JANUARY
Top hit
Hello · Adele
Top album
25 · Adele
Enter the Year
Year
2016
Streaming Rewrites the Rules
Virality enters the vocabulary — yet month by month, the story stays human.
Voices of the year
Albums that mattered
The songs
Through the year
Tap a month to explore what people were playing.
FEBRUARY
Top hit
Sorry · Justin Bieber
Top album
25 · Adele
MARCH
APRIL
Top hit
Work · Rihanna
Top album
ANTI · Rihanna
MAY
Top hit
Panda · Desiigner
Top album
The Very Best Of Prince · Prince
JUNE
Top hit
One Dance · Drake
Top album
Views · Drake
JULY
Top hit
One Dance · Drake
Top album
Views · Drake
AUGUST
Top hit
Cheap Thrills · Sia
Top album
Views · Drake
SEPTEMBER
Top hit
Closer · The Chainsmokers
Top album
Blonde · Frank Ocean
OCTOBER
Top hit
Closer · The Chainsmokers
Top album
They Don't Know · Jason Aldean
NOVEMBER
Top hit
Closer · The Chainsmokers
Top album
Walls · Kings Of Leon
DECEMBER
Top hit
Black Beatles · Rae Sremmurd
Top album
We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service · A Tribe Called Quest