Adele is Billboard's 2016 Artist of the Year! The British singer closes out 2016 as Billboard’s top artist for a record third time (she achieved this honour both in 2011 and 2012). She's not only Billboard's Top Artist of the Year but also Top Billboard 200 Artists. Adele is also Top Female Artist of the Year! Her album 25 leads also the Billboard 200 Albums of the year and Canada's Top Albums! Check out both lists below!

2016 Billboard Year-end Charts   

Top Artists
1. Adele
2. Justin Bieber
3. Drake
4. Beyonce
5. twenty one pilots
6. Rihanna
7. Ariana Grande
8. The Weeknd
9. Coldplay
10. Shawn Mendes

Top Female Artists
1. Adele
2. Beyonce
3. Rihanna
4. Ariana Grande
5. Selena Gomez
6. Meghan Trainor
7. Taylor Swift
8. Sia
9. Carrie Underwood
10. Alessia Cara

Billboard 200 Albums
1. Adele - 25
2. Drake - Views
3. Justin Bieber - Purpose
4. Beyonce - Lemonade
5. Rihanna - Anti
6. twenty one pilots - Blurryface
7. Chris Stapleton - Traveller
8. One Direction - Made in the A.M.
9. The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness
10. Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton: An American Musical  

Billboard 200 Artists
1. Adele
2. Drake
3. Justin Bieber
4. Beyonce
5. twenty one pilots
6. Prince
7. Rihanna
8. Future
9. Chris Stapleton
10. The Weeknd

Top Canadian Albums
1. Adele - 25
2. Justin Bieber - Purpose
3. Drake - Views
4. twenty one pilots - Blurryface
5. The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness
6. Rihanna - Anti
7. Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams
8. One Direction - Made in the A.M.
9. Sia - This Is Acting
10. Beyonce - Lemonade