2016 has been a mother of a year in terms of decreasing the outstanding music artists we have on this planet.  The likes of David Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen and more have been taken from us and with it goes every track that they’ll never give us again.

On the plus side, 2016 has actually been a very good year for some rising artists hitting their stride and getting mainstream attention. Saying that, there have also been some rising new talent in the mix this year and I am pretty certain that a good portion of our 55 best of 2016 tracks probably have not seen the light of day on other blogs and sites.  We always try to do things a littler different at YMR.

There are some gem tracks and artists here that will easily make it onto our YMR Watchlist for 2017.  Keep your eyes and ears peeled and in the meantime get this played why don’t you!?!

YMR’s 55 Best of 2016 Tracklist

1. The Familiar – White Poison
2. Pnau – Chameleon
3. Fickle Friends – Cry Bay (HONNE Remix)
4. Banks & Steelz Feat. Florence Welch – Wild Season
5. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend (Seeb Remix)
6. Elephante & Brandyn Burnette – Plans
7. Gryffin & Bipolar Sunshine – Whole Heart
8. Marie Dalhstrom – One More Reason
9. courtship. – Stop For Nothing
10. Phoebe Ryan – Dollar Bill
11. Tourist – Run
12. Anna of the North – The Dreamer (Henry Krinkle Remix)
13. Alice Ivy – Almost Here
14. Rihanna – Kiss It Better
15. The Weeknd & Daft Punk – I Feel It Coming
16. Blondfire – Sex, Lies & Destruction
17. Halcyon Drive – Books For Holidays
18. Satin Jackets – Glow Of Love
19. Mome – Aloha
20. Alpines – Completely
21. Avec Sans – Perth
22. George Maple – Sticks & Horses (George Maple Remix)
23. Ta-ku & Wafia – Love Somebody
24. Fare Soldi – Chilly Willy
25. The Knocks & Wyclef Jean – Kiss The Sky
26. Ladyhawke – A Love Song
27. Gryffin & Josef Salvat – Heading Home
28. ZJ Liquid & Vybz Kartel – Forever
29. Sneaky Sound System – I Ain’t Over You
30. Satin Jackets & KLP – For Days
31. AlunaGeorge – I Remember
32. Snakehips – Falling
33. Calvin Harris & Rihanna – This Is What You Came For
34. Justin Timberlake – Can’t Stop The Feeling
35. RY X – Howling
36. Martin Solveig – Do It Right
37. Satin Jackets – Feel Good (Cavego Remix)
38. Matoma – False Alarm
39. Close Counters – Fluctuate (Mingo Remix)
40. Alicia Keys – In Common (Radio Mix)
41. Racing Glaciers – Patient Man
42. CHVRCHES – Clearest Blue (Gryffin Remix)
43. Elohim – Hallucinating (Mariachi Version)
44. The Chainsmokers – Closer
45. Lane 8 – Midnight
46. Au Dre – Climax
47. Nora En Pure – Tell My Heart
48. Rihanna – Love On The Brain (Gigamesh Remix)
49. Surahn – Into The Distance (Remix)
50. The Chainsmokers – All We Know
51. Oliver Nelson – Ain’t A Thing
52. Billon – Slave To The Vibe
53. The Aston Shuffle – Make A Wrong Thing Right
54. Set Mo – Comfort You
55. Oliver – Electrify (Luke Million Remix)