The Best of Music in 2016
There were so many extraordinary albums and songs written this year! Artists from each genre are making 2016 a very good music year even with the sad loss of so many music legends. David Bowie´s Blackstar and Leonard Cohen´s You Want it Darker are gemstones that will be kept close to the heart. The music scene in Iceland is better then ever with such good hip hop and RnB ruling the island from the likes of Sturla Atlas, Emmsjé Gauti and Aron Can. One of the best things that happened this music year was Iggy Pop´s new album Post Pop Depression influenced and made with the help from Josh Homme ,Queens of the Stone Age frontman which is never going to be a bad thing. Oh and Frank Ocean, you made my year! Thank you!
These are my favourite albums of 2016:
30. ZAYN- Mind of Mine
29. Goat- Requiem
28. Beach Baby- No Mind No Money
27. Bon Iver- 22, A Million
26. Holy Wave- Freaks of Nurture
25. The Weeknd- Starboy
24. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Skeleton Tree
23. Gold Panda- Good Luck and Do Your Best
22. Skepta- Konnichiwa
21. Flume- Skin
20. The Range- Potential
19. DIIV- Is the Is are
18. Jack Garratt-Phase
17. David Bowie- Blackstar
16. Kevin Morby- Singing Saw
15. The Entrepreneurs- Tony Rominger (EP)
14. Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway
13. James Blake- The Colour in Anything
12. Bibio- A Mineral Love
11. Kanye West- The Life of Pablo
10. Solange- A Seat at The Table
9. KAYTRANADA- 99,9%
8. Radiohead- A Moon Shaped Pool
7. Beyonce- Lemonade
6. Iggy Pop- Post Pop Depression
5. Rihanna- ANTI
4. Palace- So Long Forever
3. Drake- Views
2. Local Natives- Sunlit Youth
1. Frank Ocean- Blonde
And to my favourite songs of 2016:
30. The Lumineers- Ophelia
29. Aron Can- Enginn Mórall
28. The XX- On Hold
27. Júníus Meyvant- Signals
26. Låpsley- Falling Short
25. Yung Lean- Crystal City
24. Kano- Deep Blues
23. The 1975- Somebody Else
22. Frankie Cosmos- On the Lips
21. Kings Of Leon- Find Me
20. Let´s Eat Grandma- Sax in The City
19. Young Thug- RiRi
18. KAYTRANADA- Got It Good
17. Drake-Childs Play
16. Samaris- Wanted 2 Say
15. ANOHNI- Drone Bomb Me
14. Schoolboy Q- By Any Means
13. Childish Gambino- Redbone
12. Palace- Fire In the Sky
11. Radiohead- Identikit
10. Fufanu- Sports
9. Iggy Pop- Sunday
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Dark Necessities
7. Kanye West- Fade
6. Leonard Cohen- You Want it Darker
5. Local Natives- Fountain Of Youth
4. The Weeknd- Secrets
3. Frank Ocean- Nikes
2. Rihanna- Needed Me
1. David Bowie- Lazarus
I, and Team Bast wish everybody a happy New music Year and thanks for reading in the past year!
- Words by Rakel Unnur
- 30.12.2016
- Music