Poll Results: All Songs Considered Listeners' Favorite 100 Albums Of 2016

It was a monumental year for music. A lot of major artists dropped albums that were as big as they were important, speaking to events on both a personal and global scale. Seven out of the top 10 spots in our 2016 listener poll went to well-established or legacy artists, from Radiohead and Beyoncé to Bon Iver, David Bowie and Leonard Cohen. But if you dig a little deeper into the list you'll find some of 2016's best new artists, including Big Thief, Margaret Glaspy, Noname, Pinegrove and Joseph.

Some years these polls aren't even close, but this time it was a tight race for the top five most popular albums of 2016. In the end, Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool squeaked ahead of Beyoncé's Lemonade for the top spot. They were followed, in order, by David Bowie's Blackstar, Bon Iver's 22, A Million and Car Seat Headrest's Teens Of Denial.

On this week's All Songs Considered, we count down and talk about the poll's top 20 albums. You'll find those records below, along with a list of our listeners' top 100 albums.

The All Songs Considered Listener Poll's Top 100 Albums Of 2016

1. Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool
2. Beyoncé, Lemonade
3. David Bowie, Blackstar
4. Bon Iver, 22, A Million
5. Car Seat Headrest, Teens Of Denial
6. Chance the Rapper, Coloring Book
7. Frank Ocean, Blonde
8. A Tribe Called Quest, We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
9. Anderson .Paak, Malibu
10. Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor's Guide To Earth
11. Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
12. Solange, A Seat at the Table
13. Kanye West, The Life Of Pablo
14. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Skeleton Tree
15. Angel Olsen, MY WOMAN
    
16. Big Thief, Masterpiece
17. case/lang/veirs, case/lang/veirs
18. Pinegrove, Cardinal
19. Mitski, Puberty 2
20. Wilco, Schmilco
21. Margaret Glaspy, Emotions And Math
22. ZAYN, Mind Of Mine
23. Margo Price, Midwest Farmer's Daughter
24. Whitney, Light Upon The Lake
25. Childish Gambino, "Awaken, My Love!"
26. Andrew Bird, Are You Serious
27. Drive-By Truckers, American Band
28. Rihanna, Anti
29. Blood Orange, Freetown Sound
30. Glass Animals, How To Be A Human Being
31. Paul Simon, Stranger To Stranger
32. Conor Oberst, Ruminations
33. James Blake, The Colour In Anything
34. Parquet Courts, Human Performance
35. Hiss Golden Messenger, Heart Like A Levee
36. Iggy Pop, Post Pop Depression
37. The Avett Brothers, True Sadness
38. The 1975, I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
39. Savages, Adore Life
40. Various Artists, Hamilton Mixtape
41. ANOHNI, HOPELESSNESS
42. Noname, Telefone
43. Kishi Bashi, Sonderlust
44. The Lumineers, Cleopatra
45. Andy Shauf, The Party
46. She Makes War, Direction Of Travel
47. Lucius, Good Grief
48. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam, I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
49. Kendrick Lamar, untitled unmastered.
50. Sia, This is Acting
51. Lady Gaga, Joanne
52. Kaytranada, 99.9%
53. Michael Kiwanuka, Love & Hate
54. Jim James, Eternally Even
55. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, A Man Alive
56. Lucy Dacus, No Burden
57. Frightened Rabbit, Painting Of A Panic Attack
58. Band of Horses, Why Are You OK
59. NAO, For All We Know
60. The Rolling Stones, Blue And Lonesome
61. The Avalanches, Wildflower
62. Weezer, Self-Titled (White Album)
63. PJ Harvey, The Hope Six Demolition Project
64. Shearwater, Jet Plane And Oxbow
65. Danny Brown, Atrocity Exhibition
66. Damien Jurado, Visions Of Us On The Land
67. Birdeatsbaby, Tanta Furia
68. The Jayhawks, Paging Mr. Proust
69. The Suffers, The Suffers
70. The Weeknd, Starboy
71. Esperanza Spalding, Emily's D+Evolution
72. Dawes, We're All Gonna Die
73. Lambchop, FLOTUS
74. Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman
75. The Posies, Solid States
76. Local Natives, Sunlit Youth
77. NxWorries, Yes Lawd!
78. Kevin Morby, Singing Saw
79. Lake Street Dive, Side Pony
80. Miranda Lambert, The Weight of These Wings
81. Drake, Views
82. Gallant, Ology
83. Tedeschi Trucks Band, Let Me Get By
84. M83, Junk
85. DIIV, Is The Is Are
86. Joseph, I'm Alone No You're Not
87. Tegan and Sara, Love You to Death
88. Brandy Clark, Big Day In A Small Town
89. Parker Millsap, The Very Last Day
90. Cass McCombs, Mangy Love
91. Regina Spektor, Remember Us To Life
92. Flock of Dimes, If You See Me, Say Yes
93. Maren Morris, HERO
94. Frankie Cosmos, Next Thing
95. Pixies, Head Carrier
96. The Hotelier, Goodness
97. Chris Staples, Golden Age
98. Carly Rae Jepsen, Emotion Side B
99. AURORA, All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend
100. Phish, Big Boat

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