Top 20 Best Albums of All Time

These are the most influential albums of all time. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most iconic and important records ever made. Our countdown of the top albums of all time includes “A Night at the Opera”, “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”, “Ready to Die”, “What’s Going On”, “The Dark Side of the Moon”, and more! What’s your favorite album of all time? Let us know in the comments below.
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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thriller

[@DieWithRob]

…and justice for all

[@michael7054]

Thriller Bad or Dangerous

[@TyeArtisik]

Thriller

[@Reaperguy67]

​@@DieWithRob One of the best songs on that album was one

[@stephen9302]

Prince's Purple Rain and Thriller were ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECES 💯

[@trinaq]

Rest in Peace, Michael Jackson. Thriller was the first album I ever bought, and his legacy will never be forgotten.

[@samj666]

nonce

[@alphagames8737]

The GOAT

[@chrisquarrie]

Especially by the young boys he traumatized

[@robynwolph3836]

​@@chrisquarrie He's not a p*do. He was acquitted of any wrongdoing

[@manueltapia1859]

Despite his personal life, this man was a genious 😊. Thriller will always be a classic and best selling album 😊 What a joke named that rapper "King of Pop" 😅

[@phantomrequim]

My mom got me to love Prince cause she always played his songs during my childhood. "Purple Rain" and "I Will Die 4 U." And my favorite songs from Michael Jackson are "Dirty Diana" and "Human Nature."

[@emmyali920]

I'm in my late 40's and I remember growing up listening to his albums on my record player. Prince, Michael Jackson's Thriller and Madonna's Like a Virgin album were on constant repeat. I think Purple Rain should have been much closer to the number one spot. At least in the top 5.

[@marcusalrand7937]

Michael Jackson’s thriller was the first album I’ve ever listened to, and it’s still a classic to this day.

[@user-sy5sy2np8r]

People always told me... be careful what you do... don't go around sniffin young boys farts

[@michelled8408]

Gross 🤢

[@Sithijanimesh99]

@@user-sy5sy2np8ryour father smelling boys farts

[@MichaelSevilla97]

​@@user-sy5sy2np8ryour comment made zero sense you empty headed jackass weirdo ✌️

[@MichaelSevilla97]

so true and the cover is iconic

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

I still really love Micheal Jackson’s Thriller!

[@michelled8408]

🤢.

[@user-sy5sy2np8r]

People always told me... be careful what you do... don't go around sniffin young boys farts

[@michelled8408]

@@user-sy5sy2np8r he did more than that I'm sure..

[@MichaelSevilla97]

same here it's a timeless classic

[@michelled8408]

@@MichaelSevilla97 it's awful

[@guidoamorim]

20. A night at the Opera, Queen 19. Enter the Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang Clan 18. Paranoid, Black Sabbath 17. Dreaming of you, Selena 16. Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder 15. At Last, Etta James 14. Purple Rain, Prince 13. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie 12. London Calling, The Clash 11. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys 10. Ready to die, The Notorious B.I.G. 9. At Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash 8. Blue, Joni Mitchell 7. Whats Going On, Marvin Gaye 6. Rumors, Fleetwood Mac 5. Nevermind, Nirvana 4. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 3. Thriller, MJ 2. The Dark Side of the moon, Pink Floyd 1. Sgt Peppers, Beatles

[@julianaylor4351]

No harm in having at least half a dozen of these albums, in any format, whatever your musical taste. 🎶❤️

[@WinsberryEntertainment]

Was nothing but Metal when I was younger. But as I've gotten older I've learned to appreciate all types of music. From Slipknot to Stevie Wonder Black Sabbath to Britney Spears Nirvana to Notorious BIG

[@user-mf4rm4fj6l]

I have got number one, five and some of the others, far from all, maybe one day...

[@MrRAPSAIKER]

I listen to metal music most of the time. But I would love to own all of these amazing records!

[@julianaylor4351]

@@MrRAPSAIKER The playlists are available online and you could if you know where get an MP3 player, with some of these on. Vinyl is back in fashion, so you could get mint or near mint secondhand pressings or new ones. Plus there are still some CDs out there, but most old cassettes and minidiscs are usually past use. Good luck, have fun looking. 🎶❤️

[@whackedlearner3]

There is no way thriller and dark side of the moon got beaten by The Beatles

[@LuvOneAnother]

The Beatles being most overrated, are one list that they could be number one on.

[@07nikhilchaudhari83]

If you understand anything about music you would know. The beatles have the most groundbreaking and musically sophisticated albums.

[@georgelucas2571]

@@07nikhilchaudhari83I like the Beatles more than Pink Floyd, but I’d honestly put Dark Side Of The Moon as number 1. You don’t even have to be a rock fan to enjoy that album.

[@ryananggara01]

i would like to add: Radiohead - Ok Computer The Cure - Disintegration The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed The Who - Who’s Next King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King Pearl Jam - Ten The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream Alice in Chains - Dirt Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium Metallica - Master of Puppets U2 - The Joshua Tree Talking Heads - Remain in Light Ramones - Ramones Rush - Moving Pictures Eagles - Hotel California Yes - Fragile Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico The Doors - The Doors

[@mcflyguy8873]

RHCP “Stadium”? Really? I’d say Blood Sugar was more iconic. Great documentary as well

[@JidionisthebiggestMenace]

How do you forget Meatloaf but remember U2?

[@I-JXSUS_-]

All of these albums are astonishing and great. I think what watchmojo focuses on is the impact on music these albums had. These albums for sure would be included if watchmojo made a top 50 list. The top 20 did have a larger impact on music.

[@Darcinator-music]

HOW THE HELL WAS OK COMPUTER NOT IN THE WATCHMOJO LIST

[@parmeshhotman]

to pimp a butterfly?

[@cjscrubs]

Personally I'd swap Led Zeppelin I with Led Zeppelin IV, Dark Side of the Moon with Wish You Were Here and swap Sgt Pepper's with either The White Album or Let It Be.

[@ZOSO900]

I was predicting they'd pick The White Album for Beatles and Led Zeppelin IV, too.

[@mct18]

I thought Led Zeppelin IV might be the selection from them, (Led Zeppelin II is my personal fav) but the other two are not surprising.

[@michaelmorris1486]

Would definitely swap white album for Sgt pepper’s. Abbey road, revolver are masterpieces too

[@rtflone]

@@michaelmorris1486 The brilliance of Sgt Pepper wasn't just its content which was great but how far ahead it was. There are other Beatle albums I'd rather listen to but SP was the first of its kind by a long shot..

[@mikenicholson7465]

I can understand preferring the White Album but I just can't consider Let It Be a very good record.

[@olivabuckhanon1228]

Michael Jackson's album will always rock on forever 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@michelled8408]

No it won't. I grew up and now have superior taste in music. No black artists except for Prince. The others stink as does Michael Jackson

[@nickmacdonald5399]

​@@michelled8408 what is wrong with u

[@michelled8408]

@@nickmacdonald5399 I have taste..

[@MichaelSevilla97]

​@@michelled8408your comment made zero sense you empty headed dumbass and thriller will rock on forever prince respected jackson for a reason 🤡 ✌️

[@zackzallie8735]

@@michelled8408 Pretentious asf... booooo

[@spacejam8765]

No one will ever beat Michael jacksons Thriller. He was and still is the greatest entertainers ever. Brilliant man.

[@michelled8408]

No he isn't. Prince is superior to that lame Michael Jackson.

[@Fibonacci64]

And I think ”Off The Wall” is way better. Not as mainstream pop, more soulful.

[@michelled8408]

@@Fibonacci64 soul?. Yuck

[@user-sy5sy2np8r]

Michael Jackson was and always will be a mutant, side show carnival freak PEDOPHILE! And IMO the person responsible for RUINING old school R and B! Glad he's in hell where he belongs!

[@user-hx9po6ft5j]

@@michelled8408 Nobody cares about Prince or the Beatles, any poll would overwhelmingly be Michael Jackson in a landslide.

[@terraboundmisfit]

Santana, Abraxas! The first Latin Rock/Blues album that I know of. Carlos's guitar was truly on fire, along with the entire band!

[@batgurrl]

Overall, excellent list. 70s the best decade for music the 1970s, started with the end of the beatles, 1977 on birth of punk and new wave. Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Led Zeppelin, Elton John, David Bowie, The Eagles, ABBA, Foreigner, Cheap Trick, solo the Beatles soli projects, DISCO, like it or not, Rolling Stones, Bee Gees, Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac, Queen

[@highwind1991]

Songs in the key of life is my personal number one!

[@KCee984]

Enter the Wu had me in a chokehold in middle school 🔥

[@user-do6kt8bi6i]

Best album OAT

[@paulwestenberger3710]

All worthy albums. Guns and Roses should be on the list Appetite for Destruction is an album for the ages.

[@Gremlinsfan40]

Either that one or use your illusion should be on here

[@LuvOneAnother]

@@Gremlinsfan40 They missed the boat on this list, so Many should be there and most shouldnt. ALBUMS with no skips...

[@chelseacanales8763]

Marvin Gaye had wonderful music and his songs are so good to listen to

[@michelled8408]

No they aren't. He is an awful singer

[@kung.fu.kellzz]

@@michelled8408you must not know what amazing music sounds like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@Animeguy300]

RIP Micheal Jackson

[@user-sy5sy2np8r]

Burn in hell, Micheal Jackson. You carnival side show freak PEDO!!!

[@thegood9]

Selena's album was a good choice here. Hard to overestimate what her record meant in the grand scheme of Latin American music. She was lost way too soon.

[@garrett4575]

Shocked it made it. Definitely an important part of music history.

[@user-uk2hm4gx8u]

Who is Selena?

[@michaelmonthey5974]

Metallica’s Master of Puppets is arguably the definitive and quintessential thrash metal album.

[@Wheresthepepsibismol]

I agree I still own the cassette and play it when I'm playing games like Need For Speed and Halo. Leper Messiah makes me destroy everything in my path that song is like my fight anthem

[@bradjohnson619]

List is incomplete without Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

[@Reaperguy67]

You are right. I can't remember the name of his song that was in the movie El Dorado

[@questocd174]

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road deserves it for sure.

[@kenderrickjones]

Micheal Jackson was on a different level of music rest in peace to the goat 🐐

[@user-sy5sy2np8r]

He didn't play ANY instruments. And I'm sure he didn't write his own songs either. (What pop "artist" does?) Plus he was a carnival side show freak PEDOPHILE!

[@user-sy5sy2np8r]

I get the GOAT part though. Just picturing that stone white carnival side show freak face of his DEFINITELY makes me think of a GOAT!

[@MichaelSevilla97]

​@@user-sy5sy2np8rit would show him before he had lupus and vitligo your a disrespectful empty headed dumbass that wasn't raised right at all be a better person than that childish 🤡 ✌️

[@MichaelSevilla97]

jackson is definitely a goat in music and showmanship but prince was another level compared any solo artist ✌️

[@garretterickson7319]

Not sure how Born to Run does not make this list, but that seems to be a miss. Springsteen is possibly America's greatest songwriter and the stories spun in the Born to Run album reflect everything about what it means to be young, restless, and exploding with untapped potential and blind ambition.

[@ryandavid1277]

No

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

The tenor sax solo from “Jungleland” proves that.

[@victorlonitasports4196]

The productivo on that álbum is horrible

[@keithwalters841]

It could have replaced either RAP record

[@ryandavid1277]

@@keithwalters841 downvote for you

[@PenguinDust1969]

A relatively conventional list, but I can't argue that all titles mentioned are worth being there. Additionally, this is very much a best POP (as in "popular" which includes rock, hip-hop, and country) albums of all time since there is no jazz or classical. I'd put John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and Charlie Parker's With Strings on a more comprehensive "Best Albums" list.

[@darth_batman8190]

I always loved Houses of the Holy and this was a great list.

[@axxellein]

No Stones??

[@richprokop5155]

​@@axxelleinSTONERS WERE AN AVERAGE BAND...

[@robertrogers074]

There is a reason why thriller was so great Not because of the voice of the legend Not because of the impactful music videos But because of the genius of making a album that has a different genre of a song From funk to rock.

[@user-sy5sy2np8r]

Thriller is the album that more or less RUINED true R and B. Pop sucks! And Michael Jackson was a carnival side show freak PEDOPHILE!!!

[@MichaelSevilla97]

so true

[@07nikhilchaudhari83]

There are like dozen albums before thriller that did that. With more variety and diverse styles.

[@georgelucas2571]

The Beatles White Album did that like a decade before Michael Jackson.

[@EliThomas585]

Y’all are forgetting Boston debut album, fantastic album

[@crazycatladyoftullamore5176]

I was born in 1960 so every one of these albums was the music I grew up with. Thanks for reminding me just how really awesome the music was then and is still discovered and loved by more generations to come. 🇦🇺👏❤️

[@CactusJuiceTrip]

Fun Fact about Selena Quintanillas song Dreaming of you. She recorded the song in ONE take while having Bronchitis. A singer taken too soon during her prime.

[@ead630]

There are some great albums that would have felt right at home on this list: - Exile on Main St. by The Rolling Stones (or a few other Stones albums) - Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West - Come On Over by Shania Twain - OK Computer by Radiohead - Ram by Paul McCartney

[@Historicutuber]

Yeah that Kanye album is his best

[@thepaindriller]

Or Graduation

[@nickmacdonald5399]

Or college dropout

[@DrJones1]

Or late registration

[@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291]

Michael Jackson’s album “Thriller” is still my most favorite.

[@magusxxx]

Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell should have made the list. Ridiculously underrated, this album has sold 14 million in the U.S. alone. That's three million more than Sgt. Pepper. Worldwide it has sold more than 43 million copies. And is considered the biggest selling debut album in UK history. It's also the fourth longest charting UK album behind: Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon and Oasis' (What's the Story) Morning Glory?.

[@crazycatladyoftullamore5176]

I agree with you 💯 👍

[@MXYZPTLK1234]

fantastic voice

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

40 YEARS OF MICHAEL JACKSON’S THRILLER! 😁👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@michelled8408]

🤢🤮. He's a bad as Stevie wonder and Marvin Gaye.

[@user-sy5sy2np8r]

40 years TOO MANY!!

[@michelled8408]

@@user-sy5sy2np8r exactly. 1 month was enough of that crap

[@talltomboynyc]

Wonderful list! Well done!

[@musicchartsbillbaord]

I would've added Jagged Little Pill

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

I grew up in the 80s and Micheal Jackson, Debbie Gibson, Madonna were our favorite artists and still are. We LOVE Thriller! It is still one of our favorite albums ever. The MVs were great too! Still iconic to this day and is so timeless.

[@user-sy5sy2np8r]

If that's STILL your favorite "music" are you SURE that you grew up?!?

[@warrior64]

“AC⚡️DC” Back in Black is a monster album with killer tracks , that should be on any top 20 list !!!!

[@I-JXSUS_-]

No doubt it was great and AC/DC is a timeless band! In all honesty, it wasn’t moving,it hit charts, it was loved, but it wasn’t innovative.

[@ma53jg]

I love "OK Computer" by Radiohead & "Joshua Tree" by U2.

[@jaxonjaxoff3291]

My superior top 20 20 Toys in the Attic 19 Back in Black 18 Kind of Blue 17 Damn the Torpedoes 16 The Dark Side of the Moon 15 Let’s Dance 14 Let it Bleed 13 All Things Must Pass 12 The Joshua Tree 11 Purple Rain 10 Thriller 9 Nevermind 8 A Night at The Opera 7 Led Zeppelin iv 6 Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band 5 Revolver 4 The White Album 3 Let It Be 2 Abbey Road 1 Rubber Soul

[@oasisbeyond]

Good taste, everyone has a different top Beatles Albums, for me it changes. I didn't buy Rubber Soul when I discovered them with the 1 album, but I've heard it a few year's later thanks to the internet and I feel it's their best cuz it's still popish like most of their fans loved, before they went more alternative which is what I liked more.

[@Mark-kt1vm]

Much better list.

[@sirwill619]

There should've been an honorable mention for the album All Eyez on Me by 2Pac

[@Davids_Hobbies]

You forgot to include Chicago 17. Peter Cetera's final album with Chicago. A stratospherically chart topping sendoff with nearly all of the songs being absolutely killer tracks. The MTV sensation "Stay the Night," Peter Cetera's filthiest bassline intro on "Only You," and we can't forget the worldwide chart topping "You're The Inspiration" and "Hard Habit to Break."

[@garrett4575]

Chicago had the most success on the Billboard Charts I've heard, along with the Beach Boys of any American band. Lean towards their earlier stuff from their hard rock jazz albums such as Chicago II or their early move into pop such as the underrated Hard Streets but 17 was their best selling and hands down, best album of the '80s. Thought 19 was alright (not a fan of 18) and while Im more of a fan of Bobby Lamm and Terry Kath as vocalists, they weren't the same without Peter Cetera.

[@thomaslikesmusic]

I'm starting this video, and if neither of Weezer's first two albums made it, y'all are dead to me

[@romoc0p]

Really missing 'Exodus' by Bob Marley and The Wailers. Time magazine even named it best album of the 20th century.

[@xavierquintero8111]

Pet sounds will always be my favorite albulm 🐐 🔥

[@FalconFire22]

I honestly believe Gun N Roses debut should have been on here too. I mean that album was loaded with classics.

[@example2844]

The fact that Queen The News of the World or Phil Collins No Jacket Required arent on here is a MASSIVELY missed opportunity

[@davidskidmore3816]

The number of adverts in this video is a joke...

[@DiNap44]

What about “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”?

[@chrisbooth3417]

It always gets underrated in lists like this. Still a masterpiece though.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

11 Albums That Didn't Get a Mention (But Should Be On This Video): 1. Nas - Illmatic 2. Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell 3. Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP 4. Metallica - Master of Puppets 5. 2Pac - Me Against The World 6. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 7. Fugees - The Score 8. Kanye West - Late Registration 9. Radiohead - OK Computer 10. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 11. Dr. Dre - The Chronic

[@vickthashredder]

Ill raise your master of puppets for the black album

[@sergiojuan6135]

Kendrick good kid MAAD city

[@user-zt9rd1wm2f]

@@sergiojuan6135 and to pimp a butterfly

[@rolando7660]

I was pretty surprised to not see Master Of Puppets or Lauryn Hill on this list.

[@thepaindriller]

Late Reg is good but if ur gonna out a Ye album it gonna have be College dropout, Grad, or MDTF

[@alankeith7866]

This list should be 200 instead of 20... Wishing the WatchMojo cast and crew a Very Merry Christmas!!!

[@LeonardoHeredia-hz7wx]

If you want more albums the closest things you’ll get will be a top 100

[@alexanderbearup9709]

dont stop me now was the very first rock song i ever heard. then i listened to a night at the opera (this is what led me to my favorite band Pink Floyd) . ive been hooked on classic rock ever since lol

[@alexanderbearup9709]

not a huge fan of this list ngl tho, so many rock albums left out that destroyed the charts. back in black, hysteria... list goes on

[@BlenderStudy]

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! I remember back in the mid-1980s, everyone was talking about how good Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" was. 😁 Nearly everyone I knew had a poster of MJ and Bon Jovi posters in the room by the late 1980s. 🤣

[@pipermccool]

Steely Dan - _Aja_ Van Morrison - _Tupelo Honey,_ _Moondance_

[@Zebes14]

Back in Black belongs on this list!

[@Theprophet3928]

Watchmojo had a great opportunity to mention The Prophet's Song while talking about A Night At The Opera.

[@kevins90sc]

Beware the Storm that gathers Near.

[@Theprophet3928]

​@@kevins90scListen to the wise man.

[@MichaelSevilla97]

​@@kevins90scnot sure what you meant by that ✌️

[@sjogre7789]

Question for anyone!! With the way music is released now. How hard do you think it wil be for modern music to break into this top 20?

[@stupidactivities1424]

Skipped to the end to see which Beatles album took No. 1 🤣

[@user-hx9po6ft5j]

Thriller alone outsold 43% of all 15 Beatles studio albums combined, not having it #1 is pure contrarianism and a joke.

[@richardvelten197]

Thank god it‘s not a list of most selling albums :) And as much as i love Thriller for what it has done to Pop-Music, in my opinion sgt. Pepper is the deserved number 1. At least for now. Maybe we will see a more influential Album in the future. But now Sgt. Pepper is a well deserved number 1 :) * Beatles have 13 studio Albums

[@07nikhilchaudhari83]

Cause its not just about selling. There are things like intellectual and artistic values. You would be surprised but thriller is never top 10 in most of the greatest albums list of critics whereas beatles is always there. Avatar is the highest earning movie but its not the best. Simple.

[@user-hx9po6ft5j]

@@07nikhilchaudhari83 Same critics who were lynching him and writing constant hitpieces about a black musician for decades. No shit they don’t rate him highly but prop up a mediocre white band

[@07nikhilchaudhari83]

@@user-hx9po6ft5j “mediocre white band” Yeah you are damn clueless. Another way to tell you know nothing about music.

[@user-hx9po6ft5j]

@@07nikhilchaudhari83It’s true, outside the US & UK nobody cares about the Beatles. Comparing them to the most influential artist of all time (Michael Jackson) is laughable.

[@sundoga4961]

Surprised "Tapestry" wasn't there. Carole King had MAJOR influence.

[@laukc7085]

Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory and ACDC's Back In Black should both be on this list somewhere.

[@XG-OFFICIAL-59]

Couldn't agree more

[@Gremlinsfan40]

What about the highway to hell album

[@garrett4575]

Linkin Park were good and everything but there's many far better hard rock and metal albums that could've made the list: AC/DC, Metallica, Maiden, Van Halen, Deep Purple, NIN, Tool... Agree in ways as Hybrid Theory was a smash hit but LP to Metallica is like Kanye West to Wu-Tang.

[@jordanfrost25]

Would love to hear Anthony Fantano's thoughts on this list

[@Salicat99]

Hysteria from Def Leppard had around 6 number one songs! Madonna created so many amazing albums in the 80s and 90s. Depeche Mode did as well.

[@Wheresthepepsibismol]

Ray Of Light is my favorite Madonna album even though I grew out of listening to her music because I just like extremely heavy metal like Death Metal

[@caleblausen8895]

Yeah, Hysteria is one of my favorite albums. Every single track on it is amazing, even the deeps cuts that nobody knows are on there.

[@MichaelSevilla97]

​@@caleblausen8895so true that album is iconic for a reason

[@amethyst5393]

Dang! This list was spot on..🎉

[@joshuarizalforeman816]

Never Mind the Bollocks, London Calling, Nevermind, What's Going On, and Johnny Cash American Hero IV. Motorhead's Ace of Spades always has a spot in my heart but KD Lang's Shadowland always puts me to bed with a smile, albeit with a certain degreee of natural chemical assistance.

[@janesoderstrom6069]

I still love Queen! Freddy Mercury was amazing!

[@captaincosy]

Video 20. A Night At The Opera - Queen 19. Enter The Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan 18. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 17. Dreaming Of You - Selena 16. Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder 15. At Last - Etta James 14. Purple Rain - Prince And The Revolution 13. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie 12. London Calling - The Clash 11. Pet Sounds - Beach Boys 10. Ready To Die - The Notorious B.I.G. 9. At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash 8. Blue - Joni Mitchell 7. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye 6. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac 5. Nevermind - Nirvana 4. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 3. Thriller - Michael Jackson 2. The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd 1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

[@eldin8910]

was such a mid list

[@andya696]

You saved me from having to sit through the video. Thanks!

[@phil4208]

No rolling stones or bruce Springsteen is a slight to these great musician, sticky fingers and born to run are multi platinum sellers and these artists still sell out stadiums

[@jessihdez382]

I took a music appreciation workshop and my final presentation topic was Sgt. Pepper. He had never paid much attention to the music of The Beatles but he seriously couldn't believe what he was about to experience. If you know about music or play an instrument, you have surely come across something by The Beatles at the time, they gave rise to many ways of making music and would change everything that music was at that time. I made my project with just them and especially that album. I had never heard an album of that level, with so many things inside each song and without a doubt A Day in The Life was the one that introduced me to what they were. Spectacular. Undoubtedly

[@landonandvinceryan9034]

I have been a Watch Mojo sub for many years, so thank you for your terrific work! But here on this list, its obvious you all felt the need to toe the politically correct line vs the truth in numbers. This would be hard for me to do, so all due respect. I just cannot fathom that the other 2 biggest bands of all time besides The Beatles-U2 and The Rolling Stones, respectively-have not even one record on this list 😳🤔. How can Boston’s 1976 debut; The Police-Synchronicity; NWA-Straight Outta Compton; U2-The Joshua Tree (which outsold “Thriller”) should be an obvious one; or even The Weeknd-After Hours not be here in lieu of many of your list below #5 ?? But even still, THANK YOU all at Mojo for your great work!

[@NathanNotorious__]

Some other fantastic albums include: The Joshua Tree - U2 TPAB - Kendrick Lamar Basically any album by Kanye West Discovery - Daft Punk Currents - Tame Impala Illmatic - Nas Me Against The World - 2pac The Doors - the Doors

[@iAdden]

Any Kanye? His first two, heartbreaks, but #1 for me would be Dark Fantasy. Absolute masterpiece

[@thepaindriller]

Basically any Kanye album is such a w statement

[@NathanNotorious__]

@@iAdden mainly his older stuff of course basically up until Ye but yeah MBDTF is definitely solid contender for goat Kanye album

[@AshPrimeDCFC]

Certainly thought RHCP's Californication would feature.

[@andreasheinrich2759]

😂

[@ROOPRAYRIMO]

HEY WATCHMOJO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, SINCE I AM PERSONALLY TRYING TO EXPLORE THE MUSICAL WORLD(OF THE OLDER GENERATION AND THE NEW ONE AS WELL) I WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING ME WITH THIS MASTERPIECE VIDEO CONSTISTING OF SOME REAL OLDIE MUSIC, I REQUEST YOU TO NEVER REMOVE THIS VIDEO FROM KZbin(EVEN BY MISTAKE) SINCE I AM PROBABLY GONNA GO THROUGH THIS VIDEO AGAIN AND LOOK OUT FOR THE FANTASTIC SONGS MENTIONED HERE AND SURELY GIMME A HEART IF U HAVE IT(SINCE I COMPLIMENTED SUCH LONG SPEECH FOR THIS VIDEO)

[@stephen9302]

What's sad about this list and seeing its amazing diversitybis that there'll never be another icon (on the rock side) maybe EVER AGAIN. Today, it's probably Taylor Swift who at evolved her career dramatically. And now (with the rise of AI) - the days of the rock icon may never exist anymore.

[@ashleynicole2546]

Do this but with specific genres!!

[@TheSithLord]

Great list.

[@itsactuallytony5699]

Thriller is the best selling album for a reason 😉

[@mikecrawford1247]

Thriller has actually been swapping between # 1 and #2 for awhile with The Eagles Greatest hits for awhile haven’t check in a while but he had retook 1 last time I checked

[@user-sy5sy2np8r]

Yeah. Because a lot of people have TERRIBLE TASTE!!

[@Queenfan-kh1bz]

A Night At The Opera is a masterpiece, one of the best albums ever, The Game is also brilliant

[@Fibonacci64]

That album is pretty far from their best, I would pick any of their three first albums, maybe ”Sheer Heart Attack” on top.

[@Queenfan-kh1bz]

@@Fibonacci64 their first two albums well more the 1st album was just them finding their feet, they wouldn't have been as successful or well known if they'd stuck to the sound of their first couple of albums, they knew they had to change their sound to move with the times and they did, Seven Seas of Rhye and the album Sheer Heart Attack was the start of the Queen that everyone knows

[@Fibonacci64]

But they became a band with terrible pop-songs. They were heavy and turned into cheese.@@Queenfan-kh1bz

[@Queenfan-kh1bz]

@@Fibonacci64 I think you've mistaken them for Elton John

[@Anfmethodjor]

According to American/English standards... 🙃🫠

[@BobSmith-xh9li]

Thriller should be number 1

[@RebeccaEdwardsJamesEdwards]

Great list again! I would include: Synchronicity by The Police, Achtung Baby by U2, Chicago II' (1970), Genesis (1983), Van Halen (1978), .... many othes.

[@spongebob6614]

There are around 10+ unrealased tracks that didn't make the cut in the Thriller album. Even tho they'd be consider as demo they are almost if not fully completed songs. My favourite are "Hot Street" and "What a lovely way to go", "Chicago 1945"

[@sylasDC]

Has been said before my favorite is thriller I could sing the song surprisingly and enjoyed it can't tell you how many times I've listened to it on repeat. RIP the King of Pop MJ Michael Jackson.

[@marcusknowles1013]

Eminem - The Slim Shady LP

[@ARIXANDRE]

I just scrolled to the top 5. Approved. 👍🏻

[@fleurdelisphoto]

No Rolling Stones but friggin Wu Tang?!

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

_Hotel California_ by the Eagles has several great songs, like the title track and “New Kid In Town.”

[@adamcavalle]

Ive never agreed with a list more. This one was spot on.

[@rockablity_hound1716]

Shania Twain's Come On Over (1997) should have absolutely made this list! It had 12 charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100, out sold every single competitor for decades and is the best-selling album by a female artist ever at over 42 million copies sold. Oh and on top of that, has a handful of the most iconic and well known pop tunes of the late 20th/early21st century.

[@RDrRD1989]

Ray of Light, Erotica and Like a Prayer by Madonna❤

[@JidionisthebiggestMenace]

Great list WatchMojo. Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa and MeatLoaf should be included.

[@angeleyeszarai]

Oh...... Watchmojo getting bold now. They really said "you know what? Let's start some REAL drama & debates. For funzies" 😂

Bwoi Ain’t No Way MICHAEL JACKSON’S THRILLER is Number 3!!!🥀 No other album has/had higher hitting HITS and Masterpieces!!! Fix this List!!!😤🫵🏾

[@marcusknowles1013]

There’s gonna be a lot of opinions about this one! 😂

[@TheBlackmoreAdventure]

If it was a top 30, I'd add: Appetite For Destruction - GnR Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden Illmatic - Nas Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones Ten - Pearl Jam Straight Outta Compton - NWA Born In The U.S.A - Springsteen Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem OK Computer - Radiohead Self Titled Debut - Van Halen Also I'd say Led Zeppelin 1, 2 and 4 are all interchangable. My favourite is 1 but the objectively best is probably 4

[@BigJimGene]

idk how I feel about MJ being at #1 and not #1 but I digress. Good list as always

[@davidrennicke9852]

A very diverse list of artists. I guess I'm not surprised that Elvis didn't make the list.

[@BUDOKAIultimate3]

Because Elvis had alot of Great SINGLES that was spread throughout his career. He never had a Great Album from top to bottom.

[@Nakaelena]

Songs in the key of life, should be MUCH higher.

[@Whisper_292]

The fact that A Night at the Opera is at the bottom of this list is a crime.

[@Theprophet3928]

At least put it above Wu Tang Clan

[@GroovyLeatherTrim]

Nope they're lucky to make this list even but the fact that they put those 'revolutionary' hip-hop albums over it is utter blasphemy.

[@Whisper_292]

@@Theprophet3928 Right?

[@Whisper_292]

@GroovyLeatherTrim Right? I know they had to hit all the genres and be inclusive and all that, but some of them really had me shaking my head.