Yahoo! Music compiled the Top 20 Albums of All Time based on the following criteria: Staying Power Value + Sales Value + Critical Rating Value + Grammy Award Value.

#20. Faith - George Michael
Year: 1987 Units Sold: 10 Million
Rating (Stars): 4 Grammys Won: 1

#19. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N’ Roses
Year: 1987 Units Sold: 15 Million
Rating (Stars): 4 Grammys Won: 0

#18. Purple Rain - Prince
Year: 1984 Units Sold: 13 Million
Rating (Stars): 4.75 Grammys Won: 2

#17. Houses Of The Holy - Led Zeppelin
Year: 1973 Units Sold: 11 Million
Rating (Stars): 4.5 Grammys Won: 0

#16. Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
Year: 1984 Units Sold: 15 Million
Rating (Stars): 5 Grammys Won: 0

#15. Nevermind - Nirvana
Year: 1991 Units Sold: 10 Million
Rating (Stars): 4 Grammys Won: 0

#14. Van Halen - Van Halen
Year: 1978 Units Sold: 10 Million
Rating (Stars): 4.25 Grammys Won: 0

#13. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Year: 1977 Units Sold: 19 Million
Rating (Stars): 5 Grammys Won: 1

#12. The Wall - Pink Floyd
Year: 1979 Units Sold: 23 Million
Rating (Stars): 4.75 Grammys Won: 1

#11. The Joshua Tree - U2
Year: 1987 Units Sold: 10 Million
Rating (Stars): 4.5 Grammys Won: 2

#10. Metallica - Metallica
Year: 1991 Units Sold: 14 Million
Rating (Stars): 4.25 Grammys Won: 1

#9. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Year: 1969 Units Sold: 10 Million
Rating (Stars): 4 Grammys Won: 0

#8. Hotel California - Eagles
Year: 1976 Units Sold: 16 Million
Rating (Stars): 4.75 Grammys Won: 0

#7. The White Album - The Beatles
Year: 1968 Units Sold: 19 Million
Rating (Stars): 5 Grammys Won: 0

#6. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
Year: 1971 Units Sold: 23 Million
Rating (Stars): 5 Grammys Won: 0

#5. Abbey Road - The Beatles
Year: 1968 Units Sold: 12 Million
Rating (Stars): 4.25 Grammys Won: 1

#4. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Year: 1975 Units Sold: 16 Million
Rating (Stars): 4.75 Grammys Won: 0

#3. Thriller - Michael Jackson
Year: 1982 Units Sold: 27 Million
Rating (Stars): 4.5 Grammys Won: 4

#2. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Year: 1973 Units Sold: 15 Million
Rating (Stars): 5 Grammys Won: 0

#1. Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
Year: 1976 Units Sold: 10 Million
Rating (Stars): 5 Grammys Won: 2


CLASSICS

Classics for the over 50s. I only agree with Prince, The Beatles and Michael Jackson. And there isnt one woman on the list.

mess up list. where's rihanna's 1st, 2nd and 3rd albums there?

Rihanna is not successful album-wise

she cant even reach 5M without rereleasing her album

and she only have one Grammy

Great #1

I dont have a copy of any of those 20.

GO **** YOURSELF :dickhead:

I only know Michael's album o.o"

All of those people who compile those lists should get over the past century.

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this comment made my day

Anyway, I agree with that list full of classics, and it's ovbious that none of the actual artists would made it because actaully the music is half dead comparing with those big numbers of sold albums

wtf! michael jackson's thriller should be #1 on the list. that is the best album of all time.

What a boring list

LMAO @ this thread. Some of you guys really need to expand your horizons. This talk about the music on this list only being good for people over 50 is a ****ing joke, for one(the last time I checked, I wasn't over 50 and like just about every album on this list), and, for another thing, this is ALL ****ING TIME we're talking about here. Most of your precious albums won't be on this list, because this list is where the *big boys* come out to play. Maybe "...Baby One More Time" will be on a list like this in 20 years, but not now.

Did someone, seriously, ask where Rihanna's albums are? Seriously? Even IF they were good, again, this is ALL TIME we're talking about here.

lmao, gotta love ATRL.

Go **** yourselves. All of you, except Ryan, of course.


... what?!

LOL, seriously. Not even Madonna, Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston are in the list and you're asking for RiRi

lol I couldn't help but to laugh when Rihanna's name was brought up in the greatest albums of all time thread. Rihanna will never be mentioned in the same breath as Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, and Stevie Wonder

I'll pass on George Michael, but I can't argue with the rest of the list. True classics, unlike Rihanna

But even if ATRL members don't want to expand their horizons, they should still be able to respect the true classics. Every one of these artists have timeless songs that you still hear on the radio today. Lets see how many artists from today do that. I'd say that number will be very small. In 30 years, will you still hear Britney on the radio? We will see...

According to ATRL, if there is no Britney, then it's not a good list

I've only heard a few of these albums but they were truly great.

This list needs a garbage bag.

Maybe it's because of all the rock.

But at least they recognized the KING:

#3. Thriller - Michael Jackson
Year: 1982 Units Sold: 27 Million
Rating (Stars): 4.5 Grammys Won: 4

All great albums in this list... can't really complain, even though I only own one of them ("Purple Rain"... though I'm thinking about buying "Faith" -- it has great songs like "Faith," "I Want Your Sex," and "Monkey"). Surpised that "Thriller" wasn't #1, but that's about it...