EOY 2016 - Exclaim (Canada)

[charliepanayi]

Rock and Pop Albums:

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20. DIIV - Is the Is Are
19. Pinegrove - Cardinal
18. Gord Downie - Secret Path
17. White Lung - Paradise
16. ANOHNI - HOPELESSNESS
15. Whitney - Light Upon the Lake
14. PUP - The Dream Is Over
13. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
12. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
11. Tanya Tagaq - Retribution
10. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
9. James Blake - The Colour in Anything
8. Mitski - Puberty 2
7. Andy Shauf - The Party
6. Angel Olsen - My Woman
5. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
4. Beyoncé - Lemonade
3. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
2. David Bowie - Blackstar
1. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

[Harold]

All of the genre lists will be included in a single weighted column. Henrik and I settled on this solution some years back. There was one year in which Exclaim! synthesized all the lists into an overall top 50, but then they went back to the separate lists.

[Harold]

Top 10 Folk & Country:

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10. Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth
9. Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung
8. Veda Hille - Love Waves
7. Marissa Nadler - Strangers
6. Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
5. Daniel Romano - Mosey
4. case/lang/veirs - case/lang/veirs
3. Margo Price - Midwest Farmer's Daughter
2. John K. Samson - Winter Wheat
1. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth

[Harold]

Top 15 Hip-Hop:

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15. Rae Sremmurd - SremmLife 2
14. Drake - VIEWS
13. Isaiah Rashad - The Sun's Tirade
12. Kamaiyah - A Good Night in the Ghetto
11. Young Thug - JEFFERY
10. YG - Still Brazy
9. Vince Staples - Prima Donna
8. Common - Black America Again
7. Skepta - Konnichiwa
6. Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.
5. ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
4. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
3. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
2. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
1. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book

[Harold]

Top 15 Soul and R&B:

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15. Maxwell - blackSUMMERS'night
14. Tanika Charles - Soul Run
13. KING - We Are KING
12. Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution
11. Laura Mvula - The Dreaming Room  
10. dvsn - Sept. 5th
9. Jamila Woods - HEAVN
8. Charles Bradley - Changes
7. NxWorries - Yes Lawd!
6. NAO - For All We Know
5. Rihanna - ANTI
4. BADBADNOTGOOD - IV
3. Frank Ocean - Blonde
2.  Anderson .Paak - Malibu
1. Solange - A Seat at the Table

[Harold]

Top 10 Dance and Electronic:

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10. Tycho - Epoch
9. The Range - Potential
8. Junior Boys - Big Black Coat
7. Tim Hecker - Love Streams
6. Gold Panda - Good Luck and Do Your Best
5. Nicolas Jaar - Sirens
4. Jessy Lanza - Oh No
3. The Avalanches - Wildflower
2. A Tribe Called Red - We Are the Halluci Nation
1. Kaytranada - 99.9%

[Harold]

Top 10 Metal & Hardcore:

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10. Deathspell Omega - The Synarchy of Molten Bones
9. Asphyx - Incoming Death
8. Ulcerate - Shrines of Paralysis
7. Deftones - Gore
6. Nails - You Will Never Be One of Us
5. Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
4. Gojira - Magma
3. Exalt - The Shape You Took Before the Ache
2. The Body - No One Deserves Happiness
1. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation

I think this should be the last of the ranked genre lists.

[VacantJoy]

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