Apple today published its top 2016 content picks for the iTunes Store and the App Store, choosing the best apps, music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and books of the year.
"One Dance" from Drake was named Apple's Top Song of 2016, while Drake's "Views" Album was named the Top Album of the Year. Other top songs, which are available via an Apple Music playlist, include Rihanna's "Work," Flo Rida's "My House," The Chainsmokers' "Don't Let Me Down," Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling," and Calvin Harris' "This is What You Came For."
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Apple's full Top Songs playlist includes a total of 100 songs, while a separate Top Album list includes albums from Rihanna, Adele, Frank Ocean, Justin Bieber, Chris Stapleton, twenty one pilots, Ariana Grande, G-Eazy, The Weeknd, Taylor Swift, and more.
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As for movies, Apple's editorial staff made the following picks:
Best Blockbuster: Deadpool
Best Comedy: Sausage Party
Best Hollywood Romance: La La Land
Best Animated Movie: Kubo & the Two Strings
Best Documentary: Weiner
Best Feel-Good Movie: Sing Street
Breakout Star of the Year: American Honey
Best New Filmmaker: Moonlight
Top selling movies included Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Deadpool, Zootopia, The Martian, and Captain America: Civil War, while top selling Indie movies included Spotlight, The Hateful Eight, Room, Brooklyn, and Eye in the Sky.
Apple's chose the following TV shows as the best of the year:
This Year's Obsession: American Crime Story: People v. O.J. Simpson
Late Night Rule-Breaker: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Vol. 3
Best New Comedy: Atlanta, Season 1
Most Original Kids Show: Steven Universe
Extravaganza of the Year: RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars, Season 2
Most Consistently Great: The Americans, Season 4
Best New Drama: This Is Us, Season 1
Top selling television shows included Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Downton Abbey, The Americans, and Big Bang Theory.
"One Dance" from Drake was named Apple's Top Song of 2016, while Drake's "Views" Album was named the Top Album of the Year. Other top songs, which are available via an Apple Music playlist, include Rihanna's "Work," Flo Rida's "My House," The Chainsmokers' "Don't Let Me Down," Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling," and Calvin Harris' "This is What You Came For."
bestmusicof2016
Apple's full Top Songs playlist includes a total of 100 songs, while a separate Top Album list includes albums from Rihanna, Adele, Frank Ocean, Justin Bieber, Chris Stapleton, twenty one pilots, Ariana Grande, G-Eazy, The Weeknd, Taylor Swift, and more.
bestmoviesof2016
As for movies, Apple's editorial staff made the following picks:
Best Blockbuster: Deadpool
Best Comedy: Sausage Party
Best Hollywood Romance: La La Land
Best Animated Movie: Kubo & the Two Strings
Best Documentary: Weiner
Best Feel-Good Movie: Sing Street
Breakout Star of the Year: American Honey
Best New Filmmaker: Moonlight
Top selling movies included Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Deadpool, Zootopia, The Martian, and Captain America: Civil War, while top selling Indie movies included Spotlight, The Hateful Eight, Room, Brooklyn, and Eye in the Sky.
Apple's chose the following TV shows as the best of the year:
This Year's Obsession: American Crime Story: People v. O.J. Simpson
Late Night Rule-Breaker: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Vol. 3
Best New Comedy: Atlanta, Season 1
Most Original Kids Show: Steven Universe
Extravaganza of the Year: RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars, Season 2
Most Consistently Great: The Americans, Season 4
Best New Drama: This Is Us, Season 1
Top selling television shows included Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Downton Abbey, The Americans, and Big Bang Theory.
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