What is it about making lists that once you start you can’t stop? I literally had no plans to make a list of my favorite albums but once the thought got put into my mind I had to jot them down. So, no real preamble here, this is a list of the 50 albums that made the biggest impact on me, in alphabetical order.

Top 50 Albums of the Decade

20/20 Experience Part 1 – Justin Timberlake
21 – Adele
4 – Beyoncé
4:44 – Jay-Z
The Band’s Visit – Original Broadway Cast
Barton Hollow – The Civil Wars
Beyoncé – Beyoncé
The Book of Mormon – Original Broadway Cast
Born this Way – Lady Gaga
Broke with Expensive Taste – Azaelia Banks
Channel Orange – Frank Ocean
The Civil Wars – The Civil Wars
Culture – Migos
Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande
Dig – Amethyst Kiah
The Documentary 2 – The Game
Duets 2 – Tony Bennett
The Electric Lady – Janelle Monae
Fela! – Original Broadway Cast
Fever – Megan Thee Stallion
From a Room: Volume 1 – Chris Stapleton
From Day 1 – Travis Porter
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess – Original Broadway Cast
Glass: Symphony No. 9 – Bruckner Symphony Orchestra
Godspell – New Broadway Cast
Hamilton – Original Broadway Cast
Heartbreak – Lady Antebellum
Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Original Broadway Cast
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + The Machine
Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B
Lemonade – Beyoncé
“Lets Rock” – The Black Keys
Meaning of Life – Kelly Clarkson
The MF Life – Melanie Fiona
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West
My Everything – Ariana Grande
Norman Fucking Rockwell – Lana Del Rey
Nothing But the Beat – David Guetta
Pentatonix (Deluxe Version) – Penatonix
Reality Show – Jazmine Sullivan
Save Rock and Roll – Fall Out Boy
A Seat at the Table – Solange
Spectrum – Shoshana Bean
Stages – Josh Groban
Straight Outta Oz – Todrick Hall
Talk a Good Game – Kelly Rowland
Talk That Talk – Rihanna
Thank U, Next – Ariana Grande
Thunderbitch – Thunderbitch
Turn Blue – The Black Keys