Thank you to everyone who has been commenting, I appreciate all your thoughts / opinions.
I will be sharing the love, but due to time constraints I will be finishing the remainder of the album countdown now - and will make sure to get back to all your countdowns immediately after.
♫ Mezik's Best Albums of 2016 ♫
#3. Marren Morris - Hero
Favourite Tracks:My Church, Sugar, Rich
Country's newest star released a stellar debut album and managed to release 14 tracks of pure gold. Not a single track on the album is filler, which is rare, and each track could potentially be released as a single. Marren has a subtle bad-ass vibe to her, but you would never guess since it's hidden so well in the album. The album almost has a soul appeal to it, and Marren is able to mix sad with sexy, smart with funny and serious with somber. Overall it is a great debut album that shows Marren has so much more to offer.
♫ Mezik's Best Albums of 2016 ♫
#2. Ariana Grande - Dangerous Women
Favourite Tracks: Be Alright, Everyday, Moonlight
My favourite thing about this album was that you can tell Ariana wanted to release something that was sonically, thematically and lyrically consistent - unlike 'My Everything' which was a collection of songs just recorded to score Ariana top ten hits. This album is a huge growth for Ariana, and showcases her as a mature young women who is comfortable in her own skin, prideful in her sexuality and in control of her own affairs. This album may not be a ground-breaking, trend-setting, piece of work that will be looked at as a pioneer album for a new generation of releases, but it will be remembered as an album that is classic Ariana, an album that her fans love because it is true to herself, an album that didn't need desperate measures to be successful because it is simply a solid piece of work that has no flaws or weak parts.
♫ Mezik's Best Albums of 2016 ♫
#1. Beyoncé - Lemonade
Favourite Tracks: Formation, Daddy Lessons, All Night
I know, what a shocker - Beyoncé's Lemonade being named the best album of 2016. Beyoncé released a statement with this album, she told everyone that she is the top of her peers and can release something as experimental as Lemonade and still see huge success. Beyoncé blended multiple genres, and delivered the world a story on forgiveness, and all the emotions that rush through one's mind before we choose to forgive. The songwriting on this album is sharp, and she paired up with some of the best producers and song writers in the industry to ensure that she released top quality work. All that can be left to say is Beyoncé is truly an icon and light-years ahead of her peers at this point, and it will be interesting to see what she releases afterwards as she set the bar high with this release.
Flawless top three! I had a lot of love for Maren this year, and I of course loved Bey/Ari. The rest of the top ten is all pretty solid - Sturgill, Rih, I'm going to end up listing the entire top ten rip.