Our Top 25 Songs of 2016

25. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam Batmanglij | I Had a Dream That You Were Mine |  “The Morning Stars”

24. Lucy Dacus | No Burden | “I Don’t Wanna be Funny Anymore”

23. Drake feat. Kyla & Wizkid | Views | One Dance

22. Beyoncé | Lemonade | “All Night”

21. Car Seat Headrest | Teens of Denial | “Fill in the Blank”

20. Solange feat. Sampha | A Seat at the Table | “Don’t Touch My Hair”

19. Frank Ocean | Blonde | “Nikes”

18. Frank Ocean | Blonde | “Ivy”

17. Big Thief | Masterpiece | “Masterpiece”

16. ScHoolboy Q feat. Kanye West | Blank Face | “THat Part”

15. Leonard Cohen | You Want It Darker | “Treaty”

14. YG featuring Nipsey Hussle | Still Brazy | “FDT”

13. Bon Iver | 22, A Million |”33 ‘GOD'”

12. Angel Olsen | MY WOMAN | “Woman”

11. Solange | A Seat at the Table | “Cranes in the Sky”

10. A Tribe Called Quest | We Got It from Here…Thank You 4 Your Service | “We the People…”

9. Frank Ocean | Blonde | “Nights”

8. Whitney | Light Upon the Lake | “No Woman”

7. Mitski | Puberty 2 | “Your Best American Girl”

6. Angel Olsen | MY WOMAN | “Shut Up Kiss Me”

5. Kanye West feat. Kid Cudi | The Life of Pablo | “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1”

4. Beyoncé | Lemonade | “Formation”

3. Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool | “Daydreaming”

2. David Bowie | Blackstar | “Lazarus”

 1. Kanye West feat. Chance the Rapper, The-Dream, Kelly Price, and Kirk Franklin | The Life of Pablo | “Ultralight Beams”

33s, 45s and MP3s Top 25 Albums of 2016

Despite 2016 being a questionable year in more ways than one, it’s undeniable that it was a glorious year in music. We saw great debut introductions from bands such as Whitney and Big Thief, and we received long awaited releases from our longtime favorites such as Radiohead, Frank Ocean and Leonard Cohen.

For this article, we combined forces and put together a list of our favorite records of 2016.