My top 55 albums of 2016 based entirely on the total number of documented plays in iTunes, Google Music, Spotify, the Amazon Cloud Player, and physical media. Every album on the list was purchased in some manner.

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11. iggy pop - post pop depression

10. brain tentacles - brain tentacles

9. truckfighters - v

8. de la soul - and the anonymous nobody

7. anthrax - for all kings

6. gone is gone - gone is gone

5. cult of luna and julie christmas - mariner

4. metallica - hardwired... to self destruct

3. rihanna - anti

2. david bowie - blackstar 

1. gojira - magma