These are the top albums from 1990-1999 according to Dave’s Music Database, which factors in sales, chart data, awards, album ratings, and appearances on best-of lists. Compilations, archival recordings, and reissues are not factored into this list.
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- Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
- Radiohead OK Computer (1997)
- R.E.M. Automatic for the People (1992)
- Pearl Jam Ten (1991)
- Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (1995)
- Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory (1995)
- U2 Achtung Baby (1991)
- Metallica Metallica (aka “The Black Album”) (1991)
- Jeff Buckley Grace (1994)
- Radiohead The Bends (1995)
- Green Day Green Day Dookie (1994)
- Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
- Shania Twain Come on Over (1997)
- Various Artists (Whitney Houston et al) The Bodyguard (soundtrack, 1992)
- Beck Odelay (1996)
- Oasis Definitely Maybe (1994)
- Massive Attack Blue Lines (1991)
- Nirvana In Utero (1993)
- Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream (1993)
- Portishead Dummy (1994)
- R.E.M. Out of Time (1991)
- Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
- The Verve Urban Hymns (1997)
- Dr. Dre The Chronic (1992)
- Santana Supernatural (1999)
- Michael Jackson Dangerous (1991)
- Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral (1994)
- Blur Parklife (1994)
- Depeche Mode Violator (1990)
- My Bloody Valentine Loveless (1991)
- Soundgarden Superunknown (1994)
- Primal Scream Screamadelica (1991)
- Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine (1992)
- Pulp Different Class (1995)
- Moby Play (1999)
- Spice Girls Spice (1996)
- Mariah Carey Music Box (1993)
- M.C. Hammer Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em (1990)
- Garth Brooks No Fences (1990)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication (1999)
- Alice in Chains Dirt (1992)
- Pearl Jam Vs. (1993)
- Sinéad O’Connor I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
- Madonna Ray of Light (1998)
- Tori Amos Little Earthquakes (1992)
- Liz Phair Exile in Guyville (1993)
- DJ Shadow Endtroducing… (1996)
- Fugees The Score (1996)
- Mariah Carey Mariah Carey (1990)
- Celine Dion Falling into You (1996)
- Hootie & the Blowfish Cracked Rear View (1994)
- Sheryl Crow Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
- Boyz II Men II
- Garth Brooks Ropin’ the Wind (1991)
- Live Throwing Copper (1994)
- Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers) (1993)
- James Horner (composer) Titanic (soundtrack, 1997)
- Mariah Carey Daydream (1995)
- No Doubt Tragic Kingdom (1995)
- The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die (1994)
- Counting Crows August and Everything After (1993)
- Hole Live Through This (1994)
- Britney Spears …Baby One More Time (1999)
- Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion II (1991)
- Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
- Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind (1997)
- TLC Crazy Sexy Cool (1994)
- Pavement Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
- A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory (1991)
- Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion I (1991)
- Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
- Björk Debut (1993)
- PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love (1995)
- Snoop Dogg Doggystyle (1993)
- Nas Illmatic (1994)
- Various Artists Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
- Celine Dion Let’s Talk about Love (1997)
- The Prodigy The Fat of the Land (1997)
- Backstreet Boys Millennium (1999)
- Janet Jackson janet. (1993)
- Tupac Shakur (2pac) All Eyez on Me (1996)
- Weezer Weezer (aka “The Blue Album”) (1994)
- Stone Temple Pilots Core (1992)
- Dixie Chicks Wide Open Spaces (1998)
- Tricky Maxinquaye (1995)
- Air Moon Safari (1998)
- Elton John/Tim Rice (composers) The Lion King (soundtrack, 1994)
- The Offspring Smash (1994)
- Pearl Jam Vitalogy (1994)
- Dido No Angel (1999)
- Eminem The Slim Shady LP (1999)
- Ace of Base The Sign (1993)
- Shania Twain The Woman in Me (1995)
- Natalie Cole Unforgettable…With Love (1991)
- Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible (1994)
- Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go (1996)
- Various Artists (Whitney Houston et al) Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack, 1995)
- Billy Ray Cyrus Some Gave All (1992)
- Sarah McLachlan Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
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First posted 2/16/2011; last updated 2/6/2026.
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