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 22 May 2024
Nile Rodgers: "There’s something about the Beatles that’s always really magical to me. Believe it or not, the first song I ever actually learned to play on guitar was a Beatles song. I knew at that moment that I was going to be a guitar player. Prior to that, I played the clarinet."
Zane Lowe: "The amount of songs that have stayed with people as they’ve lived their lives to a point… played at anniversaries, weddings, funerals, fall in love to, broken up to. There are lots of songbooks that speak to many times in life. I think The Beatles have the songbook of life."
- 100: Body Talk - Robyn
- 99: Hotel California - The Eagles
- 98: ASTROWORLD - Travis Scott
- 97: Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
- 96: Pure Heroine - Lorde
- 95: Confessions - USHER
- 94: Untrue - Burial
- 93: A Seat at the Table - Solange
- 92: Flower Boy - Tyler, The Creator
- 91: Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 - George Michael
- 90: Back in Black - AC/DC
- 89: The Fame Monster (Deluxe Edition) - Lady Gaga
- 88: I Put a Spell on You - Nina Simone
- 87: Blue Lines - Massive Attack
- 86: My Life - Mary J Blige
- 85: Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves
- 84: Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg
- 83: Horses - Patti Smith
- 82: Get Rich or Die Tryin’ - 50 Cent
- 81: After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
- 80: The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
- 79: Norman F****** Rockwell! - Lana Del Rey
- 78: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
- 77: Like A Prayer - Madonna
- 76: Un Verano Sin Ti - Bad Bunny
- 75: Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Eliott
- 74: Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
- 73: Aja - Steely Dan
- 72: SOS - SZA
- 71: Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk
- 70: Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A
- 69: Master of Puppets (Remastered) - Metallica
- 68: Is this It - The Strokes
- 67: Dummy - Portishead
- 66: The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
- 65: 3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul
- 64: Baduizm - Erykah Badu
- 63: Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- 62: All Eyez on Me - 2Pac
- 61: Love Deluxe - Sade
- 60: The Velvet Underground and Nico (45th Anniversary Edition) - Velvet Underground & Nico
- 59: AM - Arctic Monkeys
- 58: (What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
- 57: Voodoo - D’Angelo
- 56: Disintegration (Remastered) - The Cure
- 55: ANTI - Rihanna
- 54: A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
- 53: Exile on Main Street (2010 Remaster) - Rolling Stones
- 52: Appetite for Destruction - Guns 'N Roses
- 51: Sign O’The Times - Prince
- 50. Hounds of Love (2018 Remaster) - Kate Bush
- 49. The Joshua Tree - U2
- 48. Paul’s Boutique - Beastie Boys
- 47. Take Care (Deluxe Version) - Drake
- 46. Exodus ((2013 Remaster) - Bob Marley & The Wailers
- 45. Homogenic - Björk
- 44. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
- 43. Remain in Light - Talking Heads
- 42. Control - Janet Jackson
- 41. Aquemini - Outkast
- 40. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin
- 39. Illmatic - Nas
- 38. Tapestry - Carole King
- 37. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) [Expanded Edition] - Wu-Tang Clan
- 36. BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé
- 35. London Calling - The Clash
- 34. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
- 33. Kid A - Radiohead
- 32. Ready to Die (The Remaster) - Notorious B.I.G.
- 31. Jagged Little Pill (Remastered) - Alanis Morisette
- 30. WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? - Billie Eilish
- 29. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
- 28. The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
- 27. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
- 26. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
- 25. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
- 24. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (2012 Remaster) - David Bowie
- 23. Discovery - Daft Punk
- 22. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
- 21. Revolver - The Beatles
- 20: Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
- 19: The Chronic - Dr. Dre
- 18: 1989 (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift
- 17: What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
- 16: Blue - Joni Mitchell
- 15: 21 - Adele
- 14: Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
- 13: The Blueprint - JAY-Z
- 12: OK Computer - Radiohead
- 11: Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
- 10. Lemonade - Beyoncé
- 9. Nevermind - Nirvana
- 8. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse
- 7. good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar
- 6. Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder
- 5. Blonde, Frank Ocean
- 4. Purple Rain, Prince & The Revolution
- 3. Abbey Road , The Beatles
- 2. Thriller, Michael Jackson
- 1. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill
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THE HEADLINES
Chartmetric’s Year in Music: Music data milestone highlights for 2024 (see Reports)
UK festivals face 'really tough' year due to fewer headline acts and rising costs (see Features)
Music industry hails proposals to crack down on ticket touting (see News)
Milestone or Millstone? Was 2024 really a good year for UK recorded music? (see Comment)
Dice CEO Phil Hutcheon on fighting dynamic pricing in the ticketing industry (see Features)
Interviews with Liz Pelly ahead of her book about Spotify and its operations (see Features)
ERA claim 2024 "a banner year for music" (see Reports)
AI is stealing from Britain's creative industries (see Opinion)
BPI 2024 figures reveal another milestone year for UK recorded music (see News)
The "ugly truth" about Spotify is finally revealed (see News)
WMG CEO Robert Kyncl addresses staff: ‘The industry is at a pivot point’ (see News)
Concerns raised over Virgin Music Group acquisition of Downtown (see News)