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The albums of a book, the additions of all its editions together.
1101 albums · 1955–2026
Since 2005, Robert Dimery's “1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die” has been the reading list for the ears: rock, soul, jazz, hip hop and music from around the world.
1000 recordings · 1100–2004
Matthew Rye's “1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die” goes from Hildegard of Bingen and the songs of the Carmina Burana to Wolfgang Rihm and Julian Anderson, in the order the music was written.
A way into a genre: some of its records across the decades, chosen from what the catalogues hold, never all of them.
53 albums · 1968–2021
Heavy metal grew out of the loud blues rock of the late sixties. All 53 albums, 1968–2021, in full.
54 albums · 1925–2022
Jazz grew up in New Orleans at the start of the twentieth century, out of the blues, ragtime and the city's brass bands.
54 albums · 1980–2024
Hip hop began at block parties in the Bronx in the 1970s, where DJs such as Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash stretched the breaks of funk records with two turntables and MCs rhymed over them.
55 albums · 1956–2021
The blues grew up in the Deep South of the United States around 1900, out of work songs, field hollers and spirituals.
53 albums · 1967–2017
Funk grew out of soul and rhythm and blues in the United States in the mid-sixties. All 53 albums, 1967–2017, in full.
54 albums · 1959–2016
Soul grew out of gospel and rhythm and blues in the United States in the fifties, when Ray Charles and Sam Cooke took the voices and the call and response of the church into songs about love.
52 albums · 1963–2022
Reggae comes from Jamaica. All 52 albums, 1963–2022, in full.
54 albums · 1969–2021
Punk grew out of the garage rock of the late sixties, the loud and plain records of the Stooges and the MC5 in Michigan.
55 albums · 1940–2023
Folk music is the old songs and tunes handed down by ear, and the new songs written in their manner. All 55 albums, 1940–2023, in full.
54 albums · 1968–2021
Electronic music is made with synthesizers, drum machines, samplers and computers. All 54 albums, 1968–2021, in full.
The albums of one year whose songs were on the radio, in Britain and America and beyond.
46 albums · 1970
In 1970 the radio played Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge over Troubled Water and Cecilia, the Beatles' Let It Be, George Harrison's My Sweet Lord, the Carpenters' (They Long to Be) Close to You and We've Only Just Begun, Bread's Make It with You, James Taylor's Fire and Rain, Elton John's Your Song, Neil Diamond's Cracklin' Rosie, Elvis Presley's I Just Can't Help Believin', Badfinger's No Matter What, the Kinks' Lola and Van Morrison's Moondance.
46 albums · 1971
In 1971 the radio played Carole King's It's Too Late and I Feel the Earth Move, James Taylor's You've Got a Friend, Rod Stewart's Maggie May, John Lennon's Imagine, Paul and Linda McCartney's Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, Cat Stevens's Peace Train and Moonshadow, Don McLean's American Pie, Nilsson's Without You, the Bee Gees' How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, Three Dog Night's An Old Fashioned Love Song, the Carpenters' Rainy Days and Mondays and Superstar, Cher's Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves, Melanie's Brand New Key, Carly Simon's Anticipation, Elton John's Tiny Dancer and Levon, Gilbert O'Sullivan's Nothing Rhymed and Mungo Jerry's Baby Jump.
46 albums · 1972
In 1972 the radio played Neil Young's Heart of Gold, America's Ventura Highway, Elton John's Rocket Man and Honky Cat, the Eagles' Take It Easy, Carly Simon's You're So Vain, Paul Simon's Mother and Child Reunion, Chicago's Saturday in the Park, the Doobie Brothers' Listen to the Music, Steely Dan's Do It Again, Gilbert O'Sullivan's Clair, Rod Stewart's You Wear It Well, Michael Jackson's Ben and the Rolling Stones' Tumbling Dice.
45 albums · 1973
In 1973 the radio played Elton John's Crocodile Rock, Daniel, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting), Paul McCartney and Wings' My Love, Pink Floyd's Money, the Rolling Stones' Angie, Led Zeppelin's D'yer Mak'er, Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly with His Song, Jim Croce's Bad, Bad Leroy Brown, Tony Orlando and Dawn's Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree, Paul Simon's Kodachrome and Loves Me Like a Rock, Ringo Starr's Photograph and You're Sixteen, Diana Ross's Touch Me in the Morning, the Steve Miller Band's The Joker, the Doobie Brothers' Long Train Runnin' and China Grove, the Allman Brothers Band's Ramblin' Man, the Eagles' Tequila Sunrise and Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells.
46 albums · 1974
In 1974 the radio played Eric Clapton's I Shot the Sheriff, Steely Dan's Rikki Don't Lose That Number, Supertramp's Dreamer and Bloody Well Right, Queen's Killer Queen, Elton John's The Bitch Is Back and Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Joni Mitchell's Help Me and Free Man in Paris, Olivia Newton-John's I Honestly Love You, John Denver's Annie's Song, Gordon Lightfoot's Sundown, Harry Chapin's Cat's in the Cradle, John Lennon's Whatever Gets You thru the Night, the Eagles' Best of My Love, Terry Jacks's Seasons in the Sun, Paper Lace's Billy Don't Be a Hero and The Night Chicago Died, the Bay City Rollers' Shang-a-Lang, the Rubettes' Sugar Baby Love and Billy Swan's I Can Help.
47 albums · 1975
In 1975 the radio played Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, Fleetwood Mac's Over My Head, the Eagles' One of These Nights and Lyin' Eyes, 10cc's I'm Not in Love, Elton John's Someone Saved My Life Tonight, Paul Simon's My Little Town, Wings' Listen to What the Man Said, Rod Stewart's Sailing, David Bowie's Fame and Young Americans, Roxy Music's Love Is the Drug, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me), the Bay City Rollers' Bye Bye Baby, Captain & Tennille's Love Will Keep Us Together, Janis Ian's At Seventeen, Linda Ronstadt's Heat Wave and Hot Chocolate's You Sexy Thing.
45 albums · 1976
In 1976 the radio played Wings' Silly Love Songs and Let 'Em In, Boston's More Than a Feeling, Queen's Somebody to Love, Elton John's Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, the Steve Miller Band's Rock'n Me, Rod Stewart's Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright), Chicago's If You Leave Me Now, Electric Light Orchestra's Livin' Thing, Al Stewart's Year of the Cat, Boz Scaggs's Lowdown, the Starland Vocal Band's Afternoon Delight, Cliff Richard's Devil Woman, the Eagles' New Kid in Town and Peter Frampton's Show Me the Way and Baby, I Love Your Way, recorded live.
46 albums · 1977
In 1977 the radio played Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way and Dreams, the Bee Gees' How Deep Is Your Love and Stayin' Alive, Queen's We Are the Champions, Steely Dan's Peg, Billy Joel's Just the Way You Are, Foreigner's Cold as Ice, Electric Light Orchestra's Turn to Stone, Supertramp's Give a Little Bit, Rod Stewart's You're in My Heart, Linda Ronstadt's Blue Bayou, the Steve Miller Band's Jet Airliner, Andy Gibb's I Just Want to Be Your Everything, Smokie's Needles and Pins and Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell, the disco of Donna Summer's I Feel Love and the Emotions' Best of My Love, and the soul and funk of the Commodores' Easy and Earth, Wind & Fire's Serpentine Fire.
47 albums · 1978
In 1978 the radio played Blondie's Heart of Glass, Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive, Rod Stewart's Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?, Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights, Chic's Le Freak, Andy Gibb's Shadow Dancing, Billy Joel's My Life, the Police's Roxanne, Toto's Hold the Line, Foreigner's Hot Blooded, Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street, Exile's Kiss You All Over, the Commodores' Three Times a Lady, Chaka Khan's I'm Every Woman, A Taste of Honey's Boogie Oogie Oogie, Sylvester's You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real), Donna Summer's MacArthur Park, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John's You're the One That I Want and Jeff Wayne's Forever Autumn.
46 albums · 1979
In 1979 the radio played Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2), Michael Jackson's Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough and Rock with You, Supertramp's The Logical Song and Goodbye Stranger, the Knack's My Sharona, Blondie's Dreaming, the Police's Message in a Bottle and Walking on the Moon, the Bee Gees' Tragedy, Electric Light Orchestra's Don't Bring Me Down, Fleetwood Mac's Tusk, the Eagles' Heartache Tonight, Rickie Lee Jones's Chuck E.'s in Love and M's Pop Muzik.
46 albums · 1980
In 1980 the radio played Queen's Another One Bites the Dust and Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Blondie's The Tide Is High and Rapture, Diana Ross's Upside Down and I'm Coming Out, Kool & the Gang's Celebration, the Jacksons' Can You Feel It, Stevie Wonder's Master Blaster (Jammin'), Barbra Streisand's Woman in Love, John Lennon's (Just Like) Starting Over, Paul McCartney's Coming Up, Billy Joel's It's Still Rock and Roll to Me, Bruce Springsteen's Hungry Heart, Pat Benatar's Hit Me with Your Best Shot, Bob Seger's Against the Wind, the Police's Don't Stand So Close to Me and De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da, David Bowie's Ashes to Ashes, Kate Bush's Babooshka, Roxy Music's Over You, Ultravox's Vienna, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's Enola Gay, the Buggles' The Plastic Age and Peter Gabriel's Games Without Frontiers.
47 albums · 1981
In 1981 the radio played Kim Carnes's Bette Davis Eyes, Hall & Oates's Private Eyes and I Can't Go for That (No Can Do), Foreigner's Urgent and Waiting for a Girl Like You, Journey's Don't Stop Believin' and Who's Crying Now, Rick Springfield's Jessie's Girl, Stevie Nicks's Stop Draggin' My Heart Around and Edge of Seventeen, Phil Collins's In the Air Tonight, Genesis's Abacab, the Police's Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, Olivia Newton-John's Physical, Electric Light Orchestra's Hold On Tight, Kim Wilde's Kids in America, the Go-Go's' Our Lips Are Sealed, the Human League's Don't You Want Me, Soft Cell's Tainted Love, Depeche Mode's Just Can't Get Enough, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's Souvenir and Joan of Arc, Duran Duran's Girls on Film, Adam and the Ants' Stand and Deliver and Prince Charming and Madness's It Must Be Love.
47 albums · 1982
In 1982 the radio played Survivor's Eye of the Tiger, Toto's Rosanna, John Cougar's Jack & Diane, Hall & Oates's Maneater, Asia's Heat of the Moment, Fleetwood Mac's Hold Me, Laura Branigan's Gloria, Billy Joel's Allentown, Phil Collins's You Can't Hurry Love, Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder's Ebony and Ivory, Lionel Richie's Truly, Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing, Prince's 1999, Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney's The Girl Is Mine, Dexys Midnight Runners' Come On Eileen, Culture Club's Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, Duran Duran's Hungry Like the Wolf, ABC's The Look of Love, Yazoo's Only You, Madness's Our House, Eddy Grant's I Don't Wanna Dance, Roxy Music's More Than This, Simple Minds' Promised You a Miracle, Kid Creole and the Coconuts' Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy and Joe Jackson's Steppin' Out.
46 albums · 1983
In 1983 the radio played the Police's Every Breath You Take, David Bowie's Let's Dance, Culture Club's Karma Chameleon, Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart, Lionel Richie's All Night Long (All Night), Billy Joel's Uptown Girl, Irene Cara's Flashdance...
46 albums · 1984
In 1984 the radio played Prince's When Doves Cry, Bruce Springsteen's Dancing in the Dark, Madonna's Like a Virgin, Wham!'s Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and Careless Whisper, Tina Turner's What's Love Got to Do with It, Van Halen's Jump, Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Relax and Two Tribes, Stevie Wonder's I Just Called to Say I Love You, Queen's Radio Ga Ga, Elton John's Sad Songs (Say So Much), Billy Ocean's Caribbean Queen, Hall & Oates's Out of Touch, Chaka Khan's I Feel for You, Sheila E.'s The Glamorous Life, the Cars' Drive, Bryan Adams's Run to You and Foreigner's I Want to Know What Love Is.
47 albums · 1985
In 1985 the radio played Dire Straits' Money for Nothing, Tears for Fears' Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Whitney Houston's Saving All My Love for You, Phil Collins's One More Night, Simple Minds' Alive and Kicking, Eurythmics' There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart), Paul Young's Every Time You Go Away, Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill, Simply Red's Holding Back the Years, Sting's If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Mr.
47 albums · 1986
In 1986 the radio played Madonna's Papa Don't Preach, Bon Jovi's Livin' on a Prayer, Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer, Paul Simon's You Can Call Me Al, Janet Jackson's When I Think of You, Genesis's Invisible Touch, Bruce Hornsby and the Range's The Way It Is, Cyndi Lauper's True Colors, Lionel Richie's Dancing on the Ceiling, Billy Ocean's When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going, Queen's A Kind of Magic, Pet Shop Boys' West End Girls, Duran Duran's Notorious, Talking Heads' Wild Wild Life, the Bangles' Manic Monday, Steve Winwood's Higher Love, Huey Lewis and the News's Stuck with You, Prince's Kiss, Berlin's Take My Breath Away, Chris de Burgh's The Lady in Red, the Communards' Don't Leave Me This Way, Bananarama's Venus and the Pretenders' Don't Get Me Wrong.
47 albums · 1987
In 1987 the radio played U2's With or Without You, Michael Jackson's Bad, Whitney Houston's I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me), George Michael's Faith, Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up, Pet Shop Boys' It's a Sin, Fleetwood Mac's Little Lies, Belinda Carlisle's Heaven Is a Place on Earth, Starship's Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now, Heart's Alone, T'Pau's China in Your Hand, Mel & Kim's Respectable, Bananarama's Love in the First Degree, Wet Wet Wet's Wishing I Was Lucky, Swing Out Sister's Breakout, Terence Trent D'Arby's Wishing Well, Debbie Gibson's Shake Your Love, Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine's Rhythm Is Gonna Get You and Suzanne Vega's Luka.
46 albums · 2013
In 2013 the radio played Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines, Bastille's Pompeii, Naughty Boy's La La La, Miley Cyrus's Wrecking Ball, Katy Perry's Roar, Lady Gaga's Applause, Eminem's The Monster, Drake's Hold On, We're Going Home, Justin Timberlake's Mirrors, One Direction's Story of My Life, Beyoncé's Drunk in Love, Ariana Grande's The Way, Jason Derulo's Talk Dirty, Capital Cities' Safe and Sound, Michael Bublé's It's a Beautiful Day, Tom Odell's Another Love and John Newman's Love Me Again.
46 albums · 2014
In 2014 the radio played Pharrell Williams's Happy, Ed Sheeran's Sing, Sam Smith's Stay with Me, Taylor Swift's Shake It Off, Hozier's Take Me to Church, George Ezra's Budapest, Clean Bandit's Rather Be, Sia's Chandelier, Ariana Grande's Problem, Jessie J's Bang Bang, Nicki Minaj's Anaconda, Iggy Azalea's Fancy, Calvin Harris's Summer, Kiesza's Hideaway, Ella Henderson's Ghost, 5 Seconds of Summer's She Looks So Perfect, One Direction's Steal My Girl, Maroon 5's Maps, MAGIC!'s Rude, Charli XCX's Boom Clap, Paloma Faith's Only Love Can Hurt Like This and Lana Del Rey's West Coast.
47 albums · 2015
In 2015 the radio played Adele's Hello, Justin Bieber's Sorry and Love Yourself, the Weeknd's Can't Feel My Face, Mark Ronson's Uptown Funk, Major Lazer's Lean On, OMI's Cheerleader, Years & Years' King, Jess Glynne's Hold My Hand, James Bay's Hold Back the River, Jamie Lawson's Wasn't Expecting That, Little Mix's Black Magic, One Direction's Drag Me Down, Selena Gomez's Good for You, Ellie Goulding's Love Me like You Do, Demi Lovato's Cool for the Summer, Shawn Mendes's Stitches, Meghan Trainor's Lips Are Movin, Alessia Cara's Here and Halsey's New Americana.
47 albums · 2016
In 2016 the radio played Drake's One Dance, Rihanna's Work, Beyoncé's Formation, Sia's Cheap Thrills, Shawn Mendes's Treat You Better, Ariana Grande's Into You, Zayn's Pillowtalk, DNCE's Cake by the Ocean, Charlie Puth's We Don't Talk Anymore, Mike Posner's I Took a Pill in Ibiza, Fifth Harmony's Work from Home, Meghan Trainor's No, Lady Gaga's Million Reasons, Bruno Mars's 24K Magic, the Weeknd's Starboy, Little Mix's Shout Out to My Ex and James Arthur's Say You Won't Let Go.
46 albums · 2017
In 2017 the radio played Ed Sheeran's Shape of You, Harry Styles's Sign of the Times, Lorde's Green Light, Dua Lipa's New Rules, Rag'n'Bone Man's Human, Sam Smith's Too Good at Goodbyes, Taylor Swift's Look What You Made Me Do, Niall Horan's Slow Hands, Calvin Harris's Feels, Maroon 5's What Lovers Do, P!nk's What About Us, Kesha's Praying, Miley Cyrus's Malibu, Lana Del Rey's Love and the Chainsmokers' Something Just Like This.
47 albums · 2018
In 2018 the radio played Drake's God's Plan, Post Malone's Better Now, Cardi B's I Like It, Camila Cabello's Havana, Ariana Grande's No Tears Left to Cry, Shawn Mendes's In My Blood, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's Shallow, George Ezra's Shotgun, Jess Glynne's I'll Be There, Anne-Marie's 2002, Clean Bandit's Solo, Rita Ora's Let You Love Me, Jonas Blue's Rise, Bebe Rexha's Meant to Be, Imagine Dragons' Natural and Panic! at the Disco's High Hopes.
46 albums · 2019
In 2019 the radio played Billie Eilish's Bad Guy, Lewis Capaldi's Someone You Loved, Lizzo's Juice, Post Malone's Circles, Ed Sheeran's I Don't Care, Taylor Swift's You Need to Calm Down, Ariana Grande's 7 Rings, the Jonas Brothers' Sucker, Khalid's Talk, Camila Cabello's Señorita with Shawn Mendes, Harry Styles's Lights Up, P!nk's Walk Me Home, Madonna's Medellín, Mabel's Don't Call Me Up, Dermot Kennedy's Outnumbered and Lil Nas X's Old Town Road.
47 albums · 2020
In 2020 the radio played Dua Lipa's Don't Start Now, the Weeknd's Blinding Lights, Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande's Rain on Me, Taylor Swift's Cardigan, Miley Cyrus's Midnight Sky, Ariana Grande's Positions, Justin Bieber's Intentions, Sam Smith's Diamonds, Little Mix's Sweet Melody, Ava Max's Kings & Queens, Selena Gomez's Lose You to Love Me and Kylie Minogue's Say Something.
46 albums · 2021
In 2021 the radio played Olivia Rodrigo's drivers license and good 4 u, Adele's Easy on Me, Ed Sheeran's Bad Habits and Shivers, Doja Cat's Kiss Me More, Lil Nas X's Montero (Call Me by Your Name) and Industry Baby, Justin Bieber's Peaches, Billie Eilish's Happier Than Ever, Silk Sonic's Leave the Door Open, Coldplay's My Universe, Elton John's Cold Heart, Anne-Marie's Kiss My (Uh Oh), Becky Hill's Remember, Tom Grennan's Little Bit of Love and Rag'n'Bone Man's All You Ever Wanted.
46 albums · 2022
In 2022 the radio played Harry Styles's As It Was, Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero, Beyoncé's Break My Soul, Lizzo's About Damn Time, Steve Lacy's Bad Habit, the Weeknd's Sacrifice, SZA's Kill Bill, Jack Harlow's First Class, Post Malone's I Like You (A Happier Song), Calvin Harris's Potion, Charli XCX's Beg for You, George Ezra's Green Green Grass, Joji's Glimpse of Us and Tove Lo's No One Dies from Love.
46 albums · 2023
In 2023 the radio played Miley Cyrus's Flowers, Olivia Rodrigo's Vampire, Doja Cat's Paint the Town Red, Tate McRae's Greedy, Raye's Escapism., Lewis Capaldi's Wish You the Best, Ed Sheeran's Eyes Closed, Sam Smith and Kim Petras's Unholy, Teddy Swims's Lose Control, Jessie Ware's Free Yourself, Lana Del Rey's A&W and Mitski's My Love Mine All Mine.
46 albums · 2024
In 2024 the radio played Sabrina Carpenter's Espresso, Billie Eilish's Birds of a Feather, Charli xcx's 360, Taylor Swift's Fortnight, Dua Lipa's Houdini, Beyoncé's Texas Hold 'Em, Ariana Grande's We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love), Benson Boone's Beautiful Things, Gracie Abrams's Risk, Lola Young's Messy, Mark Ambor's Belong Together, Imagine Dragons' Eyes Closed, Eminem's Houdini, Linkin Park's The Emptiness Machine and Coldplay's Feelslikeimfallinginlove.
46 albums · 2025
In 2025 the radio played Lady Gaga's Abracadabra, Sabrina Carpenter's Manchild, Taylor Swift's The Fate of Ophelia, Alex Warren's Ordinary, Benson Boone's Mystical Magical, Ed Sheeran's Azizam, Tate McRae's Sports Car, the Weeknd's Cry for Me, Miley Cyrus's End of the World, Lorde's What Was That, Addison Rae's Diet Pepsi, Teddy Swims's Bad Dreams, Justin Bieber's Daisies, Selena Gomez's Sunset Blvd, Jade's Angel of My Dreams, Doja Cat's Jealous Type, sombr's Back to Friends, Lola Young's One Thing and PinkPantheress's Illegal.
47 albums · 2007
In 2007 the radio played Arctic Monkeys' Brianstorm and Fluorescent Adolescent, the Kaiser Chiefs' Ruby, Mika's Grace Kelly, Leona Lewis's Bleeding Love, Mark Ronson's Valerie with Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash's Foundations, the Hoosiers' Worried About Ray, the Sugababes' About You Now, James Blunt's 1973, Kanye West's Stronger, Timbaland's The Way I Are and Apologize, Maroon 5's Makes Me Wonder, Linkin Park's What I've Done, the Foo Fighters' The Pretender and Colbie Caillat's Bubbly.
47 albums · 2008
In 2008 the radio played Coldplay's Viva la Vida, Duffy's Mercy, Adele's Chasing Pavements, the Ting Tings' That's Not My Name, Elbow's One Day Like This, Estelle's American Boy, Girls Aloud's The Promise, Kings of Leon's Sex on Fire, Katy Perry's I Kissed a Girl, Lady Gaga's Just Dance, Beyoncé's Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), Britney Spears's Womanizer, P!nk's So What, Madonna's 4 Minutes, Jason Mraz's I'm Yours and the Killers' Human.
47 albums · 2009
In 2009 the radio played Lady Gaga's Bad Romance, the Black Eyed Peas' Boom Boom Pow and I Gotta Feeling, Kelly Clarkson's My Life Would Suck Without You, Owl City's Fireflies, Pitbull's I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho), Lily Allen's The Fear, Florence + the Machine's Rabbit Heart and You've Got the Love, Kasabian's Fire, Muse's Uprising, Arctic Monkeys' Crying Lightning, Paolo Nutini's Candy, JLS's Beat Again, Cheryl Cole's Fight for This Love and Jay Sean's Down.
47 albums · 2010
In 2010 the radio played Plan B's She Said, Tinie Tempah's Pass Out and Written in the Stars, Ellie Goulding's Starry Eyed, Two Door Cinema Club's What You Know, Hurts' Wonderful Life, Gorillaz's Stylo, Take That's The Flood, Eminem's Love the Way You Lie and Not Afraid, B.o.B's Nothin' on You and Airplanes, Kanye West's Power and Runaway, Drake's Find Your Love, Rihanna's Only Girl (In the World), Katy Perry's California Gurls and Teenage Dream, Kesha's Tik Tok, Bruno Mars's Just the Way You Are and Grenade, Cee Lo Green's Forget You, Usher's OMG, Far East Movement's Like a G6, Kings of Leon's Radioactive, Arcade Fire's Ready to Start and the Black Keys' Tighten Up.
47 albums · 2011
In 2011 the radio played Adele's Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You, Lady Gaga's Born This Way, Jessie J's Price Tag, Ed Sheeran's The A Team, Coldplay's Paradise, Example's Changed the Way You Kiss Me, Florence + the Machine's Shake It Out, Noel Gallagher's AKA...
46 albums · 2012
In 2012 the radio played Emeli Sandé's Next to Me, Lana Del Rey's Video Games, fun.'s We Are Young, Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe, Maroon 5's Payphone, Taylor Swift's We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, One Direction's Live While We're Young, Rihanna's Diamonds, Bruno Mars's Locked Out of Heaven, Justin Bieber's Boyfriend, P!nk's Blow Me (One Last Kiss), Alicia Keys's Girl on Fire, Rita Ora's R.I.P., Labrinth's Earthquake, Calvin Harris's Feel So Close, Flo Rida's Whistle and Nicki Minaj's Starships.
47 albums · 1988
In 1988 the radio played Kylie Minogue's I Should Be So Lucky, Bros's When Will I Be Famous?, Yazz's The Only Way Is Up, Fairground Attraction's Perfect, Erasure's A Little Respect, Pet Shop Boys' Domino Dancing and Enya's Orinoco Flow; Morrissey's Suedehead and Bomb the Bass's Beat Dis were the year's new sounds.
47 albums · 1989
In 1989 the radio played Madonna's Like a Prayer and Express Yourself, Prince's Batdance, the B-52's' Love Shack, Tears for Fears' Sowing the Seeds of Love and Simply Red's If You Don't Know Me by Now.
47 albums · 1990
In 1990 the radio played Sinéad O'Connor's Nothing Compares 2 U, Madonna's Vogue, Depeche Mode's Enjoy the Silence, MC Hammer's U Can't Touch This, Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby and Deee-Lite's Groove Is in the Heart.
46 albums · 1991
In 1991 the radio played Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit, R.E.M.'s Losing My Religion, Bryan Adams's (Everything I Do) I Do It for You, sixteen weeks at the top in Britain, Metallica's Enter Sandman, U2's The Fly and Michael Jackson's Black or White.
47 albums · 1992
In 1992 the radio played Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You, Right Said Fred's I'm Too Sexy and Deeply Dippy, Shakespears Sister's Stay, Annie Lennox's Why, Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven and the Shamen's Ebeneezer Goode.
47 albums · 1993
In 1993 the radio played Mariah Carey's Dreamlover and Hero, Meat Loaf's I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That), UB40's Can't Help Falling in Love, Take That's Pray and Babe and the Pet Shop Boys' Go West.
47 albums · 2001
In 2001 the radio played Gorillaz's Clint Eastwood, Alicia Keys's Fallin', Destiny's Child's Survivor and Bootylicious, Jennifer Lopez's Love Don't Cost a Thing, Train's Drops of Jupiter, Nickelback's How You Remind Me and Staind's It's Been Awhile.
47 albums · 2002
In 2002 the radio played Eminem's Without Me, Nelly's Hot in Herre, Avril Lavigne's Complicated, Coldplay's The Scientist, Vanessa Carlton's A Thousand Miles, Ashanti's Foolish, Missy Elliott's Work It, Justin Timberlake's Like I Love You, Christina Aguilera's Dirrty, Red Hot Chili Peppers' By the Way, Norah Jones's Don't Know Why and Santana's The Game of Love.
47 albums · 2003
In 2003 the radio played Beyoncé's Crazy in Love, OutKast's Hey Ya!, 50 Cent's In da Club, the Black Eyed Peas' Where Is the Love?, Evanescence's Bring Me to Life, the White Stripes' Seven Nation Army, Dido's White Flag and Dizzee Rascal's Fix Up, Look Sharp.
46 albums · 2004
In 2004 the radio played Usher's Yeah! and Burn, Kanye West's Through the Wire and Jesus Walks, Green Day's American Idiot and Boulevard of Broken Dreams, the Killers' Somebody Told Me and Mr.
47 albums · 2005
In 2005 the radio played Coldplay's Speed of Sound and Fix You, Gorillaz's Feel Good Inc., Kaiser Chiefs' I Predict a Riot, Oasis's Lyla, Mariah Carey's We Belong Together, Kanye West's Gold Digger, 50 Cent's Candy Shop, the Black Eyed Peas' Don't Phunk with My Heart, Madonna's Hung Up and the Pussycat Dolls' Don't Cha.
47 albums · 2006
In 2006 the radio played Arctic Monkeys' I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor, Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars, Razorlight's America, the Kooks' Naive, Lily Allen's Smile, Amy Winehouse's Rehab, Muse's Supermassive Black Hole, Take That's Patience, Gnarls Barkley's Crazy, Nelly Furtado's Maneater and Promiscuous, Justin Timberlake's SexyBack, Beyoncé's Irreplaceable, Christina Aguilera's Ain't No Other Man, Fergie's London Bridge, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Dani California and the Killers' When You Were Young.
46 albums · 1994
In 1994 the radio played Oasis's Live Forever, Blur's Girls & Boys, the Cranberries' Zombie, Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun and Green Day's Basket Case.
46 albums · 1995
In 1995 the radio played Alanis Morissette's You Oughta Know and Ironic, Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise, Take That's Back for Good and Michael Jackson's You Are Not Alone.
45 albums · 1996
In 1996 the radio played the Spice Girls' Wannabe, the Fugees' Killing Me Softly, Céline Dion's Because You Loved Me, Toni Braxton's Un-Break My Heart and George Michael's Fastlove.
47 albums · 1997
In 1997 the radio played the Verve's Bitter Sweet Symphony, Blur's Song 2, Radiohead's Karma Police, the Prodigy's Breathe, Robbie Williams's Angels and Natalie Imbruglia's Torn.
45 albums · 1998
In 1998 the radio played Cher's Believe, Madonna's Frozen, Robbie Williams's Millennium, Lauryn Hill's Doo Wop (That Thing) and Fatboy Slim's The Rockafeller Skank.
45 albums · 1999
In 1999 the radio played Santana's Smooth, Ricky Martin's Livin' la Vida Loca, Britney Spears's ...Baby One More Time, the Backstreet Boys' I Want It That Way, TLC's No Scrubs and Eminem's My Name Is.
43 albums · 2000
In 2000 the radio played Coldplay's Yellow, U2's Beautiful Day, Robbie Williams's Rock DJ, Craig David's 7 Days, Eminem's The Real Slim Shady, Britney Spears's Oops!...
What won: the Grammy, the Mercury Prize, the Echo, the Jazzpreis, the Eurovision Song Contest.
34 albums · 1991–2025
Since 1992 a jury has picked one album of the year from Britain and Ireland, no matter how well it sold: Screamadelica was the first, then Dummy, Different Class, Boy in da Corner, xx and Psychodrama among the rest, up to Sam Fender's People Watching.
19 albums · 2006–2018
The Echo was the award of Germany's record industry, given from 1992 until the Kollegah and Farid Bang scandal ended it in 2018.
27 albums · 2019–2025
Since 2021 the Deutscher Jazzpreis, the federal prize that took the place of the Echo Jazz, has honoured the albums of the year, instrumental and vocal, from Germany and abroad, and the best debuts: Julia Hülsmann, Carla Bley, Nils Wogram, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Meshell Ndegeocello and ØKSE among them.
73 songs · 1956–2026
Every song that has won the Eurovision Song Contest, from Lys Assia's Refrain in Lugano in 1956 to Dara's Bangaranga for Bulgaria in 2026, ABBA's Waterloo, Céline Dion, Loreen twice and the four winners of the tied 1969 contest among them: 73 songs from 1956 to 2026.
68 albums · 1959–2025
Since 1959 the Recording Academy has given one album a year its highest award, from Henry Mancini's music for Peter Gunn to Bad Bunny's Debí Tirar Más Fotos, by way of Sgt.
Every studio album of an artist, from the first to the last.
11 albums · 1983–2023
All 11 studio albums of Metallica in order, from Kill 'Em All (1983) to 72 Seasons (2023): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
6 albums · 2011–2024
All 6 studio albums of Kendrick Lamar in order, from Section.80 (2011) to GNX (2024): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
12 albums · 1963–1970
All 12 studio albums of The Beatles in order, from Please Please Me (1963) to Let It Be (1970): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
9 albums · 1969–1982
All 9 studio albums of Led Zeppelin in order, from Led Zeppelin (1969) to Coda (1982): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
9 albums · 1978–2011
All 9 studio albums of Kate Bush in order, from The Kick Inside (1978) to 50 Words for Snow (2011): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
14 albums · 1973–1995
All 14 studio albums of Queen in order, from Queen (1973) to Made in Heaven (1995): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
11 albums · 1971–1983
All 11 studio albums of Bob Marley and the Wailers in order, from The Best of the Wailers (1971) to Confrontation (1983): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
19 albums · 1968–2007
All 19 studio albums of Joni Mitchell in order, from Song to a Seagull (1968) to Shine (2007): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
15 albums · 1967–2014
All 15 studio albums of Pink Floyd in order, from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) to The Endless River (2014): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
4 albums · 1997–2013
All 4 studio albums of Daft Punk in order, from Homework (1997) to Random Access Memories (2013): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
9 albums · 1973–2021
All 9 studio albums of ABBA in order, from Ring Ring (1973) to Voyage (2021): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
9 albums · 1993–2016
All 9 studio albums of Radiohead in order, from Pablo Honey (1993) to A Moon Shaped Pool (2016): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
7 albums · 1974–2003
All 7 studio albums of Kraftwerk in order, from Autobahn (1974) to Tour de France Soundtracks (2003): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
10 albums · 1993–2022
All 10 studio albums of Björk in order, from Debut (1993) to Fossora (2022): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
16 albums · 1969–1992
All 16 studio albums of Camarón de la Isla in order, from Al verte las flores lloran (1969) to Potro de rabia y miel (1992): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
16 albums · 1958–1987
All 16 studio albums of Serge Gainsbourg in order, from Du chant à la une !… (1958) to You're Under Arrest (1987): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
13 albums · 1967–1996
All 13 studio albums of Fabrizio De André in order, from Volume 1 (1967) to Anime salve (1996): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
10 albums · 1997–2024
All 10 studio albums of Nightwish in order, from Angels Fall First (1997) to Yesterwynde (2024): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
11 albums · 1985–2022
All 11 studio albums of a-ha in order, from Hunting High and Low (1985) to True North (2022): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
14 albums · 1980–2017
All 14 studio albums of U2 in order, from Boy (1980) to Songs of Experience (2017): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
25 albums · 1964–2026
All 25 studio albums of The Rolling Stones in order, from The Rolling Stones (1964) to Foreign Tongues (2026): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
26 albums · 1967–2016
All 26 studio albums of David Bowie in order, from David Bowie (1967) to Blackstar (2016): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
32 albums · 1966–1994
All 32 studio albums of Frank Zappa in order, from Freak Out! (1966) to Civilization Phaze III (1994): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
44 albums · 1968–2025
All 44 studio albums of Neil Young in order, from Neil Young (1968) to Talkin to the Trees (2025): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
39 albums · 1962–2020
All 39 studio albums of Bob Dylan in order, from Bob Dylan (1962) to Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
32 albums · 1961–2014
All 32 studio albums of Aretha Franklin in order, from Aretha (1961) to Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
60 albums · 1959–1998
All 60 studio albums of James Brown in order, from Please Please Please (1959) to I'm Back (1998): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
26 albums · 1962–2005
All 26 studio albums of Stevie Wonder in order, from The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie (1962) to A Time to Love (2005): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
35 albums · 1978–2015
All 35 studio albums of Prince in order, from For You (1978) to HITnRUN Phase Two (2015): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
20 albums · 1974–2012
All 20 studio albums of Kiss in order, from Hotter than Hell (1974) to Monster (2012): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
23 albums · 1977–2015
All 23 studio albums of Motörhead in order, from Motörhead (1977) to Bad Magic (2015): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
27 albums · 1979–2024
All 27 studio albums of Saxon in order, from Saxon (1979) to Hell, Fire and Damnation (2024): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
33 albums · 1968–2019
All 33 studio albums of Status Quo in order, from Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo (1968) to Backbone (2019): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
20 albums · 2005–2025
All 20 studio albums of Gucci Mane in order, from Trap House (2005) to Episodes (2025): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
28 albums · 1993–2026
All 28 studio albums of E-40 in order, from Federal (1993) to Turning My Money Over (2026): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
22 albums · 1993–2026
All 22 studio albums of Snoop Dogg in order, from Doggystyle (1993) to 10 Til Midnight (2026): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
38 albums · 1957–2008
All 38 studio albums of B.B. King in order, from Singin' the Blues (1957) to One Kind Favor (2008): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
31 albums · 1959–2003
All 31 studio albums of John Lee Hooker in order, from The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker (1959) to Face to Face (2003): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
35 albums · 1969–2025
All 35 studio albums of Elton John in order, from Empty Sky (1969) to Who Believes in Angels? (2025): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
22 albums · 1965–2023
All 22 studio albums of Cher in order, from All I Really Want to Do (1965) to Christmas (2023): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
37 albums · 1963–2025
All 37 studio albums of Barbra Streisand in order, from The Barbra Streisand Album (1963) to The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two (2025): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
17 albums · 1988–2024
All 17 studio albums of Kylie Minogue in order, from Kylie (1988) to Tension II (2024): the complete discography with covers, years and playing time.
The records of a stage or a series.
27 albums · 1967
The Monterey International Pop Festival took place on the county fairgrounds in Monterey, California, from 16 to 18 June 1967.
33 albums · 1969
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair took place on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, from 15 to 18 August 1969.
34 albums · 1985
Live Aid was a concert for the famine in Ethiopia, held on 13 July 1985 at Wembley Stadium in London and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia.
44 albums · 1977–2024
Austin City Limits is a music programme on PBS, made by the Austin station KLRU. All 44 albums, 1977–2024, in full.
49 albums · 1989–2026
John Peel presented programmes on BBC Radio 1 from its start in 1967 until his death in 2004. All 49 albums, 1989–2026, in full.
42 albums · 1987–2026
For decades the BBC could play only a few hours of records a day on the radio, so artists came into its studios to record songs for programmes such as Saturday Club and Top Gear.
100 albums · 1968–2026
Claude Nobs started the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1967 in the Swiss town of Montreux, on Lake Geneva. All 100 albums, 1968–2026, in full.
41 albums · 1956–2023
George Wein started the Newport Jazz Festival in 1954 in Newport, Rhode Island, and the Newport Folk Festival with others in 1959.
55 albums · 1967–2024
Bill Graham put on concerts at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco from the mid-sixties. All 55 albums, 1967–2024, in full.
17 albums · 1963–2021
The Apollo Theater stands on West 125th Street in Harlem, New York. All 17 albums, 1963–2021, in full.
47 albums · 1991–2020
From 1989 MTV sat musicians down with acoustic instruments in front of a small audience, and the best of the sessions came out on record: Eric Clapton's Layla slowed down, Nirvana in New York a few months before the end, Lauryn Hill alone with a guitar, and the Latin American series with Soda Stereo, Maná, Shakira and Café Tacvba.
A way into one instrument: some of its players and records, chosen from what the catalogues hold, never all of them.
43 albums · 1936–2022
The cello is the bass of the violin family, played seated, the instrument between the knees on its endpin, its four strings tuned C, G, D and A and bowed or plucked.
46 albums · 1925–2023
The trumpet is a brass tube bent into a loop, sounded by the player's lips buzzing into a cup-shaped mouthpiece.
39 albums · 1925–2015
The clarinet is a wooden tube with a single reed on its mouthpiece. All 39 albums, 1925–2015, in full.
42 albums · 1956–2024
The flute has no reed: the player blows across a hole or against an edge, and the air in the tube sounds. All 42 albums, 1956–2024, in full.
47 albums · 1955–2019
The double bass is the largest and lowest of the bowed strings, about as tall as a person, with four strings tuned in fourths.
48 albums · 1955–2018
The Hammond organ was first sold in 1935 by Laurens Hammond's company in Chicago. All 48 albums, 1955–2018, in full.
46 albums · 1965–2019
A bagpipe is a bag of air, filled by the player's breath or by bellows under the arm, that feeds a chanter, the pipe the melody is fingered on, and drones that hold one note beneath it.
47 albums · 1949–2025
The guitar has six strings, plucked with the fingers or a pick, over a fretted neck. All 47 albums, 1949–2025, in full.
39 albums · 1924–2021
The banjo is a drum with a neck: its strings run over a skin or plastic head stretched across a round frame, and its notes ring bright and die away fast.
40 albums · 1924–2017
The ukulele is a small guitar with four nylon strings, most often tuned G, C, E and A with the G string high, so it sounds light and bright.
39 albums · 1949–2023
The mandolin is a small lute with four pairs of metal strings, tuned like a violin and played with a plectrum.
42 albums · 1927–2021
The harmonica is a small free-reed instrument: metal reeds over a comb of channels, sounding as the player blows and draws.
39 albums · 1956–2024
The sitar is the long-necked lute of Hindustani music, the classical music of northern India and Pakistan: a gourd body, curved movable frets, six or seven playing strings plucked with a wire plectrum, and a dozen or more sympathetic strings beneath that ring with the notes.
47 albums · 1958–2021
The oud is the short-necked lute of the music from Morocco to Iraq, and of Turkey and Armenia: a deep pear-shaped body, a neck without frets and five or six courses of strings plucked with a long plectrum.
44 albums · 1945–2023
The harp has many forms. All 44 albums, 1945–2023, in full.
28 albums · 1957–2023
The steelpan was made in Trinidad in the late 1930s and the 1940s. All 28 albums, 1957–2023, in full.
36 albums · 1975–2025
The guembri, or sintir, is the three-stringed bass lute of Gnawa music, a Moroccan tradition with roots in West Africa.
29 albums · 1976–2024
The kora is the harp-lute of the jeli, the griots of Mali, Guinea, Senegal and the Gambia: 21 strings over a large calabash covered in cowhide, played with the thumbs and forefingers of both hands.
51 albums · 1936–2020
The Spanish guitar, six nylon strings on a light wooden body, is two instruments. All 51 albums, 1936–2020, in full.
46 albums · 1979–2023
The accordion was patented in Vienna in 1829, but its sound became France's. All 46 albums, 1979–2023, in full.
34 albums · 1961–2026
The alphorn is a straight wooden horn three to four metres long, its bell resting on the ground. All 34 albums, 1961–2026, in full.
35 albums · 1967–2024
The guitarra portuguesa is a cittern with a pear-shaped body and six courses of double strings, tuned by a fan of screws at its head.
27 albums · 1949–2021
The zither is a flat wooden box with thirty to forty strings: a few melody strings over a fretboard, plucked with a thumb pick, and the rest open for chords and bass.
48 albums · 1950–2026
The saxophone was invented around 1840 by Adolphe Sax of Dinant, in Belgium, and patented in Paris in 1846: a brass body with a single-reed mouthpiece.
35 albums · 1932–2024
The violin took its modern form in northern Italy in the sixteenth century, and Cremona became the home of its great makers: Andrea Amati, Antonio Stradivari and the Guarneri family.
37 albums · 1952–2024
The piano was invented around 1700 by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence: a harpsichord that could play soft and loud, because hammers struck its strings instead of plucking them.
40 albums · 1936–2025
The bouzouki is a long-necked lute with a pear-shaped body and metal strings, three courses in the old days and four since Manolis Chiotis added one in the 1950s.
41 albums · 1963–2021
The mandole is a large flat-backed mandolin made in Algiers in the 1930s for El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka. All 41 albums, 1963–2021, in full.
Some of a country's music as the catalogues have it, its singers and bands, far from the whole.
55 albums · 1934–2023
Germany's popular music, from the Comedian Harmonists and Hildegard Knef to krautrock, Kraftwerk, Neue Deutsche Welle, Grönemeyer, metal, techno and hip hop.
55 albums · 1942–2025
British popular music, from Vera Lynn, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and David Bowie to Punk, Joy Division, The Smiths, Massive Attack, Oasis, Radiohead, Amy Winehouse, Adele and Little Simz.
55 albums · 1957–2022
Jamaica's popular music, from the Skatalites, Prince Buster and rocksteady to Bob Marley, Burning Spear, King Tubby's dub, dancehall, Sean Paul and Koffee.
55 albums · 1960–2024
South Africa's popular music, from Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim to Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Brenda Fassie, Lucky Dube, kwaito, Black Coffee and amapiano.
55 albums · 1950–2025
Egypt's music, from Umm Kulthum, Mohammed Abdel Wahab and Abdel Halim Hafez to Mohamed Mounir, Amr Diab, Sherine, Cairokee and Wegz.
55 albums · 1950–2024
Morocco's popular music, from Rais Haj Belaid, Nass El Ghiwane and Jil Jilala to Abdelhadi Belkhayat, Najat Aâtabou, Samira Said, Hoba Hoba Spirit, Oum and ElGrandeToto.
55 albums · 1968–2021
Mali's music, from the Rail Band, Les Ambassadeurs and Salif Keita to Oumou Sangaré's Wassoulou, Ali Farka Touré, Tinariwen and Amadou & Mariam.
55 albums · 1948–2022
DR Congo's music, from Wendo Kolosoy, Grand Kallé, Franco and Tabu Ley Rochereau to Zaïko Langa Langa, Papa Wemba, Koffi Olomide, Konono N°1 and Fally Ipupa.
55 albums · 1966–2024
The Netherlands' popular music, from Boudewijn de Groot, Shocking Blue, Golden Earring and Focus to Doe Maar, Anouk, Within Temptation, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren and today.
55 albums · 1958–2025
Belgium's popular music, from Jacques Brel and Adamo to TC Matic, Front 242, dEUS, Hooverphonic, Soulwax, Stromae, Angèle, Damso and Charlotte de Witte.
55 albums · 1960–2024
Indonesia's popular music, from Waldjinah, Koes Plus, God Bless, Rhoma Irama, Chrisye and Iwan Fals to Slank, Dewa 19, Sheila on 7, Tulus, Rich Brian, NIKI and Hindia.
55 albums · 1959–2023
Switzerland's popular music, from Mani Matter and the Ländler to Yello, Celtic Frost, the Young Gods, Stephan Eicher, Mundartrock and today.
55 albums · 1959–2024
Ireland's music, from the Clancys, Ó Riada and Planxty to Van Morrison, Thin Lizzy, U2, Sinéad O'Connor, Enya, Lankum and Kneecap.
55 albums · 1961–2024
Portugal's music, from the fado of Marceneiro and Amália and Carlos Paredes's guitar to Zeca Afonso, Madredeus, Mariza, kuduro, rap and Ana Moura.
55 albums · 1930–2023
Cuba's music, from the son of Trío Matamoros and Beny Moré's mambo to the rumba of Matanzas, nueva trova, timba and Buena Vista Social Club.
55 albums · 1938–2022
Greece's music, from rebetiko and Tsitsanis to Theodorakis, Hadjidakis, the Cretan lyra, laïko, Vangelis, the rock and rap of Athens and Marina Satti.
55 albums · 1961–2024
Nigeria's music, from apala, highlife and jùjú to Fela's Afrobeat, fuji, King Sunny Adé and the Afrobeats of Wizkid, Burna Boy and Tems.
55 albums · 1935–2021
Argentina's popular music, from Gardel and Piazzolla to Mercedes Sosa, rock nacional, Soda Stereo, cuarteto, cumbia and the trap of today.
55 albums · 1958–2023
Chile's popular music, from the cueca and Violeta Parra to the Nueva Canción, Los Jaivas, Los Prisioneros, Ana Tijoux and Mon Laferte.
55 albums · 1959–2023
Brazil's popular music, from Pixinguinha and João Gilberto to Tropicália, Clube da Esquina, mangue beat, the rap of Racionais and Anitta.
55 albums · 1935–2017
Uruguay's popular music, from Gardel and Zitarrosa to candombe, Los Shakers, Jaime Roos, murga, Jorge Drexler and the bands of today.
40 albums · 1945–2025
Paraguay's popular music, from the harp of Félix Pérez Cardozo and Los Paraguayos to Berta Rojas's guitar, Flou, Kchiporros and Purahéi Soul.
55 albums · 1954–2025
Colombia's popular music, from Lucho Bermúdez's cumbia and the vallenato of Valledupar to salsa, Aterciopelados, Shakira and Bomba Estéreo.
45 albums · 1961–2025
Bolivia's popular music, from the charango of Cavour and Los Jairas to Los Kjarkas, Luzmila Carpio, the morenadas of Oruro and the rock of La Paz.
48 albums · 1963–2024
Ecuador's popular music, from Julio Jaramillo and the pasillo to the sanjuanito, the marimba of Esmeraldas, tecnocumbia, the rock of Quito and Nicola Cruz.
55 albums · 1955–2023
Venezuela's popular music, from Simón Díaz and the joropo to the gaita, Oscar D'León, Franco De Vita, Los Amigos Invisibles and Rawayana.
55 albums · 1950–2021
Peru's popular music, from Chabuca Granda and the huayno to chicha, the garage rock of Los Saicos, Susana Baca and the bands of Lima today.
55 albums · 1956–2023
Canada's popular music, from Félix Leclerc and Leonard Cohen to the chanson of Québec, Rush, Céline Dion, Arcade Fire and Drake.
44 albums · 1966–2020
Panama's popular music, from the típico of Azuero and the combos nacionales to Rubén Blades, El General's reggae en español, Danilo Pérez and Sech.
55 albums · 1925–2015
The United States' popular music, from the Delta blues and Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives to Nashville, Motown, Detroit techno, the Bronx and Kendrick Lamar.
55 albums · 1953–2023
Mexico's popular music, from Pedro Infante and the bolero to Los Tigres del Norte, Café Tacvba, Natalia Lafourcade and the corridos tumbados.
39 albums · 1960–2025
Costa Rica's popular music, from the marimba of Guanacaste and the calypso of Limón to Malpaís, Editus, Debi Nova and the bands of today.
53 albums · 1972–2022
Senegal's popular music, from the Star Band and Orchestra Baobab to the mbalax of Youssou N'Dour, Baaba Maal, the sabar drums and Daara J's rap.
30 albums · 1969–2025
The Gambia's popular music, from the kora of Alhaji Bai Konte and Jali Nyama Suso to the Super Eagles, Ifang Bondi, Sona Jobarteh and Jizzle.
44 albums · 1964–2025
Guatemala's popular music, from the marimba orchestras and Alux Nahual to Ricardo Arjona, Gaby Moreno, the drums of Livingston and Rebeca Lane.
25 albums · 1970–2022
Honduras's popular music, from the paranda and the punta of the north coast to Guillermo Anderson, Aurelio Martínez, Polache and reggaeton.
38 albums · 1968–2025
Nicaragua's popular music, from Camilo Zapata and the marimba of Masaya to the Mejía Godoy brothers, Luis Enrique and La Cuneta Son Machín.
55 albums · 1960–2025
Israel's popular music, from Shoshana Damari and Arik Einstein to Kaveret, the Mizrahi song of Zohar Argov and Ofra Haza, Idan Raichel and A-WA.
47 albums · 1940–2025
Iraq's music, from the maqam of Baghdad and the oud of Munir Bashir and Naseer Shamma to Kadim Al Sahir and the pop and hip hop of today.
43 albums · 1970–2025
Afghanistan's music, from the ustads of the Kharabat and Radio Kabul to Ahmad Zahir, Mahwash, the rubab of Homayun Sakhi and the singers abroad.
25 albums · 1980–2025
Turkmenistan's music, from the bagshy singers and the dutar to the composer Halmammedov, the band Gunesh, Ashkhabad and the singers of today.
55 albums · 1955–2023
Iran's music, from the radif of Shajarian, Lotfi and Kalhor to Googoosh, Kourosh Yaghmaei, the pop of Los Angeles, Mohsen Namjoo and rap.
53 albums · 1958–2021
Italy's popular music, from Modugno and Mina to the cantautori, the prog of the seventies, rock, rap and Måneskin.
53 albums · 1942–2024
Spain's popular music, from Concha Piquer and Serrat to the Movida, Camarón, Héroes del Silencio, Los Planetas and Rosalía.
54 albums · 1946–2023
France's popular music, from Charles Trenet and Édith Piaf to chanson, yé-yé, rock, the French touch of the nineties and rap.
50 albums · 1974–2023
Serbia's popular music, from the Belgrade new wave of the Yugoslav years and the brass bands of Guča to pop-folk, dub, hip hop and the bands of today.
55 albums · 1963–2022
Austria's popular music, from Austropop and Falco to the Wienerlied, the songs of the Alps, the electronica of Vienna and the bands of today.
49 albums · 1956–2025
Croatia's popular music, from Ivo Robić and the Split festival to klapa singing, the new wave of Zagreb, Gibonni, Severina and Baby Lasagna.
53 albums · 1960–2019
Russia's popular music, from the bards and Alla Pugacheva to the Leningrad rock club, Kino, Zemfira, Oxxxymiron and the electronic scene of today.
55 albums · 1966–2021
Poland's popular music, from Niemen and Komeda to the new wave of Jarocin, Kult, Myslovitz, hip hop, Brodka and Dawid Podsiadło.
55 albums · 1949–2021
Finland's popular music, from Olavi Virta's tango and the Suomirock of Eppu Normaali to Nightwish, HIM, Darude and Käärijä.
50 albums · 1977–2026
Lithuania's popular music, from Kernagis, Antis and Foje to the folk revival, the jazz of Vilnius, Alina Orlova, The Roop and Monika Liu.
54 albums · 1972–2022
Ukraine's popular music, from Volodymyr Ivasyuk's songs and Okean Elzy to DakhaBrakha, Jamala, Kalush and the indie of today.
55 albums · 1946–2021
Norway's popular music, from Prøysen and Jan Garbarek to a-ha, the black metal of the nineties, Röyksopp, Mari Boine and the pop of today.
55 albums · 1962–2022
Sweden's popular music, from Evert Taube and Jazz på svenska to ABBA, Kent, the indie of Gothenburg, metal, Robyn and Avicii.
50 albums · 1958–2023
Iceland's popular music, from Haukur Morthens and Megas to the Sugarcubes, Björk, Sigur Rós, Of Monsters and Men and Laufey.
55 albums · 1967–2022
Denmark's popular music, from Steppeulvene and Gasolin' to Kim Larsen, the metal of Mercyful Fate, hip hop, Mew, Volbeat and MØ.
34 albums · 1973–2025
Greenland's popular music, from Sumé and Rasmus Lyberth through the ULO years to Nanook, the choirs of Nuuk, the kalattuut dances and rap.
55 albums · 1960–2023
Australia's popular music, from Slim Dusty and the Easybeats to AC/DC, pub rock, the Go-Betweens, Nick Cave, Kylie and Tame Impala.
54 albums · 1971–2022
Japan's popular music, from Hibari Misora and Happy End to Yellow Magic Orchestra, city pop, Shibuya-kei, J-pop, noise and the hits of today.
55 albums · 1956–2025
India's music, from Ravi Shankar's sitar and the film songs of Lata Mangeshkar to A. R. Rahman, the Indipop of the nineties, Sufi pop, indie and rap.
55 albums · 1969–2025
South Korea's popular music, from Shin Joong-hyun and Cho Yong-pil to the ballad singers, Seo Taiji, hip hop, K-pop and the indie of Hongdae.
55 albums · 1979–2020
Taiwan's popular music, from Teresa Teng and the campus folk songs to Jay Chou, Sodagreen, the bands of the Megaport festival and the singers of Taitung.
55 albums · 1962–2021
New Zealand's popular music, from the Howard Morrison Quartet and Split Enz to the Dunedin sound, Poi E, Fat Freddy's Drop, Lorde and Aldous Harding.
45 albums · 1986–2025
Nepal's popular music, from Narayan Gopal and the songs of Radio Nepal to 1974 AD, Nepathya, Kutumba, Ani Choying Drolma and hip hop.
49 albums · 1962–2024
Haiti's popular music, from Nemours Jean-Baptiste's konpa and Tabou Combo's mini-jazz to Boukman Eksperyans, the rara and vodou drums and Emeline Michel.
50 albums · 1964–2025
Singapore's popular music, from the Quests and Sweet Charity to Dick Lee, xinyao, Stefanie Sun, JJ Lin and the indie and rap of today.
55 albums · 1937–2020
China's popular music, from Zhou Xuan and the Shanghai songs to Cui Jian, Cantopop, the Beijing rock of the nineties, folk, indie and hip hop.
44 albums · 1944–2026
Syria's popular music, from the muwashshah and qudud of Aleppo, Sabah Fakhri and Asmahan to George Wassouf, Omar Souleyman's dabke and Kinan Azmeh.
55 albums · 1965–2019
Lebanon's popular music, from Fairuz and the Rahbani brothers to Ziad Rahbani, Marcel Khalife, Nancy Ajram, Mashrou' Leila and Yasmine Hamdan.
38 albums · 2001–2026
Jordan's popular music, from Omar Al-Abdallat and the songs of the desert to Diana Karazon, Jadal, Autostrad, El Morabba3 and 47Soul.
55 albums · 1970–2017
Turkey's popular music, from Zeki Müren and Aşık Veysel to Anadolu rock, arabesk, Sezen Aksu, Tarkan, Mor ve Ötesi and Ezhel.
55 albums · 1957–2022
Bulgaria's popular music, from the choirs and Ivo Papasov's wedding music to estrada, the rock of Shturcite, chalga and hip hop.
35 albums · 1985–2019
Myanmar's popular music, from the saung harp and the hsaing waing ensemble to the stereo singers, Lay Phyu, Big Bag, Sai Sai and today's pop.
53 albums · 1968–2026
Vietnam's popular music, from the ca trù of Quách Thị Hồ and the Saigon songs of Khánh Ly to bolero, V-pop, rock, hip hop and Sơn Tùng M-TP.
55 albums · 1962–2022
Thailand's popular music, from luk thung and morlam to Carabao, Bird Thongchai, Moderndog, Bodyslam, the indie of Bakery Music and hip hop.
55 albums · 1962–2022
The Philippines' popular music, from the kundiman and Pilita Corrales to Pinoy rock, the Manila sound, the Eraserheads, OPM, rap and SB19.
27 albums · 1962–2025
Laos's music, from the khene and the lam singing of the south to the court music of Luang Prabang, the Lao song and the pop of Vientiane.
What a history of plays at Last.fm tells: a roast, a toast, and the wheel of the last ten songs.
A wheel
Type in the Last.fm user name of an account that has gone quiet, and its last ten songs are drawn as a chart of the sky: each a planet, at the hour it was played, in the sign of its day, and the twelve houses say what the hours were: at work, at play, at home.
A roast
Type in any Last.fm user name, and their all-time favourite artists and songs get torn apart.
A toast
Type in the Last.fm user name of someone you love, and their all-time favourite artists and songs get a toast.
The blog's own pages: the directory of the countries, and more to come.
An article
Most people keep the music of their early teens all their lives, and the music of their parents' youth beside it, and stop looking for new music at about thirty. Why, what happens when illness takes those years, and the site's lists of your own years, from the year you were born.
30 countries
The covers of the records on 1001 Albums' lists by the country their artist is from, each in the colour of its cover, sorted by hue, the same number of covers for each country.
3312 covers
The covers of the rock albums on 1001 Albums' lists, each in the colour of its cover, by hue and by decade, and beside them the covers of jazz, pop, soul, hip hop, classical and other genres.
78 countries
The countries whose music has a list on 1001 Albums, continent by continent, each with a few words on what its list walks through, from the singers of the fifties to the bands of today.