BEST OF 2015
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Welcome to WALLEY'S BEST OF 2016. This is my third year doing this on ATRL and hope everyone enjoys the choices I've made. I will start by revealing my list of Honorable Mentions, followed by the
Top 30 Tracks, and finally, the
Top 20 Albums. At the end I will post a list of what I consider to be the Worst 10 Tracks released this year.
ELIGIBILITY
TRACKS to be considered must have either been released as a single between December 31, 2015 and December 09th, 2016, or have been included on an album released during the same period. This means that songs included on albums released prior to 12/31/15 may be included as long as they were singles during the eligibility period.
ALBUMS to be considered must have been officially released between January 1st, 2016 and December 09th, 2016.
TOP 30 TRACKS
30. "PILLOWTALK" by Zayn
29. "One Dance" by Drake (ft. Wizkid & Kyla)
28. "Mad" by Solange (ft. Lil' Wayne)
27. "Come Back" by Kamaiyah
26. "Don't Wanna Be" by Xenia Rubinos
25. "Augustine" by Blood Orange
24. "Starboy" by The Weeknd (ft. Daft Punk)
23. "Love On The Brain" by Rihanna
22. "Redbone" by Childish Gambino
21. "Ivy" by Frank Ocean
20. "Lucozade" by Zayn
19. "Somebody Else" by The 1975
18. "Trivial Motion" by Shy Girls
17. "Secrets" by The Weeknd
16. "Happy" by Nao
15. "Generationwhy" by Zhu
14. "Surreal" by James Vincent McMorrow
13. "Daydreaming" by Radiohead
12. "Rising Water" by James Vincent McMorrow
11. "Friends" by Francis & The Lights (ft. Bon Iver & Kanye West)
10. "Real Friends" by Kanye West (ft. Ty Dolla $)
09. " All Night" by Beyoncé
08. "Lite Spots" by Kaytranada
07. "Untitled 02" by Kendrick Lamar
06. "I Need A Forest Fire" by James Blake (ft. Bon Iver)
05. "Nights" by Frank Ocean
04. "Don't Hurt Yourself" by Beyoncé (ft. Jack White)
03. "Cranes In the Sky" by Solange
02. "Get Low" by James Vincent McMorrow
01. "Formation" by Beyoncé
TOP 20 ALBUMS
20. 'Views' by Drake
19. 'A Moon Shaped Pool', Radiohead
18. 'Black Terry Cat', Xenia Rubinos
17. 'For All We Know', Nao
16. 'Farewell, Starlite', Francis & The Lights
15. 'Freetown Sound', by Blood Orange
14. 'Skin', Flume
13. 'A Good Night In The Ghetto', Kamaiyah
12. 'Coloring Book', Chance The Rapper
11. 'Generationwhy', ZHU
10. 'i like it when you sleep...', The 1975
09. 'Starboy', The Weeknd
08. 'The Colour In Anything', James Blake
07. 'Mind of Mine', Zayn
06. 'Blonde', Frank Ocean
05. '99.9%', Kaytranada
04. 'untitled. unmastered.', Kendrick Lamar
03. 'We Move', James Vincent McMorrow
02. 'A Seat at The Table', Solange
01. 'Lemonade', Beyonce