BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S TOP 100 ALBUMS FOR THE DECADE OF THE 1990s
No.-Album-Artist-Peak Year 1 JAGGED LITTLE PILL-ALANIS MORISSETTE-1996 2 BODYGUARD-SOUNDTRACK-1993 3 COME ON OVER-SHANIA TWAIN-1997 4 NO FENCES-GARTH BROOKS-1991 5 TITANIC SOUNDTRACK-1998 6 FALLING INTO YOU-CELINE DION-1996 7 CRACKED REAR VIEW MIRROR-HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH-ATLANTIC-1995 8 METALLICA-Metallica-1991 9 PLEASE DON'T HURT 'EM-M.C. Hammer-1990 10 BACKSTREET BOYS-Backstreet Boys-1998 11 Let's Talk About Love-Celine Dion-1998 12 Ropin' The Wind-Garth Brooks-1992 13 II-Boyz/Men-1994 14 Ten-Pearl Jam-1992 15 Breathless-Kenny G.-1993 16 Millennium-Backstreet Boys-1999 17 N Sync-N Sync-1998 18 Daydream-Mariah Carey-1995 19 Spice-Spice Girls-1997 20 To The Extreme-Vanilla Ice-1991 21 The Lion King-Soundtrack-1994 22 Tragic Kingdom-No Doubt-1997 23 Some Gave All-Billy Ray Cyrus-1992 24 The Hits-Garth Brooks-1995 25 Crazysexycool-TLC-1995 26 Music Box-Mariah Carey-1994 27 Mariah Carey-Mariah Carey-1991 28 Yourself Or Someone Like You-Matchbox 20-1998 29 ...Baby One More Time-Britney Spears-1999 30 Unplugged-Eric Clapton-1993 31 Janet-Janet Jackson-1993 32 Nevermind-Nirvana-1992 33 Dookie-Green Day-1995 34 The Sign-Ace Of Base-1994 35 Pieces Of You-Jewel-1997 36 Time,Love And Tenderness-Michael Bolton-1991 37 Hell Freezes Over-Eagles-1994 38 The Woman In Me-Shania Twain-1996 39 Big Willie Style-Will Smith-1998 40 The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill-Lauryn Hill-1998 41 Blue-Leann Rimes-1996 42 Sevens-Garth Brooks-1997 43 Wide Open Spaces-Dixie Chicks-1999 44 Dangerous-Michael Jackson-1991 45 Cooleyhighharmony-Boyz/Men-1991 46 Vs.-Pearl Jam-1993 47 Unforgettable:With Love-Natalie Cole-1991 48 Ricky Martin-Ricky Martin-1999 49 City Of Angels-Soundtrack-1998 50 Double Live-Garth Brooks-1998 51 Secrets-Toni Braxton-1996 52 Wilson Phillips-Wilson Phillips-1990 53 Forever Your Girl-Paula Abdul-1990 54 E.1999 Eternal-Bone Thugs-N-Harmony-1995 55 No Way Out-Puff Daddy & The Family-1997 56 Smash-OFFSPRING-1994 57 Surfacing-Sarah McLachlan-1997 58 The Score-The Fugees-1996 59 Sixteen Stone-Bush-1996 60 Throwing Copper-Live-1995 61 Waiting To Exhale-Soundtrack-1996 62 Volume II...A Hard Knock Life-Jay Z-1998 63 Not A Moment Too Soon-Tim McGraw-1994 64 Doggy Style-Snoop Doggy Dogg-1993 65 The Chase-Garth Brooks-1992 66 August And Everything After-Counting Crows-1994 67 Use Your Illusion II-Guns & Roses-1991 68 Toni Braxton-Toni Braxton-1994 69 Space Jam-Soundtrack-1997 70 Savage Garden-Savage Garden-1998 71 Use Your Illusion I-Guns & Roses-1991 72 Luck Of The Draw-Bonnie Raitt-1991 73 Pump-Aerosmith-1990 74 Achtung Baby-U2-1991 75 Americana-Offspring-1999 76 Vitalogy-Pearl Jam-1994 77 Get A Grip-Aerosmith-1993 78 You Light Up My Life-Leann Rimes-1997 79 Never S-A-Y Never-Brandy-1998 80 Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness-Smashing Pumpkins-1995 81 Load-Metallica-1996 82 Spiceworld-Spice Girls-1998 83 Significant Other-Limp Bizkit-1999 84 Fanmail-TLC-1999 85 In Pieces-Garth Brooks-1993 86 Bringing Down The Horse-Wallflowers-1997 87 Bat Outa Hell II-Meatloaf-1993 88 Forrest Gump-Soundtrack-1994 89 Middle Of Nowhere-Hanson-1997 90 Totally Krissed Out-Kris Kross-1992 91 My Way-Usher-1998 92 My Own Prison-Creed-1998 93 Core-Stone Temple Pilots-1993 94 Armageddon-Soundtrack-1998 95 Pocket Full Of Kryptonite-Spin Doctors-1993 96 Life After Death-Notorious B.I.G.-1997 97 All Eyez On Me-2 Pac-1996 98 Tuesday Night Music Club-Sheryl Crow-1995 99 Purple-Stone Temple Pilots-1994 100 Yes I Am-Melissa Etheridge-1994 * As published in the December 25,1999 edition of Billboard Magazine.