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Rolling Stone magazine's 2020 ranking of the finest albums in music history, with the genres and release dates included.
If You Just Remember One Thing
The 1970s hold the highest number of entries, with 24 specifically recorded in the year 1970. The 1970s boast the high... More
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- Arcade Fire - Funeral
September 14, 2004 • Indie Rock - Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus
January 19, 1977 • Soul - Suicide - Suicide
December 28, 1977 • Synth Punk - Various Artists - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
January 1, 1985 • World - Shakira - ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?
September 29, 1998 • Pop Rock - Boyz II Men - II
August 30, 1994 • Contemporary R&B - The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
November 1, 1964 • Brill Building - Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear
December 15, 1978 • Soul - Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time
March 21, 1989 • Blues Rock - Harry Styles - Fine Line
December 13, 2019 • Pop Rock - Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like a Wheel
November 13, 1974 • Country Rock - Phil Spector - Back to Mono (1958-1969)
November 12, 1991 • Blue-eyed Soul - The Stooges - The Stooges
August 5, 1969 • Garage Rock - Black Flag - Damaged
December 5, 1981 • Hardcore Punk - John Mayer - Continuum
September 12, 2006 • Pop Rock - Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
April 1, 1974 • Folk Rock - Lady Gaga - Born This Way
May 23, 2011 • Pop - Muddy Waters - The Anthology
August 28, 2001 • Blues - The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
November 24, 1992 • Boom Bap - Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
November 18, 1996 • Indie Pop - Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings
November 18, 2016 • Country - Selena - Amor Prohíbido
March 13, 1994 • Latin Pop - The Kinks - Something Else by The Kinks
September 15, 1967 • Pop Rock - Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight
January 1, 1959 • Blues - Sparks - Kimono My House
May 1, 1974 • Glam Rock - Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
September 24, 1996 • Pop Rock - Big Star - #1 Record
April 24, 1972 • Power Pop - Daddy Yankee - Barrio Fino
July 13, 2004 • Reggaeton - SZA - Ctrl
June 9, 2017 • Alternative R&B - Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
April 1, 1967 • Psychedelic Rock - Juvenile - 400 Degreez
November 3, 1998 • Hip Hop - Manu Chao - Clandestino
October 6, 1998 • Latin Alternative - The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
June 9, 1978 • Rock - Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night
July 7, 2009 • Soul - The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today!
March 8, 1965 • Pop Rock - King Sunny Adé - The Best of the Classic Years
February 11, 2003 • World - The Isley Brothers - 3 + 3
August 7, 1973 • Funk - Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
March 3, 1968 • Pop Soul - The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin
February 1, 1969 • Country - Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
July 8, 2007 • Indie Folk - Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017 • Synthpop - Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
September 15, 2009 • Pop Rap - Jason Isbell - Southeastern
June 11, 2013 • Singer-Songwriter - Sinéad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
March 1, 1990 • Alternative Rock - Al Green - Greatest Hits
April 1, 1975 • Soul - Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley / Go Bo Diddley
July 1, 1959 • Blues - Can - Ege Bamyasi
November 1, 1972 • Krautrock - Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
October 20, 1989 • Industrial Rock - Diana Ross & The Supremes - Anthology
December 18, 2001 • Pop Soul - Roberta Flack - First Take
June 20, 1969 • Soul - Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney - Ram
May 17, 1971 • Pop Rock - The White Stripes - Elephant
April 1, 2003 • Garage Rock Revival - Otis Redding - Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
October 15, 1966 • Soul - Bad Bunny - X 100PRE
December 24, 2018 • Trap - Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda
February, 1971 • Spiritual Jazz - Yes - Close to the Edge
September 13, 1972 • Symphonic Prog - Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
October 4, 2005 • Singer-Songwriter - David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
September 12, 1980 • Art Rock - The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness
August 28, 2015 • Contemporary R&B - Britney Spears - Blackout
October 30, 2007 • Dance Pop - Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter
December 28, 1970 • Country - James Brown - Sex Machine
August 1, 1970 • Funk - Blur - Parklife
April 25, 1994 • Britpop - Primal Scream - Screamadelica
September 23, 1991 • Alternative Dance - 2Pac - All Eyez on Me
February 13, 1996 • Gangsta Rap - Pet Shop Boys - Actually
September 7, 1987 • Synthpop - Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
February 2, 1994 • Indie Rock - LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
March 12, 2007 • Dance Punk - Usher - Confessions
March 23, 2004 • Contemporary R&B - Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive?
January 1, 1984 • Roots Rock - Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
July 22, 1977 • New Wave - Four Tops - Reach Out
July 13, 1967 • Soul - Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
January 1, 1985 • Post-Hardcore - Al Green - Call Me
April 1, 1973 • Soul - Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams
January 1, 1988 • Alt-Country - Paul Simon - Paul Simon
January 24, 1972 • Singer-Songwriter - Beck - Odelay
June 18, 1996 • Alternative Rock - Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
April 22, 1997 • Indie Rock - Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
August 28, 1973 • Soul - M.I.A. - Arular
March 22, 2005 • Electropop - Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World
March 15, 1975 • Soul - Eric Church - Chief
July 26, 2011 • Country - Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
May 13, 1985 • Pop Rock - Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz To Come
November, 1959 • Avant-Garde Jazz - The Roots - Things Fall Apart
February 23, 1999 • East Coast Hip Hop - The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py
December 1, 1969 • Funk - Chic - Risqué
July 30, 1979 • Disco - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
July 17, 1970 • Southern Rock - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go
November 1, 1965 • Soul - Bob Dylan - Love and Theft
September 11, 2001 • Singer-Songwriter - The Beach Boys - Wild Honey
December 18, 1967 • Baroque Pop - Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
June 14, 1970 • Folk Rock - Motörhead - Ace of Spades
November 8, 1980 • Heavy Metal - Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
May 14, 1969 • Singer-Songwriter - The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
September 7, 1999 • Indie Pop - Various Artists - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968
January 1, 1972 • Garage Rock - Anita Baker - Rapture
March 20, 1986 • Soul - Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
February 8, 2000 • Hip Hop - Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Expensive Shit
January 1, 1975 • Afrobeat - Blondie - Blondie
December 1, 1976 • New Wave - The Go-Go's - Beauty and the Beat
June 8, 1981 • New Wave - Brian Wilson - SMiLE
September 28, 2004 • Psychedelic Pop - The Raincoats - The Raincoats
November 3, 1979 • Post-Punk - Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
March 29, 2019 • Electropop - Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
February 1, 1972 • Pop Rock - D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah
December 15, 2014 • Neo-Soul - Diana Ross - Diana
May 22, 1980 • Disco - Taylor Swift - 1989
October 27, 2014 • Pop - Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner
March 18, 1991 • Soul - Kelis - Kaleidoscope
December 7, 1999 • Contemporary R&B - Pixies - Surfer Rosa
March 21, 1988 • Alternative Rock - Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
April 12, 2005 • Contemporary R&B - Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted and Black
January 24, 1972 • Soul - Radiohead - In Rainbows
October 10, 2007 • Alternative Rock - J Dilla - Donuts
February 7, 2006 • Instrumental Hip Hop - Ramones - Rocket to Russia
November 4, 1977 • Punk Rock - The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
November 22, 1968 • Pop Rock - Massive Attack - Mezzanine
April 20, 1998 • Trip Hop - Tame Impala - Currents
July 17, 2015 • Psychedelic Pop - Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
August 13, 1973 • Southern Rock - Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
September 14, 1959 • Post-Bop - Rush - Moving Pictures
February 12, 1981 • Progressive Rock - Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
March 27, 1984 • Hip Hop - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
April 29, 2003 • Garage Rock Revival - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
February 10, 1998 • Indie Rock - Green Day - Dookie
February 1, 1994 • Pop Punk - Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers
January 1, 1961 • Blues - Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
September 23, 1969 • Soul - Big Brother and The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
August 12, 1968 • Blues Rock - The Temptations - Anthology
August 23, 1973 • Soul - Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II
December 6, 2005 • Gangsta Rap - Mobb Deep - The Infamous
April 25, 1995 • East Coast Hip Hop - George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
November 27, 1970 • Rock - Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
February 12, 2015 • Pop Rap - Aerosmith - Rocks
May 3, 1976 • Hard Rock - Madvillain - Madvillainy
March 23, 2004 • Jazz Rap - Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
July 21, 1978 • Post-Punk - Parliament - Mothership Connection
December 15, 1975 • Funk - Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
August 12, 1981 • Smooth Soul - My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
October 23, 2006 • Pop Punk - Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
September 1, 1978 • Funk Rock - Big Star - Radio City
February 1, 1974 • Power Pop - Sonic Youth - Goo
June 26, 1990 • Alternative Rock - Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
September 30, 1985 • Singer-Songwriter - Dr. John - Gris-Gris
January 22, 1968 • Psychedelic Soul - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
February 13, 1970 • Heavy Metal - X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
November 10, 1978 • Punk Rock - The Cars - The Cars
June 6, 1978 • New Wave - Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
February 23, 1999 • Horrorcore - Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
March 23, 1973 • Glam Rock - Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind
March 3, 1972 • Soul - MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
February 1, 1969 • Protopunk - Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
July 31, 2001 • Americana - GZA - Liquid Swords
November 7, 1995 • Boom Bap - Arctic Monkeys - AM
September 9, 2013 • Indie Rock - Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
September 11, 1973 • Rock - Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston
circa March / April, 1973 • Reggae - Sly & The Family Stone - Greatest Hits
November 21, 1970 • Psychedelic Soul - The Beatles - Let It Be
May 8, 1970 • Pop Rock - The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
July 27, 1993 • Alternative Rock - Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
November 23, 1993 • Gangsta Rap - Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
September 19, 1989 • Dance Pop - Brian Eno - Another Green World
September 1, 1975 • Art Rock - Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
December 27, 1967 • Folk Rock - Roxy Music - Avalon
May 28, 1982 • Sophisti-Pop - Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes
June 26, 1975 • Folk Rock - Santana - Abraxas
September 1, 1970 • Latin Rock - Bill Withers - Still Bill
May 1, 1972 • Soul - Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
March 23, 1956 • Rock & Roll - Madonna - Like a Prayer
March 21, 1989 • Pop - The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
April 15, 1966 • Blues Rock - DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
September 16, 1996 • Instrumental Hip Hop - Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
May 14, 2013 • Indie Rock - The Who - Live at Leeds
May 16, 1970 • Hard Rock - Prince - Dirty Mind
October 8, 1980 • Synth Funk - Jerry Lee Lewis - All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology
May 18, 1993 • Rock & Roll - Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
August 27, 2002 • Britpop - The Clash - Sandinista!
December 12, 1980 • Post-Punk - Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis
June 1, 1969 • Soul - Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
August 30, 2019 • Singer-Songwriter - X - Los Angeles
April 26, 1980 • Punk Rock - The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
May 2, 1989 • Jangle Pop - Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
October 7, 1997 • Contemporary R&B - Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin
June 1, 1958 • Vocal Jazz - The Who - The Who Sell Out
December 15, 1967 • Psychedelic Pop - ROSALÍA - EL MAL QUERER
November 2, 2018 • Art Pop - Aaliyah - One in a Million
August 27, 1996 • Contemporary R&B - PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
October 24, 2000 • Alternative Rock - Solange - A Seat at the Table
September 30, 2016 • Alternative R&B - Neil Young - On The Beach
July 16, 1974 • Folk Rock - Wire - Pink Flag
December 1, 1977 • Art Punk - Joy Division - Closer
July 18, 1980 • Post-Punk - Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
January 1, 1974 • Art Rock - Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
June 17, 2003 • Soul - Al Green - I'm Still in Love with You
October 23, 1972 • Soul - KISS - Alive!
September 10, 1975 • Hard Rock - Bill Withers - Just As I Am
May 1, 1971 • Soul - ABBA - The Definitive Collection
November 2, 2001 • Pop - Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
June 20, 1975 • Singer-Songwriter - New York Dolls - New York Dolls
July 27, 1973 • Glam Rock - Shania Twain - Come on Over
November 4, 1997 • Country Pop - B.B. King - Live At the Regal
January 1, 1965 • Blues - Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
April 24, 1989 • Pop Rock - Peter Gabriel - So
May 19, 1986 • Pop Rock - Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
July 9, 1979 • Country Rock - Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
May 21, 2013 • Disco - Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album)
May 10, 1994 • Alternative Rock - The Breeders - Last Splash
August 31, 1993 • Alternative Rock - Van Halen - Van Halen
February 10, 1978 • Hard Rock - Destiny's Child - The Writing's on the Wall
July 27, 1999 • Contemporary R&B - OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
September 23, 2003 • Southern Hip Hop - Björk - Post
June 13, 1995 • Art Pop - The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
August 1, 1976 • Protopunk - The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
June 21, 1965 • Folk Rock - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
June 8, 1999 • Alternative Rock - Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers
January 1, 1978 • Power Pop - Merle Haggard - Down Every Road 1962-1994
April 1, 1996 • Country - Donna Summer - Bad Girls
April 25, 1979 • Disco - Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
April 1, 1955 • Vocal Jazz - Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
November 1, 1971 • Pop Rock - 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin'
February 6, 2003 • Gangsta Rap - Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
November 1, 1994 • Alternative Rock - Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
March 28, 1973 • Hard Rock - Alicia Keys - The Diary of Alicia Keys
December 1, 2003 • Contemporary R&B - Radiohead - The Bends
March 13, 1995 • Alternative Rock - Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
September 1, 1970 • Funk - The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
August 30, 1968 • Country - Gang of Four - Entertainment!
September 25, 1979 • Post-Punk - The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
January 30, 1968 • Experimental Rock - Mary J. Blige - What's the 411?
July 28, 1992 • Contemporary R&B - Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
March 30, 2018 • Country Pop - Kanye West - Yeezus
June 18, 2013 • Experimental Hip Hop - Randy Newman - Sail Away
May 1, 1972 • Singer-Songwriter - Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
July 1, 1984 • Post-Punk - The Beatles - Help!
August 6, 1965 • Pop Rock - Pavement - Wowee Zowee
April 11, 1995 • Indie Rock - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
September 12, 1975 • Progressive Rock - The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
July 10, 1964 • Pop Rock - New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
May 2, 1983 • New Wave - Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
April 21, 1992 • East Coast Hip Hop - The Slits - Cut
September 7, 1979 • Post-Punk - Janis Joplin - Pearl
January 11, 1971 • Blues Rock - Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
November 8, 1975 • Folk - Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors
October 4, 1971 • Country - Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
April 5, 1988 • Singer-Songwriter - Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
May 27, 1963 • Folk - Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
October 26, 1973 • Jazz Fusion - Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
August 5, 1967 • Psychedelic Rock - Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
August 28, 1978 • New Wave - Elton John - Honky Château
May 19, 1972 • Pop Rock - Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
September 1, 1979 • Punk Rock - Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
February 14, 1985 • Pop - Green Day - American Idiot
September 21, 2004 • Pop Punk - Sade - Love Deluxe
October 26, 1992 • Sophisti-Pop - LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
August 27, 1990 • Hip Hop - Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
September 17, 1990 • Dream Pop - Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
November 24, 2008 • Electropop - The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
April 19, 1968 • Psychedelic Pop - The Velvet Underground - Loaded
September 1, 1970 • Pop Rock - Massive Attack - Blue Lines
April 8, 1991 • Trip Hop - Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
June 1, 1985 • Soul - Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
March 3, 1987 • Boom Bap - Kraftwerk - Trans Europa Express
March 21, 1977 • Progressive Electronic - Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
May 1, 1975 • Outlaw Country - Daft Punk - Discovery
March 13, 2001 • French House - Metallica - Metallica
August 12, 1991 • Heavy Metal - Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
July 21, 1971 • Heavy Metal - Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
January 13, 1992 • Singer-Songwriter - John Coltrane - Giant Steps
January 27, 1960 • Hard Bop - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
October 19, 1979 • Heartland Rock - Rihanna - ANTI
January 27, 2016 • Contemporary R&B - Patsy Cline - The Ultimate Collection
October 17, 2000 • Country - De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
May 13, 1991 • East Coast Hip Hop - Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
March 1, 1957 • Rock & Roll - Derek and The Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
November 9, 1970 • Blues Rock - Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
April 23, 2002 • Indie Rock - Dixie Chicks - Fly
August 31, 1999 • Country - John Lennon - Imagine
September 9, 1971 • Rock - Madonna - Ray of Light
March 3, 1998 • Downtempo - Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
November 3, 1992 • Rap Metal - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu
March 11, 1970 • Folk Rock - Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
August 1, 1995 • East Coast Hip Hop - TLC - CrazySexyCool
November 15, 1994 • Contemporary R&B - Oasis - Definitely Maybe
August 30, 1994 • Britpop - Elliott Smith - Either/Or
February 25, 1997 • Singer-Songwriter - Grateful Dead - American Beauty
November 1, 1970 • Folk Rock - Tom Petty - Wildflowers
November 1, 1994 • Singer-Songwriter - Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
June 19, 2012 • Singer-Songwriter - Nina Simone - Wild is the Wind
September 16, 1966 • Vocal Jazz - Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
June 14, 1979 • Post-Punk - Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul
October 1, 1991 • Soul - Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
May 15, 1986 • Hardcore Hip Hop - Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
June 10, 2008 • Hip Hop - Eagles - Eagles
June 1, 1972 • Folk Rock - David Bowie - Low
January 14, 1977 • Art Rock - Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
November 23, 1970 • Singer-Songwriter - Kanye West - Graduation
September 11, 2007 • Pop Rap - Nick Drake - Pink Moon
February 25, 1972 • Folk - Björk - Homogenic
September 23, 1997 • Art Pop - A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
November 9, 1993 • Hip Hop - Sade - Diamond Life
July 16, 1984 • Sophisti-Pop - Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
April 20, 1992 • Indie Rock - The B-52's - The B-52's
July 6, 1979 • New Wave - The Beatles - Meet the Beatles!
January 20, 1964 • Pop Rock - Robyn - Body Talk
November 22, 2010 • Electropop - Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
December 27, 1967 • Singer-Songwriter - Michael Jackson - Bad
August 31, 1987 • Pop - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
November 10, 1969 • Roots Rock - Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
November 15, 1986 • East Coast Hip Hop - Etta James - At Last!
November 15, 1960 • Soul - The Who - Tommy
May 23, 1969 • Rock - Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
April 8, 1997 • Indie Rock - T. Rex - Electric Warrior
September 24, 1971 • Glam Rock - Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
May 16, 1990 • Gangsta Rap - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
September 24, 1991 • Alternative Rock - The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
December 6, 1968 • Rock - Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
October 14, 1983 • Pop Rock - D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
July 3, 1995 • Neo-Soul - James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
February 1, 1970 • Singer-Songwriter - Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
March 27, 1965 • Folk Rock - Love - Forever Changes
November 1, 1967 • Psychedelic Rock - The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
March 25, 1997 • Gangsta Rap - Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
September 15, 1965 • Soul - Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
May 28, 1971 • Rock - Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
April 10, 1990 • Hip Hop - Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017 • Conscious Hip Hop - Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
July 7, 1972 • Reggae - Nirvana - In Utero
September 13, 1993 • Grunge - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
January 26, 1970 • Folk Rock - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
October 1, 1988 • Alternative Rock - Cream - Disraeli Gears
November 10, 1967 • Psychedelic Rock - Billy Joel - The Stranger
September 29, 1977 • Pop Rock - Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
November 1, 1972 • Pop Rock - Depeche Mode - Violator
March 19, 1990 • Synthpop - Buddy Holly & the Crickets - 20 Golden Greats
February 17, 1978 • Rock & Roll - R.E.M. - Murmur
April 12, 1983 • Alternative Rock - Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
May 1, 1968 • Country - Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Soundtrack
November 15, 1977 • Disco - Pulp - Different Class
October 30, 1995 • Britpop - Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
May 29, 1969 • Singer-Songwriter - Pearl Jam - Ten
August 27, 1991 • Alternative Rock - The Police - Synchronicity
June 1, 1983 • New Wave - Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
November 21, 2000 • Neo-Soul - Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
October 2, 1995 • Britpop - The Replacements - Let It Be
October 2, 1984 • Alternative Rock - Jay-Z - The Black Album
November 14, 2003 • East Coast Hip Hop - Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace
June 1, 1972 • Gospel - PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
May 4, 1993 • Alternative Rock - Pretenders - Pretenders
December 27, 1979 • New Wave - George Michael - Faith
November 2, 1987 • Pop - Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
September 30, 1982 • Singer-Songwriter - John Prine - John Prine
January 1, 1971 • Country - Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
July 10, 2012 • Alternative R&B - Jeff Buckley - Grace
August 23, 1994 • Singer-Songwriter - Blondie - Parallel Lines
September 1, 1978 • New Wave - Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
May 23, 2000 • Hardcore Hip Hop - Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
February 24, 1975 • Hard Rock - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
March 1, 1969 • Pop Rock - Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
June 4, 1984 • Heartland Rock - Pixies - Doolittle
April 18, 1989 • Alternative Rock - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Catch a Fire
April 13, 1973 • Roots Reggae - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
September 18, 1970 • Heavy Metal - Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
November 9, 1990 • Dance Pop - Adele - 21
January 24, 2011 • Soul - Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
July 1, 1971 • Funk Rock - U2 - The Joshua Tree
March 9, 1987 • Pop Rock - Fugees - The Score
February 13, 1996 • East Coast Hip Hop - Joni Mitchell - Hejira
November 1, 1976 • Singer-Songwriter - Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits
January 1, 1978 • Country - Portishead - Dummy
August 22, 1994 • Trip Hop - Prince - 1999
October 27, 1982 • Synth Funk - Pink Floyd - The Wall
November 30, 1979 • Art Rock - Queen - A Night At The Opera
November 21, 1975 • Hard Rock - Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
April 1, 1962 • Soul - Mary J. Blige - My Life
November 29, 1994 • Contemporary R&B - Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
July 25, 1989 • East Coast Hip Hop - U2 - Achtung Baby
November 18, 1991 • Alternative Rock - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
October 22, 1969 • Hard Rock - Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
March 8, 1994 • Industrial Rock - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - This Year's Model
March 17, 1978 • New Wave - Van Morrison - Moondance
February 28, 1970 • Singer-Songwriter - Sly & The Family Stone - Stand!
May 3, 1969 • Funk - Eagles - Hotel California
December 8, 1976 • Country Rock - Kanye West - Late Registration
August 30, 2005 • Pop Rap - The Cure - Disintegration
May 2, 1989 • Gothic Rock - Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
October 22, 2012 • Conscious Hip Hop - The Strokes - Is This It
July 30, 2001 • Indie Rock - The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
June 16, 1986 • Jangle Pop - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
October 5, 1973 • Pop Rock - Janet Jackson - Control
February 2, 1986 • Contemporary R&B - Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
January 17, 1974 • Singer-Songwriter - Lou Reed - Transformer
November 8, 1972 • Glam Rock - Fiona Apple - When the Pawn...
November 9, 1999 • Singer-Songwriter - Television - Marquee Moon
February 8, 1977 • Art Punk - Hole - Live Through This
April 12, 1994 • Alternative Rock - The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
July 1, 1971 • Blues Rock - The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
April 23, 1971 • Blues Rock - De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
March 3, 1989 • Conscious Hip Hop - The Clash - The Clash
April 8, 1977 • Punk Rock - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
January 12, 1969 • Hard Rock - The Band - Music from Big Pink
July 1, 1968 • Roots Rock - Taylor Swift - Red
October 22, 2012 • Pop - Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
June 30, 1998 • Singer-Songwriter - Metallica - Master of Puppets
March 3, 1986 • Thrash Metal - R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
October 5, 1992 • Alternative Rock - Drake - Take Care
November 15, 2011 • Pop Rap - The Stooges - Funhouse
July 7, 1970 • Protopunk - Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
July 15, 1997 • Pop Rap - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
December 1, 1967 • Psychedelic Rock - Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
June 2, 1978 • Heartland Rock - Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
September 19, 1970 • Folk Rock - Erykah Badu - Baduizm
February 11, 1997 • Neo-Soul - David Bowie - Hunky Dory
December 17, 1971 • Glam Rock - Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
April 1, 1970 • Jazz Fusion - The Doors - The Doors
January 4, 1967 • Psychedelic Rock - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
December 11, 1970 • Rock - AC/DC - Back in Black
July 25, 1980 • Hard Rock - Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
March 31, 1969 • Pop Soul - Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
November 1, 1971 • Funk - Beyoncé - Beyoncé
December 13, 2013 • Contemporary R&B - Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
October 27, 1977 • Punk Rock - Frank Ocean - Blonde
August 20, 2016 • Alternative R&B - Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions
March 22, 1976 • Rockabilly - The Who - Who's Next
August 14, 1971 • Hard Rock - Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
July 1, 1972 • Funk - Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
January 22, 1968 • Southern Soul - Kanye West - The College Dropout
February 10, 2004 • Pop Rap - my bloody valentine - loveless
November 4, 1991 • Shoegaze - Neil Young - Harvest
February 1, 1972 • Singer-Songwriter - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus
June 3, 1977 • Roots Reggae - N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
August 8, 1988 • Gangsta Rap - Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
June 13, 1995 • Alternative Rock - Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
September 16, 1985 • Art Pop - Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
June 25, 1996 • Gangsta Rap - John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
February 1, 1965 • Avant-Garde Jazz - James Brown - Live at the Apollo
May 1, 1963 • Soul - OutKast - Stankonia
October 31, 2000 • Southern Hip Hop - Steely Dan - Aja
September 23, 1977 • Jazz-Rock - Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
July 21, 1987 • Hard Rock - Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
July 7, 1987 • Boom Bap - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
November 1, 1968 • Singer-Songwriter - Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
October 28, 1972 • Soul - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
November 8, 1971 • Hard Rock - The Band - The Band
September 22, 1969 • Rock - Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
June 22, 1993 • Indie Rock - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
March 1, 1973 • Art Rock - James Brown - Star Time
May 7, 1991 • Funk - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
October 25, 1968 • Psychedelic Rock - David Bowie - Station to Station
January 23, 1976 • Art Rock - Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight
January 1, 1982 • Rock & Roll - Jay-Z - The Blueprint
September 11, 2001 • East Coast Hip Hop - OutKast - Aquemini
September 29, 1998 • Conscious Hip Hop - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend
May 8, 1984 • Roots Reggae - Ramones - Ramones
April 23, 1976 • Punk Rock - Paul Simon - Graceland
August 12, 1986 • Pop Rock - Prince - Sign "O" the Times
March 31, 1987 • Pop Rock - Nas - Illmatic
April 19, 1994 • East Coast Hip Hop - A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
September 24, 1991 • Jazz Rap - Radiohead - OK Computer
May 21, 1997 • Art Rock - The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
December 5, 1969 • Blues Rock - David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
June 16, 1972 • Glam Rock - Talking Heads - Remain in Light
October 8, 1980 • New Wave - Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
June 20, 1966 • Folk Rock - Dr. Dre - The Chronic
December 15, 1992 • Gangsta Rap - Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
August 10, 1979 • Contemporary R&B - The Beatles - Rubber Soul
December 3, 1965 • Pop Rock - Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
August 3, 1973 • Soul - Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
October 27, 2006 • Soul - Beyoncé - Lemonade
April 23, 2016 • Contemporary R&B - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
August 17, 1959 • Modal Jazz - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
May 12, 1967 • Psychedelic Rock - The Beatles - The Beatles
November 22, 1968 • Pop Rock - D'Angelo - Voodoo
January 25, 2000 • Neo-Soul - Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
November 9, 1993 • Boom Bap - Patti Smith - Horses
November 10, 1975 • Protopunk - Carole King - Tapestry
February 10, 1971 • Singer-Songwriter - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
June 1, 1967 • Pop Rock - The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
March 12, 1967 • Art Rock - The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
September 13, 1994 • Gangsta Rap - Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
August 25, 1975 • Heartland Rock - Radiohead - Kid A
October 2, 2000 • Electronic - Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 15, 2015 • Conscious Hip Hop - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
August 30, 1965 • Folk Rock - Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
November 22, 2010 • Pop Rap - The Clash - London Calling
December 14, 1979 • Punk Rock - Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
April 14, 1988 • Hardcore Hip Hop - The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
May 12, 1972 • Blues Rock - Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
March 10, 1967 • Soul - Michael Jackson - Thriller
November 30, 1982 • Contemporary R&B - The Beatles - Revolver
August 5, 1966 • Pop Rock - Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
August 25, 1998 • Contemporary R&B - Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
January 20, 1975 • Singer-Songwriter - Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
June 25, 1984 • Pop Rock - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
February 4, 1977 • Pop Rock - Nirvana - Nevermind
September 24, 1991 • Grunge - The Beatles - Abbey Road
September 26, 1969 • Pop Rock - Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
September 28, 1976 • Soul - Joni Mitchell - Blue
June 22, 1971 • Singer-Songwriter - The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
May 16, 1966 • Baroque Pop - Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
May 21, 1971 • Soul
- Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
April 1, 1955 • Vocal Jazz - Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
March 23, 1956 • Rock & Roll - Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
March 1, 1957 • Rock & Roll - Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin
June 1, 1958 • Vocal Jazz - Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight
January 1, 1959 • Blues - Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley / Go Bo Diddley
July 1, 1959 • Blues - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
August 17, 1959 • Modal Jazz - Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
September 14, 1959 • Post-Bop - Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz To Come
November, 1959 • Avant-Garde Jazz - John Coltrane - Giant Steps
January 27, 1960 • Hard Bop - Etta James - At Last!
November 15, 1960 • Soul - Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers
January 1, 1961 • Blues - Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
April 1, 1962 • Soul - James Brown - Live at the Apollo
May 1, 1963 • Soul - Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
May 27, 1963 • Folk - The Beatles - Meet the Beatles!
January 20, 1964 • Pop Rock - The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
July 10, 1964 • Pop Rock - The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
November 1, 1964 • Brill Building - B.B. King - Live At the Regal
January 1, 1965 • Blues - John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
February 1, 1965 • Avant-Garde Jazz - The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today!
March 8, 1965 • Pop Rock - Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
March 27, 1965 • Folk Rock - The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
June 21, 1965 • Folk Rock - The Beatles - Help!
August 6, 1965 • Pop Rock - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
August 30, 1965 • Folk Rock - Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
September 15, 1965 • Soul - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go
November 1, 1965 • Soul - The Beatles - Rubber Soul
December 3, 1965 • Pop Rock - The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
April 15, 1966 • Blues Rock - The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
May 16, 1966 • Baroque Pop - Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
June 20, 1966 • Folk Rock - The Beatles - Revolver
August 5, 1966 • Pop Rock - Nina Simone - Wild is the Wind
September 16, 1966 • Vocal Jazz - Otis Redding - Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
October 15, 1966 • Soul - The Doors - The Doors
January 4, 1967 • Psychedelic Rock - Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
March 10, 1967 • Soul - The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
March 12, 1967 • Art Rock - Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
April 1, 1967 • Psychedelic Rock - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
May 12, 1967 • Psychedelic Rock - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
June 1, 1967 • Pop Rock - Four Tops - Reach Out
July 13, 1967 • Soul - Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
August 5, 1967 • Psychedelic Rock - The Kinks - Something Else by The Kinks
September 15, 1967 • Pop Rock - Love - Forever Changes
November 1, 1967 • Psychedelic Rock - Cream - Disraeli Gears
November 10, 1967 • Psychedelic Rock - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
December 1, 1967 • Psychedelic Rock - The Who - The Who Sell Out
December 15, 1967 • Psychedelic Pop - The Beach Boys - Wild Honey
December 18, 1967 • Baroque Pop - Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
December 27, 1967 • Folk Rock - Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
December 27, 1967 • Singer-Songwriter - Dr. John - Gris-Gris
January 22, 1968 • Psychedelic Soul - Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
January 22, 1968 • Southern Soul - The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
January 30, 1968 • Experimental Rock - Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
March 3, 1968 • Pop Soul - The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
April 19, 1968 • Psychedelic Pop - Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
May 1, 1968 • Country - The Band - Music from Big Pink
July 1, 1968 • Roots Rock - Big Brother and The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
August 12, 1968 • Blues Rock - The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
August 30, 1968 • Country - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
October 25, 1968 • Psychedelic Rock - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
November 1, 1968 • Singer-Songwriter - The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
November 22, 1968 • Pop Rock - The Beatles - The Beatles
November 22, 1968 • Pop Rock - The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
December 6, 1968 • Rock - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
January 12, 1969 • Hard Rock - The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin
February 1, 1969 • Country - MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
February 1, 1969 • Protopunk - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
March 1, 1969 • Pop Rock - Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
March 31, 1969 • Pop Soul - Sly & The Family Stone - Stand!
May 3, 1969 • Funk - Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
May 14, 1969 • Singer-Songwriter - The Who - Tommy
May 23, 1969 • Rock - Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
May 29, 1969 • Singer-Songwriter - Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis
June 1, 1969 • Soul - Roberta Flack - First Take
June 20, 1969 • Soul - The Stooges - The Stooges
August 5, 1969 • Garage Rock - The Band - The Band
September 22, 1969 • Rock - Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
September 23, 1969 • Soul - The Beatles - Abbey Road
September 26, 1969 • Pop Rock - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
October 22, 1969 • Hard Rock - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
November 10, 1969 • Roots Rock - The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py
December 1, 1969 • Funk - The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
December 5, 1969 • Blues Rock - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
January 26, 1970 • Folk Rock - James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
February 1, 1970 • Singer-Songwriter - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
February 13, 1970 • Heavy Metal - Van Morrison - Moondance
February 28, 1970 • Singer-Songwriter - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu
March 11, 1970 • Folk Rock - Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
April 1, 1970 • Jazz Fusion - The Beatles - Let It Be
May 8, 1970 • Pop Rock - The Who - Live at Leeds
May 16, 1970 • Hard Rock - Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
June 14, 1970 • Folk Rock - The Stooges - Funhouse
July 7, 1970 • Protopunk - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
July 17, 1970 • Southern Rock - James Brown - Sex Machine
August 1, 1970 • Funk - Santana - Abraxas
September 1, 1970 • Latin Rock - Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
September 1, 1970 • Funk - The Velvet Underground - Loaded
September 1, 1970 • Pop Rock - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
September 18, 1970 • Heavy Metal - Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
September 19, 1970 • Folk Rock - Grateful Dead - American Beauty
November 1, 1970 • Folk Rock - Derek and The Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
November 9, 1970 • Blues Rock - Sly & The Family Stone - Greatest Hits
November 21, 1970 • Psychedelic Soul - Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
November 23, 1970 • Singer-Songwriter - George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
November 27, 1970 • Rock - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
December 11, 1970 • Rock - Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter
December 28, 1970 • Country - John Prine - John Prine
January 1, 1971 • Country - Janis Joplin - Pearl
January 11, 1971 • Blues Rock - Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda
February, 1971 • Spiritual Jazz - Carole King - Tapestry
February 10, 1971 • Singer-Songwriter - The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
April 23, 1971 • Blues Rock - Bill Withers - Just As I Am
May 1, 1971 • Soul - Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney - Ram
May 17, 1971 • Pop Rock - Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
May 21, 1971 • Soul - Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
May 28, 1971 • Rock - Joni Mitchell - Blue
June 22, 1971 • Singer-Songwriter - Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
July 1, 1971 • Funk Rock - The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
July 1, 1971 • Blues Rock - Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
July 21, 1971 • Heavy Metal - The Who - Who's Next
August 14, 1971 • Hard Rock - John Lennon - Imagine
September 9, 1971 • Rock - T. Rex - Electric Warrior
September 24, 1971 • Glam Rock - Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors
October 4, 1971 • Country - Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
November 1, 1971 • Pop Rock - Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
November 1, 1971 • Funk - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
November 8, 1971 • Hard Rock - David Bowie - Hunky Dory
December 17, 1971 • Glam Rock - Various Artists - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968
January 1, 1972 • Garage Rock - Paul Simon - Paul Simon
January 24, 1972 • Singer-Songwriter - Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted and Black
January 24, 1972 • Soul - Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
February 1, 1972 • Pop Rock - Neil Young - Harvest
February 1, 1972 • Singer-Songwriter - Nick Drake - Pink Moon
February 25, 1972 • Folk - Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind
March 3, 1972 • Soul - Big Star - #1 Record
April 24, 1972 • Power Pop - Bill Withers - Still Bill
May 1, 1972 • Soul - Randy Newman - Sail Away
May 1, 1972 • Singer-Songwriter - The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
May 12, 1972 • Blues Rock - Elton John - Honky Château
May 19, 1972 • Pop Rock - Eagles - Eagles
June 1, 1972 • Folk Rock - Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace
June 1, 1972 • Gospel - David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
June 16, 1972 • Glam Rock - Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
July 1, 1972 • Funk - Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
July 7, 1972 • Reggae - Yes - Close to the Edge
September 13, 1972 • Symphonic Prog - Al Green - I'm Still in Love with You
October 23, 1972 • Soul - Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
October 28, 1972 • Soul - Can - Ege Bamyasi
November 1, 1972 • Krautrock - Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
November 1, 1972 • Pop Rock - Lou Reed - Transformer
November 8, 1972 • Glam Rock - Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston
March 1, 1973 • Reggae - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
March 1, 1973 • Art Rock - Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
March 23, 1973 • Glam Rock - Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
March 28, 1973 • Hard Rock - Al Green - Call Me
April 1, 1973 • Soul - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Catch a Fire
April 13, 1973 • Roots Reggae - New York Dolls - New York Dolls
July 27, 1973 • Glam Rock - Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
August 3, 1973 • Soul - The Isley Brothers - 3 + 3
August 7, 1973 • Funk - Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
August 13, 1973 • Southern Rock - The Temptations - Anthology
August 23, 1973 • Soul - Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
August 28, 1973 • Soul - Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
September 11, 1973 • Rock - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
October 5, 1973 • Pop Rock - Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
October 26, 1973 • Jazz Fusion - Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
January 1, 1974 • Art Rock - Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
January 17, 1974 • Singer-Songwriter - Big Star - Radio City
February 1, 1974 • Power Pop - Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
April 1, 1974 • Folk Rock - Sparks - Kimono My House
May 1, 1974 • Glam Rock - Neil Young - On The Beach
July 16, 1974 • Folk Rock - Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like a Wheel
November 13, 1974 • Country Rock - Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Expensive Shit
January 1, 1975 • Afrobeat - Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
January 20, 1975 • Singer-Songwriter - Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
February 24, 1975 • Hard Rock - Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World
March 15, 1975 • Soul - Al Green - Greatest Hits
April 1, 1975 • Soul - Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
May 1, 1975 • Outlaw Country - Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
June 20, 1975 • Singer-Songwriter - Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes
June 26, 1975 • Folk Rock - Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
August 25, 1975 • Heartland Rock - Brian Eno - Another Green World
September 1, 1975 • Art Rock - KISS - Alive!
September 10, 1975 • Hard Rock - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
September 12, 1975 • Progressive Rock - Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
November 8, 1975 • Folk - Patti Smith - Horses
November 10, 1975 • Protopunk - Queen - A Night At The Opera
November 21, 1975 • Hard Rock - Parliament - Mothership Connection
December 15, 1975 • Funk - David Bowie - Station to Station
January 23, 1976 • Art Rock - Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions
March 22, 1976 • Rockabilly - Ramones - Ramones
April 23, 1976 • Punk Rock - Aerosmith - Rocks
May 3, 1976 • Hard Rock - The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
August 1, 1976 • Protopunk - Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
September 28, 1976 • Soul - Joni Mitchell - Hejira
November 1, 1976 • Singer-Songwriter - Blondie - Blondie
December 1, 1976 • New Wave - Eagles - Hotel California
December 8, 1976 • Country Rock - David Bowie - Low
January 14, 1977 • Art Rock - Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus
January 19, 1977 • Soul - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
February 4, 1977 • Pop Rock - Television - Marquee Moon
February 8, 1977 • Art Punk - Kraftwerk - Trans Europa Express
March 21, 1977 • Progressive Electronic - The Clash - The Clash
April 8, 1977 • Punk Rock - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus
June 3, 1977 • Roots Reggae - Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
July 22, 1977 • New Wave - Steely Dan - Aja
September 23, 1977 • Jazz-Rock - Billy Joel - The Stranger
September 29, 1977 • Pop Rock - Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
October 27, 1977 • Punk Rock - Ramones - Rocket to Russia
November 4, 1977 • Punk Rock - Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Soundtrack
November 15, 1977 • Disco - Wire - Pink Flag
December 1, 1977 • Art Punk - Suicide - Suicide
December 28, 1977 • Synth Punk - Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers
January 1, 1978 • Power Pop - Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits
January 1, 1978 • Country - Van Halen - Van Halen
February 10, 1978 • Hard Rock - Buddy Holly & the Crickets - 20 Golden Greats
February 17, 1978 • Rock & Roll - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - This Year's Model
March 17, 1978 • New Wave - Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
June 2, 1978 • Heartland Rock - The Cars - The Cars
June 6, 1978 • New Wave - The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
June 9, 1978 • Rock - Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
July 21, 1978 • Post-Punk - Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
August 28, 1978 • New Wave - Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
September 1, 1978 • Funk Rock - Blondie - Parallel Lines
September 1, 1978 • New Wave - X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
November 10, 1978 • Punk Rock - Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear
December 15, 1978 • Soul - Donna Summer - Bad Girls
April 25, 1979 • Disco - Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
June 14, 1979 • Post-Punk - The B-52's - The B-52's
July 6, 1979 • New Wave - Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
July 9, 1979 • Country Rock - Chic - Risqué
July 30, 1979 • Disco - Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
August 10, 1979 • Contemporary R&B - Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
September 1, 1979 • Punk Rock - The Slits - Cut
September 7, 1979 • Post-Punk - Gang of Four - Entertainment!
September 25, 1979 • Post-Punk - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
October 19, 1979 • Heartland Rock - The Raincoats - The Raincoats
November 3, 1979 • Post-Punk - Pink Floyd - The Wall
November 30, 1979 • Art Rock - The Clash - London Calling
December 14, 1979 • Punk Rock - Pretenders - Pretenders
December 27, 1979 • New Wave - X - Los Angeles
April 26, 1980 • Punk Rock - Diana Ross - Diana
May 22, 1980 • Disco - Joy Division - Closer
July 18, 1980 • Post-Punk - AC/DC - Back in Black
July 25, 1980 • Hard Rock - David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
September 12, 1980 • Art Rock - Prince - Dirty Mind
October 8, 1980 • Synth Funk - Talking Heads - Remain in Light
October 8, 1980 • New Wave - Motörhead - Ace of Spades
November 8, 1980 • Heavy Metal - The Clash - Sandinista!
December 12, 1980 • Post-Punk - Rush - Moving Pictures
February 12, 1981 • Progressive Rock - The Go-Go's - Beauty and the Beat
June 8, 1981 • New Wave - Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
August 12, 1981 • Smooth Soul - Black Flag - Damaged
December 5, 1981 • Hardcore Punk - Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight
January 1, 1982 • Rock & Roll - Roxy Music - Avalon
May 28, 1982 • Sophisti-Pop - Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
September 30, 1982 • Singer-Songwriter - Prince - 1999
October 27, 1982 • Synth Funk - Michael Jackson - Thriller
November 30, 1982 • Contemporary R&B - R.E.M. - Murmur
April 12, 1983 • Alternative Rock - New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
May 2, 1983 • New Wave - The Police - Synchronicity
June 1, 1983 • New Wave - Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
October 14, 1983 • Pop Rock - Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive?
January 1, 1984 • Roots Rock - Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
March 27, 1984 • Hip Hop - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend
May 8, 1984 • Roots Reggae - Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
June 4, 1984 • Heartland Rock - Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
June 25, 1984 • Pop Rock - Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
July 1, 1984 • Post-Punk - Sade - Diamond Life
July 16, 1984 • Sophisti-Pop - The Replacements - Let It Be
October 2, 1984 • Alternative Rock - Various Artists - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
January 1, 1985 • World - Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
January 1, 1985 • Post-Hardcore - Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
February 14, 1985 • Pop - Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
May 13, 1985 • Pop Rock - Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
June 1, 1985 • Soul - Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
September 16, 1985 • Art Pop - Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
September 30, 1985 • Singer-Songwriter - Janet Jackson - Control
February 2, 1986 • Contemporary R&B - Metallica - Master of Puppets
March 3, 1986 • Thrash Metal - Anita Baker - Rapture
March 20, 1986 • Soul - Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
May 15, 1986 • Hardcore Hip Hop - Peter Gabriel - So
May 19, 1986 • Pop Rock - The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
June 16, 1986 • Jangle Pop - Paul Simon - Graceland
August 12, 1986 • Pop Rock - Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
November 15, 1986 • East Coast Hip Hop - Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
March 3, 1987 • Boom Bap - U2 - The Joshua Tree
March 9, 1987 • Pop Rock - Prince - Sign "O" the Times
March 31, 1987 • Pop Rock - Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full
July 7, 1987 • Boom Bap - Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
July 21, 1987 • Hard Rock - Michael Jackson - Bad
August 31, 1987 • Pop - Pet Shop Boys - Actually
September 7, 1987 • Synthpop - George Michael - Faith
November 2, 1987 • Pop - Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams
January 1, 1988 • Alt-Country - Pixies - Surfer Rosa
March 21, 1988 • Alternative Rock - Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
April 5, 1988 • Singer-Songwriter - Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
April 14, 1988 • Hardcore Hip Hop - N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
August 8, 1988 • Gangsta Rap - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
October 1, 1988 • Alternative Rock - De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
March 3, 1989 • Conscious Hip Hop - Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time
March 21, 1989 • Blues Rock - Madonna - Like a Prayer
March 21, 1989 • Pop - Pixies - Doolittle
April 18, 1989 • Alternative Rock - Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
April 24, 1989 • Pop Rock - The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
May 2, 1989 • Jangle Pop - The Cure - Disintegration
May 2, 1989 • Gothic Rock - Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
July 25, 1989 • East Coast Hip Hop - Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
September 19, 1989 • Dance Pop - Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
October 20, 1989 • Industrial Rock - Sinéad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
March 1, 1990 • Alternative Rock - Depeche Mode - Violator
March 19, 1990 • Synthpop - Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
April 10, 1990 • Hip Hop - Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
May 16, 1990 • Gangsta Rap - Sonic Youth - Goo
June 26, 1990 • Alternative Rock - LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
August 27, 1990 • Hip Hop - Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
September 17, 1990 • Dream Pop - Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
November 9, 1990 • Dance Pop - Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner
March 18, 1991 • Soul - Massive Attack - Blue Lines
April 8, 1991 • Trip Hop - James Brown - Star Time
May 7, 1991 • Funk - De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
May 13, 1991 • East Coast Hip Hop - Metallica - Metallica
August 12, 1991 • Heavy Metal - Pearl Jam - Ten
August 27, 1991 • Alternative Rock - Primal Scream - Screamadelica
September 23, 1991 • Alternative Dance - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
September 24, 1991 • Alternative Rock - A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
September 24, 1991 • Jazz Rap - Nirvana - Nevermind
September 24, 1991 • Grunge - Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul
October 1, 1991 • Soul - my bloody valentine - loveless
November 4, 1991 • Shoegaze - Phil Spector - Back to Mono (1958-1969)
November 12, 1991 • Blue-eyed Soul - U2 - Achtung Baby
November 18, 1991 • Alternative Rock - Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
January 13, 1992 • Singer-Songwriter - Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
April 20, 1992 • Indie Rock - Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
April 21, 1992 • East Coast Hip Hop - Mary J. Blige - What's the 411?
July 28, 1992 • Contemporary R&B - R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
October 5, 1992 • Alternative Rock - Sade - Love Deluxe
October 26, 1992 • Sophisti-Pop - Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
November 3, 1992 • Rap Metal - The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
November 24, 1992 • Boom Bap - Dr. Dre - The Chronic
December 15, 1992 • Gangsta Rap - PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
May 4, 1993 • Alternative Rock - Jerry Lee Lewis - All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology
May 18, 1993 • Rock & Roll - Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
June 22, 1993 • Indie Rock - The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
July 27, 1993 • Alternative Rock - The Breeders - Last Splash
August 31, 1993 • Alternative Rock - Nirvana - In Utero
September 13, 1993 • Grunge - A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
November 9, 1993 • Hip Hop - Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
November 9, 1993 • Boom Bap - Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
November 23, 1993 • Gangsta Rap - Green Day - Dookie
February 1, 1994 • Pop Punk - Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
February 2, 1994 • Indie Rock - Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
March 8, 1994 • Industrial Rock - Selena - Amor Prohíbido
March 13, 1994 • Latin Pop - Hole - Live Through This
April 12, 1994 • Alternative Rock - Nas - Illmatic
April 19, 1994 • East Coast Hip Hop - Blur - Parklife
April 25, 1994 • Britpop - Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album)
May 10, 1994 • Alternative Rock - Portishead - Dummy
August 22, 1994 • Trip Hop - Jeff Buckley - Grace
August 23, 1994 • Singer-Songwriter - Boyz II Men - II
August 30, 1994 • Contemporary R&B - Oasis - Definitely Maybe
August 30, 1994 • Britpop - The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
September 13, 1994 • Gangsta Rap - Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
November 1, 1994 • Alternative Rock - Tom Petty - Wildflowers
November 1, 1994 • Singer-Songwriter - TLC - CrazySexyCool
November 15, 1994 • Contemporary R&B - Mary J. Blige - My Life
November 29, 1994 • Contemporary R&B - Radiohead - The Bends
March 13, 1995 • Alternative Rock - Pavement - Wowee Zowee
April 11, 1995 • Indie Rock - Mobb Deep - The Infamous
April 25, 1995 • East Coast Hip Hop - Björk - Post
June 13, 1995 • Art Pop - Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
June 13, 1995 • Alternative Rock - D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
July 3, 1995 • Neo-Soul - Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
August 1, 1995 • East Coast Hip Hop - Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
October 2, 1995 • Britpop - Pulp - Different Class
October 30, 1995 • Britpop - GZA - Liquid Swords
November 7, 1995 • Boom Bap - 2Pac - All Eyez on Me
February 13, 1996 • Gangsta Rap - Fugees - The Score
February 13, 1996 • East Coast Hip Hop - Merle Haggard - Down Every Road 1962-1994
April 1, 1996 • Country - Beck - Odelay
June 18, 1996 • Alternative Rock - Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
June 25, 1996 • Gangsta Rap - Aaliyah - One in a Million
August 27, 1996 • Contemporary R&B - DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
September 16, 1996 • Instrumental Hip Hop - Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
September 24, 1996 • Pop Rock - Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
November 18, 1996 • Indie Pop - Erykah Badu - Baduizm
February 11, 1997 • Neo-Soul - Elliott Smith - Either/Or
February 25, 1997 • Singer-Songwriter - The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
March 25, 1997 • Gangsta Rap - Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
April 8, 1997 • Indie Rock - Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
April 22, 1997 • Indie Rock - Radiohead - OK Computer
May 21, 1997 • Art Rock - Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
July 15, 1997 • Pop Rap - Björk - Homogenic
September 23, 1997 • Art Pop - Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
October 7, 1997 • Contemporary R&B - Shania Twain - Come on Over
November 4, 1997 • Country Pop - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
February 10, 1998 • Indie Rock - Madonna - Ray of Light
March 3, 1998 • Downtempo - Massive Attack - Mezzanine
April 20, 1998 • Trip Hop - Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
June 30, 1998 • Singer-Songwriter - Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
August 25, 1998 • Contemporary R&B - Shakira - ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?
September 29, 1998 • Pop Rock - OutKast - Aquemini
September 29, 1998 • Conscious Hip Hop - Manu Chao - Clandestino
October 6, 1998 • Latin Alternative - Juvenile - 400 Degreez
November 3, 1998 • Hip Hop - The Roots - Things Fall Apart
February 23, 1999 • East Coast Hip Hop - Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
February 23, 1999 • Horrorcore - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
June 8, 1999 • Alternative Rock - Destiny's Child - The Writing's on the Wall
July 27, 1999 • Contemporary R&B - Dixie Chicks - Fly
August 31, 1999 • Country - The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
September 7, 1999 • Indie Pop - Fiona Apple - When the Pawn...
November 9, 1999 • Singer-Songwriter - Kelis - Kaleidoscope
December 7, 1999 • Contemporary R&B - D'Angelo - Voodoo
January 25, 2000 • Neo-Soul - Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
February 8, 2000 • Hip Hop - Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
May 23, 2000 • Hardcore Hip Hop - Radiohead - Kid A
October 2, 2000 • Electronic - Patsy Cline - The Ultimate Collection
October 17, 2000 • Country - PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
October 24, 2000 • Alternative Rock - OutKast - Stankonia
October 31, 2000 • Southern Hip Hop - Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
November 21, 2000 • Neo-Soul - Daft Punk - Discovery
March 13, 2001 • French House - The Strokes - Is This It
July 30, 2001 • Indie Rock - Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
July 31, 2001 • Americana - Muddy Waters - The Anthology
August 28, 2001 • Blues - Bob Dylan - Love and Theft
September 11, 2001 • Singer-Songwriter - Jay-Z - The Blueprint
September 11, 2001 • East Coast Hip Hop - ABBA - The Definitive Collection
November 2, 2001 • Pop - Diana Ross & The Supremes - Anthology
December 18, 2001 • Pop Soul - Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
April 23, 2002 • Indie Rock - Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
August 27, 2002 • Britpop - 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin'
February 6, 2003 • Gangsta Rap - King Sunny Adé - The Best of the Classic Years
February 11, 2003 • World - The White Stripes - Elephant
April 1, 2003 • Garage Rock Revival - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell
April 29, 2003 • Garage Rock Revival - Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
June 17, 2003 • Soul - OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
September 23, 2003 • Southern Hip Hop - Jay-Z - The Black Album
November 14, 2003 • East Coast Hip Hop - Alicia Keys - The Diary of Alicia Keys
December 1, 2003 • Contemporary R&B - Kanye West - The College Dropout
February 10, 2004 • Pop Rap - Usher - Confessions
March 23, 2004 • Contemporary R&B - Madvillain - Madvillainy
March 23, 2004 • Jazz Rap - Daddy Yankee - Barrio Fino
July 13, 2004 • Reggaeton - Arcade Fire - Funeral
September 14, 2004 • Indie Rock - Green Day - American Idiot
September 21, 2004 • Pop Punk - Brian Wilson - SMiLE
September 28, 2004 • Psychedelic Pop - M.I.A. - Arular
March 22, 2005 • Electropop - Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
April 12, 2005 • Contemporary R&B - Kanye West - Late Registration
August 30, 2005 • Pop Rap - Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
October 4, 2005 • Singer-Songwriter - Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II
December 6, 2005 • Gangsta Rap - J Dilla - Donuts
February 7, 2006 • Instrumental Hip Hop - John Mayer - Continuum
September 12, 2006 • Pop Rock - My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
October 23, 2006 • Pop Punk - Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
October 27, 2006 • Soul - LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
March 12, 2007 • Dance Punk - Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
July 8, 2007 • Indie Folk - Kanye West - Graduation
September 11, 2007 • Pop Rap - Radiohead - In Rainbows
October 10, 2007 • Alternative Rock - Britney Spears - Blackout
October 30, 2007 • Dance Pop - Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
June 10, 2008 • Hip Hop - Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
November 24, 2008 • Electropop - Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night
July 7, 2009 • Soul - Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
September 15, 2009 • Pop Rap - Robyn - Body Talk
November 22, 2010 • Electropop - Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
November 22, 2010 • Pop Rap - Adele - 21
January 24, 2011 • Soul - Lady Gaga - Born This Way
May 23, 2011 • Pop - Eric Church - Chief
July 26, 2011 • Country - Drake - Take Care
November 15, 2011 • Pop Rap - Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
June 19, 2012 • Singer-Songwriter - Frank Ocean - channel ORANGE
July 10, 2012 • Alternative R&B - Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
October 22, 2012 • Conscious Hip Hop - Taylor Swift - Red
October 22, 2012 • Pop - Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
May 14, 2013 • Indie Rock - Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
May 21, 2013 • Disco - Jason Isbell - Southeastern
June 11, 2013 • Singer-Songwriter - Kanye West - Yeezus
June 18, 2013 • Experimental Hip Hop - Arctic Monkeys - AM
September 9, 2013 • Indie Rock - Beyoncé - Beyoncé
December 13, 2013 • Contemporary R&B - Taylor Swift - 1989
October 27, 2014 • Pop - D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah
December 15, 2014 • Neo-Soul - Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
February 12, 2015 • Pop Rap - Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 15, 2015 • Conscious Hip Hop - Tame Impala - Currents
July 17, 2015 • Psychedelic Pop - The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness
August 28, 2015 • Contemporary R&B - Rihanna - ANTI
January 27, 2016 • Contemporary R&B - Beyoncé - Lemonade
April 23, 2016 • Contemporary R&B - Frank Ocean - Blonde
August 20, 2016 • Alternative R&B - Solange - A Seat at the Table
September 30, 2016 • Alternative R&B - Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings
November 18, 2016 • Country - Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017 • Conscious Hip Hop - SZA - Ctrl
June 9, 2017 • Alternative R&B - Lorde - Melodrama
June 16, 2017 • Synthpop - Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
March 30, 2018 • Country Pop - ROSALÍA - EL MAL QUERER
November 2, 2018 • Art Pop - Bad Bunny - X 100PRE
December 24, 2018 • Trap - Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
March 29, 2019 • Electropop - Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
August 30, 2019 • Singer-Songwriter - Harry Styles - Fine Line
December 13, 2019 • Pop Rock
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