BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS FOR 2016

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Pos. Title-Artist-Peak Month
  1 25-ADELE-JANUARY                                                                                                         2216
  2 VIEWS-DRAKE-June                                                                            2146
  3 ANTI-RIHANNA-February                                                                       1982
  4 HAMILTON:AN AMERICAN MUSICAL-ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST-June                                    1654
  5 LEMONADE-BEYONCE-May                                                                         980
  6 SUICIDE SQUAD-SOUNDTRACK-August                                                              890
  7 DANGEROUS WOMAN-ARIANA GRANDE-June                                                           888
  8 TROLLS-Film Soundtrack-November                                                              802
  9 T R A P S O U L-Bryson Tiller-January                                                        720
 10 HARDWIRED... TO SELF-DESTRUCT-Metallica-December                                             546
 11 Islah-Kevin Gates-February                                                                   540
 12 Thank You-Meghan Trainor-May                                                                 454
 13 4 Your Eyez Only-J. Cole-December                                                            372
 14 If I'm Honest-Blake Shelton-May                                                              372
 15 Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight-Travis Scott-September                                       342
 16 Joanne-Lady Gaga-November                                                                    336
 17 The Very Best Of Prince-Prince-May                                               (2001)      330
 18 This Is Acting-Sia-February                                                                  320
 19 Hymns-Joey + Rory-March                                                                      288
 20 That's Christmas To Me-Pentatonix-November     (2014)                                        280
 21 Dig Your Roots-Florida Georgia Line-September                                                274
 22 Purple Rain-Prince-May                                    (1984)                             270
 23 Collage-Chainsmokers-November                                                                254
 24 The Life Of Pablo-Kanye West-April                                                           250
 25 Major Key-DJ Khaled-August                                                                   248
 26 Blonde-Frank Ocean-September                                                                 234
 27 Illuminate-Shawn Mendes-October                                                              232
 28 Epic AF-Various Artists-July                                                                 232
 29 Sremmlife 2-Rae Sremmurd-August                                                              200
 30 California-Blink 182-July                                                                    200
 31 A Moon Shaped Pool-Radiohead-May                                                             192
 32 Ripcord-Keith Urban-May                                                                      178
 33 Blackstar-David Bowie-January                                                                174
 34 Royalty-Chris Brown-January                                                                  174
 35 They Don't Know-Jason Aldean-September                                                       166
 36 Christmas-Michael Buble-December   (2011)                                                    164
 37 Mind Of Mine-Zayn-April                                                                      164
 38 Death Of A Bachelor-Panic! At The Disco-February                                             158
 39 The Getaway-Red Hot Chili Peppers-June                                                       154
 40 Evol-Future-February                                                                         146
 41 Blue & Lonesome-The Rolling Stones-December                                                  140
 42 The Weight of These Wings-Miranda Lambert-December                                           138
 43 Best of Bowie-David Bowie-January                                                (2002)      136
 44 Now 59-Various Artists-August                                                                132
 45 Lukas Graham-Lukas Graham-April                                                              132
 46 Now 57-Various Artists-February                                                              128
 47 Christmas Together-Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood-November                                   122
 48 We Got It From Here,Thank You 4 Your Service-A Tribe Called Quest-November                   122
 49 Untitled Unmastered-Kendrick Lamar-March                                                     122
 50 A Seat At The Table-Solange-October                                                          120
 51 Encore:Movie Partners Sing Broadway-Barbra Streisand-September                               120
 52 Cleopatra-The Lumineers-April                                                                114
 53 Revolution Radio-Green Day-October                                                           112
 54 The Hamilton Mixtape-Original Broadway Cast-December                                         104
 55 Trap or Die 3-Jeezy-November                                                                 104
 56 The Hits/The B-Sides-Prince-May                                                  (1993)      104
 57 Cosmic Hallelujah-Kenny Chesney-November                                                     100
 58 Nobody But Me-Michael Buble-November                                                         100
 59 Blank Face LP-ScHoolboy Q-July                                                               100
 60 Day Breaks-Norah Jones-October                                                                98
 61 Everybody Looking-Gucci Mane-July                                                             98
 62 Black-Dierks Bentley-June                                                                     96
 63 Glory-Britney Spears-September                                                                94
 64 DC4-Meek Mill-November                                                                        92
 65 You Want It Darker-Leonard Cohen-November                                                     90
 66 You Should Be Here-Cole Swindell-May                                                          88
 67 Now 60-Various Artists-November                                                               86
 68 1999-Prince-May                                                                       (1983)  82
 69 The New Kidz Bop 32-The New Kidz Bop-August                                                   80
 70 This House Is Not For Sale-Bon Jovi-November                                                  70
 71 Walls-Kings Of Leon-November                                                                  70
 72 This Is What the Truth Feels Like-Gwen Stefani-April                                          70
 73 I Like It When You Sleep,For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It-The 1975-March         70
 74 Here-Alicia Keys-November                                                                     58
 75 22,A Million-Bon Iver-October                                                                 58
 76 The Divine Feminine-Mac Miller-October                                                        58
 77 Bad Vibrations-A Day to Remember-September                                                    58
 78 HardLove-NeedToBreathe-August                                                                 58
 79 Last Year Was Complicated-Nick Jonas-June                                                     58
 80 Gore-Deftones-April                                                                           58
 81 More Issues Than Vogue-K. Michelle-April                                                      58
 82 Something Beautiful-Jordan Smith-March                                                        58
 83 Oh My My-OneRepublic-October                                                                  56
 84 PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3)-PARTYNEXTDOOR-August                                                     56
 85 Unleashed-Skillet-August                                                                      56
 86 BlackSUMMERS' Night-Maxwell-July                                                              56
 87 True Sadness-Avett Brothers-July                                                              56
 88 Stranger to Stranger-Paul Simon-June                                                          56
 89 Sailor's Guide To Earth-Sturgill Simpson-May                                                  56
 90 Dystopia-Megadeth-February                                                                    56
 91 The Stage-Avenged Sevenfold-November                                                          54
 92 The Serenity of Suffering-Korn-November                                                       54
 93 1992-The Game-November                                                                        54
 94 Farm Tour...Here's to the Farmer-Luke Bryan-October                                           54
 95 Sinner-Aaron Lewis-October                                                                    54
 96 Wild World-Bastille-September                                                                 54
 97 I Told You-Tory Lanez-September                                                               54
 98 Kinda Don't Care-Justin Moore-August                                                          54
 99 American Love-Jake Owen-August                                                                54
100 Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie-Volbeat-June                                                     54
101 7/27-Fifth Harmony-June                                                                       54
102 Misadventures-Pierce The Veil-May                                                             54
103 White Album-Weezer-April                                                                      54
104 ColleGrove-2 Chainz-March                                                                     54
105 This Unruly Mess I've Made-Macklemore & Ryan Lewis-March                                      54
106 The Art of the Hustle-Yo Gotti-March                                                          54
107 Awaken,My Love!-Childish Gambino-December                                                     52
108 Chapter and Verse-Bruce Springsteen-October                                                   52
109 Hard II Love-Usher-October                                                                    52
110 Signs Of Light-The Head And The Heart-September                                               52
111 Brave Enough-Lindsey Stirling-September                                                       52
112 The Human Condition-Jon Bellion-June                                                          52
113 Hero-Maren Morris-June                                                                        52
114 Santana IV-Santana-May                                                                        52
115 Big Sean & Jhene Aiko-Big Sean & Jhene Aiko-April                                             52 
116 Wildfire-Rachel Platten-January                                                               52
117 Star Wars:The Force Awakens-January                                                           52
118 Never Lose Sight-Chris Tomlin-November                                                        50
119 Mad Love-JoJo-November                                                                        50
120 The Definition Of...-Fantasia-August                                                          50
121 Still Brazy-YG-June                                                                           50
122 I Still Do-Eric Clapton-May                                                                   50
123 Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser-Rob Zombie-May                 50
124 Ultimate-Prince-May                                                                 (2006)    50 
125 Incarnate-Killswitch Engage-March                                                             50
126 Khalifa-Wiz Khalifa-February                                                                  50
127 Nine Track Mind-Charlie Puth-February                                                         50
128 Kidz Bop 31-Kidz Bop-February                                                                 50
129 The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl-The Beatles-September                                       48
130 Love Remains-Hillary Scott & The Scott Family-August                                          48
131 Fallen Angels-Bob Dylan-May                                                                   48
132 Now 58-Various Artists-May                                                                    48
133 Slime Season 3-Young Thug-April                                                               48
134 The Last Hero-Alter Bridge-October                                                            46
135 Acoustic Recordings: 1998-2016-Jack White-September                                           46
136 Jeffery-Young Thug-September                                                                  46
137 Encore-DJ Snake-August                                                                        46
138 The North Corridor-Chevelle-July                                                              46
139 Obsessed-Dan + Shay-June                                                                      46
140 Skin-Flume-June                                                                               46
141 Coloring Book-Chance the Rapper-May                                                           46
142 Always Strive And Prosper-A$AP Ferg-May                                                       46
143 The Passion:New Orleans-TV Soundtrack-March                                                   46
144 Wonderful Crazy Night-Elton John-February                                                     46
145 Perfectly Imperfect-Grace VanderWaal-December                                                 44
146 57th & 9th-Sting-November                                                                     44
147 The Ghosts of Christmas Eve-Trans-Siberian Orchestra-November                                 44
148 Three-Phantogram-October                                                                      44
149 Keep Me Singing-Van Morrison-October                                                          44
150 The Very Next Thing-Casting Crowns-October                                                    44
151 Johannesburg-Mumford & Sons-June                                                              44
152 The Black-Young Thug-April                                                                    44
153 For All Kings-Anthrax-March                                                                   44
154 2016 Grammy Nominees-Various Artists-February                                                 44
155 Where the Light Shines Through-Switchfoot-July                                                42
156 2-Mudcrutch-May                                                                               42
157 Playing With Fire-Jennifer Nettles-May                                                        42
158 A Laced Odyssey-Flatbush Zombies-March                                                        42
159 'Tis The Season-Jordan Smith-December                                                         40
160 Lady Wood-Tove Lo-November                                                                    40
161 Schmilco-Wilco-September                                                                      40
162 Pure & Simple-Dolly Parton-August                                                             40
163 Gotta Be Me-Cody Johnson-August                                                               40
164 California Sunrise-Jon Pardi-June                                                             40
165 Cloud Nine-Kygo-June                                                                          40
166 Dig In Deep-Bonnie Raitt-March                                                                40
167 The Astonishing-Dream Theater-February                                                        40
168 Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975-Eagles-February                                                 40
169 The Storm-Tech N9ne-December                                                                  38
170 Like An Arrow-Blackberry Smoke-November                                                       38
171 American Prodigal-Crowder-October                                                             38
172 and the ANONYMOUS NOBODY-De La Soul-September                                                 38
173 Bobby Tarantino-Logic-August                                                                  38
174 Murder For Hire II-Kevin Gates-June                                                           38
175 At Night,Alone.-Mike Posner-May                                                               38
176 Home Of The Strange-Young The Giant-August                                                    38
177 Blues Of Desperation-Joe Bonamassa-April                                                      38
178 Have It All:Live At Bethel Church-Bethel Music-March                                          38
179 Remington-Granger Smith-March                                                                 38
180 Church Clothes 3-Lecrae-February                                                              38
181 The Essential Leonard Cohen-Leonard Cohen-November                                            36
182 Cozy Tapes,Vol. 1:Friends-A$AP Mob-November                                                   36
183 Who You Selling For-The Pretty Reckless-November                                              36
184 Mothership-Dance Gavin Dance-October                                                          36
185 Ouroboros-Ray LaMontagne-March                                                                36
186 Darkness And Light-John Legend-December                                                       34
187 Let There Be Light-Hillsong-November                                                          34
188 Blue Mountain-Bob Weir-October                                                                34
189 The Black Parade-My Chemical Romance-October                                   (2006)         34
190 Dirty Heads-Dirty Heads-August                                                                34
191 Strange Little Birds-Garbage-June                                                             34
192 Good Times!-The Monkees-June                                                                  34
193 Us And The Night-3 Doors Down-March                                                           34
194 Love Riot-newsboys-March                                                                      34