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Read: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Voters were asked to submit ranked ballots listing their 50 favorite albums of all time. Votes were tabulated, with the highest-ranked album on each list receiving 300 points, the second highest 290 points, and so on down to 44 points for number 50. More than 3,000 albums received at least one vote.
Artists, Songwriters, and Producers
9th Wonder
Johntá Austin
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
Mick Avory
The Kinks
Glen Ballard
Alice Bag
Bas
Jon Batiste
Big Boi
Beyoncé
Branko
Michael Brun
Eric Burdon
The Animals
John Cale
The Velvet Underground
Patrick Carney
The Black Keys
Alessia Cara
Desmond Child
Brandy Clark
Adam Clayton
U2
Casanova
Jimmy Cliff
Chicano Batman
Cool & Dre
Alice Cooper
Stewart Copeland
The Police
Wayne Coyne
The Flaming Lips
Katie Crutchfield
Waxahatchee
John Darnielle
The Mountain Goats
Ani DiFranco
Raheem DeVaughn
Antonio Dixon
Lamont Dozier
Dino D’Santiago
DJ Dahi
DJ Drama
DJ Pierre
DJ Premier
DJ Shadow
Drumma Boy
Ronnie Dunn
Brooks & Dunn
Elliot Easton
The Cars
Sadie Dupuis
Speedy Ortiz
The Edge
U2
Billie Eilish
Ella Mai
El-P
Run the Jewels
Kalaf Epalanga
Buraka Som Sistema
Oak Felder
Ace Frehley
Kiss
Lukas Forchhammer
Lukas Graham
Richie Furay
Buffalo Springfield
Billy Gibbons
ZZ Top
Girl Ultra
Diana Gordon
K-Ci Hailey
K-Ci and JoJo
Hanson
Lzzy Hale
Halestorm
Rob Halford
Judas Priest
Anthony Hamilton
Herbie Hancock
Ben Harper
David “Swagg R’Celious” Harris
Hutch Harris
The Thermals
Mickey Hart
Grateful Dead
Eva Hendricks
Charly Bliss
H.E.R.
Hinds
Patterson Hood
Drive-by Truckers
Robert Hood
House music producer
Adam Horovitz
Beastie Boys
Brittany Howard
Alabama Shakes
Marshall Jefferson
Shooter Jennings
Carly Rae Jepsen
J.I.D
Lindsey Jordan
Snail Mail
Juanes
Wynonna Judd
Juvenile
Lenny Kaye
Clark Kent
Kesha
Kelis
Marcus King
Greta Kline
Frankie Cosmos
Savan Kotecha
Louis York
Mario
Stuart Matthewman
Sade
Lauren Mayberry
CHVRCHES
Roger McGuinn
The Byrds
Brian McKnight
John McLaughlin
Rich Medina
Lin-Manuel Miranda
MNEK
Moby
Monsieur Periné
Morrissey
Mr. Eazi
Bob Mould
Hüsker Dü
Stuart Murdoch
Belle and Sebastian
Graham Nash
Stevie Nicks
Olu
EarthGang
Organized Noize
Finneas O’Connell
Steve Perry
Robert Pollard
Guided by Voices
Poo Bear
James Poyser
The Roots
David Prowse
Japandroids
Questlove
The Roots
Raekwon
Wu-Tang Clan
Nile Rodgers
Ariel Rechtshaid
August Rigo
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Salaam Remi
Pete Rock
Royce da 5’9”
Rex Rideout
Frank Rogers
Andrew Savage
Parquet Courts
Emily Saliers
Indigo Girls
Ketch Secor
Old Crow Medicine Show
Kevin Shields
My Bloody Valentine
Saweetie
Sha Money XL
Slick Rick
Mike Shinoda
Linkin Park
Gene Simmons
Kiss
Zak Starkey
Robert Smith
The Cure
Ronnie Spector
Johnny Stevens
Highly Suspect
Dave Stewart
Eurythmics
Elizabeth Stokes
The Beths
Jazmine Sullivan
Taylor Swift
Sylvan Esso
Tainy
Take a Daytrip
Tony Touch
Justin Tranter
Lili Trifilio
Beach Bunny
Francisca Valenzuela
Louie Vega
Butch Vig
Carlos Vives
Rufus Wainwright
U-God
Wu-Tang Clan
Lars Ulrich
Metallica
Rick Wakeman
Yes
Kamasi Washington
Paul Wall
Kelsey Waldon
Kokayi Walker
Brady Watt
Gregg Wattenberg
Gerard Way
My Chemical Romance
Faye Webster
Adam Weiner
Low Cut Connie
Tierra Whack
Andrew Pop Wansel
Lucinda Williams
Charlie Wilson
Gap Band
Dan Wilson
Semisonic
Yebba
Jon Wurster
Superchunk, The Mountain Goats
Wowgr8
EarthGang
Yola
Charlie Worsham
Old Crow Medicine Show
Nick Zinner
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Industry
Nate Albert
Warner Records
Nicole Alvarez
KROQ
Derrick Aroh
RCA Records
Jeffrey Azoff
Full Stop Management
Shawn Barron
Motown/Capitol Records
Tuma Basa
YouTube
Mike Biggane
Universal Music
Ken Bunt
Disney Music Group
Cliff Burnstein
Q Prime
David Buttle
Mr. Bongo
Carlos Cancela
Interscope Records
Norva Denton
Warner Records
Yaasiel Success Davis
Atlantic Records
Peter Edge
RCA
John Esposito
Warner Music Nashville
Phylicia Fant
Columbia Records
Alex Gallardo
President, Sony Music Latin
Pete Ganbarg
Atlantic Records
Julie Greenwald
Atlantic Records
John Dee Hammond
Paradigm
Kirk Harding
Bad Habit Music
Mike Herard
Shady Records
Jeriel Johnson
The Recording Academy
Craig Kallman
Atlantic Records
Bruce Kalmick
Triple 8 Mgmt
Dominique Keegan
Kobalt Music
Adam Kornfeld
Artist Group International
Michael Knox
Peermusic
Jon Landau
Jon Landau Management
Camilo Lara
Mexican Institute of Sound
Latoya Lee
Atlas Music Publishing
Mollie Lehman
Atlantic Records
Rebeca Leon
Lionfish Entertainment
Jeff Levin
Atlantic Records
Monte Lipman
Universal Republic Records
Edgar Machuca
Atlantic Records
Mac McCaughan
Merge Records
Merck Mercuriadis
Hipgnosis
Brian Monaco
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Andy Mooney
Fender Musical
Instruments Corporation
Vincent Tuff Morgan
Peermusic
Keith Naftaly
RCA Records
Jacob Pace
Flighthouse
Bob Pittman
iHeartMedia
Mark Pitts
RCA Records
Nicole Plantin
Rostrum Records
Peter Robinson
Dome Records
Bruce Resnikoff
Universal Music
Ebrahim (Abe) Rasheed
eOne
Ronald “Slim” Williams
Cash Money Records
Leo Sacks
Sony Music
James Supreme
Universal Music
Publishing Group
Shani Fuller Tillman
RCA Records/Sony Music
Matt Zingler
Rolling Loud
Journalists
Hanif Abdurraqib
Celia Almeida
Stacey Anderson
Ken Barnes
Judy Berman
TIME
Stuart Berman
Graham Betts
Alvin aqua Blanco
HipHopWired
Alison Boron
Robert Christgau
Jerilyn Jordan Cook
Detroit Metro Times
Cameron Crowe
Sharon Davis
Anthony DeCurtis
Steve Devereux
Carola Dibbell
Morgan Enos
Sean Fennessey
The Ringer
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Alison Fensterstock
Bill Flanagan
Andrew Flory
Ted Fox
Leor Galil
Chicago Reader
David Fricke
Sasha Geffen
Michael A. Gonzales
Mikal Gilmore
Joe Gross
Kyle Harris
Denver Westword
Lizzy Goodman
Peter Guralnick
Rob Harvilla
The Ringer
Mike Hilleary
Hua Hsu
The New Yorker
Steven Hyden
UPROXX
Kevin C. Johnson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Stephen Kearse
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Chuck Klosterman
Jonathan Lethem
Alan Light
Jason Lipshutz
Billboard
Kurt Loder
Marissa Lorusso
Tirhakah Love
Zoe Madonna
Greil Marcus
Michaelangelo Matos
Paula Mejia
Texas Monthly
Marissa R. Moss
Marcus J. Moore
Keith Murphy
David Nathan
Brad Nelson
Matthew Perpetua
Isabela Raygoza
Amy Phillips
Pitchfork
Sheldon Pearce
The New Yorker
Jenn Pelly
Pitchfork
Alex Pappademas
Ross Raihala
Mosi Reeves
Jayson Rodriguez
Evan Rytlewski
Danny Schwartz
Jesse Serwer
Alfred Soto
Greg Tate
Rob Tannenbaum
Laura Snapes
The Guardian
Jes Skolnik
Bandcamp Daily
Erik Thompson
City Pages (Minneapolis)
Barry Walters
Susan Whitall
Christopher R. Weingarten
Adam White
Lois Wilson
Allison Wolfe
Mikael Wood
Briana Younger
Warren Zanes
Rolling Stone Staff
Jonathan Bernstein
Jon Blistein
David Browne
Jon Dolan
Patrick Doyle
Brenna Ehrlich
Suzy Exposito
Jason Fine
Jon Freeman
Brian Hiatt
Samantha Hissong
Christian Hoard
Charles Holmes
Joseph Hudak
Andy Greene
Kory Grow
Daniel Kreps
Elias Leight
Angie Martoccio
Ethan Millman
Jerry Portwood
Jason Newman
Claire Shaffer
Rob Sheffield
Hank Shteamer
Simon Vozick-Levinson
Alison Weinflash
