American Idiot is the seventh studio album by the American punk rock band Green Day released on September 21, 2004. he album achieved success worldwide, charting in 27 countries and peaking at number one in 19 of them, including United States and the United Kingdom. Since its release, American Idiot has sold over 14 million copies worldwide, over 6 million copies of which were in the United States alone. In 2005, American Idiot won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album and was nominated in four other categories including Album of the Year. A year later, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year. In 2009, Kerrang! named American Idiot the best album of the decade, NME ranked it number 60 in a similar list, and Rolling Stone ranked it 22nd. Rolling Stone also listed "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "American Idiot" among the 100 best songs of the 2000s, at number 65 and 47 respectively.
I can live with OK Computer being ahead of AR, and while American Idiot should not be ahead, I'm only mildly annoyed with that choice. The other two? One's a 2012 album, for crying out loud.
16. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (often shortened to Sgt. Pepper) is the eighth studio album by the English rock band The Beatles, released on 1 June 1967. Sgt. Pepper was a worldwide critical and commercial success, spending a total of 27 weeks at the top of the UK Album Chart and 15 weeks at number one on the US Billboard 200. A defining album in the emerging psychedelic rock style, the album was critically acclaimed upon release and won four Grammy Awards in 1968. It frequently ranks at or near the top of published lists of the greatest albums of all time. In 1994 it was ranked number one in the book All Time Top 1000 Albums. In 2003, and again in 2012, the album was placed at number one on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Sgt. Pepper is one of the world's best selling albums, 32 million copies having been shipped.
I was listening to Like A Rolling Stone and then to compare to Till The World Ends.
38. Britney Spears - Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Britney Spears, first released on March 25, 2011. Upon its release, Femme Fatale received generally positive reviews from music critics, who complimented its production and dance-pop style. Commercially, Femme Fatale has become successful, debuting atop of the charts in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Russia, South Korea and the United States, and peaking inside the top ten in twenty-four countries. In the United States, she earned her sixth number one album. Four singles were released from the album: "Hold It Against Me", "Till the World Ends", and "I Wanna Go" became worldwide hits, and reached top ten positions in the United States, making it Spears' first album to have three top ten hits in the country.
This list is just embarrassing.
