List of number-one Billboard Alternative Albums of 2016
These are the U.S. number-one alternative rock albums of 2016, per the Billboard Alternative Albums chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7â10 days in advance.
List
Issue date |
Album |
Artist |
Reference |
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January 2 |
A Head Full of Dreams |
Coldplay |
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January 9 |
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January 16 |
Blurryface |
Twenty One Pilots |
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January 23 |
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January 30 |
Blackstar |
David Bowie |
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February 6 |
Death of a Bachelor |
Panic! at the Disco |
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February 13 |
Blackstar |
David Bowie |
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February 20 |
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February 27 |
A Head Full of Dreams |
Coldplay |
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March 5 |
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March 12 |
Side Pony |
Lake Street Dive |
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March 19 |
I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It |
The 1975 |
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March 26 |
Love Riot |
Newsboys |
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April 2 |
Us and the Night |
3 Doors Down |
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April 9 |
Post Pop Depression |
Iggy Pop |
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April 16 |
Blurryface |
Twenty One Pilots |
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April 23 |
Weezer |
Weezer |
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April 30 |
Cleopatra |
The Lumineers |
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May 7 |
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May 14 |
Home |
Blue October |
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May 21 |
Death of a Bachelor |
Panic! at the Disco |
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May 28 |
A Moon Shaped Pool |
Radiohead |
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June 4 |
Misadventures |
Pierce the Veil |
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June 11 |
Headspace |
Issues |
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June 18 |
To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere |
Thrice |
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June 25 |
''Aggressive |
Beartooth |
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July 2 |
''Strange Little Birds |
Garbage |
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July 9 |
The Getaway |
Red Hot Chili Peppers |
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July 16 |
True Sadness |
The Avett Brothers |
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July 23 |
California |
Blink-182 |
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July 30 |
The North Corridor |
Chevelle |
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August 6 |
Hard Love |
Needtobreathe |
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August 13 |
California |
Blink-182 |
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August 20 |
Blurryface |
Twenty One Pilots |
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August 27 |
[...] Squad |
Soundtrack |
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September 3 |
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September 10 |
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September 17 |
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September 24 |
Bad Vibrations |
A Day to Remember |
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October 1 |
Signs of Light |
The Head and the Heart |
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October 8 |
[...] Squad |
Soundtrack |
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October 15 |
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October 22 |
22, A Million |
Bon Iver |
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October 29 |
Revolution Radio |
Green Day |
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November 5 |
Walls |
Kings of Leon |
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November 12 |
The Serenity of Suffering |
Korn |
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November 19 |
The Stage |
Avenged Sevenfold |
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November 26 |
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December 3 |
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December 10 |
The Boy Who Died Wolf |
Highly Suspect |
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December 17 |
Blurryface |
Twenty One Pilots |
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December 24 |
The Getaway |
Red Hot Chili Peppers |
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December 31 |
Blurryface |
Twenty One Pilots |
See also
- 2016 in music
- List of number-one Billboard Alternative Songs of 2016