Brittany Menjivar’s Top 10 Albums 
This year, I was enraptured by releases from both veteran musicians and up-and-coming artists. I was excited to see a new side of Panic! at the Disco on Death of a Bachelor, a glorious Brendon Urie solo show that deserves to be a Broadway musical complete with backflips and backup dancers. I was also pleased to see Bastille and The 1975, two alternative bands whose singles achieved mainstream success a few years ago, back in the game with intriguing new music. In addition, I was impressed by the offerings of rising stars like Waterparks and Palaye Royale, both of whom have recently amassed a following among pop-punk teens after several tours (including the legendary Warped Tour). Pop and hip-hop were especially fantastic in 2016 as well; many of this year’s biggest hits got catchier with time instead of growing more annoying, which made blasting the radio while driving around town all the more fun.
- Panic! at the Disco – Death of a Bachelor
- Bastille – Wild World
- Bad Suns – Disappear Here
- Palaye Royale – Boom Boom Room (Side A)
- DNCE – DNCE
- Waterparks – Double Dare
- Rooney – Washed Away
- The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
- The Last Shadow Puppets – Everything You’ve Come to Expect
- Nick Jonas – Last Year Was Complicated
Top 10 Songs
- Mike Posner – “I Took a Pill in Ibiza (SeeB Remix)”
- The 1975 – “The Sound”
- Kungs vs. Cookin’ on 3 Burners – “This Girl”
- Drake (feat. Kyla and Wizkid) – “One Dance”
- Bastille – “Blame”
- Waterparks – “Gloom Boys”
- Twenty One Pilots – “Heathens”
- Bad Suns – “Outskirts of Paradise”
- Panic! at the Disco – “Emperor’s New Clothes”
- Glass Animals – “Life Itself”
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