| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label | |
| 1 | RUN THE JEWELS | Run The Jewels 3 | Run The Jewels | |
| 2 | FOXYGEN | Hang | Jagjaguwar | |
| 3 | REGRETTES | Feel Your Feelings Fool! | Warner Bros. | |
| 4 | LETTUCE | Mt. Crushmore [EP] | Lettuce Records | |
| 5 | A TRIBE CALLED QUEST | We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service | Epic | |
| 6 | CHERRY GLAZERR | Apocalipstick | Secretly Canadian | |
| 7 | ALABASTER STAG | Perfume | ||
| 8 | OTHERKIN | Can You Feel It [EP] | Rubyworks | |
| 9 | THIGH MASTER | Early Times | Bruit District | |
| 10 | AUSTRA | Future Politics | Domino | |
| 11 | JAPANESE WALLPAPER | Japanese Wallpaper [EP] | Zero Through Nine | |
| 12 | LEE FIELDS AND THE EXPRESSIONS | Special Night | Big Crown | |
| 13 | PRIESTS | Nothing Feels Natural | Sister Polygon | |
| 14 | NXWORRIES | Yes Lawd! | Stones Throw | |
| 15 | AMERICAN WRESTLERS | Goodbye Terrible Youth | Fat Possum | |
| 16 | CLOUD NOTHINGS | Life Without Sound | Carpark | |
| 17 | TOBIN SPROUT | The Universe And Me | Burger | |
| 18 | BONOBO | Migration | Ninja Tune | |
| 19 | ARCADE FIRE | “I Give You Power” [Single] | Capitol | |
| 20 | DIRTY PROJECTORS | “Up In Hudson” [Single] | Domino | |
| 21 | PAREKH AND SINGH | Ocean | Peacefrog | |
| 22 | ANGEL OLSEN | My Woman | Jagjaguwar | |
| 23 | PAUL AND THE TALL TREES | Our Love In The Light | Big Crown | |
| 24 | FLAMING LIPS | Oczy Mlody | Warner Bros. | |
| 25 | SLOTHRUST | Everyone Else | Dangerbird | |
| 26 | JIM JAMES | Eternally Even | Capitol-ATO | |
| 27 | LVL UP | Return To Love | SUB POP | |
| 28 | SLOTFACE | Empire Records [EP] | Propeller | |
| 29 | BON IVER | 22, A Million | Jagjaguwar | |
| 30 | YOUNGEST | See It Through | Self-Released |
CMJ Charts: Jan. 31, 2017
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