# List of 2016 albums

The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2016. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.
For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2016 in music.

## First quarter
### January

List of albums released in January 2016 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| January 1 | Rachel Platten | Wildfire | Pop, power pop, soul | Columbia | |
| January 6 | Misia | Love Bebop | Pop, soul, dance-pop | Ariola | |
| January 8 | David Bowie | Blackstar | Art rock, experimental rock, jazz | Columbia, RCA, Sony Music | |
| January 8 | Full of Hell | Amber Mote in the Black Vault | Grindcore | Bad Teeth Recordings | |
| January 8 | Hinds | Leave Me Alone | Garage rock, lo-fi | Mom + Pop | |
| January 8 | Ignite | A War Against You | Melodic hardcore | Century Media | |
| January 8 | Marshmello | Joytime | Future bass, progressive house, trap | Joytime Collective | |
| January 8 | Villagers | Where Have You Been All My Life? | Indie folk | Domino | |
| January 15 | Anderson .Paak | Malibu | Hip hop, R&B, soul | Steel Wool, OBE, EMPIRE | |
| January 15 | Ben Monder, Pete Rende, Andrew Cyrille, Paul Motian | Amorphae | Jazz | ECM | |
| January 15 | Blaze Ya Dead Homie | The Casket Factory | Gangsta rap, horrorcore | Majik Ninja Entertainment | |
| January 15 | Brothers Osborne | Pawn Shop | Country | EMI Nashville | |
| January 15 | Charles Lloyd & The Marvels | I Long to See You | Jazz | Blue Note | |
| January 15 | Classified | Greatful | Hip hop | Halflife Records, Universal Music Canada | |
| January 15 | Daughter | Not to Disappear | Alternative pop | 4AD | |
| January 15 | Daz and Snoop | Cuzznz | West Coast hip hop, G-funk | Felder Entertainment Inc. | |
| January 15 | Hank Williams Jr. | It's About Time | Country, Southern rock | Nash Icon | |
| January 15 | Lecrae | Church Clothes 3 | Christian hip hop, conscious hip hop | Reach | |
| January 15 | Panic! at the Disco | Death of a Bachelor | Pop rock, pop, rock | DCD2, Fueled by Ramen | |
| January 15 | Randy Rogers Band | Nothing Shines Like Neon | Country | Tommy Jackson Records | |
| January 15 | Show of Hands | The Long Way Home | Folk | Hands on Music | |
| January 15 | Skunk Anansie | Anarchytecture | Alternative rock | earMUSIC, Carosello | |
| January 21 | Jesu and Sun Kil Moon | Jesu/Sun Kil Moon | Post-metal, indie folk, electronic music | Caldo Verde, Rough Trade | |
| January 22 | The Besnard Lakes | A Coliseum Complex Museum | Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, indie rock | Jagjaguwar | |
| January 22 | Cait Brennan | Debutante | Indie rock | Alternative Distribution Alliance | |
| January 22 | Chairlift | Moth | Synth-pop, indie pop, electropop | Columbia | |
| January 22 | Conrad Keely | Original Machines | Rock | Superball | |
| January 22 | Eleanor Friedberger | New View | Indie rock | Frenchkiss | |
| January 22 | Half Japanese | Perfect | Art punk, indie rock | Joyful Noise | |
| January 22 | John Cale | M:FANS | Experimental rock, industrial rock, electronic | Double Six | |
| January 22 | Lionheart | Love Don't Live Here | Hardcore punk, metalcore | LHHC Records, Beatdown Hardwear Records | |
| January 22 | Megadeth | Dystopia | Thrash metal | Tradecraft, Universal | |
| January 22 | The Mute Gods | Do Nothing till You Hear from Me | Progressive rock, pop rock | Inside Out | |
| January 22 | Mystery Jets | Curve of the Earth | Indie rock | Caroline | |
| January 22 | Roam | Backbone | Pop punk | Hopeless | |
| January 22 | Rüfüs | Bloom | Alternative dance | Sweat It Out | |
| January 22 | Savages | Adore Life | Post-punk | Matador | |
| January 22 | Shearwater | Jet Plane and Oxbow | Indie rock | Sub Pop | |
| January 22 | Steve Angello | Wild Youth | Indie rock, electro house | Size Records | |
| January 22 | Steven Wilson | 4½ | Progressive rock | Kscope | |
| January 22 | Suede | Night Thoughts | Art rock | Warner Bros. | |
| January 22 | Tank | Sex Love & Pain II | R&B | Atlantic | |
| January 22 | Tindersticks | The Waiting Room | Indie rock | City Slang, Lucky Dog | |
| January 22 | Tortoise | The Catastrophist | Post-rock | Thrill Jockey | |
| January 22 | Tricky | Skilled Mechanics | | False Idols | |
| January 22 | Ty Segall | Emotional Mugger | Garage rock, hard rock, glam rock | Drag City | |
| January 22 | Ulver | ATGCLVLSSCAP | Experimental, psychedelic rock | House of Mythology | |
| January 28 | Massive Attack | Ritual Spirit | Trip hop, electronica | Virgin | |
| January 28 | Rihanna | Anti | Pop, dancehall, alternative R&B | Westbury Road, Roc Nation | |
| January 29 | Aubrie Sellers | New City Blues | Country, country pop | Carnival | |
| January 29 | Avantasia | Ghostlights | Symphonic metal, hard rock, power metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| January 29 | Basement | Promise Everything | Alternative rock | Run for Cover | |
| January 29 | Bill Frisell | When You Wish Upon a Star | Jazz | Okeh | |
| January 29 | Bloc Party | Hymns | Indie rock, alternative dance | Infectious, BMG, Vagrant | |
| January 29 | Bury Tomorrow | Earthbound | Metalcore | Nuclear Blast | |
| January 29 | Charlie Puth | Nine Track Mind | Pop, R&B | Atlantic | |
| January 29 | Dream Theater | The Astonishing | Progressive metal, progressive rock | Roadrunner | |
| January 29 | Kevin Gates | Islah | Hip hop | Atlantic, Bread Winners' Association | |
| January 29 | Michael W. Smith | Hymns II | | The MWS Group | |
| January 29 | Money | Suicide Songs | | Bella Union | |
| January 29 | Sia | This Is Acting | Pop | Monkey Puzzle, RCA | |
| January 29 | St. Lucia | Matter | Synth-pop | Columbia | |
| January 29 | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Let Me Get By | Blues, rock, R&B | Fantasy | |
| January 29 | Tord Gustavsen, Simin Tander, Jarle Vespestad | What Was Said | Jazz | ECM | |
| January 29 | Wet | Don't You | Indie pop, indie electronic, dream pop | Columbia | |
| January 29 | Yanni | Sensuous Chill | Easy listening, new-age | Portrait, Sony Masterworks | |
| January 31 | Diane Birch | Nous | Jazz, indie pop, soul | Hymnpatia Recordings | |

### February

List of albums released in February 2016 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| February 3 | BIGBANG | Made Series | Dance-pop, PBR&B, hip hop | YG Entertainment, Avex Trax | |
| February 3 | Magnum | Sacred Blood "Divine" Lies | Rock | SPV/Steamhammer | |
| February 5 | Anchor & Braille | Songs for the Late Night Drive Home | Alternative rock, electronic rock, shoegaze | Tooth & Nail | |
| February 5 | Charles Kelley | The Driver | Country | Capitol Nashville | |
| February 5 | The Cult | Hidden City | Hard rock | Cooking Vinyl | |
| February 5 | DIIV | Is the Is Are | Indie rock, shoegaze, krautrock | Captured Tracks | |
| February 5 | Dr. Dog | The Psychedelic Swamp | Indie rock, blues rock, neo-psychedelia | Anti- | |
| February 5 | Elton John | Wonderful Crazy Night | Rock, soft rock, vocal jazz | Capitol, Mercury | |
| February 5 | Eric Prydz | Opus | House, progressive house, electro house | Virgin | |
| February 5 | Field Music | Commontime | Indie pop, funk | Memphis Industries | |
| February 5 | Fleshgod Apocalypse | King | Symphonic metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| February 5 | Foxes | All I Need | Synth-pop | Sign of the Times, Epic, RCA | |
| February 5 | Junior Boys | Big Black Coat | Electronic, technopop, EDM | City Slang | |
| February 5 | Lion Babe | Begin | R&B, neo soul, electronica | Interscope, Polydor | |
| February 5 | Lucinda Williams | The Ghosts of Highway 20 | Country | Highway 20 Records | |
| February 5 | Majid Jordan | Majid Jordan | R&B, PBR&B, synth-pop | OVO Sound, Warner Bros. | |
| February 5 | Obscura | Akrøasis | Progressive metal, technical death metal | Relapse | |
| February 5 | Textures | Phenotype | Progressive metal, metalcore | Nuclear Blast | |
| February 5 | Trixie Whitley | Porta Bohemica | | | |
| February 5 | Wiz Khalifa | Khalifa | Hip hop | Taylor Gang, Rostrum, Atlantic | |
| February 8 | Haywyre | Two Fold Pt. 2 | Future bass, house | Monstercat | |
| February 12 | Basia Bulat | Good Advice | Indie pop, folk | Secret City | |
| February 12 | Daughtry | It's Not Over...The Hits So Far | Alternative rock, hard rock, pop rock | RCA, 19 | |
| February 12 | El Guincho | Hiperasia | R&B, Latin | Everlasting Records, Canada | |
| February 12 | The Jezabels | Synthia | Indie rock, alternative rock | Dine Alone | |
| February 12 | Kula Shaker | K2.0 | Rock, psychedelic rock, raga rock | StrangeF.O.L.K. | |
| February 12 | Lacey Sturm | Life Screams | Hard rock, Christian rock | Followspot Records | |
| February 12 | Lissie | My Wild West | Folk, rock | Lionboy, Thirty Tigers | |
| February 12 | Pinegrove | Cardinal | Americana | Run for Cover | |
| February 12 | That Poppy | Bubblebath | Pop | Island | |
| February 12 | Radiation City | Synesthetica | Alternative rock, dream pop | Polyvinyl | |
| February 12 | Ronan Keating | Time of My Life | Pop | Decca | |
| February 12 | Rotting Christ | Rituals | Black metal, dark metal | Season of Mist | |
| February 12 | The Suffers | The Suffers | Soul | Rhyme & Reason Records | |
| February 12 | Wynonna & the Big Noise | Wynonna & the Big Noise | Country | Curb | |
| February 14 | Kanye West | The Life of Pablo | Hip hop | GOOD Music, Def Jam | |
| February 14 | Mýa | Smoove Jones | R&B, soul, hip hop | Planet 9 | |
| February 15 | Illenium | Ashes | Electronic, progressive house, dubstep | Kasaya, Seeking Blue | |
| February 19 | After the Burial | Dig Deep | Progressive metal, djent | Sumerian | |
| February 19 | Animal Collective | Painting With | Psychedelic pop | Domino | |
| February 19 | BJ the Chicago Kid | In My Mind | R&B | Motown | |
| February 19 | Creeper | The Stranger | Horror punk, punk rock | Roadrunner | |
| February 19 | Jack Garratt | Phase | Indie pop, PBR&B | Island | |
| February 19 | Lake Street Dive | Side Pony | Pop, indie pop | Nonesuch | |
| February 19 | Mavis Staples | Livin' on a High Note | R&B, soul, roots rock | Anti-, Epitaph | |
| February 19 | Myrath | Legacy | Progressive metal, Oriental metal, Arabic music | Groove Master Records, King | |
| February 19 | Ra Ra Riot | Need Your Light | Indie rock | Barsuk | |
| February 19 | Ralph Alessi, Gary Versace, Drew Gress, Nasheet Waits | Quiver | Jazz | | |
| February 19 | Simple Plan | Taking One for the Team | Pop punk, punk rock, power pop | Atlantic | |
| February 19 | Wolfmother | Victorious | Hard rock, heavy metal, stoner rock | Universal | |
| February 19 | Yo Gotti | The Art of Hustle | Hip hop | Epic, CMG | |
| February 19 | Yoko Ono | Yes, I'm a Witch Too | | Manimal | |
| February 26 | The 1975 | I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It | Indie rock, new wave, synth-pop | Interscope, Dirty Hit, Polydor | |
| February 26 | Anthrax | For All Kings | Thrash metal | Megaforce, Nuclear Blast | |
| February 26 | Anvil | Anvil Is Anvil | Heavy metal, speed metal | SPV/Steamhammer | |
| February 26 | Bonnie Raitt | Dig In Deep | Rock, blues, Americana | Redwing Records | |
| February 26 | Charli XCX | Vroom Vroom | Experimental pop, wonky pop, electronic | Vroom Vroom Recordings | |
| February 26 | The Gloaming | 2 | Folk | Brassland | |
| February 26 | Hands Like Houses | Dissonants | Post-hardcore, alternative rock | Rise | |
| February 26 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | This Unruly Mess I've Made | Hip hop | Macklemore LLC | |
| February 26 | Santigold | 99¢ | Art pop, alternative dance, new wave | Atlantic | |
| February 26 | School of Seven Bells | SVIIB | Dream pop | Vagrant | |
| February 26 | Trondheim Jazz Orchestra with Kim Myhr and Jenny Hval | In the End His Voice Will Be the Sound of Paper | Jazz | Hubro Music | |
| February 26 | TV Girl | Who Really Cares | Indie pop | | |
| February 26 | Tweet | Charlene | R&B, soul, neo soul | eOne | |
| February 26 | Voivod | Post Society | Progressive metal | Century Media | |
| February 26 | Willie Nelson | Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin | Country | Legacy | |
| February 26 | Yuck | Stranger Things | Indie rock, alternative rock | Mamé Records | |
| February 29 | Lemon Demon | Spirit Phone | Pop | Needlejuice | |

### March

List of albums released in March 2016 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| March 4 | 2 Chainz | ColleGrove | Hip hop, trap | Def Jam | |
| March 4 | Esperanza Spalding | Emily's D+Evolution | Jazz, jazz fusion, funk | Concord | |
| March 4 | Face to Face | Protection | Punk | Fat Wreck Chords | |
| March 4 | Kendrick Lamar | Untitled Unmastered | Hip hop, jazz rap | Top Dawg, Aftermath, Interscope | |
| March 4 | The Knocks | 55 | EDM | Big Beat, Neon Gold | |
| March 4 | Låpsley | Long Way Home | Electronic, ambient, alternative R&B | XL | |
| March 4 | Miike Snow | iii | Indie rock, electropop | Downtown | |
| March 4 | Ninja Sex Party | Under the Covers | Rock, synth-pop, pop rock | | |
| March 4 | Poliça | United Crushers | Synth-pop, indie electronic | Mom + Pop | |
| March 4 | The Qemists | Warrior Sound | Drum and bass | Amazing Record | |
| March 4 | Ray LaMontagne | Ouroboros | Psychedelic rock | RCA | |
| March 4 | Reckless Love | InVader | Glam metal, hard rock | Spinefarm | |
| March 4 | RuPaul | Butch Queen | Dance | RuCo Inc. | |
| March 4 | La Sera | Music for Listening to Music To | Indie pop | Polyvinyl | |
| March 4 | Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds | Fowl Play | Rock, alternative | Party Fowl Records, Thirty Tigers | |
| March 4 | Steven Curtis Chapman | Worship and Believe | Worship, Christian pop | Essential Worship, Reunion | |
| March 4 | Thao & the Get Down Stay Down | A Man Alive | Alternative folk | Ribbon Music | |
| March 4 | Tonight Alive | Limitless | Pop rock | Sony Music Australia, Fearless | |
| March 4 | Urthboy | The Past Beats Inside Me Like a Second Heartbeat | Australian hip hop | Elefant Traks | |
| March 4 | Violent Femmes | We Can Do Anything | Rock | PIAS | |
| March 8 | They Might Be Giants | Phone Power | Alternative rock | Idlewild Recordings, Lojinx | |
| March 9 | Alexandra Stan | Alesta | Dance | Victor, Roton, Global, Warner Bros., Vae Victis, Ego | |
| March 11 | 3 Doors Down | Us and the Night | Post-grunge, pop rock, alternative rock | Republic | |
| March 11 | Adore Delano | After Party | Dance, electronic, pop | Producer Entertainment Group | |
| March 11 | Aurora | All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend | Art pop, electropop | Decca, Glassnote | |
| March 11 | Bethel Music | Have It All | Contemporary Christian music, worship | Bethel Music | |
| March 11 | Brian Fallon | Painkillers | Rock, alternative rock, heartland rock | Island | |
| March 11 | Citizen Way | 2.0 | Christian music, Christian rock, Christian EDM | Fair Trade | |
| March 11 | Emmy the Great | Second Love | | Bella Union | |
| March 11 | Julian Lage | Arclight | Jazz, jazz blues | Mack Avenue | |
| March 11 | Killswitch Engage | Incarnate | Metalcore | Roadrunner | |
| March 11 | Matt Corby | Telluric | Alternative R&B, dream pop | Mercury, Universal Music Australia | |
| March 11 | Nine Lashes | Ascend | Christian pop, Christian EDM, Christian rock | BEC | |
| March 18 | Dustin Kensrue | Thoughts That Float on a Different Blood | Contemporary folk music, alternative rock, indie rock | Vagrant | |
| March 18 | The Falcon | Gather Up the Chaps | Punk rock | Red Scare Industries | |
| March 18 | Gwen Stefani | This Is What the Truth Feels Like | Pop | Interscope | |
| March 18 | Iggy Pop | Post Pop Depression | Art rock, garage rock, hard rock | Loma Vista | |
| March 18 | James | Girl at the End of the World | Alternative rock | BMG | |
| March 18 | Primal Scream | Chaosmosis | | First International, Ignition | |
| March 18 | Redfoo | Party Rock Mansion | Pop | Rykodisc, Party Rock | |
| March 18 | Soul Asylum | Change of Fortune | Alternative rock | Entertainment One | |
| March 18 | Underworld | Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future | Electronic | Universal | |
| March 18 | Violent Soho | Waco | Grunge, alternative | SideOneDummy | |
| March 25 | Amon Amarth | Jomsviking | Melodic death metal | Metal Blade | |
| March 25 | Anthony Hamilton | What I'm Feelin' | R&B | RCA | |
| March 25 | Asking Alexandria | The Black | Metalcore | Sumerian | |
| March 25 | Birdy | Beautiful Lies | Indie folk, indie pop | Atlantic | |
| March 25 | Bob Mould | Patch the Sky | Alternative rock | Merge | |
| March 25 | The Body and Full of Hell | One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache | Sludge metal, grindcore, noise | Neurot | |
| March 25 | Elisa | On | Pop, dance, pop rock | Sugar Music | |
| March 25 | Hana Pestle | Hana | Synth-pop | | |
| March 25 | The Joy Formidable | Hitch | Alternative rock | C'mon Let's Drift, Caroline | |
| March 25 | K. Michelle | More Issues Than Vogue | R&B, soul, pop | Atlantic | |
| March 25 | Lincoln Durham | Revelations of a Mind Unraveling | Rock, alternative folk, Southern gothic | Droog Records | |
| March 25 | Metal Church | XI | Heavy metal | Rat Pak | |
| March 25 | White Denim | Stiff | Indie rock, garage rock, progressive rock | Downtown | |
| March 25 | Zayn | Mind of Mine | Alternative R&B, R&B | RCA | |
| March 27 | dvsn | Sept. 5th | R&B | OVO Sound, Warner Bros. | |
| March 28 | Oh My Girl | Pink Ocean | K-pop | WM | |
| March 29 | Babymetal | Metal Resistance | J-pop, heavy metal | BMD Fox, Toy's Factory | |

## Second quarter
### April

List of albums released in April 2016 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| April 1 | Andrew Bird | Are You Serious | Indie folk | Loma Vista | |
| April 1 | Autolux | Pussy's Dead | Experimental rock, electronic | 30th Century Records, Columbia | |
| April 1 | Black Stone Cherry | Kentucky | Hard rock, Southern rock, alternative metal | Mascot | |
| April 1 | Bombino | Azel | Blues, folk | Partisan | |
| April 1 | Cheap Trick | Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello | Rock | Big Machine | |
| April 1 | Explosions in the Sky | The Wilderness | Post-rock | Temporary Residence Limited | |
| April 1 | The Field | The Follower | Ambient techno, techno | Kompakt | |
| April 1 | Gareth Emery | 100 Reasons to Live | EDM | Garuda, Armada | |
| April 1 | Hammock | Everything and Nothing | Ambient | Hammock Music | |
| April 1 | The Heavy | Hurt & the Merciless | Indie rock, funk rock, blues rock | Counter Records, Bad Son Recording Company | |
| April 1 | Kaada/Patton | Bacteria Cult | Experimental | Ipecac | |
| April 1 | The Last Shadow Puppets | Everything You've Come to Expect | Indie rock | Domino | |
| April 1 | Laura Gibson | Empire Builder | Rock | City Slang | |
| April 1 | Moderat | III | Electronic | Monkeytown, Mute | |
| April 1 | Mogwai | Atomic | Post-rock | Rock Action | |
| April 1 | Pet Shop Boys | Super | Synth-pop | x2 | |
| April 1 | Terrace Martin | Velvet Portraits | R&B, jazz fusion, G-funk | Sounds of Crenshaw, Ropeadope | |
| April 1 | Weezer | Weezer (White Album) | Alternative rock, power pop, pop punk | Atlantic, Crush | |
| April 1 | Yeasayer | Amen & Goodbye | Experimental rock | Mute | |
| April 6 | Gallant | Ology | Alternative R&B | Mind of a Genius | |
| April 8 | Álex Anwandter | Amiga | Latin alternative, pop rock | Nacional | |
| April 8 | All Saints | Red Flag | Pop, R&B | London | |
| April 8 | Art Bergmann | The Apostate | Alternative rock | weewerk | |
| April 8 | Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals | Call It What It Is | Rock, blues rock, pop rock | Stax | |
| April 8 | Black Peaks | Statues | | Easy Life, RED Music | |
| April 8 | Deftones | Gore | Alternative metal, post-metal, experimental rock | Reprise | |
| April 8 | Frightened Rabbit | Painting of a Panic Attack | Indie rock | Atlantic | |
| April 8 | Future of the Left | The Peace & Truce of Future of the Left | Noise rock | Prescriptions | |
| April 8 | Ihsahn | Arktis | Progressive metal, black metal, experimental metal | Candlelight | |
| April 8 | JJ Weeks Band | As Long as We Can Breathe | Worship, Christian pop, Christian rock | Centricity | |
| April 8 | The Lumineers | Cleopatra | Americana, folk rock, indie folk | Dualtone | |
| April 8 | M83 | Junk | Electronic, dream pop, synth-pop | Naïve, Mute | |
| April 8 | Mayer Hawthorne | Man About Town | R&B, soul | Vagrant | |
| April 8 | Niki and the Dove | Everybody's Heart Is Broken Now | Pop | TEN Music Group | |
| April 8 | Parquet Courts | Human Performance | Indie rock, art punk, experimental rock | Rough Trade | |
| April 8 | Teleman | Brilliant Sanity | Indie pop | Moshi Moshi | |
| April 8 | Tim Hecker | Love Streams | Electronic | 4AD, Paper Bag | |
| April 13 | Ace Frehley | Origins, Vol. 1 | Hard rock, heavy metal | Entertainment One | |
| April 15 | Bear Hands | You'll Pay for This | Experimental rock, indie rock, post-punk | Spensive Records | |
| April 15 | Blaqk Audio | Material | Electronic, new wave | Blaqknoise, Kobalt | |
| April 15 | Cate Le Bon | Crab Day | Neo-psychedelia, indie pop, art pop | Drag City, Turnstile, Caroline International | |
| April 15 | Del Barber & the No Regretzkys | The Puck Drops Here | | True North | |
| April 15 | Fanfare Ciocărlia | Onwards to Mars! | Balkan brass | | |
| April 15 | J Dilla | The Diary | Hip hop | Pay Jay Productions, Mass Appeal | |
| April 15 | Keb' Mo' | Keb' Mo' Live – That Hot Pink Blues Album | | Kind of Blue Music, RED Distribution | |
| April 15 | Lush | Blind Spot | Indie pop, dream pop, shoegaze | Edamame | |
| April 15 | Otep | Generation Doom | Nu metal | Napalm | |
| April 15 | PJ Harvey | The Hope Six Demolition Project | Rock | Island | |
| April 15 | Santana | Santana IV | Latin rock | RCA | |
| April 15 | Sturgill Simpson | A Sailor's Guide to Earth | Country, psychedelic rock | Atlantic | |
| April 15 | Suuns | Hold/Still | Rock | Secretly Canadian | |
| April 15 | Wild Belle | Dreamland | Psychedelic pop, alternative rock, indie pop | Columbia | |
| April 16 | Xiu Xiu | Plays the Music of Twin Peaks | Experimental rock, dark ambient | Polyvinyl | |
| April 18 | Up10tion | Spotlight | K-pop | TOP Media | |
| April 20 | The Fall of Troy | OK | Mathcore, post-hardcore, progressive rock | The Fall of Troy | |
| April 22 | The 69 Eyes | Universal Monsters | Gothic rock | Nuclear Blast | |
| April 22 | ASAP Ferg | Always Strive and Prosper | Hip hop | ASAP Worldwide, Polo Grounds Music, RCA | |
| April 22 | Bankroll Mafia | Bankroll Mafia | Hip hop | Grand Hustle, EMPIRE | |
| April 22 | Blue October | Home | Alternative rock | Up/Down Records | |
| April 22 | Dälek | Asphalt for Eden | Experimental hip hop, industrial hip hop, shoegaze | Profound Lore | |
| April 22 | Katy B | Honey | EDM, dubstep, electronica | Rinse, Virgin EMI | |
| April 22 | NF | Therapy Session | Hip hop, Christian hip hop | Capitol CMG | |
| April 23 | Beyoncé | Lemonade | R&B | Parkwood, Columbia | |
| April 25 | Twice | Page Two | K-pop, dance | JYP | |
| April 29 | Brian Eno | The Ship | Ambient | Warp | |
| April 29 | The Boxer Rebellion | Ocean by Ocean | Indie rock | Amplify Music | |
| April 29 | Discharge | End of Days | Hardcore punk | Nuclear Blast | |
| April 29 | Drake | Views | Hip hop, dancehall, R&B | OVO Sound, Cash Money, Young Money | |
| April 29 | Fallujah | Dreamless | Technical death metal, progressive metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| April 29 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Nonagon Infinity | Psychedelic rock, garage rock, heavy metal | ATO, Flightless | |
| April 29 | Martina Stoessel | Tini | Pop | Hollywood | |
| April 29 | Rob Zombie | The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser | Industrial metal | Zodiac Swan Records, T-Boy Records, Universal | |
| April 29 | Sixx:A.M. | Prayers for the Damned: Vol. 1 | Hard rock | Eleven Seven | |
| April 29 | Travis | Everything at Once | Post-Britpop, alternative rock, indie rock | Red Telephone Box | |
| April 29 | Zucchero | Black Cat | Blues rock | Universal | |

### May

List of albums released in May 2016 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| May 2 | BTS | The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever | Hip hop, dance-pop, R&B | Big Hit Entertainment | |
| May 6 | Anohni | Hopelessness | Electronic, experimental, synth-pop | Secretly Canadian, Rough Trade | |
| May 6 | Beverly | The Blue Swell | | Kanine Records | |
| May 6 | Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, and Steve Swallow | Andando el Tiempo | Jazz | ECM | |
| May 6 | Cuong Vu Trio meets Pat Metheny | Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny | Jazz | Nonesuch | |
| May 6 | Cyndi Lauper | Detour | Country, country rock, country blues | Sire | |
| May 6 | Death Grips | Bottomless Pit | Experimental hip hop, digital hardcore | Third Worlds | |
| May 6 | Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane and Matthew Garrison | In Movement | Jazz | ECM | |
| May 6 | James Blake | The Colour in Anything | Electronic pop, R&B, soul | Polydor, 1–800 Dinosaur | |
| May 6 | Jean-Michel Jarre | Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise | Electronic music | Sony Music | |
| May 6 | Julianna Barwick | Will | Ambient, experimental | Dead Oceans | |
| May 6 | Kate Ceberano | Anthology | Pop, soul, jazz | ABC Music | |
| May 6 | Kaytranada | 99.9% | Electronic | XL, HW&W | |
| May 6 | Keith Urban | Ripcord | Pop, country pop | Hit Red, Capitol Nashville | |
| May 6 | Meghan Trainor | Thank You | Dance-pop, R&B | Epic, Sony Music | |
| May 6 | Mike Posner | At Night, Alone. | Pop | Island | |
| May 6 | Pat Metheny | The Unity Sessions | Jazz | Nonesuch | |
| May 6 | Rittz | Top of the Line | Hip hop | Strange Music | |
| May 6 | Tim Garland | One | Jazz | Edition | |
| May 6 | Vektor | Terminal Redux | Thrash metal | Earache | |
| May 6 | White Lung | Paradise | Punk rock | Domino | |
| May 8 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool | Art rock, electronic | XL | |
| May 13 | 3OH!3 | Night Sports | Pop, trap, hip hop | Fueled by Ramen, Atlantic, Photo Finish | |
| May 13 | Chance the Rapper | Coloring Book | Hip hop, gospel rap | | |
| May 13 | Corinne Bailey Rae | The Heart Speaks in Whispers | R&B | Virgin | |
| May 13 | DevilDriver | Trust No One | Groove metal | Napalm | |
| May 13 | Digitalism | Mirage | Electro house | Magnetism Recording Co, PIAS | |
| May 13 | Hatebreed | The Concrete Confessional | Metalcore | Nuclear Blast | |
| May 13 | Jessy Lanza | Oh No | Electronic, R&B, pop | Hyperdub | |
| May 13 | Kvelertak | Nattesferd | Heavy metal | Roadrunner | |
| May 13 | Kygo | Cloud Nine | Tropical house | Sony Music, Ultra Music, B1 | |
| May 13 | Modern Baseball | Holy Ghost | Indie rock, pop punk | Run for Cover | |
| May 13 | Pierce the Veil | Misadventures | Post-hardcore | Fearless | |
| May 20 | Ana Popović | Trilogy | Blues rock, soul, jazz | ArtisteXclusive records | |
| May 20 | Andy Shauf | The Party | | Anti- | |
| May 20 | Ariana Grande | Dangerous Woman | Pop, R&B | Republic | |
| May 20 | Bob Dylan | Fallen Angels | Traditional pop | Columbia | |
| May 20 | Boys Noize | Mayday | Electronic | Boysnoize Records | |
| May 20 | Car Seat Headrest | Teens of Denial | Indie rock | Matador | |
| May 20 | Eric Clapton | I Still Do | Blues, blues rock, folk | Bushbranch/Surfdog | |
| May 20 | Highasakite | Camp Echo | Indie rock | Propeller | |
| May 20 | Katatonia | The Fall of Hearts | Progressive rock | Peaceville | |
| May 20 | Kent | Då som nu för alltid | Alternative rock, pop rock | RCA, Sony Music | |
| May 20 | Lali | Soy | Pop, R&B | Sony Music Argentina | |
| May 20 | Marissa Nadler | Strangers | | Sacred Bones | |
| May 20 | Mudcrutch | 2 | Southern rock, country rock | Reprise | |
| May 20 | Pantha du Prince | The Triad | Electronic | | |
| May 20 | Richard Ashcroft | These People | Alternative rock | Cooking Vinyl | |
| May 20 | Saosin | Along the Shadow | Post-hardcore, alternative rock | Epitaph | |
| May 20 | Yuna | Chapters | Pop, R&B | Verve | |
| May 27 | ABC | The Lexicon of Love II | | Virgin EMI | |
| May 27 | Architects | All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us | Metalcore | Epitaph, UNFD, New Damage | |
| May 27 | Band of Skulls | By Default | Blues rock, dance-rock | BMG | |
| May 27 | Beth Orton | Kidsticks | | | |
| May 27 | Catfish and the Bottlemen | The Ride | Alternative rock, indie rock | Capitol | |
| May 27 | Clare Maguire | Stranger Things Have Happened | Indie pop, jazz, blues | Virgin | |
| May 27 | Dierks Bentley | Black | Country | Capitol Nashville | |
| May 27 | Fifth Harmony | 7/27 | Pop, R&B, tropical house | Epic, Syco | |
| May 27 | Flume | Skin | Electronic | Future Classic | |
| May 27 | Gold Panda | Good Luck and Do Your Best | Electronic | City Slang | |
| May 27 | Lacuna Coil | Delirium | Gothic metal, alternative metal | Century Media | |
| May 27 | The Monkees | Good Times! | Rock, power pop | Rhino | |
| May 27 | PUP | The Dream Is Over | Punk rock | SideOneDummy, Royal Mountain | |
| May 27 | Real Friends | The Home Inside My Head | Pop punk | Fearless | |
| May 27 | Robert Glasper & Miles Davis | Everything's Beautiful | Jazz | Blue Note, Columbia, Legacy | |
| May 27 | Thrice | To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere | Post-hardcore | Vagrant | |

### June

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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| June 3 | Beartooth | Aggressive | Metalcore, hardcore punk | Red Bull, UNFD | |
| June 3 | Cat's Eyes | Treasure House | Alternative rock | Kobalt Label Services | |
| June 3 | Classixx | Faraway Reach | Electronic | Innovative Leisure | |
| June 3 | The Claypool Lennon Delirium | Monolith of Phobos | Psychedelic rock, art rock, experimental rock | ATO | |
| June 3 | Craig Morgan | A Whole Lot More to Me | Country | Black River | |
| June 3 | Dan + Shay | Obsessed | Country | Warner Bros. Nashville | |
| June 3 | Dark Funeral | Where Shadows Forever Reign | Black metal | Century Media | |
| June 3 | Hellyeah | Unden!able | Heavy metal, groove metal | Eleven Seven | |
| June 3 | Jimmy Barnes | Soul Searchin' | Rock, soul | Liberation Music | |
| June 3 | The Kills | Ash & Ice | Indie rock | Domino | |
| June 3 | Ladyhawke | Wild Things | Indie electronic, alternative dance, synth-pop | Polyvinyl | |
| June 3 | The Lonely Island | Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Comedy hip hop | Republic | |
| June 3 | Maren Morris | Hero | Country, pop | Columbia Nashville | |
| June 3 | Netsky | 3 | Drum & bass, dance-pop, electropop | Sony Music, Hospital, Epic | |
| June 3 | Paul Simon | Stranger to Stranger | Folk rock, worldbeat | Concord | |
| June 3 | Psychic Ills | Inner Journey Out | | Sacred Bones | |
| June 3 | Roxette | Good Karma | Pop | Parlophone | |
| June 3 | Tegan and Sara | Love You to Death | Synth-pop | Vapor, Warner Bros. | |
| June 3 | Volbeat | Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie | Heavy metal, groove metal, rockabilly | Republic, Universal | |
| June 3 | Yanni | The Dream Concert: Live from the Great Pyramids of Egypt | Contemporary instrumental | Portrait, Sony Masterworks | |
| June 10 | Band of Horses | Why Are You OK | Indie rock, Southern rock | Interscope | |
| June 10 | Brandy Clark | Big Day in a Small Town | Country | Warner Bros. | |
| June 10 | Fitz and the Tantrums | Fitz and the Tantrums | Indie pop, neo soul | Elektra | |
| June 10 | Garbage | Strange Little Birds | Alternative rock, electronic rock, industrial rock | Stunvolume | |
| June 10 | Jon Bellion | The Human Condition | Hip hop, PBR&B, pop rock | Visionary, Capitol | |
| June 10 | Kaleo | A/B | Indie folk, garage rock, Americana | Elektra | |
| June 10 | letlive. | If I'm the Devil... | Post-hardcore, progressive rock, jazz fusion | Epitaph | |
| June 10 | Nick Jonas | Last Year Was Complicated | Pop, R&B | Island, Safehouse | |
| June 10 | Peter Bjorn and John | Breakin' Point | Indie pop, indie rock | Ingrid | |
| June 10 | Rick Astley | 50 | Pop | BMG | |
| June 10 | Rival Sons | Hollow Bones | Blues rock, hard rock | Earache | |
| June 10 | Saliva | Love, Lies & Therapy | | Universal | |
| June 10 | The Temper Trap | Thick as Thieves | Indie rock | Liberation, Glassnote, Infectious | |
| June 10 | Tom Odell | Wrong Crowd | Indie pop, indie electronic | RCA | |
| June 13 | G.L.O.S.S. | Trans Day of Revenge | D-beat, hardcore punk | Total Negativity, Nervous Nelly, Sabotage | |
| June 15 | Disclosure | Moog for Love | Electronic | Island, PMR | |
| June 17 | The Game | Streets of Compton | West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap | eOne | |
| June 17 | Gojira | Magma | Technical death metal, progressive metal, groove metal | Roadrunner | |
| June 17 | Jake Bugg | On My One | Indie rock | Virgin EMI, Island | |
| June 17 | Jon Pardi | California Sunrise | Country | Capitol Nashville | |
| June 17 | Laura Mvula | The Dreaming Room | Soul, R&B | RCA, Columbia | |
| June 17 | Let's Eat Grandma | I, Gemini | Pop | Transgressive | |
| June 17 | Mitski | Puberty 2 | Indie rock | Dead Oceans | |
| June 17 | Neil Young & Promise of the Real | Earth | Rock | Reprise | |
| June 17 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | The Getaway | Funk rock, alternative rock, pop rock | Warner Bros. | |
| June 17 | Reik | Des/Amor | Latin pop | Sony Music Latin | |
| June 17 | Swans | The Glowing Man | Experimental music | Young God, Mute | |
| June 17 | Thousand Foot Krutch | Exhale | Christian rock, hard rock | TFK Music, The Fuel Music | |
| June 17 | The Tragically Hip | Man Machine Poem | Rock | Universal Music Canada | |
| June 17 | Will Butler | Friday Night | Indie rock | Merge | |
| June 22 | Delorean | Muzik | | PHLEX | |
| June 24 | Alice Bag | Alice Bag | Punk rock, rock | Don Giovanni | |
| June 24 | Broods | Conscious | Electropop, synth-pop, dance | Island, Capitol, Universal Music Australia | |
| June 24 | Cash Cash | Blood, Sweat & 3 Years | Electro house, progressive house | Big Beat, Atlantic | |
| June 24 | DJ Shadow | The Mountain Will Fall | Hip hop, instrumental hip hop, electronic | Mass Appeal | |
| June 24 | Drowners | On Desire | Indie rock | Frenchkiss | |
| June 24 | Jay Chou | Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories | Mandopop | Sony Music Taiwan | |
| June 24 | Marisa Anderson | Into the Light | American folk, Americana | Chaos Kitchen Music | |
| June 24 | Nice As Fuck | Nice As Fuck | Punk, funk, pop | Love's Way Records | |
| June 24 | Steve Vai | Modern Primitive | | Epic | |
| June 24 | Whitechapel | Mark of the Blade | Deathcore, groove metal | Metal Blade | |
| June 27 | Marsheaux | Ath.Lon | Synth-pop, electronica | Undo | |
| June 28 | Blood Orange | Freetown Sound | R&B, funk, jazz | Domino | |

## Third quarter
### July

List of albums released in July 2016 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| July 1 | American Authors | What We Live For | Indie rock, alternative rock | Island | |
| July 1 | Area 11 | Modern Synthesis | Alternative rock | Cooking Vinyl | |
| July 1 | The Avalanches | Wildflower | Plunderphonics, electronic, neo-psychedelia | Astralwerks, Modular, EMI | |
| July 1 | Bat for Lashes | The Bride | Baroque pop, rock | Parlophone | |
| July 1 | Blink-182 | California | Pop punk, alternative rock | BMG | |
| July 1 | Delta Goodrem | Wings of the Wild | Pop | Sony Music Australia | |
| July 1 | Diesel | Americana | Rock | Liberation | |
| July 1 | Fates Warning | Theories of Flight | Progressive metal | Inside Out | |
| July 1 | Grace | FMA | Hip hop soul | RCA | |
| July 1 | Magic! | Primary Colours | Pop, reggae fusion, reggae | Latium, RCA, Sony Music | |
| July 1 | Maxwell | blackSUMMERS'night | Soul, neo soul | Columbia | |
| July 1 | Metronomy | Summer 08 | Indie electronic | Because Music | |
| July 1 | Sara Watkins | Young in All the Wrong Ways | Americana, country | New West | |
| July 1 | Silent Planet | Everything Was Sound | Metalcore, post-hardcore, post-metal | Solid State | |
| July 1 | Snoop Dogg | Coolaid | West Coast hip hop | Doggystyle, eOne Music | |
| July 5 | Lindsey Abudei | ...and the Bass Is Queen | Neo soul, blues, jazz | Stealth | |
| July 8 | Biffy Clyro | Ellipsis | Alternative rock, electronic rock | 14th Floor | |
| July 8 | Boys Night Out | Black Dogs | Post-hardcore, alternative rock, rock | Good Fight | |
| July 8 | Chevelle | The North Corridor | Alternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge | Epic | |
| July 8 | Damien Done | Stay Black | Post-punk, gothic rock | Demons Run Amok | |
| July 8 | Heart | Beautiful Broken | Hard rock, folk rock | Concord Bicycle Music | |
| July 8 | Nonpoint | The Poison Red | Alternative metal | Spinefarm | |
| July 8 | Róisín Murphy | Take Her Up to Monto | Electropop, art pop | PIAS | |
| July 8 | Schoolboy Q | Blank Face LP | West Coast hip hop, hip hop, gangsta rap | Top Dawg, Interscope | |
| July 8 | Show Me the Body | Body War | | | |
| July 8 | Shura | Nothing's Real | Electropop | Polydor | |
| July 8 | Switchfoot | Where the Light Shines Through | Alternative rock, pop rock | Vanguard | |
| July 8 | Tanzwut | Schreib es mit Blut | | AFM | |
| July 8 | Vanna | All Hell | Hardcore punk | Pure Noise | |
| July 10 | Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle | Colvin & Earle | Americana, folk | Fantasy | |
| July 11 | GFriend | LOL | K-pop | Source Music | |
| July 15 | Benny Benassi | Danceaholic | Progressive house | Ultra | |
| July 15 | Cane Hill | Smile | Nu metal | Rise | |
| July 15 | David Nail | Fighter | Country | MCA Nashville | |
| July 15 | Good Charlotte | Youth Authority | Pop punk | MDDN | |
| July 15 | Kel Valhaal | New Introductory Lectures on the System of Transcendental Qabala | Electronic, experimental music | YLYLCYN | |
| July 15 | Michael Kiwanuka | Love & Hate | Indie rock, folk rock | Polydor | |
| July 15 | Steven Tyler | We're All Somebody from Somewhere | Country rock | Dot | |
| July 17 | Logic | Bobby Tarantino | Hip hop | Visionary, Def Jam | |
| July 18 | F.T. Island | Where's the Truth? | Rock | FNC | |
| July 22 | Crown the Empire | Retrograde | | Rise | |
| July 22 | Despised Icon | Beast | Deathcore | Nuclear Blast | |
| July 22 | Gucci Mane | Everybody Looking | Hip hop, trap | 1017, Atlantic | |
| July 22 | Lil Durk | Lil Durk 2X | Drill, trap | Only the Family, Def Jam | |
| July 22 | Periphery | Periphery III: Select Difficulty | Progressive metal, djent | Sumerian, Century Media, Roadrunner | |
| July 22 | Karmakanic | DOT | | Inside Out | |
| July 22 | Relient K | Air for Free | Pop rock, alternative rock | Mono vs Stereo | |
| July 29 | Anarbor | Anarbor | Alternative rock, pop rock | | |
| July 29 | Billy Talent | Afraid of Heights | Alternative rock, punk rock, post-hardcore | Warner Music Canada, The End | |
| July 29 | The Bouncing Souls | Simplicity | Punk rock | Rise, Chunksaah | |
| July 29 | Descendents | Hypercaffium Spazzinate | Punk rock | Epitaph | |
| July 29 | DJ Khaled | Major Key | Hip hop, trap, R&B | Epic, We the Best | |
| July 29 | Fantasia | The Definition Of... | R&B | 19, RCA | |
| July 29 | Jake Owen | American Love | Country | RCA Nashville | |
| July 29 | Jinjer | King of Everything | | Napalm | |
| July 29 | Nao | For All We Know | Alternative R&B | Little Tokyo Recordings | |
| July 29 | Sinsaenum | Echoes of the Tortured | Blackened death metal | earMUSIC | |
| July 29 | Thank You Scientist | Stranger Heads Prevail | Progressive rock | Evil Ink Records | |
| July 29 | Viola Beach | Viola Beach | Indie rock, indie pop | Fuller Beans Records | |
| July 29 | Zhu | Generationwhy | Electronic | Mind of a Genius, Columbia | |

### August

List of albums released in August 2016 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| August 5 | Blossoms | Blossoms | Indie rock, indie pop | Virgin EMI | |
| August 5 | Dinosaur Jr. | Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not | Alternative rock, indie rock | Jagjaguwar | |
| August 5 | DJ Snake | Encore | EDM, trap | Interscope | |
| August 5 | Elvis Presley | Way Down in the Jungle Room | | RCA, Legacy | |
| August 5 | Giggs | Landlord | British hip hop | SN1 Records | |
| August 5 | Russian Circles | Guidance | Instrumental rock, post-metal, post-rock | Sargent House | |
| August 5 | Skillet | Unleashed | Christian metal, hard rock | Atlantic | |
| August 5 | Tarja | The Shadow Self | Symphonic metal | earMUSIC | |
| August 5 | Wild Beasts | Boy King | Synth-pop | Domino | |
| August 12 | The Amity Affliction | This Could Be Heartbreak | Metalcore, post-hardcore | UNFD, Roadrunner | |
| August 12 | of Montreal | Innocence Reaches | Indie rock | Polyvinyl | |
| August 12 | The Pineapple Thief | Your Wilderness | Progressive rock, alternative rock | Kscope | |
| August 12 | Rome | The Hyperion Machine | Neofolk | Trisol | |
| August 12 | Young the Giant | Home of the Strange | Indie rock, alternative rock | Fueled by Ramen | |
| August 18 | AJJ | The Bible 2 | Folk punk | SideOneDummy | |
| August 19 | Crystal Castles | Amnesty (I) | Electropunk, witch house | Fiction, Casablanca | |
| August 19 | Dolly Parton | Pure & Simple | Country | Dolly Records, RCA Nashville | |
| August 19 | Ed Harcourt | Furnaces | | Polydor | |
| August 19 | Frank Ocean | Endless | Ambient pop, R&B | Def Jam | |
| August 19 | John Williamson | His Favourite Collection | Country | Warner Music Australasia | |
| August 19 | Lindsey Stirling | Brave Enough | EDM, classical crossover, electro house | Lindseystomp | |
| August 19 | Lisa Hannigan | At Swim | Folk, indie | Hoop Recordings, PIAS | |
| August 19 | Myrkur | Mausoleum | | Relapse | |
| August 19 | Sabaton | The Last Stand | Power metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| August 19 | Soilwork | Death Resonance | Melodic death metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| August 19 | Tobacco | Sweatbox Dynasty | | Ghostly International | |
| August 19 | Tory Lanez | I Told You | PBR&B, hip hop, dancehall | Mad Love, Interscope | |
| August 19 | Trapt | DNA | Hard rock, alternative metal, post-grunge | | |
| August 20 | Frank Ocean | Blonde | R&B | Def Jam, Boys Don't Cry | |
| August 23 | Will Wood and the Taperworms | Self-ish | Dark cabaret, punk jazz | | |
| August 24 | Radwimps | Your Name | Rock | | |
| August 26 | The Album Leaf | Between Waves | | Relapse | |
| August 26 | The Bad Plus | It's Hard | Jazz | Okeh | |
| August 26 | Barbra Streisand | Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway | Traditional pop | Columbia | |
| August 26 | Britney Spears | Glory | Pop | RCA | |
| August 26 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Emotion: Side B | Pop | 604, School Boy, Interscope | |
| August 26 | Celine Dion | Encore un soir | Pop | Columbia | |
| August 26 | De La Soul | and the Anonymous Nobody... | Hip hop | A.O.I. Records | |
| August 26 | Florida Georgia Line | Dig Your Roots | Country | Big Machine | |
| August 26 | Glass Animals | How to Be a Human Being | Indie pop, art pop, alternative R&B | Wolf Tone, Caroline International, Harvest | |
| August 26 | Marius Neset | Snowmelt | Jazz | ACT Music | |
| August 26 | Omar Rodríguez-López | Arañas en la Sombra | Experimental rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock | Ipecac | |
| August 26 | Sodom | Decision Day | Thrash metal | SPV/Steamhammer | |
| August 26 | Trygve Seim | Rumi Songs | Jazz | ECM | |

### September

List of albums released in September 2016 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| September 2 | Angel Olsen | My Woman | Indie rock | Jagjaguwar | |
| September 2 | A Day to Remember | Bad Vibrations | Metalcore, pop punk | ADTR, Epitaph | |
| September 2 | The Divine Comedy | Foreverland | Orchestral pop | Divine Comedy | |
| September 2 | Eluvium | False Readings On | | Temporary Residence | |
| September 2 | Freddie Mercury | Messenger of the Gods: The Singles | Rock, pop rock, opera | Mercury, Hollywood, Universal Music | |
| September 2 | Isaiah Rashad | The Sun's Tirade | Hip hop | Top Dawg Entertainment | |
| September 2 | James Vincent McMorrow | We Move | Alternative R&B | Faction Records, Believe Recordings, Mahogany Books | |
| September 2 | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | Familia | Indie pop, folk, disco | EBGB's, Red Essential | |
| September 2 | Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, and Jan Bang | Atmosphères | Ambient music, jazz, chamber music | ECM | |
| September 2 | Travis Scott | Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight | Hip hop | Grand Hustle, Epic | |
| September 2 | Zomby | Ultra | | Hyperdub | |
| September 9 | Bastille | Wild World | Indie rock | Virgin EMI, Virgin, Universal Music Group | |
| September 9 | clipping. | Splendor & Misery | Experimental hip hop | Sub Pop | |
| September 9 | The Dear Hunter | Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional | Progressive rock, indie rock | Equal Vision | |
| September 9 | Devin Townsend Project | Transcendence | Progressive metal, symphonic metal | HevyDevy Records | |
| September 9 | Gavin DeGraw | Something Worth Saving | Pop | RCA | |
| September 9 | Grouplove | Big Mess | Alternative rock, indie rock | Canvasback, Atlantic | |
| September 9 | The Head and the Heart | Signs of Light | Indie folk, indie pop, indie rock | Warner Bros. | |
| September 9 | Jack White | Acoustic Recordings 1998–2016 | Acoustic, blues | Third Man, Columbia | |
| September 9 | Jason Aldean | They Don't Know | Country, country rock | Broken Bow, Macon Music | |
| September 9 | Jennifer Rostock | Genau in diesem Ton | Rock, punk, pop rock | Four Music | |
| September 9 | KT Tunstall | Kin | Pop rock, indie rock | Caroline, Sony/ATV Music | |
| September 9 | Leagues | Alone Together | | Bufalotone Records | |
| September 9 | Local Natives | Sunlit Youth | Indie rock | Loma Vista, Infectious | |
| September 9 | M.I.A. | AIM | Hip hop | Interscope, Polydor | |
| September 9 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Skeleton Tree | Alternative rock, electronica, ambient | Bad Seed Ltd. | |
| September 9 | Norma Jean | Polar Similar | Metalcore, post-hardcore | Solid State | |
| September 9 | Of Mice & Men | Cold World | Nu metal, alternative metal, post-hardcore | Rise | |
| September 9 | Okkervil River | Away | Indie rock | ATO | |
| September 9 | Pansy Division | Quite Contrary | Queercore | | |
| September 9 | Safia | Internal | Electronic, indie pop | Parlophone, Warner Music Australasia | |
| September 9 | St. Paul and The Broken Bones | Sea of Noise | | Records | |
| September 9 | Scott Tixier | Cosmic Adventure | Jazz | Sunnyside | |
| September 9 | Teenage Fanclub | Here | Alternative rock | | |
| September 16 | Aaron Lewis | Sinner | Country | Dot, Big Machine | |
| September 16 | Against Me! | Shape Shift with Me | Punk rock | Total Treble Music | |
| September 16 | AJR | What Everyone's Thinking | | AJR Productions | |
| September 16 | AlunaGeorge | I Remember | Electronic | Island | |
| September 16 | The Black Sorrows | Faithful Satellite | Blues, rock, soul | Head Records | |
| September 16 | Beware of Darkness | Are You Real? | Alternative rock | Bright Antenna | |
| September 16 | Bobby Rush | Porcupine Meat | Blues | Rounder | |
| September 16 | Die Antwoord | Mount Ninji and da Nice Time Kid | Alternative hip hop, rave | | |
| September 16 | Dinosaur | Together, As One | Jazz | Edition | |
| September 16 | Lordi | Monstereophonic (Theaterror vs. Demonarchy) | Hard rock, heavy metal, shock rock | AFM | |
| September 16 | Mac Miller | The Divine Feminine | Alternative hip hop, jazz rap | REMember Music, Warner Bros. | |
| September 16 | Moor Mother | Fetish Bones | Experimental | Don Giovanni | |
| September 16 | The Shondes | Brighton | | | |
| September 16 | Taking Back Sunday | Tidal Wave | Alternative rock, hard rock | Hopeless | |
| September 16 | Touché Amoré | Stage Four | Post-hardcore, screamo, melodic hardcore | Epitaph | |
| September 16 | Usher | Hard II Love | R&B | RCA | |
| September 16 | Willie Nelson | For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price | Country | Legacy | |
| September 16 | Young Guns | Echoes | Alternative rock | Windup | |
| September 21 | Feeder | All Bright Electric | Alternative rock, post-grunge, art rock | Cooking Vinyl | |
| September 22 | The Caretaker | Everywhere at the End of Time - Stage 1 | | History Always Favours The Winners | |
| September 23 | Airbourne | Breakin' Outta Hell | Hard rock | Spinefarm | |
| September 23 | Beach Slang | A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings | Punk rock | Polyvinyl, Big Scary Monsters | |
| September 23 | Billy Bragg & Joe Henry | Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad | Folk | Cooking Vinyl | |
| September 23 | Bruce Springsteen | Chapter and Verse | Rock | Columbia | |
| September 23 | Crowder | American Prodigal | CCM, worship | Sparrow, sixsteps, Capitol CMG | |
| September 23 | David Bowie | Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976) | | Parlophone | |
| September 23 | Devendra Banhart | Ape in Pink Marble | Indie folk, indie, alternative | Nonesuch | |
| September 23 | Every Time I Die | Low Teens | Metalcore, hardcore punk, Southern rock | Epitaph | |
| September 23 | Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam | I Had a Dream That You Were Mine | Indie rock | Glassnote | |
| September 23 | How to Dress Well | Care | Art pop | Domino, Weird World | |
| September 23 | Idina Menzel | Idina | Pop | Warner Bros. | |
| September 23 | Marillion | Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R) | Neo-prog | earMUSIC | |
| September 23 | Rachael Yamagata | Tightrope Walker | | Frankenfish, Thirty Tigers | |
| September 23 | Shawn Mendes | Illuminate | Pop | Island, Universal | |
| September 23 | Skylar Grey | Natural Causes | Alternative pop | KidinaKorner, Interscope | |
| September 23 | Vangelis | Rosetta | Electronic, ambient, classical | Decca | |
| September 23 | Various artists | Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | | RCA | |
| September 23 | Warpaint | Heads Up | Indie rock | Rough Trade | |
| September 27 | Danny Brown | Atrocity Exhibition | Experimental hip hop | Warp | |
| September 29 | Lori McKenna | The Bird and the Rifle | Country | CN Records | |
| September 30 | Banks | The Altar | Alternative R&B | Harvest | |
| September 30 | Bob Weir | Blue Mountain | Rock, folk, country | Legacy, Columbia | |
| September 30 | Bon Iver | 22, A Million | Indie folk, folktronica | Jagjaguwar | |
| September 30 | Craig David | Following My Intuition | UK Garage, dance, tropical house | Sony Music, Insanity | |
| September 30 | Drive-By Truckers | American Band | Country rock, alternative rock, alternative country | ATO | |
| September 30 | Epica | The Holographic Principle | Symphonic metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| September 30 | Eric Clapton | Live in San Diego | | Reprise | |
| September 30 | Jenny Hval | Blood Bitch | Art pop, avant-garde, electronica | Sacred Bones | |
| September 30 | Mr. Oizo | All Wet | Electronic music, techno | Ed Banger | |
| September 30 | Opeth | Sorceress | Progressive rock | Nuclear Blast, Moderbolaget | |
| September 30 | Pixies | Head Carrier | Alternative rock, indie rock, pop rock | Pixiesmusic, PIAS | |
| September 30 | Regina Spektor | Remember Us to Life | Pop, alternative | Warner Bros., Sire | |
| September 30 | Slaves | Take Control | Punk rock | Virgin EMI | |
| September 30 | Solange | A Seat at the Table | Neo soul, R&B | Saint, Columbia | |
| September 30 | Suicidal Tendencies | World Gone Mad | Crossover thrash | Suicidal Records | |
| September 30 | Tycho | Epoch | Ambient, electronic, post-rock | Ghostly International | |
| September 30 | Van Morrison | Keep Me Singing | Rock | Caroline | |
| September 30 | William Michael Morgan | Vinyl | Country | Warner Bros. Nashville | |
| September 30 | Yello | Toy | Electronic dance music | Universal | |
| September 30 | Yellowcard | Yellowcard | Alternative rock, pop punk | Hopeless | |

## Fourth quarter
### October

List of albums released in October 2016 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| October 5 | Shinee | 1 of 1 | K-pop | SM, KT Music | |
| October 7 | Alter Bridge | The Last Hero | Alternative metal, hard rock, heavy metal | Caroline, Napalm | |
| October 7 | Barry Gibb | In the Now | Rock, country | Columbia | |
| October 7 | Colbie Caillat | The Malibu Sessions | Pop | PlummyLou Records | |
| October 7 | Dance Gavin Dance | Mothership | Post-hardcore, experimental rock | Rise | |
| October 7 | Daya | Sit Still, Look Pretty | Electropop, dance-pop, synth-pop | Z Entertainment, Artbeatz, RED Distribution | |
| October 7 | The Devil Wears Prada | Transit Blues | Metalcore | Rise | |
| October 7 | Goat | Requiem | Alternative rock, psychedelic | Sub Pop, Rocket Recordings | |
| October 7 | Green Day | Revolution Radio | Punk rock, pop punk, alternative rock | Reprise | |
| October 7 | Joyce Manor | Cody | Emo, pop punk, indie rock | Epitaph | |
| October 7 | Kaiser Chiefs | Stay Together | Pop rock | Fiction | |
| October 7 | Lizzo | Coconut Oil | | Atlantic | |
| October 7 | Loretta Lynn | White Christmas Blue | Country | Legacy | |
| October 7 | Melissa Etheridge | MEmphis Rock and Soul | Rock, Memphis soul | Stax | |
| October 7 | Meshuggah | The Violent Sleep of Reason | Extreme metal, progressive metal, avant-garde metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| October 7 | Mo Pitney | Behind This Guitar | Country | Curb | |
| October 7 | NOFX | First Ditch Effort | Punk rock | Fat Wreck Chords | |
| October 7 | Norah Jones | Day Breaks | Jazz, pop rock | Blue Note | |
| October 7 | Olivia Newton-John, Beth Nielsen Chapman and Amy Sky | Liv On | | Sony Music Australia | |
| October 7 | OneRepublic | Oh My My | Pop, pop rock | Mosley, Interscope | |
| October 7 | Phantogram | Three | | Republic | |
| October 7 | Placebo | Life's What You Make It | Alternative rock | | |
| October 7 | Placebo | A Place for Us to Dream | Alternative rock | Rise | |
| October 7 | Sonata Arctica | The Ninth Hour | Symphonic metal, power metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| October 7 | Sum 41 | 13 Voices | Alternative metal, alternative rock, punk rock | Hopeless | |
| October 7 | White Lies | Friends | Indie rock | BMG | |
| October 10 | BTS | Wings | Hip hop, EDM, R&B | Big Hit | |
| October 14 | Beth Hart | Fire on the Floor | Blues rock | Provogue | |
| October 14 | Chris Young | It Must Be Christmas | Country, Christmas | RCA Nashville | |
| October 14 | Conor Oberst | Ruminations | | Nonesuch | |
| October 14 | Crying | Beyond the Fleeting Gales | | Run for Cover | |
| October 14 | Darkthrone | Arctic Thunder | Black metal | Peaceville | |
| October 14 | Dave Holland | Aziza | Jazz | Dare2 Records | |
| October 14 | David Bromberg Band | The Blues, the Whole Blues, and Nothing But the Blues | Blues | Red House | |
| October 14 | The Dillinger Escape Plan | Dissociation | Mathcore, progressive metal | Party Smasher, Cooking Vinyl | |
| October 14 | The Game | 1992 | West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap | Blood Money Entertainment, eOne | |
| October 14 | Hillsong Worship | Let There Be Light | Worship | Hillsong, Sparrow, Capitol | |
| October 14 | Jeff Rosenstock | Worry. | Punk rock, indie rock | SideOneDummy | |
| October 14 | Jessica Mauboy | The Secret Daughter: Songs from the Original TV Series | Pop | Sony Music Australia | |
| October 14 | JoJo | Mad Love | R&B | Atlantic | |
| October 14 | Katie Melua | In Winter | | BMG | |
| October 14 | Kings of Leon | Walls | Rock | RCA | |
| October 14 | Lisa Mitchell | Warriors | Pop | Warner Music Australia | |
| October 14 | The Naked and Famous | Simple Forms | | Somewhat Damaged, Kobalt Label Services | |
| October 14 | The Orb | COW / Chill Out, World! | Electronica, dub, IDM | Kompakt | |
| October 14 | Phil Collins | The Singles | | Rhino | |
| October 14 | Rebecca Ferguson | Superwoman | | Syco, Sony Music | |
| October 14 | Sabrina Carpenter | Evolution | Electropop | Hollywood | |
| October 14 | Tom Chaplin | The Wave | Pop | Island | |
| October 14 | Two Door Cinema Club | Gameshow | Indie rock | Parlophone | |
| October 21 | Agnes Obel | Citizen of Glass | | PIAS | |
| October 21 | Amaranthe | Maximalism | Metalcore, power metal | Spinefarm | |
| October 21 | American Football | American Football | Rock | Polyvinyl | |
| October 21 | Cakes da Killa | Hedonism | | Ruffians, Thirty Tigers | |
| October 21 | David Crosby | Lighthouse | Folk | GroundUP Music | |
| October 21 | The Dean Ween Group | The Deaner Album | | ATO | |
| October 21 | DRAM | Big Baby DRAM | Hip hop | Atlantic, Empire | |
| October 21 | Elvis Presley | The Wonder of You | Orchestral pop | RCA, Legacy | |
| October 21 | Far East Movement | Identity | EDM, pop | Transparent Agency, Spinnin', eOne | |
| October 21 | Hooton Tennis Club | Big Box of Chocolates | | | |
| October 21 | I Prevail | Lifelines | Post-hardcore, metalcore, alternative rock | Fearless | |
| October 21 | Jimmy Eat World | Integrity Blues | Rock | RCA | |
| October 21 | Joe Budden | Rage & The Machine | Hip hop | Mood Muzik Entertainment, Empire | |
| October 21 | Kevin Devine | Instigator | | Procrastinate! Music Traitors | |
| October 21 | Kero Kero Bonito | Bonito Generation | Electropop | Double Denim, Sony Music Japan | |
| October 21 | Korn | The Serenity of Suffering | Nu metal | Roadrunner | |
| October 21 | Lady Gaga | Joanne | Soft rock, dance-pop | Interscope | |
| October 21 | Leonard Cohen | You Want It Darker | Folk rock | Columbia | |
| October 21 | Melanie C | Version of Me | Pop | Red Girl, RCA | |
| October 21 | Michael Bublé | Nobody but Me | | Reprise | |
| October 21 | Pentatonix | A Pentatonix Christmas | A cappella, Christmas | RCA | |
| October 21 | The Pretenders | Alone | Rock | BMG | |
| October 21 | The Pretty Reckless | Who You Selling For | Rock | Razor & Tie | |
| October 21 | R. Kelly | 12 Nights of Christmas | R&B, soul | RCA | |
| October 21 | The Radio Dept. | Running Out of Love | Dream pop, indie pop, electronic | Labrador | |
| October 21 | Rascal Flatts | The Greatest Gift of All | Country, Christmas | Big Machine | |
| October 21 | Saint Motel | saintmotelevision | Indie pop | Elektra, On The Records, Parlophone | |
| October 21 | Sarah McLachlan | Wonderland | Christmas | Verve | |
| October 24 | Twice | Twicecoaster: Lane 1 | K-pop, dance | JYP | |
| October 26 | Arashi | Are You Happy? | Pop, R&B | J Storm | |
| October 28 | Avenged Sevenfold | The Stage | Thrash metal, progressive metal | Capitol | |
| October 28 | Black M | Éternel insatisfait | French hip hop, French pop | Wati B, Sony Music, Jive | |
| October 28 | Blue Rodeo | 1000 Arms | Country rock | Warner Music Canada | |
| October 28 | Courteeners | Mapping the Rendezvous | Indie rock | Ignition Records | |
| October 28 | CRX | New Skin | Hard rock, stoner rock, industrial rock | Columbia | |
| October 28 | Empire of the Sun | Two Vines | | Virgin EMI | |
| October 28 | Helmet | Dead to the World | Alternative metal | earMUSIC | |
| October 28 | James Arthur | Back from the Edge | Pop | Columbia | |
| October 28 | Jeezy | Trap or Die 3 | Hip hop | Def Jam, CTE World | |
| October 28 | Jennifer Nettles | To Celebrate Christmas | Country, Christmas | Big Machine | |
| October 28 | Kacey Musgraves | A Very Kacey Christmas | Country, Christmas | Mercury Nashville | |
| October 28 | Kenny Chesney | Cosmic Hallelujah | Country | Blue Chair, Columbia Nashville | |
| October 28 | LeAnn Rimes | Remnants | Country, rock, country pop | Sony Music | |
| October 28 | Madness | Can't Touch Us Now | Ska, pop, reggae | Lucky 7 | |
| October 28 | Memphis May Fire | This Light I Hold | Metalcore, post-hardcore, hard rock | Rise | |
| October 28 | Testament | Brotherhood of the Snake | Thrash metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| October 28 | Tkay Maidza | Tkay | Synth-pop, hip hop | Downtown, Interscope | |
| October 28 | Tove Lo | Lady Wood | Electropop, synth-pop, dance-pop | Island | |

### November

List of albums released in November 2016 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| November 4 | Alicia Keys | Here | R&B, soul | RCA | |
| November 4 | B.o.B. | Elements | Conscious hip hop, political hip hop | Label No Genre | |
| November 4 | Bon Jovi | This House Is Not for Sale | Arena rock, pop rock | Island | |
| November 4 | The Chainsmokers | Collage | | Disruptor, Columbia | |
| November 4 | Client Liaison | Diplomatic Immunity | Electropop, indie pop, new wave | Dot Dash Recordings, Remote Control, Inertia | |
| November 4 | Common | Black America Again | Hip hop | ARTium, Def Jam | |
| November 4 | Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions | Until the Hunter | Alternative rock | Tendril Tales | |
| November 4 | Jaws | Simplicity | Post-punk | | |
| November 4 | Jim James | Eternally Even | Indie rock, psychedelic rock, alternative rock | ATO, Capitol | |
| November 4 | Keke Palmer | Lauren | R&B | Island | |
| November 4 | Kungs | Layers | Deep house, tropical house | House of Barclay | |
| November 4 | Laura Pausini | Laura Xmas | Christmas music, jazz, swing | Warner | |
| November 4 | Marcus & Martinus | Together | Pop | Sony Music Entertainment Norway | |
| November 4 | Queen | On Air | Rock, hard rock | Virgin EMI, Hollywood | |
| November 4 | Robbie Williams | The Heavy Entertainment Show | Pop | Columbia | |
| November 4 | Shirley Collins | Lodestar | Folk | Domino | |
| November 4 | Susan Boyle | A Wonderful World | Operatic pop, crossover, easy listening | Syco, Columbia, Sony Music | |
| November 4 | Tinashe | Nightride | Alternative R&B | RCA | |
| November 4 | Waterparks | Double Dare | Pop punk | Equal Vision | |
| November 5 | French Montana | MC4 | Hip hop | Bad Boy, Maybach Music Group, Epic | |
| November 8 | Wakrat | Wakrat | Alternative rock | Earache | |
| November 9 | Bad Gyal | Slow Wine Mixtape | | Bad Gyal | |
| November 11 | Bob Dylan | The 1966 Live Recordings | Folk | Columbia | |
| November 11 | Cliff Richard | Just... Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll | Rock and roll | Sony Music | |
| November 11 | David Bowie | Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie) | Rock | Sony Music | |
| November 11 | Emeli Sandé | Long Live the Angels | R&B, soul | Virgin | |
| November 11 | Enigma | The Fall of a Rebel Angel | New-age, pop, electronica | Baloo Music S.A. | |
| November 11 | Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood | Christmas Together | Christmas, country | Pearl, Gwendolyn | |
| November 11 | In Flames | Battles | Alternative metal | Eleven Seven, Nuclear Blast | |
| November 11 | John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John | Friends for Christmas | Pop, Christmas music | Sony Music Australia | |
| November 11 | Lorenzo Senni | Persona | Hard trance, intelligent dance music | Warp | |
| November 11 | Mina & Celentano | Le migliori | Pop | Clan, PDU | |
| November 11 | Nathan Sykes | Unfinished Business | Pop, R&B, EDM | Global Entertainment | |
| November 11 | Olly Murs | 24 Hrs | Pop | Epic | |
| November 11 | Ronnie Dunn | Tattooed Heart | Country | Nash Icon | |
| November 11 | Simple Minds | Acoustic | Acoustic | Caroline International | |
| November 11 | Sirenia | Dim Days of Dolor | Gothic metal, symphonic metal, doom metal | Napalm | |
| November 11 | Sleigh Bells | Jessica Rabbit | Indie pop | Torn Clean | |
| November 11 | Sting | 57th & 9th | Pop rock | Cherrytree, Interscope, A&M | |
| November 11 | A Tribe Called Quest | We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service | East Coast hip hop, jazz rap | Epic | |
| November 11 | You Blew It! | Abendrot | Indie rock | Triple Crown | |
| November 18 | 6lack | Free 6lack | Hip hop, R&B | LoveRenaissance, Interscope | |
| November 18 | Bic Runga | Close Your Eyes | | Sony Music New Zealand | |
| November 18 | Bridgit Mendler | Nemesis | Soul, indie, R&B | Black Box | |
| November 18 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic | Funk | Atlantic | |
| November 18 | DNCE | DNCE | Pop | Republic | |
| November 18 | Dragonette | Royal Blues | | | |
| November 18 | E-40 | The D-Boy Diary: Book 1 | Hip hop | Heavy on the Grind Entertainment | |
| November 18 | E-40 | The D-Boy Diary: Book 2 | Hip hop | Heavy on the Grind Entertainment | |
| November 18 | High Valley | Dear Life | Country | Atlantic, Warner Nashville | |
| November 18 | Highly Suspect | The Boy Who Died Wolf | Alternative rock | 300 Entertainment | |
| November 18 | Ion Dissonance | Cast the First Stone | Deathcore, mathcore | Good Fight | |
| November 18 | Justice | Woman | Disco, funk | Because, Ed Banger | |
| November 18 | Kerser | Tradition | | Warner Australia | |
| November 18 | Kevin Abstract | American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story | Indie pop, alternative hip hop, alternative R&B | Brockhampton Records | |
| November 18 | Little Mix | Glory Days | Dance-pop, R&B | Syco, Columbia | |
| November 18 | Metallica | Hardwired... to Self-Destruct | Thrash metal | Blackened Recordings | |
| November 18 | Miranda Lambert | The Weight of These Wings | Country | RCA Nashville | |
| November 18 | Pink Martini | Je dis oui! | | Heinz Records | |
| November 18 | Sixx:A.M. | Prayers for the Blessed | Alternative metal, hard rock | Eleven Seven | |
| November 18 | Thee Oh Sees | An Odd Entrances | Garage rock, psychedelic rock | Castle Face | |
| November 21 | Up10tion | Burst | K-pop | TOP Media | |
| November 22 | Prince | 4Ever | Pop, rock, funk | NPG, Warner Bros. | |
| November 23 | Lil Uzi Vert and Gucci Mane | 1017 vs. The World | Hip hop, trap | Generation Now, GUWOP | |
| November 25 | Flume | Skin Companion EP 1 | | | |
| November 25 | Garth Brooks | Gunslinger | Country | Pearl | |
| November 25 | Kate Bush | Before the Dawn | Progressive pop, art pop, art rock | Concord, Fish People | |
| November 25 | Kylie Minogue | Kylie Christmas: Snow Queen Edition | Christmas, traditional pop | Parlophone, Warner Bros. | |
| November 25 | Rumer | This Girl's in Love: A Bacharach and David Songbook | Pop | East West, Warner Bros. | |
| November 25 | The Weeknd | Starboy | Alternative R&B | XO, Republic | |
| November 29 | Dr. Dog | Abandoned Mansion | Indie rock, blues rock, neo-psychedelia | Anti- | |

### December

List of albums released in December 2016 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| December 2 | Animotion | Raise Your Expectations | | Invisible Hands Music | |
| December 2 | Childish Gambino | "Awaken, My Love!" | R&B, soul, funk | Glassnote | |
| December 2 | deadmau5 | W:/2016Album/ | Electronic dance music | mau5trap | |
| December 2 | Grace VanderWaal | Perfectly Imperfect | Pop | Columbia | |
| December 2 | Jean-Michel Jarre | Oxygène 3 | Electronic | | |
| December 2 | John Legend | Darkness and Light | R&B | Columbia, GOOD | |
| December 2 | Nails / Full of Hell | Nails / Full of Hell | Grindcore | Closed Casket Activities | |
| December 2 | The Narrative | Golden Silence | Indie rock, synth-pop | | |
| December 2 | Pete Doherty | Hamburg Demonstrations | | Cloud Hill | |
| December 2 | The Rolling Stones | Blue & Lonesome | Blues rock | Polydor | |
| December 2 | Tiziano Ferro | Il mestiere della vita | Pop | Universal | |
| December 2 | Various artists | The Hamilton Mixtape | Hip hop, R&B, pop | Atlantic | |
| December 9 | Ab-Soul | Do What Thou Wilt. | Hip hop | Top Dawg | |
| December 9 | Hodgy | Fireplace: TheNotTheOtherSide | Hip hop | Odd Future, Columbia | |
| December 9 | J. Cole | 4 Your Eyez Only | Conscious hip hop | Dreamville, Roc Nation | |
| December 9 | LP | Lost on You | Indie rock | Vagrant | |
| December 9 | Maria Taylor | In the Next Life | Indie folk | Flower Moon Records | |
| December 9 | Neil Young | Peace Trail | Rock | Reprise | |
| December 9 | Post Malone | Stoney | Country, R&B | Republic | |
| December 9 | Tech N9ne | The Storm | Hip hop | Strange | |
| December 9 | Various artists | Doing It In Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980s Nigeria | Pop, disco, afro-pop | Soundway | |
| December 12 | Big Bang | Made | Dance-pop, R&B, hip hop | YG | |
| December 15 | Injury Reserve | Floss | | | |
| December 16 | Gabrielle Aplin | Miss You | | Never Fade | |
| December 16 | Kid Cudi | Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin' | Hip hop | Wicked Awesome, Republic | |
| December 16 | T.I. | Us or Else: Letter to the System | Political hip hop | Grand Hustle, Roc Nation | |
| December 21 | Dec 99th | Dec 99th | | | |
| December 22 | Nine Inch Nails | Not the Actual Events | Industrial rock | The Null Corporation | |