These are the albums that reached number one on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart in 2016.
† | Indicates best-performing album of 2016 [1] |
Issue date | Album | Artist | Reference |
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January 2 | In Return | Odesza | [2] |
January 9 | Now That's What I Call a Workout 2016 † | Various artists | [3] |
January 16 | Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü | Jack Ü | [4] |
January 23 | Now That's What I Call a Workout 2016† | Various artists | [5] |
January 30 | [6] | ||
February 6 | [7] | ||
February 13 | In Return | Odesza | [8] |
February 20 | Now That's What I Call a Workout 2016† | Various artists | [9] |
February 27 | Opus | Eric Prydz | [10] |
March 5 | Now That's What I Call a Workout 2016† | Various artists | [11] |
March 12 | Star Wars Headspace | [12] | |
March 19 | Now That's What I Call a Workout 2016† | [13] | |
March 26 | Piece by Piece Remixed | Kelly Clarkson | [14] |
April 2 | After Party | Adore Delano | [15] |
April 9 | Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future | Underworld | [16] |
April 16 | Creation | Seven Lions | [17] |
April 23 | Super | Pet Shop Boys | [18] |
April 30 | [19] | ||
May 7 | Material | Blaqk Audio | [20] |
May 14 | Listen | David Guetta | [21] |
May 21 | The Ship | Brian Eno | [22] |
May 28 | The Colour in Anything | James Blake | [23] |
June 4 | Cloud Nine | Kygo | [24] |
June 11 | Now That's What I Call a Workout 2016† | Various artists | [25] |
June 18 | Skin | Flume | [26] |
June 25 | Now That's What I Call a Workout 2016† | Various artists | [27] |
July 2 | [28] | ||
July 9 | Unlimited | Bassnectar | [29] |
July 16 | The Mountain Will Fall | DJ Shadow | [30] |
July 23 | Now That's What I Call a Workout 2016† | Various artists | [31] |
July 30 | Cheetah | Aphex Twin | [32] |
August 6 | 32 Levels | Clams Casino | [33] |
August 13 | Mushroom Jazz: Volume 8 | Mark Farina | [34] |
August 20 | Generationwhy | Zhu | [35] |
August 27 | Encore | DJ Snake | [36] |
September 3 | [37] | ||
September 10 | Brave Enough | Lindsey Stirling | [38] |
September 17 | [39] | ||
September 24 | [40] | ||
October 1 | AIM | M.I.A. | [41] |
October 8 | Mount Ninji and da Nice Time Kid | Die Antwoord | [42] |
October 15 | Brave Enough | Lindsey Stirling | [43] |
October 22 | Epoch | Tycho | [44] |
October 29 | Brave Enough | Lindsey Stirling | [45] |
November 5 | The Pale | William Control | [46] |
November 12 | Now That's What I Call a Workout 2016† | Various artists | [47] |
November 19 | Two Vines | Empire of the Sun | [48] |
November 26 | Collage | The Chainsmokers | [49] |
December 3 | The Fall of a Rebel Angel | Enigma | [50] |
December 10 | Woman | Justice | [51] |
December 17 | Collage | The Chainsmokers | [52] |
December 24 | W:/2016Album/ | Deadmau5 | [53] |
December 31 | Brave Enough | Lindsey Stirling | [54] |
British rapper and singer M.I.A. has released six studio albums, two extended plays, three mixtapes, forty singles and twenty-nine music videos. Born Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, M.I.A. began her career as a visual artist and film-maker, and moved into making music after filming a documentary on the band Elastica in 2001. The band's lead singer, Justine Frischmann, lent her a Roland MC-505 sequencer/drum machine which she used to make a demo tape that secured her a contract with British label XL Recordings.
American singer Lady Gaga has released five solo studio albums, two collaborative studio albums, two film soundtracks, three remix albums, two compilation albums, four EPs, two live albums, 39 singles, and 14 promotional singles. Gaga made her debut in August 2008 with the studio album The Fame, which peaked at number two in the United States, where it was subsequently certified triple Platinum, while topping the charts in Austria, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Its first two singles, "Just Dance" and "Poker Face", reached number one in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and for the latter, becoming the world's biggest single of the 2009 calendar year. The album spawned three more singles: "Eh, Eh ", "LoveGame" and "Paparazzi". The latter reached the top ten in many countries worldwide, and number one in Germany.