Apple Shares New 'Best of 2016' Video

[MacRumors]

Apple today added a new video to its YouTube channel, highlighting some of the best apps, songs, movies, TV shows, books, and podcasts released during 2016.

The video focuses on all of Apple's editorial picks for top content, which were first announced in early December, along with some new additions. Content depicted in short clips is organized into categories like "We Celebrate," "What Mattered Most," and "The Most Fun," with a full list available below.

Music: Drake - Hotline, The Chainsmokers - Don't Let Me Down, David Bowie - Blackstar, Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better, Maren Morris - My Church

Beats 1: Chance The Rapper - No Problem, Lady Gaga - A-Yo, J Balvin - Safari, Christine And The Queens - Tilted

Movies: La La Land, Moonlight, Deadpool, Sausage Party, American Honey, Kubo and the Two Strings, Sing Street

TV Shows: Steven Universe, This is Us, Atlanta

Podcast: Heavyweight

Apps: Severed, Prisma SketchBook Motion

Books: Yaa Gyasi - Homegoing, Matthew Desmond - Evicted, Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run, Meredith Russo - If I Was Your Girl, Michael Chabon - Moonglow

Apple's full list of the best Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, and Books of 2016 can be found in our dedicated Best Of post. We also did a separate post listing all of Apple's top App Store picks for the year.

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[HiVolt]

LOL.. Drake... Yeah, that's music... :ROFLCOPTER:

 

[Luap]

Heres hoping the 2017 vid is more than a minute long

 

[Schwyz]

Shame Apple's products didn't make list. But then again, they weren't all that revolutionary.

Here's to hoping for 2017 revolution.

 

[JGIGS]

LOL.. Drake... Yeah, that's music... :ROFLCOPTER:

How many number one songs did you have in 2016? He must be doing something right.

 

[Aluminum213]

LOL.. Drake... Yeah, that's music... :ROFLCOPTER:

Sorry they didn't play country "music"

 

[Altis]

I don't consider myself counter-culture or anything, but pretty much nothing on that list appeals to me in the least.

 

[deany]

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[WaxedJacket]

This isn't the best way to promote the Apple ecosystem.

 

[Savor]

2016 was a great year for sports. Not so great for tech, films, celebrities, and diplomacy.

I personally enjoyed 2016. It had its ups and downs like when I had to move thrice in a span of 8 months. But any other year has them. Life isn't perfect. I don't celebrate New Year's Eve anymore because I don't really look at my life with bookmarks. Forget resolutions when those can happen at any day you want to try for them. Just enjoy living. No need to label them.

But I know 2016 wasn't really a great year for many. I liked 2013 and 2015 better but 2016 was pretty good too for me. I liked every single year I lived in as each year I can remember had its share of highlights and disappointments. As long as you are breathing, take the good and bad times with you and keep moving forward.

 

[Born Again]

how about the best dongles, watch straps, and battery life meters of 2016?

 

[Nagooya]

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[JPLC]

Thank God this list isn't about hardware.

 

[abhishake]

Good thing they didn't put anything about Apple products in this.

 

[2457282]

I hate to say this, but I am completely out of touch. Although I know who Drake is and about the La La movie, I have to say that I have not watch or listened to a single item on this list.

(I now feel very old)

 

[diego]

Apple's incessant support and promotion of mass media and big label artists and tv shows is disturbing.
That is the worst thing about Apple Music. It just seems to be designed as a way to promote pop music or artists that are already huge.

 

[Weaselboy]

I don't consider myself counter-culture or anything, but pretty much nothing on that list appeals to me in the least.

Maybe you are just old (like me)?

 

[Applelad]

It's a dangerous game basing your business model around teenagers - because suddenly they an't teenagers anymore more!!

 

[44267547]

Apple's incessant support and promotion of mass media and big label artists and tv shows is disturbing.
That is the worst thing about Apple Music. It just seems to be designed as a way to promote pop music or artists that are already huge.

In some respects, I agree. Especially with Drake being heavily influenced in the music industry and Apple, it's like using an artist as a gate way plug.

 

[Vjosullivan]

how about the best dongles, watch straps, and battery life meters of 2016?

And emojis. Don't forget the emojis.

 

[Thunderhawks]

This isn't the best way to promote the Apple ecosystem.

Got dizzy from watching.
Forgot to sit at a safe distance from the monitor.

 

[vcboard]

Sad that none of them are actual Apple products or inventions

 

[sevoneone]

Anyone remember when we used to get yearly videos from Apple of the best stuff made with Apple pro products?

Those were the good times. I wonder what percentage of the media they showcase in this iTunes video crossed a piece of Apple software furring its production (Apps excepted, duh).

 

[rob.james.arias]

American Honey was one of the worst films this year. Unless you find watching teenagers drive around in a van smoking pot and listening to music amazing... The audio processing on the film was equally terrible. Had the audio quality been at all decent the film could have been slightly tolerable for 20-30 minutes.

 

[WaxedJacket]

I don't consider myself counter-culture or anything, but pretty much nothing on that list appeals to me in the least.

It's like you have to be in the echo chamber of Cupertino to "get" it.