MTV's Greatest Album Ever - Number 1
Last year we invited you to vote for theGreatest Ever Video, andRio by Duran Duranwas crowned theultimate music videoof theMTV generation.
This year, we wanted to find theGreatest Ever Albumfrom a selection of300 international albumsthat have won scores of adoring fans since the channel launched in1981.
MTV Base, MTV TwoandVH1selected100 albums each; then motormouthsTrevor Nelson(MTV Base),Zane Lowe(MTV Two) andEdith Bowman(VH1) discussed the merits of each album in a bid to select the10 best rock, urban and popofferings from across the globe.
These were then whittled down to afinal shortlist,which you voted on.
And the results are, from No.1...
2. Craig David – Born to Do It
3. Guns 'N' Roses – Appetite for Destruction
4. Radiohead – OK Computer
5. Nirvana – Nevermind
6. Oasis – (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
7. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
8. U2 – The Joshua Tree
9. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People say I Am, That's What I'm Not
10. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
11. The Strokes – Is This It
12. Kanye West – The College Drop Out
13. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
14. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
15. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
16. Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
17. Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain
18. REM – Automatic for the People
19. Usher – 8701
20. Pixies – Doolittle
21. The Notorious B.I.G – Ready to Die
22. Lauryn Hill – The Mis-education of Lauryn Hill
23. Human League – Dare
24. Jay-Z – Blueprint
25. Dizzee Rascal – Boy in da Corner
26. Mary J Blige – What's the 411?
Tune into MTV on Sunday 12 April 2009 to watch the full countdown ofMTV’s Greatest Album Ever!
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