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Rolling Stone magazine's 2020 ranking of the finest albums in music history, with the genres and release dates included.
Bullet Point Outline and Summary
- 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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