Dezembro é época de retrospectiva e a revista americana Rolling Stone já entrou no clima. A publicação divulgou, no primeiro dia do mês, sua tradicional lista dos 50 melhores álbuns do ano. O melhor de todos, na opinião dos jornalistas da conceituada revista, é “To Pimp a Butterfly” do rapper Kendrick Lamar. Adele aparece em 2º lugar com “25”.
Drake e The Weeknd aparecem no Top 5 com “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” e “Beauty Behind the Madness” respectivamente. Na lista, estão ainda Lana Del Rey (12º), Selena Gomez (43º), Madonna (45º) e Carly Rae Jepsen (48º).
Outros discos bem recebidos pelo público, como “Purpose” do Justin Bieber, “Made In the A.M.” do One Direction e “Confident” da Demi Lovato não qualificaram suficientemente para passar no crivo do Top 50. Confira a lista completa:
1. Kendrick Lamar, ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’
2. Adele, ’25’
3. Drake, ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’
4. D’Angelo and the Vanguard, ‘Black Messiah’
5. The Weeknd, ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’
6. Courtney Barnett, ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit’
7. Jason Isbell, ‘Something More Than Free
8. Various Artists, ‘Hamilton: Original Broadway Soundtrack’
9. The Arcs, ‘Yours, Dreamily’
10. Blur, ‘The Magic Whip’
11. Sleater-Kinney, ‘No Cities to Love’
12. Lana Del Rey, ‘Honeymoon’
13. Tame Impala, ‘Currents’
14. Wilco, ‘Star Wars’
15. Father John Misty, ‘I Love You, Honeybear’
16. Jack Ü, ‘Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü’
17. Keith Richards, ‘Crosseyed Heart’
18. Boz Scaggs, ‘A Fool to Care’
19. Kurt Vile, ‘B’lieve I’m Goin Down…’
20. Don Henley, ‘Cass County’
21. Chris Stapleton, ‘Traveller’
22. Florence and the Machine, ‘How Big How Blue How Beautiful’
23. Mark Knopfler, ‘Tracker’
24. Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment, ‘Surf’
25. Darlene Love, ‘Introducing Darlene Love’
26. Future, ‘DS2’
27. Eric Church, ‘Mr. Misunderstood’
28. Miguel, ‘Wildheart’
29. Joanna Newsom, ‘Divers’
30. Car Seat Headrest, ‘Teens of Style’
31. Leon Bridges, ‘Coming Home’
32. Jazmine Sullivan, ‘Reality Show’
33. Beach House, ‘Depression Cherry’
34. Marilyn Manson, ‘The Pale Emperor’
35. Vince Staples, ‘Summertime ’06’
36. Hop Along, ‘Painted Shut’
37. Alabama Shakes, ‘Sound & Color’
38. Ashley Monroe, ‘The Blade’
39. Muse, ‘Drones’
40. Songhoy Blues, ‘Music in Exile’
41. Kamasi Washington, ‘The Epic’
42. Björk, ‘Vulnicura’
43. Selena Gomez, ‘Revival’
44. Rae Sremmurd, ‘SremmLife’
45. Madonna, ‘Rebel Heart’
46. Rhiannon Giddens, ‘Tomorrow Is My Turn’
47. James Taylor, ‘Before This World’
48. Carly Rae Jepsen, ‘Emotion’
49. Bob Dylan, ‘Shadows in the Night’
50. Bomba Estéreo, ‘Amanecer’