It has now become tradition that at the end of the year specialized magazines such as Billboard bring together music industry experts to give a rundown of the year’s albums that impressed the critics and audiences.

This year’s list includes a mix of the R&B, Rap, Hip-Hop and Pop.

Here is the critics’ list of the Top 10:

1. To Pimp a Butterfly: de Kendrik Lamar

2. ‘DS2,’ Future

3. ‘Art Angels,’ Grimes

4. ‘Summertime ‘06,’ Vince Staples

5. ’25,’ Adele

6. ‘In Colour,’ Jamie XX

7. ‘Sound and Color,’ Alabama Shakes

8. ‘Black Messiah,’ D’Angelo

9.’I Love You Honeybear,’ Father John Misty

10. ‘Something More Than Free,’ Jason Isbell

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