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Apple Music Counting Down 100 Best Albums of All Time

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Apple today announced a new 10-day event counting down the 100 best albums of all time, as judged by Apple Music experts and a select group of artists. The event will see Apple Music revealing 10 albums from the list per day alongside a new microsite featuring analysis of each album, interviews, and more.

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"Putting this list together was a true labor of love, both in that it was incredibly difficult to do and in that we are all so passionate about it," said Zane Lowe, Apple Music's global creative director and lead anchor for Apple Music 1. "We were tasked with selecting the 100 best — that's practically mission impossible. But as music fans, it was also amazing to really take a minute and sit and think about the music and albums and artists that we love so much in this context. If this list sparks more debate among fans outside of Apple Music and gets people talking passionately about the music they love, then we've done what we set out to do."
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The first 10 albums from the list revealed today include:

100. Body Talk, Robyn
99. Hotel California, Eagles
98. ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott
97. Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine
96. Pure Heroine, Lorde
95. Confessions, USHER
94. Untrue, Burial
93. A Seat at the Table, Solange
92. Flower Boy, Tyler, The Creator
91. Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, George Michael

The countdown event will also include a takeover of the Apple Music Hits station on Apple Music Radio, featuring specials with various Apple Music Radio hosts and ongoing features, plus exclusive on-demand content drops on Apple Music and Apple Podcasts. The event will culminate in a roundtable discussion among artists Nile Rodgers and Maggie Rodgers alongside Apple Music hosts Zane Lowe and Ebro Darden as the top 10 albums are revealed on Wednesday, May 22.

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Quite a good mix of genres with the first 10.

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Adding the rest of the list:

90. AC/DC - Back in Black
89. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
88. Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You
87. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
86. Mary J Blige - My Life
85. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
84. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
83. Patti Smith - Horses
82. 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin’
81. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
80. Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
79. Lana Del Rey - Norman F*****g Rockwell
78. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
77. Madonna - Like a Prayer
76. Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti
75. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
74. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
73. Steely Dan - Aja
72. SZA - SOS
71. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
70. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
69. Metallica - Master of Puppets
68. The Strokes - Is This it
67. Portishead - Dummy
66. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
65. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
64. Erykah Badu - Baduizm
63. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
62. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me
61. Sade - Love Deluxe
60. The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico
59. Arctic Monkeys - AM
58. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
57. D'Angelo - Voodoo
56. The Cure - Disintegration
55. Rihanna - ANTI
54. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
53. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
52. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
51. Prince - Sign O' the Times
 
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Is this the best 100 _globally_ ??? Solange managed to craft the 93rd best album of all time in the entire world? Usher the 95th???

There probably is a list of 'the best' (from a music critics pov) 100, but it's meaningless unless it's narrowed down and country-specific (at least).

Any guesses for an Apple approved 'best album of all time'. Will it be by The Beatles, Taylor Swift or U2?
 
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In before Taylor Swift fans lose their mind when she’s not revealed as number one on May 22nd.
 
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Going by that short video they posted, I'm guessing that Lemon was for Beyoncé's Lemonade and that crown was for Rihanna's ANTI.
 
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Top Ten..

1. Something by Taylor Swift
2. Something by Drake
3. Something by Taylor Swift
4. Something by Drake
5. Something by Taylor Swift
6. Something by Drake
7. Something by Taylor Swift
8. Something by Drake
9. Something by Taylor Swift
10. Something by Drake
 
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