The 200 definitive albums in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a 2007 list of the best albums ever produced by artists or bands throughout the history of world music according to the criteria of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM). Good sales performance and continuity of potential with lasting popularity are adopted as criteria by both.

Table of 200 definitive albums

Position Album Artist Release date1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles 2 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd 3 Thriller Michael Jackson 4 Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin 5 The Joshua Tree U2 6 Exile on Main St. The Rolling Stones 7 Tapestry Carole King 8 Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan 9 Pet Sounds Beach Boys 10 Nevermind Nirvana 11 Ten Pearl Jam 12 Abbey Road The Beatles 13 Supernatural Santana 14 Metallica Metallica 15 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 16 Purple Rain Prince 17 Back in Black AC/DC 18 Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones 19 The Doors The Doors 20 American Beauty Grateful Dead 21 Come on Over Shania Twain 22 Who's Next The Who 23 Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder 24 Rumours Fleetwood Mac 25 The Wall Pink Floyd 26 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 27 Come Away with Me Norah Jones 28 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 29 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below OutKast 30 The Chronic Dr. Dre 31 Licensed to Ill Beastie Boys 32 Appetite for Destruction Guns N' Roses 33 Wide Open Spaces Dixie Chicks 34 Kind of Blue Miles Davis 35 Hotel California Eagles 36 Hysteria Def Leppard 37 Grease Various artists 38 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 39 The Beatles The Beatles 40 Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track Various artists 41 Are You Experienced Jimi Hendrix 42 Revolver The Beatles 43 Boston Boston 44 Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi 45 Achtung Baby U2 46 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston 47 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin 48 Crash Dave Matthews Band 49 Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones 50 Dookie Green Day 51 Houses of the Holy Led Zeppelin 52 Blue Joni Mitchell 53 Elvis at Sun Elvis Presley 54 Toys in the Attic Aerosmith 55 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill 56 Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen 57 Get Rich or Die Tryin' 50 Cent 58 Highway to Hell AC/DC 59 Life After Death The Notorious B.I.G. 60 Van Halen Van Halen 61 American Idiot Green Day 62 Paranoid Black Sabbath 63 The Eminem Show Eminem 64 Pieces of You Jewel 65 A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay 66 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf 67 Confessions Usher 68 Devil Without a Cause Kid Rock 69 All Things Must Pass George Harrison 70 The Stranger Billy Joel 71 Hell Freezes Over Eagles 72 Moondance Van Morrison 73 Automatic for the People R.E.M. 74 No Jacket Required Phil Collins 75 Master of Puppets Metallica 76 Breathe Faith Hill 77 At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash 78 A Love Supreme John Coltrane 79 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 80 Off the Wall Michael Jackson 81 Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye 82 Night Moves Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band 83 Graceland Paul Simon 84 Hybrid Theory Linkin Park 85 1999 Prince 86 Pyromania Def Leppard 87 Control Janet Jackson 88 Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers 89 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 90 All Eyez on Me 2Pac 91 Yourself or Someone Like You Matchbox Twenty 92 Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers 93 Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin 94 Country Grammar Nelly 95 Human Clay Creed 96 London Calling The Clash 97 Falling into You Celine Dion 98 Harvest Neil Young 99 Dirty Dancing Various artists 100 Home Dixie Chicks 101 Full Moon Fever Tom Petty 102 1984 Van Halen 103 Titanic Various artists 104 Déjà Vu Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 105 CrazySexyCool TLC 106 Odelay Beck Hansen 107 Breathless Kenny G 108 Straight Outta Compton N.W.A 109 Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols Sex Pistols 110 Rubber Soul The Beatles 111 OK Computer Radiohead 112 Bridge over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel 113 Fly Dixie Chicks 114 ...And Justice for All Metallica 115 Dangerous Michael Jackson 116 Daydream Mariah Carey 117 Top Gun Various artists 118 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John 119 Synchronicity The Police 120 Tragic Kingdom No Doubt 121 Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones 122 R. R. Kelly 123 Lateralus Tool 124 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis 125 Exodus Bob Marley and the Wailers 126 Escape Journey 127 Christina Aguilera Christina Aguilera 128 The Blueprint Jay-Z 129 The Diary of Alicia Keys Alicia Keys 130 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Various artists 131 The Cars The Cars 132 A Day Without Rain Enya 133 Unforgettable... with Love Natalie Cole 134 Footloose Various artists 135 Can't Slow Down Lionel Richie 136 Surfacing Sarah McLachlan 137 Nick of Time Bonnie Raitt 138 Ride the Lightning Metallica 139 Tuesday Night Music Club Sheryl Crow 140 In the Wee Small Hours Frank Sinatra 141 Gratitude Earth, Wind & Fire 142 Eliminator ZZ Top 143 Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson 144 Imagine John Lennon 145 Toni Braxton Toni Braxton 146 At Last! Etta James 147 Elvis Presley Elvis Presley 148 Tea for the Tillerman Cat Stevens 149 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins 150 Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet 151 Janet. Janet Jackson 152 A Night at the Opera Queen 153 Blizzard of Ozz Ozzy Osbourne 154 Big Willie Style Will Smith 155 Sign o' the Times Prince 156 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Public Enemy 157 Blood on the Tracks Bob Dylan 158 Faith George Michael 159 Cooleyhighharmony Boyz II Men 160 The Writing's on the Wall Destiny's Child 161 The Black Album Jay-Z 162 Let Go Avril Lavigne 163 The Score Fugees 164 Like a Virgin Madonna 165 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 166 Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughan 167 Core Stone Temple Pilots 168 The Phantom of the Opera Andrew Lloyd Webber 169 Aqualung Jethro Tull 170 Me Against the World 2Pac 171 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie 172 Laundry Service Shakira 173 Forrest Gump Various artists 174 Call Me Al Green 175 Super Fly Curtis Mayfield 176 Throwing Copper Live 177 Breezin' George Benson 178 White Blood Cells The White Stripes 179 Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd Lynyrd Skynyrd 180 Diamond Life Sade 181 Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac 182 Band on the Run Wings 183 Dangerously in Love Beyonce 184 Rapture Anita Baker 185 Illmatic Nas 186 A Star Is Born Paul Williams 187 That's the Way of the World Earth, Wind & Fire 188 Rhythm of Love Anita Baker 189 In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 Jay-Z 190 Mama Said Knock You Out LL Cool J 191 Aja Steely Dan 192 Stardust Willie Nelson 193 Sparkle Aretha Franklin 194 Andrea Andrea Bocelli 195 Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan 196 Never Too Much Luther Vandross 197 All That You Can't Leave Behind U2 198 2112 Rush 199 Aquemini Outkast 200 We're an American Band Grand Funk Railroad

Artists or bands that appear the most in the ranking Number of albumsArtists or bands5The BeatlesLed Zeppelin4MetallicaThe Rolling Stones3Bob DylanDixie ChicksJay-ZMichael JacksonPink FloydPrinceU22AC/DCAnita BakerBruce SpringsteenDef LeppardEaglesEarth, Wind, & FireElvis PresleyEminemFleetwood MacGreen DayJanet JacksonOutkastRed Hot Chili PeppersVan HalenWillie Nelson

Definitive albums ranked by decade DecadeNumber1950s41960s171970s581980s401990s562000s25

See also Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees

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