No ano que teve velhos ícones como Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop e David Bowie lançando novos trabalhos - este último poucos dias antes de falecer, e as grandes estrelas Beyoncé e Rihanna aproveitando o auge da carreira para emplacar novos sucessos, a lista ficou assim:

50. Death Grips, ‘Bottomless Pit’

49. Dawes, ‘We’re All Gonna Die’

48. Esperanza Spalding, ‘Emily’s D+Evolution’

47. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, ‘Stranger Things, Volume One and Two’

46. Norah Jones, ‘Day Breaks’

45. Iggy Pop, ‘Post Pop Depression’

44. The Monkees, ‘Good Times!’

43. Future, ‘Evol’

42. Drake, ‘Views’

41. Wilco, ‘Schmilco’

40. Maxwell, ‘blackSUMMERS’night’

39. Elton John, ‘Wonderful Crazy Night’

38. Tove Lo, ‘Lady Wood’

37. Bonnie Raitt, ‘Dig In Deep’

36. Metallica, ‘Hardwired… to Self-Destruct’

35. Anohni, ‘Hopelessness’

34. Angel Olsen, ‘My Woman’

33. Sting, ’57th & 9th’

32. Alicia Keys, ‘Here’

31. White Lung, ‘Paradise’

30. A Tribe Called Quest, ‘We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service’

29. Mudcrutch, ‘Mudcrutch 2’

28. Blood Orange, ‘Freetown Sound’

27. Brandy Clark, ‘Big Day in a Small Town’

26. Sturgill Simpson, ‘A Sailor’s Guide to Earth’

25. Rihanna, ‘Anti’

24. Drive-By Truckers, ‘American Band’

23. Mitski, ‘Puberty 2′ 22. Bon Iver, ’

22, A Million’

21. Margo Price, ‘Midwest Farmer’s Daughter’

20. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, ‘Skeleton Tree’

19. Danny Brown, ‘Atrocity Exhibition’

18. The 1975, ‘I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It’

17. Parquet Courts, ‘Human Performance’

16. Miranda Lambert, ‘The Weight of These Wings’

15. Lvl Up, ‘Return to Love’

14. Green Day, ‘Revolution Radio’

13. Maren Morris, ‘Hero’

12. Paul Simon, ‘Stranger to Stranger’

11. Solange, ‘A Seat at the Table’

10. Young Thug, ‘Jeffery’

9. Leonard Cohen, ‘You Want It Darker’

8. Kanye West, ‘The Life of Pablo’

7. Rolling Stones, ‘Blue & Lonesome’

6. Radiohead, ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’

5. Frank Ocean, ‘Blonde’

4. Car Seat Headrest, ‘Teens of Denial’

3. Chance the Rapper, ‘Coloring Book’

2. David Bowie, ‘Blackstar’

1. Beyoncé, ‘Lemonade