Music
Greatest Albums of All Time
35 landmark albums that defined music history — from Thriller to Kind of Blue to Illmatic. Each one changed what music could be.
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Album↕ | Artist↕ | Year↕ | Genre↕ | Record Label↕ | Copies Sold (M)↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thriller | Michael Jackson | 1,982 | Pop/R&B/Funk | Epic | 70 |
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | 1,967 | Psychedelic Rock | Parlophone | 32 |
| The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | 1,973 | Progressive Rock | Harvest | 50 |
| Led Zeppelin IV | Led Zeppelin | 1,971 | Hard Rock | Atlantic | 37 |
| Abbey Road | The Beatles | 1,969 | Rock | Apple | 14 |
| Nevermind | Nirvana | 1,991 | Grunge | DGC | 30 |
| Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | 1,977 | Soft Rock | Warner Bros | 40 |
| Kind of Blue | Miles Davis | 1,959 | Jazz / Modal Jazz | Columbia | 5 |
| Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen | 1,975 | Rock | Columbia | 6 |
| Purple Rain | Prince | 1,984 | Pop/R&B/Rock | Warner Bros | 25 |
| The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | 1,998 | R&B/Hip-Hop/Soul | Columbia | 19 |
| Revolver | The Beatles | 1,966 | Psychedelic Rock | Parlophone | 8 |
| What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | 1,971 | Soul/R&B | Tamla | 4 |
| OK Computer | Radiohead | 1,997 | Alternative Rock | Parlophone | 4 |
| Pet Sounds | The Beach Boys | 1,966 | Pop | Capitol | 4 |
| Hotel California | Eagles | 1,976 | Rock | Asylum | 32 |
| London Calling | The Clash | 1,979 | Punk Rock | CBS | 5 |
| Illmatic | Nas | 1,994 | East Coast Hip-Hop | Columbia | 2 |
| The College Dropout | Kanye West | 2,004 | Hip-Hop | Roc-A-Fella | 3 |
| To Pimp a Butterfly | Kendrick Lamar | 2,015 | Hip-Hop/Jazz/Funk | Top Dawg | 2 |
| Blonde | Frank Ocean | 2,016 | R&B/Art Pop | Boys Don't Cry | 1 |
| Lemonade | Beyonce | 2,016 | R&B/Pop/Soul | Parkwood | 2 |
| My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Kanye West | 2,010 | Hip-Hop/Art Rap | Roc-A-Fella | 1 |
| 21 | Adele | 2,011 | Pop/Soul | XL Recordings | 31 |
| 1989 | Taylor Swift | 2,014 | Synth-pop | Big Machine | 10 |
| The Marshall Mathers LP | Eminem | 2,000 | Hip-Hop/Rap | Aftermath | 35 |
| Astroworld | Travis Scott | 2,018 | Trap/Hip-Hop | Grand Hustle | 2 |
| Random Access Memories | Daft Punk | 2,013 | Electronic/Disco | Columbia | 1 |
| Tapestry | Carole King | 1,971 | Pop/Soul | Ode | 25 |
| Blue | Joni Mitchell | 1,971 | Folk/Pop | Reprise | 3 |
| Doggystyle | Snoop Dogg | 1,993 | West Coast Rap | Death Row | 11 |
| Midnight Marauders | A Tribe Called Quest | 1,993 | Jazz Rap/Alternative Hip-Hop | Jive | 1 |
| Exile on Main St. | The Rolling Stones | 1,972 | Rock/Blues Rock | Rolling Stones | 7 |
| Back in Black | AC/DC | 1,980 | Hard Rock | Atlantic | 50 |
| Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder | 1,976 | R&B/Soul/Funk | Tamla | 10 |
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