2016 Year End Wrap Up: Top 20 Female Music Artists
by Staff Editor
The spark for the first lady of Dreamville came at the top of the year with the “Backseat” her Cozz-assisted single on the collectives Revenge of the Dreamers II album. The single and is buzz served as the October launch pad for her debut EP, Pho, executive produced by the tag team of J.Cole and Ibrahim Hamad which showcased the belief in the singer by her label heads. If you haven’t already be sure to look out for the solid piece of work from the singer.
It seems like every year there’s a brand new artist from Chicago that’s destined to blow up. Remember that guy Chance The Rapper? Anyway, for 2016, that artist is Noname, who blessed everyone’s ears with her Telefone album. She blossomed as not only a promising female artist of our era, but a promising artist in general. Her unique style, impeccable talent and young age has this songstress destined for greatness. We expect her to be higher on next year’s list.
One of the most dominant female artists of 2017 goes to Sevyn, who had one of her best years yet. While she didn’t drop her Girl Disrupted album, she did give us a handful of new singles from the project and they all were winners. She happened to be one of the first artists to work with Gucci upon him getting home, too. Oh, and don’t forget the way she owned the Philadelphia 76ers after that ridiculous national anthem bit. Sevyn will be top 10 in 2017. Mark our words.
Justine Skye was just about everywhere this year and rightfully so. She released her single “U Don’t Know” featuring Wizkid, which came with great reception, as well as her 8 Ounces EP, which dropped just a couple weeks ago. From her many festival appearances, to her guest verses, to her overall presence, we had to include Justine on 2016’s top female artists lists. Let’s see how much she grows in 2017.
Dej had a fairly quiet 2016, however it was active enough to make our year end list. The talented hitmaker dropped her All Jokes Aside mixtape early in the year, and made her way to a handful of guest features that she didn’t disappoint. Her new album is slated to drop this year, but the small, yet effective amount of groundwork she put in this year will make that campaign smooth.
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This list wack. The fact that Beyoncé is above Adele Rihanna and Ariana for 2016 is ridiculous…2016 was a decent Beyoncé year. But definitely not no 1
Are you dumb? The Superbowl!!! Beyoncé had the highest selling album of 2016, FORMATION WORLD TOUR Made Her Over 256 Million Alone!!! Highest Grossing Tour of 2016, Became The Most Awarded VMA Artist In History, Became The Most Female Grammy Nominated Artist, Where Have You Been??
Gtfoh, both Drake and Adele sold more records than Beyoncé this year. Awards don’t mean shit, since they are skewed and plus Beyoncé was exposed for saying she won’t perform at awards show unless they let her win. She is an ego-centric maniac. She deserves the no 4. Spot not 1.
Worldwide Beyoncé sold more than Drake factsssss
You’re delusional af. You Prolly one of those “beehive” people. Adele had the highest first weeks sales in HISTORY. She sold over 3 million copies in 1 week. And stop deluting facts and go use Google, Drake sold more than Beyoncé and it’s facts. There is no reason for Beyoncé to be number 1. Karen Civil prolly put her at number for some agenda. She is tight with all those corrupt people Hillary Clinton, jay -z ect.
Like i said im not a beehive but i give credit where its due and 2016 was def the year of Beyonce you just proved me right again adele album came out in 2015 she had the records of 2015 Beyoncé had the best selling album of 2016 and she sold more than Drake WORLDWIDE dumbfuck DRAKE is NOT selling outside the US facts
Also Adele might of outsold but critics gave her album a low score Beyoncé had the highest critically acclaimed and best selling first wekk sales and sales ww