2016 Totals: Vocals

1. René Marie, Sound of Red (Motéma) 10
2. Branford Marsalis, Upward Spiral (OKeh) 9
3. Camila Meza, Traces (Sunnyside) 8
4. Gregory Porter, Take Me to the Alley (Blue Note) 7
5. Cyrille Aimée, Let's Get Lost (Mack Avenue) 7
6. Esperanza Spalding, Emily's D+Evolution (Concord) 6
7. Norah Jones, Day Breaks (Blue Note) 6
8. Catherine Russell, Harlem on My Mind (Jazz Village) 6
9. Tierney Sutton, The Sting Variations (BFM Jazz) 4
10. William Parker feat. Lisa Sokolov & Cooper-Moore, Stan's Hat Flapping in the Wind (Centering) 3
Sara Serpa & Andre Matos, All the Dreams (Sunnyside) 3
12. Steve Lehman, Sélébéyone (Pi) 2
13. Alyssa Allgood, Out of the Blue (Jeru Jazz) 2
14. Camille Bertault, En Vie (Sunnyside) 2
15. Wendy Pedersen & Jim Gasior, We Two (Jimmy G's House of Sound) 2
16. Madeleine Peyroux, Secular Hymns (Impulse!) 2
17. Barry Guy, The Blue Shroud (Intakt) 1
18. David Bowie, Black Star (ISO/Columbia) 1
19. Amirtha Kidambi & Elder Ones, Holy Science (Northern Spy) 1
20. Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, Oddara (Linus Entertainment) 1
Tord Gustavsen, What Was Said (ECM) 1
21. Jon Armstrong, Burnt Hibiscus (Orenda) 1
22. Freddy Cole, He Was the King (HighNote) 1
23. Peter Eldridge, Disappearing Day (Sunnyside) 1
24. Georgie Fame, Swan Songs (Three Line Whip) 1
25. Gary Lucas Fleischerei, Music From Max Fischer Cartoons (Cuneiform) 1
26. Anais Maviel, Houle Gold (Bolus) 1
27. Rob Mazurek & Emmett Kelly, Alien Flower Sutra (International Anthem) 1
28. Kristin Nordeval-Ida Heidel-Nusch Werchowska, Parrhésie (Losen) 1
29. Lina Nyberg, Aerials (Hoob Jazz) 1
Nicole Saphos, Tiptoe (self-released) 1
30. Kandace Springs, Soul Eyes (Blue Note) 1
31. Lori Williams, Behind the Smiles (Pacific Coast Jazz) 1
32. Shirley Horn, Live at the Four Queens Live (Resonance) 1
33. Nicolas Bearde, Invitation (Right Groove) 1
34. Mili Bermejo/Dan Greenspan, Arte del Dúo (Ediciones Pentagrama) 1
35. Anthony Braxton, Trillium J (New Braxton House) 1
36. Kent Carter, Oratorios & Songs (Emanem) 1
37. Melanie De Biaso, Blackened Cities (PIAS) 1
38. Catina DeLuna Lado, B Brazilian Project (self-released) 1
Mary Foster Conklin, Photographs (MockTurtle) 1
39. Macy Gray, Stripped (Chesky) 1
40. Steve Grover, Variations (Red Piano) 1
41. Allan Harris, Nobody's Gonna Love You Better (Love) 1
42. Meschiya Lake, Bad Kids Club (self-released) 1
43. Leyla McCalla, A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey (Jazz Village) 1
44. Amina Claudine Myers, Sama Rou (self-released) 1
45. Leslie Odom Jr., Leslie Odom Jr. (S-Curve) 1
46. Daniela Schaechter, Vanheusenisms: A Tribute To Jimmy Van Heusen (DSCD) 1
47. Kendra Shank & Geoffrey Keezer, Half Moon: Live in New York (Ride Symbol) 1
Tanya Tagaq, Retribution (Thirty Tigers) 1
48. Christine Tobin, Pelt (Trail Belle) 1
49. Sarah Vaughan, Live at Rosy's (Resonance) 1
50. Marlene VerPlanck, The Mood I'm In (Mounted) 1

Critics were asked to name one album apiece, with no point system.