| 1 | 2010 | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Kanye West | Album | 4.2 | 16 |
| 2 | 2016 | Lemonade | Beyoncé | Album | 4.1 | 12 |
| 3 | 2015 | To Pimp a Butterfly | Kendrick Lamar | Album | 4.6 | 10 |
| 4 | 2012 | Red | Taylor Swift | Album | 4.5 | 80 |
| 5 | 2016 | ★ | David Bowie | Album | 4.45 | 16 |
| 6 | 2011 | Take Care | Drake | Album | 4.25 | 6 |
| 7 | 2017 | Melodrama | Lorde | Album | 4.35 | 10 |
| 8 | 2011 | 21 | Adele | Album | 4.25 | 24 |
| 9 | 2018 | Interstate Gospel | Pistol Annies | Album | | 4 |
| 10 | 2010 | This Is Happening | LCD Soundsystem | Album | 4.65 | 15 |
| 11 | 2007 | Kacey Musgraves | Kacey Musgraves | Album + Demo | | 1 |
| 12 | 2016 | Blonde | Frank Ocean | Album | 4.65 | 5 |
| 13 | 2013 | Yeezus | Kanye West | Album | 3.8 | 8 |
| 14 | 2010 | Brothers | The Black Keys | Album | 4.55 | 16 |
| 15 | 2018 | Vibras | J Balvin | Album | 3.4 | 5 |
| 16 | 2012 | Light Up Gold | Parquet Courts | Album | 5 | 3 |
| 17 | 2013 | Acid Rap | Chance the Rapper | Album + Mixtape/Street | 2.25 | 5 |
| 18 | 2011 | So Beautiful or So What | Paul Simon | Album | 3.65 | 10 |
| 19 | 2014 | 1989 | Taylor Swift | Album | 4.25 | 76 |
| 20 | 2016 | A Seat at the Table | Solange | Album | 5 | 4 |
| 21 | 2015 | Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit | Courtney Barnett | Album | 4.5 | 13 |
| 22 | 2016 | A Moon Shaped Pool | Radiohead | Album | 4.3 | 11 |
| 23 | 2010 | Body Talk | Robyn | Album | | 7 |
| 24 | 2013 | Modern Vampires of the City | Vampire Weekend | Album | 4.35 | 7 |
| 25 | 2016 | ANTI | Rihanna | Album | 4.4 | 21 |
| 26 | 2013 | BEYONCÉ | Beyoncé | Album | 4 | 22 |
| 27 | 2017 | DAMN. | Kendrick Lamar | Album | 4.15 | 12 |
| 28 | 2013 | Southeastern | Jason Isbell | Album | 4.65 | 4 |
| 29 | 2016 | Teens of Denial | Car Seat Headrest | Album | 4.35 | 8 |
| 30 | 2019 | thank u, next | Ariana Grande | Album | 4.15 | 13 |
| 31 | 2019 | WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? | Billie Eilish | Album | 4.45 | 54 |
| 32 | 2019 | Norman Fucking Rockwell! | Lana Del Rey | Album | 4.5 | 39 |
| 33 | 2018 | Be the Cowboy | Mitski | Album | 2 | 10 |
| 34 | 2018 | Invasion of Privacy | Cardi B | Album | 3.15 | 5 |
| 35 | 2014 | Black Messiah | D’Angelo and The Vanguard | Album | 4 | 6 |
| 36 | 2017 | Dark Matter | Randy Newman | Album | 5 | 2 |
| 37 | 2012 | channel ORANGE | Frank Ocean | Album | 4.15 | 10 |
| 38 | 2016 | Coloring Book | Chance the Rapper | Album + Mixtape/Street | 3.5 | 2 |
| 39 | 2018 | EL MAL QUERER | ROSALÍA | Album | 4.15 | 3 |
| 40 | 2017 | Ctrl | SZA | Album | | 7 |
| 41 | 2016 | A Sailor’s Guide to Earth | Sturgill Simpson | Album | | 5 |
| 42 | 2001 | Miranda Lambert | Miranda Lambert | Album | | 1 |
| 43 | 2012 | Tempest | Bob Dylan | Album | 3.85 | 8 |
| 44 | 2013 | Days Are Gone | HAIM | Album | 4.75 | 10 |
| 45 | 2015 | Hamilton: An American Musical | Lin‐Manuel Miranda | Album + Soundtrack | 4.35 | 10 |
| 46 | 2012 | Wrecking Ball | Bruce Springsteen | Album | 4 | 42 |
| 47 | 2016 | 22, a Million | Bon Iver | Album | 3.6 | 7 |
| 48 | 2016 | You Want It Darker | Leonard Cohen | Album | 4 | 6 |
| 49 | 2011 | Watch the Throne | Jay‐Z & Kanye West | Album | 3.3 | 8 |
| 50 | 2015 | E•MO•TION | Carly Rae Jepsen | Album | 4.15 | 19 |
| 51 | 2010 | The Suburbs | Arcade Fire | Single | 4.5 | 4 |
| 52 | 2017 | American Teen | Khalid | Album | | 3 |
| 53 | 2012 | The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do | Fiona Apple | Album | 4 | 11 |
| 54 | 2012 | Celebration Rock | Japandroids | Album | 4 | 3 |
| 55 | 2013 | Random Access Memories | Daft Punk | Album | 3.9 | 23 |
| 56 | 2013 | Night Time, My Time | Sky Ferreira | Album | 4.5 | 7 |
| 57 | 2012 | Boys & Girls | Alabama Shakes | Album | 4 | 13 |
| 58 | 2016 | The Weight of These Wings | Miranda Lambert | Album | 2 | 3 |
| 59 | 2017 | Harry Styles | Harry Styles | Album | 3.75 | 6 |
| 60 | 2014 | The Pinkprint | Nicki Minaj | Album | 4 | 11 |
| 61 | 2013 | Cerulean Salt | Waxahatchee | Album | 4 | 4 |
| 62 | 2018 | Egypt Station | Paul McCartney | Album | 3.5 | 19 |
| 63 | 2018 | Dirty Computer | Janelle Monáe | Album | 3.65 | 10 |
| 64 | 2014 | Are We There | Sharon Van Etten | Album | | 4 |
| 65 | 2014 | St. Vincent | St. Vincent | Album | 4.5 | 10 |
| 66 | 2012 | good kid, m.A.A.d city | Kendrick Lamar | Album | 4.35 | 22 |
| 67 | 2018 | X 100PRE | Bad Bunny | Album | 3 | 2 |
| 68 | 2015 | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful | Florence + the Machine | Album | 4.4 | 20 |
| 69 | 2019 | Cuz I Love You | Lizzo | Album | 5 | 16 |
| 70 | 2015 | If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late | Drake | Album + Mixtape/Street | 3.25 | 7 |
| 71 | 2015 | Art Angels | Grimes | Album | 4.55 | 10 |
| 72 | 2012 | Blunderbuss | Jack White | Album | 4.2 | 9 |
| 73 | 2019 | On the Line | Jenny Lewis | Album | 4 | 5 |
| 74 | 2018 | DAYTONA | Pusha T | Album | 2 | 3 |
| 75 | 2015 | I Love You, Honeybear | Father John Misty | Album | 4.5 | 7 |
| 76 | 2011 | nostalgia,ULTRA. | Frank Ocean | Album + Mixtape/Street | 3.5 | 2 |
| 77 | 2019 | The Highwomen | The Highwomen | Album | | 5 |
| 78 | 2018 | Clean | Soccer Mommy | Album | 2 | 3 |
| 79 | 2017 | Rainbow | Kesha | Album | 4.5 | 11 |
| 80 | 2011 | Mirror Traffic | Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks | Album | | 4 |
| 81 | 2018 | By the Way, I Forgive You | Brandi Carlile | Album | 3 | 3 |
| 82 | 2015 | The Epic | Kamasi Washington | Album | 5 | 6 |
| 83 | 2011 | Chief | Eric Church | Album | 4 | 5 |
| 84 | 2015 | In Colour | Jamie xx | Album | 4.25 | 7 |
| 85 | 2016 | Hardwired… to Self‐Destruct | Metallica | Album | 3.6 | 19 |
| 86 | 2016 | My Woman | Angel Olsen | Album | 3.5 | 3 |
| 87 | 2019 | Ghosteen | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Album | 3.5 | 5 |
| 88 | 2013 | AM | Arctic Monkeys | Album | 4.25 | 17 |
| 89 | 2010 | Have One on Me | Joanna Newsom | Album | 4.65 | 4 |
| 90 | 2012 | Psychedelic Pill | Neil Young with Crazy Horse | Album | 3.5 | 7 |
| 91 | 2018 | Whack World | Tierra Whack | Album | 4.25 | 1 |
| 92 | 2019 | Father of the Bride | Vampire Weekend | Album | 3.8 | 9 |
| 93 | 2014 | Songs of Innocence | U2 | Album | 4 | 19 |
| 94 | 2017 | Need to Feel Your Love | Sheer Mag | Album | 2 | 4 |
| 95 | 2014 | Monster | Future | Album + Mixtape/Street | 3.5 | 6 |
| 96 | 2012 | Call Me Sylvia | Low Cut Connie | Album | | 1 |
| 97 | 2014 | Tha Tour, Part 1 | Rich Gang | Album + Mixtape/Street | | 1 |
| 98 | 2018 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Album | | 4 |
| 99 | 2014 | Ultraviolence | Lana Del Rey | Album | 3.7 | 75 |
| 100 | 2017 | A Deeper Understanding | The War on Drugs | Album | 5 | 10 |
