25 Best Albums of 2016 (So Far)
![Beyoncé, Lemonade [📷: Columbia]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/beyonce-lemonade-parkwood-entertainment-columbia.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
The title is self-explanatory. This list ranks the 25 best albums of 2016, so far. By the end of 2016, this could all change...or not.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Beyoncé, Lemonade [📷: Columbia]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/beyonce-lemonade-parkwood-entertainment-columbia.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
The title is self-explanatory. This list ranks the 25 best albums of 2016, so far. By the end of 2016, this could all change...or not.

It’s-a-ways off 'til the 59th Grammy Awards Nominations are announced. With half of 2016 "in the books," who has an edge in earning a statuette this year?
![Selena Gomez, Revival [📷: Interscope]](https://themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/selena-gomez-revival-interscope-768x768.jpg)
A lack of control captures the sentiment of the 11 songs selected on this playlist that lack control of their sexual appetites. The innuendo is legit.
![Ariana Grande, Dangerous Woman [📷: Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ariana-grande-dangerous-woman-republic.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
On her third studio album 'Dangerous Woman', Ariana Grande exemplifies the hip-hop/Urban Dictionary slang that she “gives no f*cks.”
![Fifth Harmony, 7/27 [📷: Epic]](https://themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/fifth-harmony-727-768x768.jpg)
This case study examines the ridiculous innuendo utilized in songs by Ariana Grande, DNCE, and Fifth Harmony in 2015 and 2016.

Although The Pinkprint is a scattered effort, rapper/singer/songwriter Nicki Minaj’s third studio album proves to be captivating.