Apple Music Reveals New Top Ten Best Albums of All Time
After counting down its list of Top 100 Best Albums of All Time for over a week, Apple Music finally unveiled its Top 10.
Apple Music began releasing its picks for the Top 100 Best Albums of All Time on May 13. Since then, the list has sparked controversy on social media, with some users celebrating the inclusion of their most beloved albums and others protesting that their favorite artists were snubbed. Now, with the recent release of Apple Music’s official top 10 list, the debate over which album deserved which spot has become more heated than ever.
According to Apple Music, the top 10 albums of all time are:
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) May 22, 2024
10. Beyoncé — Lemonade
9. Nirvana — Nevermind
8. Amy Whinehouse — Back to Back
7. Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city
6. Stevie Wonder — Songs In The Key Of Life
5. Frank Ocean — Blonde
4. Prince — Purple Rain
3.… pic.twitter.com/M9NQAPFq8W
Beyoncé’s Lemonade kicks off the Top 10 countdown, making her one of only five artists to have more than one album on the Top 100 list. The other artists with multiple albums on the list include Radiohead, Prince, Stevie Wonder, and the Beatles. Nirvana’s Nevermind ranks at number nine, followed by Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black, Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe Version), and Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life consecutively.
Beyoncé is the only female artist to have TWO albums on @AppleMusic’s 100 Best Albums of all time with 1 in the TOP 10.
— lesego. (fan acc) (@LeeLovesBey) May 22, 2024
She joins Prince, The Beatles and Radiohead as the only artists to achieve this.
The most acclaimed female artist of all time, Beyoncé you are PEERLESS. pic.twitter.com/p5Hwacmufm
Apple Music’s top five best albums of all time include
5. Blonde, by Frank Ocean,
4. Purple Rain, by Prince & The Revolution,
3. Abbey Road,
2. Thriller, by Michael Jackson
Finally, after more than a week of music lovers waiting and debating which album would win the top spot, Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was revealed as Apple Music’s number-one best album of all time.
Apple Music crowns “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” (1998) as best album of all timehttps://t.co/S8F3sIFOmv pic.twitter.com/wfX0uWoZGF— Dionne Grant (@DionneGrant) May 22, 2024
Like the rest of Apple Music’s top 100 list, social media users received the Top 10 picks with mixed reactions. Many praise Beyoncé for winning the number 10 spot and being the only female artist with more than one album on the list.
Others question the placement of certain albums ranking into the Top 10, asserting that different albums would be more deserving of the honor. Regardless, Apple Music’s Top 100 Best Albums of All Time list acts as a celebration of music across genres and generations, giving flowers to the most relevant and resonant albums in recent memory.
oh apple music ate with their top 10 albums of all time pic.twitter.com/R01irqpd9F— jordyn (@jordynceIeste) May 22, 2024
no weeknd is by far the most confusing thing about the apple music list. most streamed artist in the world, really influential, has many iconic albums and songs, loved and respected by music community, yet no placement? why? pic.twitter.com/bSWZ3RNVSG
— onecko (@oneonecko) May 22, 2024
Best album of all time? Can't be too mad at it tho. I would have perfered this to be lower in the top 10 but aye https://t.co/XIGHZbxbll— Sub-Zero❄ (@DisturbanceZynx) May 22, 2024
You can check out the list and stream all of the Top 100 albums on Apple Music.
