Hot Fuss would have been much higher on this list had it been completed five years ago, but the fact that it's still in the top 70 speaks volumes about its popularity. I can live with that album making this list.
19 is the debut album by English singer-songwriter Adele. It was released on 28 January 2008. n 2009, "Chasing Pavements" won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Grammy Award for Song of the Year. 19 received generally positive reviews from critics, with Billboard stating; "Adele truly has potential to become among the most respected and inspiring international artists of her generation." The album is certified four times platinum in the UK, and double platinum in the US. Worldwide sales for the album are at an estimated 6.5 million copies.
Animal is the debut studio album by American pop singer Kesha released on January 1, 2010. Lyrically, the majority of the album's songs are based on Kesha's past life experiences of love, heartbreak, boys, and having a good time. Musically, Animal draws from the dance-pop genre, while incorporating elements of electro and electropop in its production and beats. The album attained chart success, debuting at number one in Canada, the United States, and Greece, while charting within the top ten in seven other countries. Animal was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of one million copies and has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. Its lead single, "Tik Tok" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed at the top for nine consecutive weeks. The song sold 12.8 million digital copies worldwide in 2010, making it the best selling single of the year; it sold 5,633,000 downloads in the United States alone, making it the sixth best-selling song in digital history.
Seriously, who VOTED for that thing? If you can't think of 10 better albums in the history of music than ****ing
ANIMAL, you should not be voting in this competition.
Edit: And 19 doesn't deserve this either, but it is very good and I'm glad it made it.
it's still hilarious to me.
