Apple Music reveals the best album of all time

Apple Music reveals the best album of all time

The wait is over! Apple Music has finally revealed its pick for the best album of all time.

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For the past ten days, Apple Music has been posting ten albums a day, revealing its 100 best albums of all time while expanding across a multitude of genres.  

According to the streaming giant, this definitive list was assembled with the help of songwriters, producers, industry professionals, and award-winning hitmakers like Maren Morris, Pharrell Williams, J Balvin, and Charli XCX.

On Monday, May 13, Apple Music announced the albums 100-90.

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After revealing ten new albums each day since then, it finally revealed the top 10 on May 22.

While the top 10 included legends like Beyoncé, Nirvana, Prince, and Michael Jackson, Lauryn Hill's 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' was named the best album of all time.

This celebratory list of the greatest records ever made is an editorial statement fully independent of any streaming numbers on Apple Music.

In its official press release, the streaming platform stated that this list is "a love letter to the records that have shaped the world music lovers live and listen in".

"100 Best brings together all the things that make Apple Music the ultimate service for music lovers—human curation at its peak, an appreciation for the art of storytelling, unparalleled knowledge and an even deeper love for it," said Rachel Newman, Apple Music’s senior director of content and editorial.

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"We have been working on this for a very long time, and it's something we are all incredibly proud of and excited to share with the world."

Here are the top 100 albums of all time:

100-91

90-81

80-71

70-61

60-51

50-41

40-31

30-21

20-11

10-1

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