Year-End List: 40 Best Albums of 2016
![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)
Beyoncé (Lemonade), Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (Skelton Tree), and Solange (A Seat at the Table) lead the charge of the 40 bests albums of 2016.

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)
Beyoncé (Lemonade), Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (Skelton Tree), and Solange (A Seat at the Table) lead the charge of the 40 bests albums of 2016.
![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.
![Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Getaway [📷: Warner Bros]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/red-hot-chili-peppers-the-getaway.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Funk-rock vets Red Hot Chili Peppers deliver one of the year’s best albums with 'The Getaway', which does the break-up album superbly.