All in all, I'm sure we can all agree that the year 2016 has been a really awful year. A series of terrorist attacks, deaths of pop-icons, mistreatment of refugees, war in Syria and in Ukraine, Brexit, Trump and the rise of populism and racism around Europe have all defined this year. When it comes to music, there were quite a few excellent albums coming out. What surprised me was that many old music legends made really good albums this year. I wasn't expecting anything from these artists anymore and that's probably why I was so excited to be proofed wrong. There are some albums from those legends on this list along with some new discoveries and some more recent indie artists that surprised me with a fresh new album. I'm hoping, if anything good will come out of this year of misery, is a bunch of good music and art in general. So my expectations for the next year are quite high already. But let's move on to this year's list.
