Apple Music Reveals List of Top 100 Albums of All Time

[JamesG]

Apple Music Reveals Top 10 Albums of All Time on 100 Best List
May 22, 2024


Apple Music’s 100 Best Albums list culminates today with the much-anticipated reveal of the Top 10 albums of All Time and 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' crowned No. 1.

Upon receiving the news, Lauryn Hill told Apple Music, “This is my award, but it’s a rich, deep narrative, and involves so many people, and so much sacrifice, and so much time, and so much collective love.”



Apple Music’s 100 Best Albums is a modern 21st-century ranking of the greatest records ever made, crafted by Apple Music’s team of experts alongside a select group of artists, songwriters, producers, and industry professionals.

The list is an editorial statement, fully independent of any streaming numbers on Apple Music — a love letter to the records that have shaped the world music lovers live and listen in.





1. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
2. Thriller (1982)
3. Abbey Road (1969)
4. Purple Rain (1984)
5. Blonde (2016)
6. Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
7. good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
8. Back to Black (2006)
9. Nevermind (1991)
10. Lemonade (2016)




11. Rumours (1977)
12. OK Computer (1997)
13. The Blueprint (2001)
14. Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
15. 21 (2011)
16. Blue (1971)
17. What’s Going On (1971)
18. 1989 (Taylor's Version) (2023)
19. The Chronic (1992)
20. Pet Sounds (1966)




21. Revolver (1966)
22. Born to Run (1975)
23. Discovery (2001)
24. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)
25. Kind of Blue (1959)
26. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
27. Led Zeppelin II (1969)
28. The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
29. The Low End Theory (1991)
30. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)




31. Jagged Little Pill (1995)
32. Ready to Die (1994)
33. Kid A (2000)
34. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
35. London Calling (1979)
36. Beyoncé (2013)
37. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
38. Tapestry (1971)
39. Illmatic (1994)
40. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)




41. Aquemini (1998)
42. Control (1986)
43. Remain in Light (1980)
44. Innervisions (1973)
45. Homogenic (1997)
46. Exodus (1977)
47. Take Care (2011)
48. Paul’s Boutique (1989)
49. The Joshua Tree (1987)
50. Hounds of Love (1985)




51. Sign o' the Times (1987)
52. Appetite for Destruction (1987)
53. Exile on Main St. (1972)
54. A Love Supreme (1965)
55. Anti (2016)
56. Disintegration (1989)
57. Voodoo (2000)
58. (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)
59. AM (2013)
60. The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)




61. Love Deluxe (1992)
62. All Eyez on Me (1996)
63. Are You Experienced (1967)
64. Baduizm (1997)
65. 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
66. The Queen is Dead (1986)
67. Dummy (1994)
68. Is This It (2001)
69. Master of Puppets (1986)
70. Straight Outta Compton (1988)




71. Trans-Europe Express (1976)
72. SOS (2022)
73. Aja (1977)
74. The Downward Spiral (1994)
75. Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
76. Un Verano Sin Ti (2022)
77. Like a Prayer (1989)
78. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
79. Norman ****ing Rockwell! (2019)
80. The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)




81. After the Gold Rush (1970)
82. Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
83. Horses (1975)
84. Doggystyle (1993)
85. Golden Hour (2018)
86. My Life (1994)
87. Blue Lines (1991)
88. I Put a Spell on You (1965)
89. The Fame Monster [Deluxe Edition] (2009)
90. Back in Black (1980)




91. Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990)
92. Flower Boy (2017)
93. A Seat at the Table (2016)
94. Untrue (2007)
95. Confessions (2004)
96. Pure Heroine (2013)
97. Rage Against the Machine (1992)
98. ASTROWORLD (2018)
99. Hotel California (1976)
100. Body Talk (2010)

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/...100-best-list/

[DJM77]

The year on #41 is wrong. It should be 1998.

[Steve M.]

Hotel California was released in December 1976.

[Steve M.]

Any 100 best album list that includes a Madonna album and several rap albums but not at least one of these two is invalid.