2016 was such a major turning point for music that you could still feel its impact through 2017. a lot of artists were taking bigger creative risks as a result, genre lines were getting blurred, and the top three albums especially defined the year in completely different ways. I ranked 57 albums again for this list and narrowing these down was painful. there were so many records from this year that shaped my taste and are still just as exciting to revisit now. a few albums st

We’re not even halfway through the year and 2026 has already been delivering, week after week we’ve had new albums, remixes, collabs, comebacks. it’s been a really exciting year for music. I’ve been saying this since the start of the year, but 2026 really is starting to feel like 2016 all over again… and so far, it’s living up to that These are the 15 albums i’ve been coming back to the most, plus some honorable mentions worth checking out if you haven’t yet.