The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Sally-Anne Hurley

album of the year

1. Solange - A Seat At The Table
2. Beyonce - Lemonade
3. Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love!
4. Mac Miller - The Divine Feminine
5. MIA - AIM
6. HER - HER Vol 1
7. Drake - Views
8. James Blake - The Colour In Anything
9. Frank Ocean - Blond
10. Banks - The Altar

song of the year

1. Beyonce - Formation
2. Rihanna feat Drake - Work
3. Solange - Cranes In The Sky
4. Alicia Keys - In Common
5. Yuna feat Usher - Crush

artist of the year

1. Adele
2. Flume
3. Beyonce
4. Sia
5. Tkay Maidza

international artist performance

1. Kendrick Lamar
2. Disclosure
3. Jhene Aiko

top tv show

1. The Walking Dead
2. The Crown
3. Insight

top movie

1. Chasing Asylum
2. Audrie & Daisy
3. Embrace

top website

1. Greatist
2. TED
3. Twitter

2016 highlight of the year

So many underdogs coming out on top; seeing Kendrick Lamar live; seeing some of my best friends get married; moving out of home and owning a fridge.

prediction for 2017

Let's not lose anywhere near as many influential artists as we did this year, okay 2017? Bey and Solange to tour Aus (joint sis-tour please?); my beloved Newcastle Knights to avoid a hat-trick of wooden spoons.