Michael Jackson showed the world that an album could be milked for hits for a year or more and dozens of artists followed in that trajectory before the trend slowed in the 21st century. It is worth noting that more than a third of these albums were released in the ‘80s and then another 41 since the ‘80s, leaving only 23 pre-‘80s albums (10 in the ‘60s and 13 in the ‘70s). In some cases, an album didn’t chart any songs at all (The Beatles’ Sgt. Others never landed a #1 song, but put song after song in the top 10 (Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. Some of these albums, like George Michael’s Faith or Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream, threw multiple songs to the top of the pop charts. Maybe it did like Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and stayed on the charts for hundreds of weeks. Maybe it never topped the chart, like Shania Twain’s Come on Over, but sold tens of millions of copies. Maybe it was a monster on the album chart, racking up weeks and weeks at #1, like Thriller or Adele’s 21. Alanis Morissette serves up a slice the kind of alternative rock which became mainstream in the ‘90s while Adele gives us a dose of blue-eyed British soul.Ībout the only rules for the albums that make this top 100 pop list are that the album be big. Carole King shows why she reigned supreme at the forefront of the singer/songwriter movement of the ‘70s. The Bee Gees and others give us their spin on disco. Fleetwood Mac makes an appearance with classic rock.
Michael Jackson shows up with a couple of R&B/dance-oriented albums. Just take a glance at the top ten on this list. Why? Because it’s an amalgam of all other genres. Perhaps the most baffling, though, is pop music. There are no inarguable terms to define rock music – or R&B, or country, or dance, or any other genre.
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