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Sunday, February 2, 2025

Country Music: Albums of the Year

Country Music:

Albums of the Year

Since 1967, both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association have handed out awards for Album of the Year. The Grammys gave a country album award in 1965 and 1966, but then discontinued it until 1995. The American Music Awards have given out a Country Album of the Year award since 1974. Billboard magazine has acknowledged the country album of the year since 1990. Finally, Dave’s Music Database has acknowledged the best country album of the year since 1965. This page will show which albums won for any of the four awards each year.

Check out other album of the year awards here.


2024:
  • DMDB: BeyoncĂ© Cowboy Carter
  • Grammy: BeyoncĂ© Cowboy Carter

2023:
  • ACM: Chris Stapleton Higher
  • CMA: Cody Johnson Leather
  • DMDB: Morgan Wallen One Thing at a Time
  • Grammy: Lainey Wilson Bell Bottom Country

2022:
  • ACM: Lainey Wilson Bell Bottom Country
  • AMA: Taylor Swift Red (Taylor’s Version)
  • Billboard: Taylor Swift Red (Taylor’s Version)
  • CMA: Lainey Wilson Bell Bottom Country
  • DMDB: Zach Bryan American Heartbreak
  • Grammy: Willie Nelson A Beautiful Time

2021:
2020:
  • ACM: Chris Stapleton Starting Over
  • AMA: Blake Shelton Fully Loaded: God’s Country
  • Billboard: Luke Combs What You See Is What You Get
  • CMA: Chris Stapleton Starting Over
  • DMDB: Chris Stapleton Starting Over
  • Grammy: Miranda Lambert Wildcard

2019:
  • ACM: Luke Combs What You See Is What You Get
  • AMA: Carrie Underwood Cry Pretty
  • Billboard: Luke Combs This One’s for You
  • CMA: Maren Morris Girl
  • DMDB: Various Artists Country Music (box set: 1928-2002)
  • Grammy: Tanya Tucker While I’m Living

2018:
2017:
  • ACM: Chris Stapleton From a Room: Volume 1
  • AMA: Keith Urban Ripcord
  • Billboard: Chris Stapleton Traveller
  • CMA: Chris Stapleton From a Room: Volume 1
  • DMDB: Luke Combs This One’s for You
  • Grammy: Chris Stapleton From a Room: Volume 1

2016:
2015:
  • ACM: Chris Stapleton Traveller
  • AMA: Florida Georgia Line Anything Goes
  • Billboard: Jason Aldean Old Boots, New Dirt
  • CMA: Chris Stapleton Traveller
  • DMDB: Chris Stapleton Traveller
  • Grammy: Chris Stapleton Traveller

2014:
  • ACM: Miranda Lambert Platinum
  • AMA: Brantley Gilbert Just As I Am
  • Billboard: Luke Bryan Crash My Party
  • CMA: Miranda Lambert Platinum
  • DMDB: Miranda Lambert Platinum
  • Grammy: Miranda Lambert Platinum

2013:
  • ACM: Kacey Musgraves Same Trailer, Different Park
  • AMA: Taylor Swift Red
  • Billboard: Taylor Swift Red
  • CMA: Blake Shelton Based on a True Story
  • DMDB: Kacey Musgraves Same Trailer, Different Park
  • Grammy: Kacey Musgraves Same Trailer, Different Park

2012:
  • ACM: Eric Church Chief
  • AMA: Carrie Underwood Blown Away
  • Billboard: Jason Aldean My Kinda Party
  • CMA: Eric Church Chief
  • DMDB: Taylor Swift Red
  • Grammy: Zac Brown Band Uncaged

2011:
  • ACM: Miranda Lambert For the Record
  • AMA: Taylor Swift Speak Now
  • Billboard: Taylor Swift Speak Now
  • CMA: Jason Aldean My Kind of Party
  • DMDB: Jason Aldean My Kind of Party
  • Grammy: Lady Antebellum Own the Night

2010:
2009:
  • ACM: Miranda Lambert Revolution
  • AMA: Taylor Swift Fearless
  • CMA: Taylor Swift Fearless
  • DMDB: Miranda Lambert Revolution
  • Grammy: Taylor Swift Fearless

2008:
  • ACM: Taylor Swift Fearless
  • AMA: Carrie Underwood Carnival Ride
  • CMA: George Strait Troubadour
  • DMDB: Taylor Swift Fearless
  • Grammy: George Strait Troubadour

2007:
  • ACM: Miranda Lambert Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
  • AMA: Carrie Underwood Some Hearts
  • CMA: George Strait It Just Comes Natural
  • DMDB: Miranda Lambert Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
  • Grammy: Vince Gill These Days

2006:
2005:
  • ACM: Brad Paisey Time Well Wasted
  • AMA: Tim McGraw Live Like You Were Dying
  • CMA: Lee Ann Womack There’s More Where That Came From
  • DMDB: Carrie Underwood Some Hearts
  • Grammy: Alison Krauss & Union Station Lonely Runs Both Ways

2004:
  • ACM: Keith Urban Be Here
  • AMA: Toby Keith Shock’n Y’All
  • CMA: Kenny Chesney When the Sun Goes Down
  • DMDB: Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose
  • Grammy: Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose

2003:
  • ACM: Toby Keith Shock’n Y’All
  • AMA: Dixie Chicks Home
  • AMA: Toby Keith Unleashed
  • Billboard: Shania Twain Up!
  • CMA: Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around
  • DMDB: Toby Keith Shock’n Y’All
  • Grammy: Various Artists Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers

2002:
  • ACM: Alan Jackson Drive
  • AMA: Tim McGraw Set This Circus Down
  • CMA: Alan Jackson Drive
  • DMDB: Dixie Chicks Home
  • Grammy: Dixie Chicks Home

2001:
2000:
1999:
  • ACM: Dixie Chicks Fly
  • AMA: Garth Brooks Sevens
  • CMA: Tim McGraw A Place in the Sun
  • DMDB: Dixie Chicks Fly
  • Grammy: Dixie Chicks Fly

1998:
1997:
  • ACM: George Strait Carrying Your Love with Me
  • AMA: George Strait Blue Clear Sky
  • CMA: George Strait Carrying Your Love with Me
  • DMDB: Shania Twain Come on Over
  • Grammy: Johnny Cash American II: Unchained

1996:
  • ACM: George Strait Blue Clear Sky
  • AMA: Garth Brooks The Hits
  • CMA: George Strait Blue Clear Sky
  • DMDB: LeAnn Rimes Blue
  • Grammy: Lyle Lovett The Road to Ensenada

1995:
1994:
  • ACM: Tim McGraw Not a Moment Too Soon
  • AMA: Alan Jackson A Lot About Livin’ and a Little ‘Bout Love
  • CMA: Various Artists Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles
  • DMDB: Johnny Cash American Recordings
  • Grammy: Mary Chapin Carpenter
  • Stones in the Road

1993:
  • ACM: Alan Jackson A Lot About Livin’ and a Little ‘Bout Love
  • AMA: Reba McEntire For My Broken Heart
  • CMA: Vince Gill I Still Believe in You
  • DMDB: Garth Brooks In Pieces

1992:
1991:
  • ACM: Alan Jackson Don’t Rock the Jukebox
  • AMA: Reba McEntire Reba Live (live)
  • Billboard: Garth Brooks No Fences
  • CMA: Garth Brooks No Fences
  • DMDB: Garth Brooks Ropin’ the Wind

1990:
  • ACM: Garth Brooks No Fences
  • AMA: Randy Travis Old 8 x 10
  • Billboard: Clint Black Killin’ Time
  • CMA: Kentucky Headhunters Pickin’ on Nashville
  • DMDB: Garth Brooks No Fences

1989:
  • ACM: Clint Black Killin’ Time
  • AMA: Randy Travis Always and Forever
  • CMA: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken Vol. 2
  • DMDB: Clint Black Killin’ Time

1988:
  • ACM: K.T. Oslin This Woman
  • AMA: Randy Travis Always and Forever
  • CMA: Hank Williams Jr. Born to Boogie
  • DMDB: Lyle Lovett Pontiac

1987:
  • ACM: Dolly Parton with Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris Trio
  • AMA: Alabama Greatest Hits (compilation: 1980-86, released 1986)
  • CMA: Randy Travis Always and Forever
  • DMDB: Randy Travis Always and Forever

1986:
  • ACM: Randy Travis Storms of Life
  • AMA: Alabama 40 Hour Week
  • CMA: Ronnie Milsap Lost in the Fifties Tonight
  • DMDB: Steve Earle Guitar Town

1985:
  • ACM: George Strait Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind?
  • AMA: Kenny Rogers Eyes That See in the Dark
  • CMA: George Strait Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind?
  • DMDB: Alabama 40 Hour Week

1984:
  • ACM: Alabama Roll On
  • AMA: Alabama The Closer You Get
  • CMA: Anne Murray A Little Good News
  • DMDB: Alabama Roll On

1983:
  • ACM: Alabama The Closer You Get
  • AMA: Willie Nelson Always on My Mind
  • CMA: Alabama The Closer You Get
  • DMDB: Alabama The Closer You Get

1982:
1981:
  • ACM: Alabama Feels So Right
  • AMA: Kenny Rogers The Gambler
  • CMA: Don Williams I Believe in You
  • DMDB: Alabama Feels So Right

1980:
  • ACM: Urban Cowboy soundtrack
  • AMA: Kenny Rogers The Gambler
  • CMA: Loretta Lynn Coal Miner’s Daughter soundtrack
  • DMDB: Loretta Lynn Coal Miner’s Daughter soundtrack

1979:
  • ACM: Larry Gatlin Straight Ahead
  • AMA: Kenny Rogers Ten Years of Gold (compilation: 1967-77, released 1978)
  • CMA: Kenny Rogers The Gambler
  • DMDB: Kenny Rogers Kenny

1978:
  • ACM: The Oak Ridge Boys Y’All Come Back Saloon
  • AMA: Dolly Parton New Harvest…First Gathering
  • CMA: Ronnie Milsap It Was Almost Like a Song
  • DMDB: Kenny Rogers The Gambler

1977:
  • ACM: Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers
  • AMA: Glen Campbell Rhinestone Cowboy
  • CMA: Ronnie Milsap Live
  • DMDB: Elvis Presley Moody Blue

1976:
  • ACM: Mickey Gilley Gilley’s Smoking
  • AMA: John Denver Back Home Again
  • CMA: Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser, & Jessi Colter Wanted! The Outlaws
  • DMDB: Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser, & Jessi Colter Wanted! The Outlaws

1975:
  • ACM: Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn Feelins’
  • AMA: Olivia Newton-John Let Me Be There
  • CMA: Ronnie Milsap A Legend in My Time
  • DMDB: Willie Nelson Red-Headed Stranger

1974:
  • ACM: John Denver Back Home Again
  • AMA: Charley Pride A Sunshiny Day with Charley Pride
  • CMA: Charlie Rich Very Special Love Songs
  • DMDB: Gram Parsons Grievous Angel

1973:
  • ACM: Charlie Rich Behind Closed Doors
  • CMA: Charlie Rich Behind Closed Doors
  • DMDB: Gram Parsons G.P.

1972:
  • ACM: Donna Fargo The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.
  • CMA: Merle Haggard Let Me Tell You About a Song
  • DMDB: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken

1971:
  • ACM: Freddie Hart Easy Loving
  • CMA: Ray Price I Won’t Mention It Again
  • DMDB: Dolly Parton Coat of Many Colors

1970:
  • ACM: Ray Price For the Good Times
  • CMA: Merle Haggard Okie from Muskogee
  • DMDB: Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson (aka “Me and Bobby McGee”)

1969:
1968:
1967:
  • ACM: Glen Campbell Gentle on My Mind
  • CMA: Jack Greene There Goes My Everything
  • DMDB: Glen Campbell By the Time I Get to Phoenix

1966:
  • DMDB: Buck Owens Carnegie Hall Concert
  • Grammy: Roger Miller The Return of Roger Miller

1965:
  • DMDB: Eddy Arnold My World
  • Grammy: Roger Miller Dang Me/Chug-A-Lug

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First posted 9/16/2020; last updated 2/2/2025.

Rap Albums of the Year

Rap:

Albums of the Year

This page consolidates the Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year awards as given by the American Music Awards (1989-1992, 2002-present), Billboard magazine (2006, 2011-present), the Grammys (1996-present), and Soul Train (1989-1996). Also included is the album each year from 1984 to present which rates highest in Dave’s Music Database.

Check out other album of the year awards here.

2024:
  • Billboard: Drake For All the Dogs
  • DMDB: Kendrick Lamar GNX
  • Grammy: Doechii Alligator Bites Never Heal
2023:
  • Billboard: Drake and 21 Savage Her Loss
  • DMDB: Travis Scott Utopia
  • Grammy: Killer Mike Michael
2022:
  • AMA: Kendrick Lamar Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
  • Billboard: Drake Certified Lover Boy
  • DMDB: Kendrick Lamar Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
  • Grammy: Tyler, the Creator Call Me if You Get Lost

2021:
  • AMA: Megan Thee Stallion Good News
  • Billboard: Pop Smoke Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon
  • DMDB: Lil Nas X Montero
  • Grammy: Nas King’s Disease

2020:
  • AMA: Roddy Ricch Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
  • Billboard: Post Malone Hollywood’s Bleeding
  • DMDB: Pop Smoke Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon
  • Grammy: Tyler, the Creator Igor

2019:
2018:
  • AMA: Post Malone Beerbongs & Bentleys
  • Billboard: Kendrick Lamar Damn.
  • DMDB: Drake Scorpion
  • Grammy: Kendrick Lamar Damn.

2017:
  • AMA: Kendrick Lamar Damn.
  • Billboard: Drake Views
  • DMDB: Kendrick Lamar Damn.
  • Grammy: Chance the Rapper Coloring Book

2016:
2015:
  • AMA: Nicki Minaj The Pinkprint
  • Billboard: J. Cole 2014 Forest Hills Drive
  • DMDB: Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly
  • Grammy: Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2

2014:
  • AMA: Iggy Azalea The New Classic
  • Billboard: Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2
  • DMDB: Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 2 (aka “RTJ2”)
  • Grammy: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis The Heist

2013:
  • AMA: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis The Heist
  • Billboard: Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
  • DMDB: Kanye West Yeezus
  • Grammy: Drake Take Care

2012:
2011:
2010:
2009:
2008:
2007:
  • AMA: T.I. T.I. vs. T.I.P.
  • DMDB: Kanye West Graduation
  • Grammy: Ludacris Release Therapy

2006:
2005:
2004:
2003:
2002:
2001:
2000:
1999:
1998:
1997:
1996:
1995:
1994:
  • DMDB: Nas Illmatic
  • Soul Train: Onyx Bacdafucup

1993:
1992:
  • AMA: DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince Homebase
  • DMDB: Dr. Dre The Chronic
  • Soul Train: Public Enemy Apocalypse ’91…The Empire Strikes Black

1991:
1990:
1989:
  • AMA: DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper
  • DMDB: N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton
  • Soul Train: DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper

1988:
1987:
1986:
1985:
  • DMDB: LL Cool J Radio

1984:

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First posted 4/18/2022; last updated 2/2/2025.

Sunday, February 4, 2024

Rock Albums of the Year

Rock/Alternative:

Albums of the Year, 1990-2023

This page lists those albums which have won:

  • Billboard Music Award for Top Rock Album (2006, 2011-2021)
  • Grammys for Rock Album of the Year (1995-2022)
  • Alternative Rock Album of the Year (1991-2022)

The years for the Grammys below indicate the year of eligibility rather than the year awarded.

Check out other album of the year awards here.

2023:
  • Billboard: Zach Bryan American Heartbreak
  • Grammy – Rock: Paramore This Is Why
  • Grammy – Alternative: Boygenius The Record
2022:
  • Billboard: Twenty One Pilots Scaled and Icy
  • Grammy – Rock: Ozzy Osbourne Patient Number Nine
  • Grammy – Alternative: Wet Leg Wet Leg

2021:
  • Billboard: Machine Gun Kelly Tickets to My Downfall
  • Grammy – Rock: Foo Fighters Medicine at Midnight
  • Grammy – Alternative: St. Vincent Daddy’s Home

2020:
  • Billboard: Tool Fear Inoculum
  • Grammy – Rock: The Strokes The New Abnormal
  • Grammy – Alternative: Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters

2019:
  • Billboard: Panic! At the Disco Pray for the Wicked
  • Grammy – Rock: Cage the Elephant Social Cues
  • Grammy – Alternative: Vampire Weekend Father of the Bride

2018:
  • Billboard: Imagine Dragons Evolve
  • Grammy – Rock: Greta Van Fleet From the Fires
  • Grammy – Alternative: Beck Colors

2017:
  • Billboard: Metallica Hardwired…to Self Destruct
  • Grammy – Rock: The War on Drugs A Deeper Understanding
  • Grammy – Alternative: The National Sleep Well Beast

2016:
  • Billboard: Twenty One Pilots Blurryface
  • Grammy – Rock: Cage the Elephant Tell Me I’m Pretty
  • Grammy – Alternative: David Bowie Blackstar

2015:
  • Billboard: Coldplay Ghost Stories
  • Grammy – Rock: Muse Drones
  • Grammy – Alternative: Alabama Shakes Sound & Color

2014:
  • Billboard: Imagine Dragons Night Visions
  • Grammy – Rock: Beck Morning Phase
  • Grammy – Alternative: St. Vincent St. Vincent

2013:
2012:
  • Billboard: Coldplay Mylo Xyloto
  • Grammy – Rock: The Black Keys El Camino
  • Grammy – Alternative: Gotye Making Mirrors

2011:
  • Billboard: Mumford & Sons Sigh No More
  • Grammy – Rock: Foo Fighters Wasting Light
  • Grammy – Alternative: Bon Iver Bon Iver

2010:
  • Grammy – Rock: Muse The Resistance
  • Grammy – Alternative: The Black Keys Brothers

2009:
  • Grammy – Rock: Green Day 21st Century Breakdown
  • Grammy – Alternative: Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

2008:
2007:
  • Grammy – Rock: Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
  • Grammy – Alternative: The White Stripes Icky Thump

2006:
2005:
2004:
  • Grammy – Rock: Green Day American Idiot
  • Grammy – Alternative: Wilco A Ghost Is Born

2003:
  • Grammy – Rock: Foo Fighters One by One
  • Grammy – Alternative: The White Stripes Elephant

2002:
2001:
2000:
  • Grammy – Rock: Foo Fighters There Is Nothing Left to Lose
  • Grammy – Alternative: Radiohead Kid A

1999:
  • Grammy – Rock: Santana Supernatural
  • Grammy – Alternative: Beck Mutations

1998:
  • Grammy – Rock: Sheryl Crow The Globe Sessions
  • Grammy – Alternative: Beastie Boys Hello Nasty

1997:
  • Grammy – Rock: John Fogerty Blue Moon Swamp
  • Grammy – Alternative: Radiohead OK Computer

1996:
  • Grammy – Rock: Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow
  • Grammy – Alternative: Beck Odelay

1995:
1994:
1993:
  • Grammy – Alternative: U2 Zooropa

1992:
  • Grammy – Alternative: Tom Waits Bone Machine

1991:
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First posted 5/1/2022; last updated 2/4/2024.

R&B: Albums of the Year

R&B:

Albums of the Year

This page consolidates the R&B Album of the Year awards as given by the American Music Awards (1974-present), Billboard (1990-present with some years where award wasn’t given), the Grammys (1995-present), and Soul Train (1997-2004, 2009-present). The Grammys also had a Best Contemporary R&B Album category (2003-2011) and Best Progressive R&B Award (2013-present). Also included is the album each year from 1967 to present which rates highest in Dave’s Music Database.

Check out other album of the year awards here.


2024:
  • Grammy: Victoria MonĂ©t Jaguar II

2023:
  • Billboard: SZA SOS
  • Grammy: Robert Glasper Black Radio III
  • Soul Train: SZA SOS

2022:
  • AMA: BeyoncĂ© Renaissance
  • Billboard: The Weeknd The Highlights
  • DMDB: BeyoncĂ© Renaissance
  • Grammy: Jazmine Sullivan Heaux Tales
  • Soul Train: BeyoncĂ© Renaissance

2021:
  • AMA: Doja Cat Planet Her
  • Billboard: Doja Cat Planet Her
  • DMDB: Doja Cat Planet Her
  • Grammy: John Legend Bigger Love
  • Soul Train: Jazmine Sullivan Heaux Tales

2020:
  • AMA: The Weeknd After Hours
  • Billboard: The Weeknd After Hours
  • DMDB: The Weeknd After Hours
  • Grammy: Anderson.Paak Ventura
  • Grammy – Progressive: Lizzo Cuz I Love You
  • Soul Train: Summer Walker Over It

2019:
  • AMA: Khalid Free Spirit
  • Billboard: Khalid Free Spirit
  • DMDB: Lizzo Cuz I Love You
  • Grammy: H.E.R. H.E.R.
  • Grammy – Progressive: The Carters (Jay-Z & BeyoncĂ©) Everything Is Love
  • Soul Train: Lizzo Cuz I Love You

2018:
  • AMA: XXXTentacion 17
  • Billboard: XXXTentacion 17
  • DMDB: Janelle Monáe Dirty Computer
  • Grammy: Bruno Mars 24K Magic
  • Grammy – Progressive: The Weeknd Starboy
  • Soul Train: H.E.R. H.E.R.

2017:
  • AMA: Bruno Mars 24K Magic
  • Billboard: Bruno Mars 24K Magic
  • DMDB: Kendrick Lamar Damn.
  • Grammy: Lalah Hathaway Lalah Hathaway Live
  • Grammy – Progressive: BeyoncĂ© Lemonade
  • Soul Train: Bruno Mars 24K Magic

2016:
  • AMA: Rihanna Anti
  • Billboard: BeyoncĂ© Lemonade
  • DMDB: BeyoncĂ© Lemonade
  • Grammy: D’Angelo & the Vanguard Black Messiah
  • Grammy – Progressive: The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness
  • Soul Train: BeyoncĂ© Lemonade

2015:
  • AMA: The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness
  • Billboard: The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness
  • DMDB: Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly
  • Grammy: Toni Braxton & Babyface Love, Marriage & Divorce
  • Grammy – Progressive: Pharrell Williams GIRL
  • Soul Train: The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness

2014:
  • AMA: BeyoncĂ© BeyoncĂ©
  • Billboard: Pharrell Williams Girl
  • DMDB: D’Angelo & the Vanguard Black Messiah
  • Grammy: Alicia Keys Girl on Fire
  • Grammy – Progressive: Rihanna Unapologetic
  • Soul Train: BeyoncĂ© BeyoncĂ©

2013:
  • AMA: Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience
  • Billboard: Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience
  • DMDB: BeyoncĂ© BeyoncĂ©
  • Grammy: Robert Glasper Experiment Black Radio
  • Grammy – Progressive: Frank Ocean Channel Orange
  • Soul Train: Kendrick Lamar Good Kid m.A.A.d. City

2012:
  • AMA: Rihanna Talk That Talk
  • Billboard: Rihanna Unapologetic
  • DMDB: Frank Ocean Channel Orange
  • Grammy: Chris Brown F.A.M.E.
  • Soul Train: Frank Ocean Channel Orange

2011:
  • AMA: Rihanna Loud
  • Billboard: BeyoncĂ© 4
  • DMDB: BeyoncĂ© 4
  • Grammy: John Legend & the Roots Wake Up!
  • Grammy – Contemporary: Usher Raymond v. Raymond
  • Soul Train: Chris Brown F.A.M.E.

2010:
  • AMA: Usher Raymond v. Raymond
  • Billboard: Usher Raymond v. Raymond
  • DMDB: Bruno Mars Doo Wops & Hooligans
  • Grammy: Maxwell Black Summer’s Night
  • Grammy – Contemporary: BeyoncĂ© I Am…Sasha Fierce
  • Soul Train: Usher Raymond v. Raymond

2009:
  • AMA: Michael Jackson Number Ones
  • DMDB: Maxwell Black Summer’s Night
  • Grammy: Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Hudson
  • Grammy – Contemporary: Mary J. Blige Growing Pains
  • Soul Train: BeyoncĂ© I Am…Sasha Fierce

2008:
  • AMA: Alicia Keys As I Am
  • DMDB: BeyoncĂ© I Am…Sasha Fierce
  • Grammy: Chaka Khan Funk This
  • Grammy – Contemporary: Ne-Yo Because of You

2007:
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2002:
2001:
  • AMA: Toni Braxton The Heat
  • Billboard: R.Kelly TP-2.com
  • DMDB: Alicia Keys Songs in A Minor
  • Grammy: D’Angelo Voodoo
  • Soul Train: Dr. Dre 2001

2000:
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1995:
1994:
  • AMA: Various Artists (Whitney Houston et al) The Bodyguard (soundtrack)
  • DMDB: Boyz II Men II

1993:
1992:
  • AMA: Luther Vandross Power of Love
  • Billboard: Various Artists (Whitney Houston et al) The Bodyguard (soundtrack)
  • DMDB: Various Artists (Whitney Houston et al) The Bodyguard (soundtrack)

1991:
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1989:
1988:
1987:
1986:
  • AMA: Kool & the Gang Emergency
  • DMDB: Janet Jackson Control

1985:
1984:
1983:
1982:
  • AMA: Rick James Street Songs
  • DMDB: Michael Jackson Thriller

1981:
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1969:
  • DMDB: Sly & the Family Stone Stand!

1968:
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First posted 11/30/2020; last updated 2/4/2024.

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Adele’s “Hello” debuted at #1

Hello

Adele

Writer(s): Adele Adkins, Greg Kurstin (see lyrics here)


Released: October 23, 2015


First Charted: November 7, 2015


Peak: 110 US, 14 RR, 111 BA, 17 DG, 17 ST, 116 AC, 17 A40, 14 AA, 10a RB, 13 UK, 17 CN, 16 AU, 13 DF (Click for codes to charts.)


Sales (in millions): 7.0 US, 1.86 UK, 15.24 world (includes US + UK)


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 2910.90 video, 1524.84 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

Adele’s second album, 21, made her a superstar – and set the expectations high for her follow-up album, 25. She introduced new material via a commercial in the United Kingdom on The X Factor on October 18, 2015. Vanity Fair’s Josh Duboff said “the internet collectively lost its mind” after the thirty-second broadcast of “Hello.” WK The single was released five days later. It debuted at #1 in 20 countries, including the United States’ Billboard Hot 100 where it stayed for 10 weeks. It was her fourth #1 in the United States and her second in the U.K. It became the first song to sell more than a million digital copies in a week WK and set a record for 7.32 million streams in its first week. WK

The video also set a record with more than 27.7 million views in a 24-hour span, beating the previous record of 20.1 million views by Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood.” WK It set the Vevo record for the fastest video to reach 100 million views in five days. WK The video also became the quickest to reach one billion views on YouTube – 88 days. WK MTV named it Video of the Year at its 2016 Video Music Awards. WK

The song won Grammys for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Solo Performance. 25 won for Album of the Year and Pop Vocal Album, giving Adele five Grammys for the night. She became the first artist in history to win the three general field awards in the same ceremony twice. WK

The “piano ballad with soul influences” WK was marked by lyrics focused on “themes of nostalgia and regret and plays out like a conversation.” WK The song took six months to write – her co-writer, Greg Kurstin, said he wondered “if Adele was ever going to come back and finish it.” WK Kurstin ended up playing bass, guitar, drums, piano, and keyboards on the song. WK The result was what The Guardian’s Alex Petridis described as “precisely the kind of lovelorn epic ballad that made Adele one of the biggest stars in the world.” WK


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