Buenos Dias Orgers,

What are your picks for album of the year from the last 20 years? This may take some time as you recollect your thoughts about all the albums you have purchased and listened to over the 20 year time span. It will be interesting hearing your album picks of the years. NOTE: During the 80's I wasn't into jazz of deeply as I now or else some of the album of the year picks would have been jazz releases. Thus, I am laying these album of the year picks according to genres of music I was into AT THAT TIME.


As an added bonus I will throw in my picks for the year 1980 and 1981...

1980 Album Of The Year: George Benson-Give Me The Night and Slave Stone Jam (tie)

1981 Album Of The Year: Rick James-Street Songs...Honorable Mention: Slave-ShowTime

1982 Album Of The Year: Michael Jackson-Thriller, Marvin Gaye-Midnight Love, Prince 1999
(tie)

1983 Album Of The Year: Lionel Richie Can't Slow Down, The Police-Synchronicity (tie)...Honorable Mention: Debarge-In A Special Way

1984 Album Of The Year: Prince And The Revolution-Purple Rain

1985 Album Of The Year: Sting-Dream Of The Blue Turtle

1986 Album Of The Year: Anita Baker-Rapture

1987 Album Of The Year: Prince-Sign O The Times..Honorable Mentions...U2-Josuha Tree...Michael Jackson-Bad.

1988 Album Of The Year: Public Enemy-It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

1989 Album Of The Year: Terence Trent D'Arby-Neither Fish Nor Flesh

1990 Album Of The Year: Public Enemy-Fear Of A Black Planet...Honorable Mention: Lisa Stanfield-Affection...Living Colour-Time's Up

1991 Album Of The Year: Public Enemy-Apocalypse 91'-The Enemy Strikes Black...Honorable Mentions: Ice CubeDeath Certificate...Various Artists-New Jack City Soundtrack...Ice-T-Original Gangster-O.G....Nirvana-Nevermind

1992 Album Of The Year: El Debarge-In The Storm...Honorable Mentions...Prince And NPG-The Symbol Album...Madonna-[b]Erotica.

1993 Album Of The Year: Meshell Ndege'ocello-Plantation Lullabies...Honorable Mention: Tony Toni Tone-Sons Of Soul

1994 Album Of The Year: Mary J. Blige-My Life...Honorable Mentions: Chante Moore-A Love Supreme{Psst Psst fellas check out the photo of Chante with nothing but a white sheet covering her birthday suit on the inside jacket sleeve of the CD..HAVE MERCY..LOL)

1995 Album Of The Year: Pat Metheny Group- We Live Here

1996 Album Of The Year: Tony Toni Tone-House Of Music...Honorable Mention: The Fugees-The Score

1997 Album Of The Year: The Canton Spiritual-Live In Washington D.C.:Living The Dream...My favorite gospel CD of all time. This gospel quintet features not only gospel on this amazing CD but R&B, delta blues, country and western and a littl bit of P-FUNK. A CLASSIC!!! Honorable Mentions: Pat Metheny Group-Imaginary Day. Various Artists-Love Jones Soundtrack.

1998 Album Of The Year: Lauryn Hill-The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

1999 Album Of The Year:Jim Hall and Pat Metheny-Jim Hall and Pat Metheny


2000 Album Of The Year: Jason Moran-Facing Left...MARK MY WORDS..this young(pianist) 26 old brotha from Brooklyn, NY is gonna make a lot of noise in the jazz world in the future.

2001 Album Of The Year: Jason Moran-Black Stars. More greatness from this great young pianist. This album features sax man Sam Rivers.

2002 Album Of The Year: Tune in Dec 31st or Jan 1st,2003.

Ok,well being only 18,i never bought any albums til i was 8,but these r my picks of the albums that were released in those years & that i own now.
Years prior 2 1991 r based on albums i love from that year,not ones i bought then:

1982: Michael Jackson ... *Thriller*

1983: Madonna ... *The First Album*

1984: Prince ... *Purple Rain*

1985: INXS ... *Listen Like Thieves*

1986: Bon Jovi ... *Slippery When Wet*

1987: INXS ... *Kick*

1988: can't think of anything ...what would i have been listening to at 4yrs old?...Jive Bunny!

1989: LL Cool J ... *Walking With A Panther*

1990: INXS ... *X*

1991: Michael Jackson ... *Dangerous* (my 1st cd,MJ & prince along with INXS & Bon Jovi r my main music idols,& b4 i knew anything about Prince,MJ was everything 2 me,will always love that guy 4 what he has done & keeps doing 4 music & the world,& me )

1992: Prince ... * * / BoyzIIMen ... *CooleyHighHarmony*
(both of these i didnt buy til years later...i think *Dangerous* took up that whole year of 1992)

1993: Peter Andre ... *Peter Andre* (aussie rnb/pop singer from back then,he was big here,he made it big in UK also.Back then,it was actually cool 2 like him but the jams on there were just fun & great 2 dance 2,plus he has a killer voice)

1994: All 4 One ... *All 4 One ~ / TLC ... *CrazySexyCool* (bought these 2 back in the day,loved these albums,still do)

1995: Michael Jackson ... *HIStory* (the hits were great,as i didnt have them at the time,& the new stuff was the ...then seeing this LIVE in concert in person,best thing 2 ever happen 2 me )

1996: Babyface ... *The Day* (this was THE album back then i thought,"Seven Seas" is one of the sweetest songs ive everheard)

1997: INXS ... *Elegantly Wasted* (bought it in 1998 actually)

1998: Savage Garden ... *Savage Garden* (actually released in '97 but i didnt get this 'til jan '98)

1999: Semisonic ... *Feeling Strangely Fine* (soon as i heard "singing in my sleep" i had 2 have this album.)

2000: NSYNC ... *No Strings Attached* (played that cd 2 death all year!) / Craig David ... *Born To Do It* (was a HUUUGE NSYNC nut,& this cd didnt go 1 day without getting played...CraigDavid's album is just brilliant)

2001: NSYNC ... *Celebrity* (yep i was very in2 pop/rnb back those days,still like it but))

2002: Justin Timberlake ... *Justified* (ONA Live would probably surpass this,but i love it so much already)

1995 Album Of The Year: Rachelle Ferrell-First Instrument in a tie with Pat Metheny Group's We Live Here...I feel so GUILTY for leaving this album by my favorite female vocalist of the last 10 years. This album is stellar from beginning to end{also my pick as one of the best 25 jazz records of all time}. I knew I was going to leave off some obvious choices.

Probably forget plenty but here's some...

1982: Prince-1999
1983: Rick James-Cold Blooded
1984: Prince-Purple Rain/Bob Marley-Legend
1985: Prince-ATWIAD/Alexander O'Neal-Alexander O'Neal
1986: Prince-Parade
1987: Prince-SOTT/Alexander O'Neal-Hearsay/MJ-Bad
1988: Prince-Lovesexy/Public Enemy-Takes A Nation Of Millions/Bobby Brown-Don't Be Cruel/Guy-Guy
1989: Prince-Batman
1990: Prince-Graffiti Bridge/Ice Cube-Amerikkka's Most Wanted/Public Enemy-Fear Of A Black Planet
1991: Prince-Diamonds & Pearls/MJ-Dangerous/Ice Cube-Death Certificate
1992: Prince-0(+>/Boyz II Men-Cooleyhighharmony
1993: Prince-Hits/B-sides/Wu Tang Clan-Enter the 36 Chambers/R Kelly-12 Play
1994: Prince-Come/Nas-Illmatic
1995: D'Angelo-Brown Sugar/0(+>-Gold Experience/NPG- Exodus/Tony Rich-Words/Boyz II Men-II/R. Kelly-R Kelly/Jodeci-The Show, The Afterparty, The Hotel
1996: 0(+>-Emancipation
1997:
1998: Tony Rich-Birdseye/0(+>-Crystal Ball
1999: 0(+>-Rave Un2 Joy Fantastic/Macy Gray-On How Life Is
2000: D'Angelo-Voodoo/Outkast-Stankonia
2001: Prince-The Rainbow Children/Bilal-1st Born Second/Dungeon Family-Even In Darkness
2002: Prince-One Nite Alone...

Brother915 said:

's what I'm saying!

Cool topic. I'll reserve this spot for later.

Okay, finally got my list together. Being that Bowie dominated the early 70's so much for me, I'm starting with my birth year 1976 like my brother did cuz there's much more competition. I'll do my top 3 from each year and try to put them in order too. Here goes nothing.

1976:

David Bowie- Station To Station
The Ramones- Ramones
Blondie- Blondie

1977:

David Bowie- Low (my favorite album ever!)
David Bowie- "Heroes"
Iggy Pop- The Idiot

1978:

Kraftwerk- The Man Machine
Joy Division- Warsaw
Blondie- Parallel Lines

1979:

David Bowie- Lodger
Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures
The Cure- Boy's Don't Cry

1980:

tie between David Bowie- Scary Monsters and The Cure- Seventeen Seconds
tie between U2- Boy and Joy Division- Closer
Prince- Dirty Mind

1981:

Eurythmics- In The Garden
The Cure- Faith
Joy Division- Still

1982:

Prince- 1999
Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams
Michael Jackson- Thriller

1983:

Madonna- Madonna
Eurythmics- Touch
New Order- Power, Corruption and Lies

1984:

Prince- Purple Rain
Eurythmics- 1984
The Cure- The Top

1985:

Prince- Around The World In A Day
The Cure- A Head On The Door
U2- The Unforgettable Fire

1986:

Prince- Parade
Madonna- True Blue
Depeche Mode- Black Celebration

1987:

Prince- Sign "O" The Times
New Order- Substance
The Cure- Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

1988:

Prince- Lovesexy (my other favorite album)
Joy Division- Substance
tie between The Pixies- Surfer Rosa and Sade- Stronger Than Pride

1989:

The Cure- Disintegration
Prince- Batman
Madonna- Like A Prayer
honorable mention to The Pixies- Doolittle

1990:

Depeche Mode- Violator
Prince- Graffiti Bridge
The Pixies- Bossanova

1991:

U2- Achtung Baby!
Nirvana- Nevermind
Prince- Diamonds and Pearls

1992:

Madonna- Erotica
Beastie Boys- Check Your Head
tie between Prince- Symbol and The Cure- Wish
honorable mention goes to Mary J. Blige- What's the 411?

1993:

Liz Phair- Exile In Guyville
Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream
3 way tie between Bjork- Debut, U2- Zooropa and PJ Harvey- Rid of Me

1994:

Liz Phair- Whip Smart
Smashing Pumpkins- Pisces Iscariot
Prince- Come

1995:

Tricky- Maxinquaye
Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Bjork- Post

1996:

Tori Amos- Boys For Pele
Tricky- Nearly God
Aaliyah- One In A Million

1997:

Bjork- Homogenic
- The Truth
tie between David Bowie- Earthling and Tricky- Pre-Millennium Tension
honorable mention goes to Janet Jackson- The Velvet Rope and Missy Elliott- Supa Dupa Fly

1998:

Madonna- Ray of Light
- Crystal Ball
tie between Outkast- Aquemini and Tricky- Angels With Dirty Faces

1999:

David Bowie- Hours
Tricky- Juxtapose
tie between Mary J. Blige- Mary and Tori Amos- To Venus and Back

2000:

Sade- Lover's Rock
U2- All That You Can't Leave Behind
Madonna- Music
honorable mention to The Cure- Bloodflowers

2001:

Bjork- Vespertine (my other other favorite album)
New Order- Get Ready
tie between Prince- The Rainbow Children and The Strokes- Is This It?

2002:

David Bowie- Heathen (my current favorite)
N.E.R.D.- In Search Of
Prince- One Nite Alone
honorable mention to Missy Elliott- Under Construction
[This message was edited Tue Nov 19 10:07:59 PST 2002 by TRON]
[This message was edited Tue Nov 19 12:56:05 PST 2002 by TRON]

1976:

• Blondie- Blondie *38*
  
• David Bowie- Station to Station *83*
  
• Ramones- Ramones *143*
  

1977:

• David Bowie- Low *36*
  
• David Bowie- Heroes *87*
  
• Blondie- Plastic Letters *109*
  

1978:

• Blondie- Parallel Lines *68*
  
• Soundtrack- Grease *98*
  
• Prince- For You *115*
  

1979:

• Blondie- Eat to the Beat *28*
  
• Michael Jackson- Off the Wall *57*
  
• David Bowie- Lodger *86*
  

1980:

• The Cure- Seventeen Seconds *23*
  
• David Bowie- Scary Monsters *27*
  
• Blondie- Autoamerican *44*
  

1981:

• Prince- Controversy *31*
  
• Eurythmics- In the Garden *43*
  
• Depeche Mode- Speak and Spell *80*
  

1982:

• Prince- 1999 *1*
  
• George Winston- December *39*
  
• Blondie- The Hunter *62*
  

1983:

• Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) *11*
  
• Madonna- Madonna *15*
  
• Eurythmics- Touch *18*
  

1984:

• Eurythmics- 1984: For the Love of Big Brother *12*
  
• Prince- Purple Rain *22*
  
• Depeche Mode- Some Great Reward *91*
  

1985:

• The Cure- The Head on the Door *34*
  
• Eurythmics- Be Yourself Tonight *46*
  
• Prince- Around the World in a Day *50*
  

1986:

• Prince- Parade *21*
  
• Madonna- True Blue *45*
  
• Eurythmics- Revenge *66*
  

1987:

• Prince- Sign o' the Times *3*
  
• Michael Jackson- Bad *51*
  
• Eurythmics- Savage *67*
  

1988:

• Prince- Lovesexy *1*
  
• Roxette- Look Sharp! *37*
  
• Sugarcubes- Life's Too Good *118*
  

1989:

• Janet Jackson- Rhythm Nation 1814 *4*
  
• The Cure- Disintegration *5*
  
• Madonna- Like a Prayer *6*
  

1990:

• Depeche Mode- Violator *25*
  
• Soundtrack- Edward Scissorhands *52*
  
• Prince- Graffiti Bridge *60*
  

1991:

• Michael Jackson- Dangerous *76*
  
• Prince- Diamonds and Pearls *85*
  
• Nirvana- Nevermind *108*
  

1992:

• Prince- o(+> *16*
  
• Annie Lennox- Diva *20*
  
• The Cure- Wish *56*
  

1993:

• Bjork- Debut *30*
  
• Janet Jackson- janet. *40*
  
• Liz Phair- Exile in Guyville *103*
  

1994:

• Madonna- Bedtime Stories *58*
  
• Prince- Come *78*
  
• Kylie Minogue- Kylie Minogue *133*
  

1995:

• Prince- The Gold Experience *10*
  
• Bjork- Post *13*
  
• Michael Jackson- HIStory *113*
  

1996:

• Aaliyah- One in a Million *41*
  
• Prince- Emancipation *84*
  
• Prince- Chaos and Disorder *114*
  

1997:

• Bjork- Homogenic *17*
  
• Janet Jackson- The Velvet Rope *24*
  
• David Bowie- Earthling *33*
  

1998:

• Madonna- Ray of Light *7*
  
• Prince- Crystal Ball *9*
  
• TLC- Fanmail *127*
  

1999:

• Eurythmics- Peace *26*
  
• Prince- Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic *32*
  
• Prince- The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale *72*
  

2000:

• The Cure- BloodFlowers *14*
  
• Madonna- Music *48*
  
• Bjork- Selmasongs *65*
  

2001:

• jork- Vespertine *8*
  
• Janet Jackson- All for You *19*
  
• Kylie Minogue- Fever *35*
  

2002:

• Prince- One Nite Alone *55*
  
• David Bowie- Heathen *59*
  
• Missy Elliott- Under Construction *-*
  

[This message was edited Mon Nov 18 18:07:13 PST 2002 by Moonbeam]

This list is by no means comprehensive...and if you don't like it or you don't think it fits your style of music or represents your musical agenda, i really don't give a ****...

1982
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson
1999 - Prince

1983
The Key - Joan Armatrading
Run DMC - Run DMC

1984
Purple Rain SDTK - Prince
Diamond Life - Sade
The Smiths - The Smiths

1985
Secret Secrets - Joan Armatrading
Around The World In A Day - Prince

1986
Raising Hell - Run DMC
Control - Janet Jackson
Rapture - Anita Baker

1987
Criminal Minded - Boogie Down Productions
Bad - Michael Jackson

1988
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
The Raw & The Cooked - Fine Young Cannibals
Supersonic - J.J. Fad
Givin' You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker

1989
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson

1990
Blacks' Magic - Salt-N-Pepa
Make The Difference - Tracie Spencer

1991
The Comfort Zone - Vanessa Williams
Diamonds and Pearls - Prince
Dangerous - Michael Jackson
Peaceful Journey - Heavy D & The Boyz

1992
It's About Time - SWV
Oooohhh...On The TLC Tip - TLC
Matters Of The Heart - Tracy Chapman

1993
Plantation Lullabies - Meshell Ndegeocello
Black Reign - Queen Latifah
janet. - Janet Jackson
Very Necessary - Salt-N-Pepa

1994
One Might Say - Billy Lawrence
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - Outkast

1995
Groove Theory - Groove Theory
Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt

1996
Peace Beyond Passion - Meshell Ndegeocello
Crash - Dave Matthews Band

1997
Blame It On Me - Alana Davis
The Velvet Rope - Janet Jackson
Paradise - Billy Lawrence

1998
Princesses Nubiennes - Les Nubians
Order In The Court - Queen Latifah

1999
Bitter - Meshell Ndegeocello
Things Fall Apart - The Roots
Kaleidoscope - Kelis

2000
Infinite Possibilities - Amel Larrieux
Telling Stories - Tracy Chapman

2001
Wanderland - Kelis
All For You - Janet Jackson
Fortune Cookies - Alana Davis

2002
Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape - Meshell Ndegeocello
[This message was edited Mon Nov 18 19:22:44 PST 2002 by JANFAN4L]
[This message was edited Wed Nov 20 21:40:17 PST 2002 by JANFAN4L]

1980:

David Bowie - Scary Monsters

1981:

Duran Duran - Duran Duran

1982:

Roxy Music - Avalon
Duran Duran - Rio
Michael Jackson - Thriller

1983:

Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger

1984:

Prince - Purple Rain

1985:

Bryan Ferry - Boys And Girls

1986:

Madonna - True Blue

1987:

Bryan Ferry - Bete Noire
Prince - Sign Of The Times
Michael Jackson - Bad

1988:

-

1989:

Madonna - Like A Prayer

1990:

-

1991:

Michael Jackson - Dangerous
Seal - Seal

1992:

-

1993:

Bjork - Debut
Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish

1994:

Seal - Seal
Blur - Parklife

1995:

Blur - The Great Escape
Bjork - Post
Moby - Everything Is Wrong

1996:

-

1997:

Bjork - Homogenic
Savage Garden - Savage Garden

1998:

Seal - Human Being
Madonna - Ray Of Light

1999:

Moby - Play
Savage Garden - Affirmation

2000:

Madonna - Music

2001:

Bjork - Vespertine

2002:

Moby - 18

End.

Good Morning All,

I left off a few items as I knew I would...



1983 Honorable Mention

Culture Club-Colour By Numbers



1984 Honorable Mentions{/b]

Tina Turner-[b]Private Dancer

Bruce Springsteen-Born In The USA

Sade-Diamond Life



1985 Honorable Mentions

Luther Vandross-The Night I Fell In Love

Sade-Promise



1986 Honorable Mentions

Prince And The Revolution-Parade

Janet Jackson-Control

Beastie Boys-Licensed To Ill

Vesta Williams-Vesta

Luther Vandross-Give Me The Reason


1987 Album Of The Year

George Michael-Faith...in a tie with Prince's Sign O The Times album


1987 Honorable Mention

Aretha Franklin-One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism



[b]1997 Honorable Mention

Erykah Badu-Baduizm


2000 Album Of The Year

Erykah Badu-Mama's Gun{also my pick for best r&b album of the 21st century SO FAR}...in a tie with Jason Moran'sFacing Left

Hello here's my picks :

1980: Scary Monsters - Bowie
1981:
1982:
1983: Let's dance - Bowie
1984: Purple Rain
1985:
1986:
1987: Sign " " The Times
1988: LoveSexy
1989:
1990: Achttung Baby - U2
1991: Welcome 2 Wherever you Are - INXS
1992:
1993:
1994:
1995: What's the story morning Glory - Oasis
1996:
1997:
1998:
1999:
2000: Kid A - RadioHead
2001: Rainbow Children
2002:

I'll fill in the blanks at home while searching thru my cd archive

1982- MJ "Thriller" / Joe Jackson "Night and Day"
1983- Billy Joel- An Innocent Man
1984- Prince "Purple Rain"
1985- Sting "The Dream of the Blue Turtles"
1986- Prince "Parade" / Billy Joel "The Bridge"
1987- Prince "Sign of the Times"
1988- Prince "Lovesexy" / Madonna "Like a Prayer"
1989- Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation 1814" / Elton John "Sleeping with the Past"
1990- Mariah Carey "Mariah Carey"
1991- Michael Jackson "Dangerous" / Nirvana "Nevermind" / Elvis Costello "Mighty Like a Rose"
1992- Prince "Symbol"
1993- Billy Joel "River of Dreams" / Sting "Ten Summoners Tales"
1994- Elvis Costello "Brutal Youth" / Dave Matthews Band "Under the Table and Dreaming"
1995- Prince "The Gold Experience" / No Doubt "Tragic Kingdom" / Spacehog "Resident Alien"
1996- Prince "Emancipation" / Meshell Ndegeocello "Peace Beyond Passion"
1997- Janet Jackson "Velvet Rope"
1998- Dave Matthews Band "Before these Crowded Streets" / Spacehog "The Chinese Album"
1999- Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach "Painted from Memory" / Prince "The Vault" / Semisonic "Feeling Strangely Fine"
2000- No Doubt "Return of Saturn" / Fishbone "Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx"
2001- Bjork "Vespertine" / Prince "Rainbow Children"
2002- Christina Aguilera "Stripped" / Prince "One Nite Alone" / Counting Crows "Hard Candy" / Musiq "Juslisten" / Remy Shand "The Way I Feel"

I was actually quite pleased with this year, as far as music goes. Big improvements are coming about in the pop world, and kiddie pop is slowly but surely dying out in favor of real music.

Damn, I forgot Sting's "Mercury Falling" for '96. That one definitely should be heard... I always forget something on these lists.

Anybody notice Prince fans like a lot of MOR pop music?

PFunkjazz said:

I noticed that too...

>Anybody notice Prince fans like a lot of MOR pop music?



Well, there's just as many that like independent stuff and classic rock and classical. What's your point?

PFunkjazz said:

Not enough lists on this thread yet to do a cross section of Princeland.

PFunkjazz said:

The younger bucks on this thread anyway. In general (meaning those outside of this site), not really.

PFunkjazz said:

Okay, what is "MOR"?

JANFAN4L said:

Middle Of the Road.

I KNOW P-Funk wasn't talking about my list. :p haha

He surely wasn't talking about mine. He could guess that some of my picks were middle of the road, but he'd be wrong. People say that about artists like Sting and Billy Joel when they haven't actually sat down and listened to one of their albums. They craft excellent, intelligent music- far beyond the "pop" classification it gets labeled as...

1970 The Band “The Band”
1971 Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On”, Carol King “Tapestry”, Curtis Mayfield “Superfly”
1972 Stevie Wonder “Music Of My Mind”, Stevie Wonder “Talking Book”, Bob Marley & The Wailers “Catch A Fire”
1973 Stevie Wonder “Innervisions”, Marvin Gaye “Let’s Get It On”
1974 Stevie Wonder “Fulfillingness First Finale”
1975 Led Zeppelin “Physical Graffiti”, ABBA “ABBA”
1976 Stevie Wonder “Songs In The Key Of Life”
1977 “Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack”, Bob Marley & The Wailers “Exodus”
1978 Marvin Gaye “Here My Dear”, Jacksons “Destiny”, Boney M “Nightflight To Venus”
1979 Michael Jackson “Off The Wall”
1980 Jacksons “Victory”, Stevie Wonder “Hotter Than July”, Diana Ross “Diana”
1981 Prince “Controversy”
1982 Michael Jackson “Thriller”
1983 Lionel Riche “Can’t Slow Down”
1984 Prince “Purple Rain”
1985 A-Ha “Hunting High And Low”
1986 Madonna “True Blue”
1987 Michael Jackson “Bad”, Prince “Sign O The Times”
1988 Tracy Chapman “Tracy Chapman”, Prince “Lovesexy”
1989 Janet Jackson “Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814”, Madonna “Like A Prayer”
1990 Depeche Mode “Violator”
1991 Michael Jackson “Dangerous”, Massive Attack “Blue Lines”, Lenny Kravitz “Mama Said”
1992 Madonna “Erotica”, Tori Amos “Little Earthquakes”
1993 Janet Jackson “janet”, Björk “Debut”
1994 Jeff Buckley “Grace”, Nine Inch Nails “The Downward Spiral”, Nirvana “MTV Unplugged in New York”
1995 Michael Jackson “HIStory”, Leftfield “Leftism”, Alanis Morissette “Jagged Little Pill”
1996 Maxwell “Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suit”, Fiona Apple “Tidal”, Fugees “The Score”
1997 Janet Jackson “The Velvet Rope”, Missy Elliott “Supa Dupa Fly”, Radiohead ”OK Computer”
1998 Air “Moon Safari”, Lauryn Hill “The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill”, Madonna “Ray Of Light”
1999 D’Angelo “Voodoo”, Fiona Apple “When The Pawn”, Lenny Kravitz “5”
2000 Erykah Badu “Mama’s Gun”, Goldfrap Felt “Mountain”
2001 Röyksopp “Melody AM”, Jay-Z “The Blueprint”
2002 A-Ha “Lifelines”, Justin Timberlake “Justified”