No Frank Ocean. No James Blake. No Radiohead. So what did make the cut in our rundown of the greatest album releases of 2016? From euphoric rap to vampiric avant-pop, this year’s list is proof ...

2016 has been a hugely varied year for music and her picks for the 12 best albums of the year reflect that, with artists such as Skepta, Christine & The Queens and Beyoncé all on the list.

Metallica had six of last year’s twenty-two highest-selling metal albums. Which is kind of amazing, given that they only released one new album in 2016. Also, I legit had no idea Pierce the Veil were ...

Yet none of those bands’ new albums ended up on my “Best of 2016” list. And I wasn’t alone. What’s more: in 2014, Babymetal nabbed my #1 spot. Fallujah, Revocation and Black Crown Initiate all ...

The ultimate 50 best albums of 2016: We crunched every end-of-year poll into one mega list It's now far enough into 2016 that all of the end of year lists are out – including NME's own 50 best ...

In his Perfect Sounds podcast, James Acaster makes the case for 2016 being the greatest year for music ever. His argument comes after having listened to over 1000 albums from that year alone and ...