Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2
Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
Madonna - Ray of Light
Bonobo - Animal Magic
Outkast - Speakerboxxx / TLB
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising*
Stan Getz and João Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
Girls Aloud - Ten*
The Cat Empire - The Cat Empire
Feist - The Reminder*

*quick ideas that are subject to change !

1. Red - Taylor Swift
2. I Love You - The Neighbourhood
3. Halcyon - Ellie Goulding
4. L.A.M.B. - Gwen Stefani
5. Take Care - Drake
6. 808's & Heartbreak - Kanye West
7. Riot! - Paramore
8. FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake
9. Meteora - Linkin Park
10. Pure Heroine - Lorde

I think these 10 albums, for the most part, help explain how my music taste branched off into many different categories. Around the Red era, I genuinely felt like exploring the country genre more. I Love You exposed me to a lot of the alt-rock bands I love so much to this date. Halcyon and Pure Heroine introduced me to the world of alternative pop and electronic music. LAMB is the reason I enjoy Britney and Ke$ha's discographies so much. FS/LS and also Take Care helped me delve into the PBR&B world, and 808's is prob my favorite rap album, before it I used to think rap was a stupid genre but Kanye really opened my mind. Paramore and Linkin Park were the first "rock" bands I liked and led me to listen to Fall Out Boy, Evanescence, MCR, Green Day, 3Doors Down, Three Days Grace, Daughtry, the Fray, etc. so yeah haha

There are only 2 big albums which influenced my music taste:

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
The 1975

Both extremely high quality albums

Butterfly
4
Stripped
Confessions
Immaculate Collection
Jagged Little Pill
Whitney and Celine's Greatest Hits

Unapologetic, Talk that Talk, Fantasea, Confessions Tour (Live), Turning Point, Stripped, Oops I did it again, 808's, KALA, Ready to Die.

Special mention to Born to Die.

1. Birdy - Birdy
2. Ceremonials - Florence + the Machine
3. Born To Die - Lana Del Rey
4. Fearless - Taylor Swift
5. Can't Be Tamed - Miley Cyrus
6. 4 - Beyoncé
7. Pageant Material - Kacey Musgraves
8. Brand New Eyes - Paramore

1. Avril Lavigne - "Let Go"
2. Marina & the Diamonds - "Electra Heart"
3. Lady Gaga - "Born This Way"
4. Lily Allen - "It's Not Me, It's You"
5. Paramore - "brand new eyes"
6. My Chemical Romance - "The Black Parade"
7. Thirty Seconds to Mars - "A Beautiful Lie"
8. Avril Lavigne - "Under My Skin"
9. The Pretty Reckless - "Light Me Up"
10. Lady Gaga - "The Fame Monster"

Glad you agree

The Postal Service - Give Up
Simon & Garfunkel - The Graduate Soundtrack
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Soundtrack
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it In People
Daft Punk - Discovery
Michael Jackson - Thriller

Just off the top of my head, it's hard to come up with a definitive top 10

Nirvana - Nevermind
Nirvana - In Utero
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
Bjork - Homogenic
Austra - Feel It Break
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
Sia - Some People Have Real Problems
Sia - Healing Is Difficult

Meghan Trainor - Title
Demi Lovato - Confident
Jessie J - Sweet Talker
Jennifer Lopez - A.K.A.
Britney Spears - Britney Jean
Selena Gomez - Stars Dance
Madonna - MDNA
Iggy Azalea - The New Classic
will.i.am - #willpower
Pope Francis - Wake Up!

Michael Jackson - Thriller (mom owned it)
Shaggy - Hot Shot (dad used to play it)
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Trying
Black Eyed Peas - Elephunk (My technically First album)
Green Day - American Idiot (my sister bought it)
Kanye West - Late Registration (mom owned)
Jordin Sparks - Jordin Sparks (My first bought album)
Drake - Thank Me Later
Jordin Sparks - Battlefield
Chris Brown - Fortune

Also shout out to the first 3 Pokemon Soundtracks to their movies respectively

Marina & The Diamonds - The Family Jewels
Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
Grace Jones - Island Life
Carly Rae Jepsen - EMOTION
Oh Land - Wish Bone
Gwen Stefani - Love. Angel. Music. Baby
St. Vincent - Actor
La Roux - Trouble In Paradise

The Fame Monster
Born to Die (Paradise)
Electra Heart
Halcyon (Days)
Ceremonials
Pure Heroine
Born This Way
Teenage Dream
LOUD

Basically this

I have to divide this into three sections: Early influences (when I first really got into music), albums I discovered a few years later, and albums I've gotten into in the last couple of years that have changed my taste again.

1. Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin
2. Green Day - American Idiot
3. Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
4. Evanescence - The Open Door
5. Garbage - Version 2.0
6. The All-American Rejects - Move Along
7. Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree
8. Gwen Stefani - LAMB

1. Kelly Clarkson - My December
2. Jack's Mannequin - Everything In Transit
3. Paramore - Riot
4. Muse - Black Holes & Revelations or Absolution
5. Foster The People - Torches
6. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
7. Crossfade - We All Bleed

1. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die or Ultraviolence
2. Alice In Chains - Dirt
3. Ghost - Infestissumam

Janet: Control/RN/Janet./TVR/Unbreakable-The soundtrack to my life.

Alanis Morrissette: jagged little pill-This album got me into alternative music. Iconic.

TLC: CrazySexyCool-Just brings back memories of high school.

Rihanna-Rated R. My Stan instincts kicked in. I went thru a breakup and she was there to pick me up.

Michael Jackson-Thriller. Nuff said.

Mary J. Blige-My Life. Rnb at its finest.

Mariah Carey'-Daydream. Perfection from start to finish.

Aaliyah-One In A Million/Aaliyah. The future of rnb lied with her.

Lil Kim-Hardcore/La Bella Mafia. Ahead of her time and influential in every aspect of hip hop. Revolutionized female rap and hip hop.