurd, 'Sremmlife 2'
40. Alicia Keys, 'Here'
36. Tove Lo, 'Lady Wood'
32. Lady Gaga, 'Joanne'
22. Ariana Grande, 'Dangerous Woman'
21. The Weeknd, 'Starboy'
20. Sia, 'This Is Acting'
17. Drake, 'Views'
14. Miranda Lambert, 'The Weight of These Wings'
13. Kendrick Lamar, 'untitled unmastered.'
11. Rihanna, 'Anti'
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