The Arts 2016 Year-in-Review Survey Results

The Harvard Crimson's arts board sent out a campus-wide survey to rank the top 10 artistic events and works from Dec. 2015 to early Nov. 2016. Check out the results below.

Top 10 On-Campus Events

1. Yardfest (40.3%)
2. Eleganza (27%)
3. Arts First (23%)
4. Norton Lectures: Toni Morrison (21.9%)
5. Ghungroo (21.6%)
6. Late Night at the Harvard Art Museums (19.1%)
7. Hasty Pudding Woman and Man of the Year (16.9%)
8. Bruce Springsteen at the Harvard Coop (13.3%)
9. Cultural Rhythms (12.2%)
10. Record Hospital Fest (9.4%)

Top 10 Off-Campus Events

1. Boston Calling (31.5%)
1. Kanye West: The Saint Pablo Tour (31.5%)
3. Chance the Rapper’s Magnificent Coloring World Tour (28.9%)
4. mfaNOW Overnight (28.1%)
5. “Notes from the Field: Doing Time in American Education” at the A.R.T. (17.4%)
6. “1984” at the A.R.T. (13.2%)
6. Boston International Film Festival (13.2%)
8. Governors Ball (10.2%)
9. Boston Book Festival (9.4%)
10. MFA’s “MegaCities Asia” (8.1%)

Top 10 Campus Student Theater Productions

1. “Black Magic” at the Loeb Mainstage (30.6%)
2. “Macbeth” at the Agassiz Theater (21.6%)
3. “Polaroid Stories” at the Loeb Mainstage (16.4%)
4. “SHE” at OBERON (13.4%)
4. “Greg in Charge” at the Adams Pool Theater (13.4%)
6. “Macbeth, King of Pop” at the Leverett Library Theater (12.9%)
7. “HMS Pinafore” at the Agassiz Theater (12.1%)
8. “That 1770s Show” at Farkas Hall (9.9%)
9. “All’s Fair!” at the Agassiz Theater (9.1%)
9. “The Mikado” at the Agassiz Theater (9.1%)

Top 10 Books

1.“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany (37.3%)
2. Miscellaneous Adult Coloring Books (30.7%)
3. “The Girls” by Emma Cline (13.7%)
3. “Gone ‘Til November: A Journal of Rikers Island” by Lil Wayne (13.7%)
5. “The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu (11.8%)
6. “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi (8.5%)
6. “The Wonder” by Emma Donoghue (8.5%)
8. “Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist” by Sunil Yapa (7.8%)
9. “The Boat Rocker” by Ha Jin (7.2%)
9. “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” by J.D. Vance (7.2%)

Top 10 Movies

1. The Big Short (39.9%)
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (38.5%)
3. Zootopia (36.4%)
4. Deadpool (26.9%)
5. Finding Dory (24%)
6. Moonlight (14.8%)
7. The Lobster (13.4%)
8. Captain America: Civil War (12%)
9. Dr. Strange (6.7%)
9. Sausage Party (6.7%)

Top 10 TV Shows

1. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (41.5%)
2. Game of Thrones (33.2%)
3. House of Cards (23.4%)
4. Stranger Things (20.8%)
5. Veep (16.6%)
6. Orange is the New Black (15.5%)
7. Bojack Horseman (13.6%)
7. Black Mirror (13.6%)
7. Atlanta (13.6%)
10. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (11.7%)

Top 10 Albums

1. “Lemonade” by Beyonce (60.5%)
2. “The Life of Pablo” by Kanye West (35.6%)
3. “Blonde” by Frank Ocean (31.6%)
4. “Anti” by Rihanna (17%)
5. “Views” by Drake (15%)
6. “untitled unmastered” by Kendrick Lamar (14.6%)
7. “A Seat at the Table” by Solange (13.4%)
8. “22, A Million” by Bon Iver (12.3%)
9. “Blackstar” by David Bowie (11.9%)
9. “A Moon-Shaped Pool” by Radiohead (11.9%)

Top 10 Singles

1. “Formation” by Beyonce (44%)
2. “Closer” by The Chainsmokers (32.1%)
3. “Cheap Thrills” by Sia (26%)
4. “One Dance” by Drake (22%)
5. “No Problem” by Chance the Rapper ft. Lil Wayne and 2Chainz (20.6%)
6. “Work” by Rihanna (19.1%)
7. “Cake by the Ocean” by DNCE (14.8%)
8. “I Took a Pill in Ibiza (SeeB Remix)” by Mike Posner (14.4%)
9. “Broccoli” by D.R.A.M. ft. Lil Yachty (12.3%)
10. “This Is What You Came For” by Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna (11.2%)

By Ujunwa S Nwosu