100 Best Albums - 2024 Edition
by Apple Music (2024) 
Apple Music is an audio and video streaming service developed by Apple Inc. These are their best albums of all time.
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1998
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6,013
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1982
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16,221
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1969
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55,750
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1984
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15,660
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2016
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12,368
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1976
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15,599
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2012
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21,539
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2006
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7,904
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1991
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36,918
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2016
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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100 Best Albums - 2024 Edition composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1980s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1990s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2000s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2010s | 17 | 17% | |
| 2020s | 3 | 3% |
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| Beyoncé | 2 | 2% | |
| Radiohead | 2 | 2% | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 2% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 2 | 2% | |
| Taylor Swift | 1 | 1% | |
| John Coltrane | 1 | 1% | |
| Mary J. Blige | 1 | 1% | |
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62 | 62% | |
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22 | 22% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Other overall charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| NME 's 100 Best Albums Of All Time | New Music Express | Overall chart | 2003 | |
| 100 Best Albums - 2024 Edition | Apple Music | Overall chart | 2024 | |
| NME Readers' All-Time Top 100 Albums | New Music Express | Overall chart | 1988 | |
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| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| 100 Best Albums - 2024 Edition | Apple Music | Overall chart | 2024 | |
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| 04/12/2026 20:37 |  Bunzer | 2 | 93/100 | |
| 05/08/2025 09:55 |  Goliath | 351 | 86/100 | |
| 04/09/2025 17:10 | Johnnyo | 2,593 | 80/100 | |
| 03/07/2025 20:58 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,089 | 85/100 | |
| 11/15/2024 17:39 | lioann1 | 1 | 50/100 |
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From Goliath 04/30/2026 13:58 | #314221
Goliath 04/30/2026 13:58 | #314221
Can't take this seriously, number 1, come on. Number 5, a joke, right? Number 10, heh heh heh.......
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From Johnnyo 04/09/2025 17:12 | #308435
Interesting picks. Some seriously odd picks, Frank ocean with the 5th best album of all time! Sorry, no way.
Having said that it’s nice to find a chart with a higher proportion of female artists in it than most, my own chart included to be honest.
Decent effort overall
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EyeKanFly 11/06/2024 14:31 | #305906
EyeKanFly 11/06/2024 14:31 | #305906
Much more pop and R&B oriented than other mainstream critic charts like Rolling Stone. That's a little refreshing and makes sense to include artists like Taylor Swift or Adele who don't often get featured towards the top. There's also a significantly higher percentage of female artists here than the typical chart, which again is refreshing. But all that considered there's some weird choices (George Michael and not even his best?), heavy recency bias, and an under-representation of certain genres (punk in particular). Still an interesting chart and I gotta say I don't hate it.
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From BurndenAce 10/11/2024 04:18 | #305612
Some absolutely baffling picks. I admire the effort, but there's no consistency to be found here.
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MCOTho 10/11/2024 01:22 | #305611
MCOTho 10/11/2024 01:22 | #305611
Decent, but also kinda terrible
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From martintho 05/25/2024 07:16 | #303696
38 albums in common with BEA
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