Since it was such a sucky year, we can't expect.
Of course "Best" is subjective, an opinion, either one man's or a group decision, so should be taken with a grain of salt.
digg’s Top 10 for 2016
10. Anohni — 'Drone Bomb Me'
9. Frank Ocean — 'Ivy'
8. Beyoncé — 'Sorry'
7. Mitski — 'Your Best American Girl'
6. Rae Sremmurd — 'Black Beatles'
5. Rihanna — 'Work'
4. Chance The Rapper — 'No Problem'
3. Solange — 'Cranes In The Sky'
2. Beyoncé — 'Formation'
1. Kanye West — 'Ultralight Beam'
digg’s Top Albums of 2016
10. Car Seat Headrest — 'Teens Of Denial'
9. Angel Olsen — 'My Woman'
8. Kanye West — 'The Life Of Pablo'
7. Radiohead — 'A Moon Shaped Pool'
6. A Tribe Called Quest — 'We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service'
5. Solange — 'A Seat At The Table'
4. Chance The Rapper — 'Coloring Book'
3. Frank Ocean — 'Blonde'
2. David Bowie — 'Blackstar'
1. Beyoncé — 'Lemonade'
Rolling Stone's Highest Rated Albums of 2016
1. Beyoncé – Lemonade
2. Bruce Springsteen - Chapter and Verse
3. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
4. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
5. Metallica - Hardwired...To Self-Destruct
6. Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings
7. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service
8. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
9. Tanya Tagaq – Retribution
10. Green Day - Revolution Radio
11. Solange - A Seat at the Table
12. Drive-By Truckers - American Band
13. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
14. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
15. Usher - Hard II Love
16. Jack White - Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016
17. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
18. Cass McCombs - Mangy Love
19. Young Thug – Jeffery
20. Frank Ocean – Blonde
21. Lori McKenna - The Bird & the Rifle
22. Maxwell - blackSUMMERS'night
23. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
24. Brandy Clark - Big Day in a Small Town
25. Paul Simon - Stranger to Stranger
Bandcamp’s best albums of 2016
#10. Mitski, Puberty 2
#9. MNDSGN, Body Wash
#8. Jenny Hval, Blood Bitch
#7. Noname, Telefone
#6. Jenny Besetzt, Tender Madness
#5. Shabaka & the Ancestors, Wisdom of Elders
#4. Ette, Homemade Lemonade
#3. NxWorries, Yes Lawd!
#2. Moor Mother, Fetish Bones
#1. KING, We Are KING
UPROXX’s Best Albums Of 2016
10. Kayne West - Life of Pablo
9. Weyes Blood – Front Row Seat To Earth
8. Childish Gambino – Awaken, My Love
7. Beyoncé – Lemonade
6. A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
5. Car Seat Headrest – Teens of denial
4. Solange - A Seat at the Table
3. Bon Iver – 22. A Million
2. Mitski, Puberty 2
1. Frank Ocean – Blonde
AV CLUB’s Best Albums of 2016
10. Joyce Manor, Cody
9. Frank Ocean, Blonde
8. Mitski, Puberty 2
7. Chance The Rapper, Coloring Book
6. White Lung, Paradise
5. The Hotelier, Goodness
4. Pinegrove, Cardinal
3. Angel Olsen, My Woman
2. Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool
1. David Bowie, Blackstar
SPIN’s best Albums of 2016
10. Bon Iver - 22, A Million
9. Angel Olsen - My Woman
8. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
7. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book
6. Beyoncé – Lemonade
5. The 1975 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it
4. A Tribe Called Quest - We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service
3. David Bowie – Blackstar
2. Frank Ocean – Blonde
1. Solange - A Seat at the Table