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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.