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alternative
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Alternative music emerged in the 1980s as a diverse umbrella term for rock-based sounds existing outside mainstream commercial radio. The genre embraces experimental approaches, introspective lyrics, and unconventional song structures while drawing from punk, indie, and electronic influences. Alternative represents a cultural ethos of artistic independence rather than one specific sound.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 |  |
1984-02-20 | The Smiths | The Smiths |
| 75 |  |
1984-11-12 | The Smiths | Hatful of Hollow |
| 90 |  |
1986-06-16 | The Smiths | The Queen Is Dead |
| 47 | 1987-03-16 | The Smiths | Louder Than Bombs | |
| 48 | 1987-09-21 | The Smiths | Strangeways, Here We Come | |
| 86 |  |
1990 | The Smiths | Hatful of Hallow |
| 16 |  |
1993-03-01 | The Cranberries | Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? |
| 19 | 1993-07-12 | Björk | Debut | |
| 9 | 1993-09-27 | Mazzy Star | So Tonight That I Might See | |
| 29 |  |
1994-09 | The Cranberries | No Need to Argue |
| 23 |  |
1995-03-13 | Radiohead | Bends |
| 26 | 1996-07-23 | Fiona Apple | Tidal | |
| 17 |  |
1997-01-29 | Blur | Blur |
| 92 |  |
1997-05-21 | Radiohead | OK Computer |
| 6 |  |
1998 | Eden | I Think You Think Too Much of Me |
| 58 |  |
1999-11-09 | Fiona Apple | When The Pawn… |
| 85 |  |
2000-10-02 | Radiohead | Kid A |
| 89 |  |
2001-03-24 | Gorillaz | Gorillaz |
| 70 |  |
2001-05-30 | Radiohead | Amnesiac |
| 50 |  |
2002-07-15 | The Flaming Lips | Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots |
| 62 |  |
2002-08-12 | Coldplay | A Rush of Blood to the Head |
| 21 |  |
2003-08-04 | Snow Patrol | Final Straw |
| 82 |  |
2004-06-08 | My Chemical Romance | Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge |
| 3 |  |
2004-09-27 | The Used | In Love and Death |
| 43 |  |
2005-03-22 | Lifehouse | Lifehouse |
| 97 |  |
2005-05-11 | Gorillaz | Demon Days |
| 18 |  |
2005-05-30 | Arctic Monkeys | Who The F*** Are Arctic Monkeys? |
| 80 |  |
2005-06-01 | Coldplay | X&Y |
| 81 |  |
2005-07-22 | The Fray | How to Save a Life |
| 51 |  |
2005-09-27 | Panic! at the Disco | A Fever You Can't Sweat Out |
| 83 |  |
2006-04-26 | Snow Patrol | Eyes Open |
| 49 |  |
2006-10-20 | My Chemical Romance | The Black Parade |
| 44 |  |
2007-03-20 | Modest Mouse | We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank |
| 30 | 2007-09-18 | Metro Station | Metro Station | |
| 98 |  |
2007-10-10 | Radiohead | In Rainbows |
| 14 |  |
2008-03-21 | Panic! at the Disco | Pretty. Odd. |
| 72 |  |
2008-05-26 | Coldplay | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends |
| 42 |  |
2008-12-10 | Fall Out Boy | Folie à deux |
| 54 |  |
2009 | My Chemical Romance | The Foundations of Decay |
| 8 | 2009-01-12 | Bat for Lashes | Two Suns | |
| 45 |  |
2009-03-08 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | It's Blitz! |
| 78 |  |
2010 | Taylor Swift | FOlKlORE |
| 79 | 2010-03-03 | Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | |
| 25 |  |
2010-03-16 | Neon Trees | Habits |
| 20 | 2010-09-14 | Foster the People | Pumped Up Kicks | |
| 74 | 2011-06-07 | Paramore | Monster | |
| 46 |  |
2011-10-07 | Lana Del Rey | Video Games |
| 32 |  |
2011-10-19 | Coldplay | Mylo Xyloto |
| 4 |  |
2012 | Lana Del Rey | Born to Die (Deluxe Version) |
| 39 |  |
2012 | Twenty One Pilots | overcompensATE |
| 66 |  |
2012 | Lana Del Rey | Doin' Time |
| 67 |  |
2012 | Lana Del Rey | Blue Banisters |
| 55 | 2012-01-01 | M.I.A. | Bad Girls | |
| 76 | 2012-01-24 | Lana Del Rey | Born to Die | |
| 36 | 2012-05-28 | alt-J | An Awesome Wave | |
| 41 |  |
2012-09-04 | Imagine Dragons | Night Visions |
| 65 |  |
2012-10-30 | My Chemical Romance | Number One |
| 15 | 2012-12-26 | Twenty One Pilots | Vessel | |
| 56 |  |
2013-04-20 | Whirr | Whirr & Nothing (Split Version) |
| 33 |  |
2013-10-04 | Panic! at the Disco | Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! |
| 94 |  |
2013-11-12 | Lana Del Rey | Summertime Sadness [Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais] (Cedric Gervais Remix) |
| 13 |  |
2013-12-09 | Arctic Monkeys | One for the Road |
| 12 | 2013-12-13 | Milky Chance | Stolen Dance | |
| 40 |  |
2013-12-13 | Lorde | Pure Heroine (Extended) |
| 69 | 2014-03-17 | Sia | Chandelier | |
| 95 |  |
2014-06-17 | Lana Del Rey | Ultraviolence (Deluxe) |
| 37 |  |
2015-07 | Lana Del Rey | Love |
| 5 |  |
2015-08-14 | Melanie Martinez | Cry Baby (Deluxe Edition) |
| 11 |  |
2015-08-28 | Halsey | BADLANDS (Deluxe) |
| 88 |  |
2015-10-30 | The Neighbourhood | Wiped Out! |
| 1 |  |
2015-12-11 | Willow | ARDIPITHECUS |
| 63 |  |
2016-01-15 | Panic! at the Disco | Death of a Bachelor |
| 68 |  |
2016-02-26 | Ed Sheeran | The Joker And The Queen (feat. Taylor Swift) |
| 35 |  |
2016-09-30 | Coldplay | Adventure Of A Lifetime |
| 59 | 2017-02-13 | Matt Champion | Fangs | |
| 61 |  |
2017-04-15 | Clairo | Get With U |
| 84 |  |
2017-06-14 | The Marías | I Don't Know You |
| 53 |  |
2017-06-16 | Lorde | Melodrama |
| 64 |  |
2017-06-23 | Imagine Dragons | eVolvE |
| 2 |  |
2017-07-21 | Lana Del Rey | Lust for Life |
| 100 |  |
2018-04-19 | Billie Eilish | lovely (with Khalid) |
| 87 |  |
2018-05-10 | John Mayer | New Light |
| 27 | 2018-06-22 | Panic! at the Disco | Pray for the Wicked | |
| 57 | |
2018-08-10 | Clairo | diary 001 |
| 77 |  |
2018-09-07 | Clairo | Heaven |
| 73 |  |
2018-09-14 | LIL PEEP | I've Been Waiting (w/ ILoveMakonnen & Fall Out Boy) |
| 38 |  |
2018-10-05 | Twenty One Pilots | trench |
| 22 |  |
2018-11-16 | Alec Benjamin | Narrated For You |
| 71 |  |
2018-11-16 | Conan Gray | Sunset Season |
| 31 |  |
2018-12-14 | Kero Kero Bonito | Flamingo |
| 28 |  |
2019 | BROCKHAMPTON | 1998 TRUMAN |
| 52 |  |
2019 | Clairo | Bags |
| 91 |  |
2019-03-29 | Dominic Fike | Don't Forget About Me, Demos |
| 7 |  |
2020 | Glass Animals | Dreamland |
| 24 |  |
2020-06-26 | Melanie Martinez | Fire Drill |
| 96 |  |
2020-06-26 | Dominic Fike | Phone Numbers |
| 34 |  |
2020-11-27 | The Neighbourhood | Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones |
| 60 |  |
2021-06-02 | Billie Eilish | bury a friend |
| 99 |  |
2021-07-16 | Clairo | bubble gum |
| 93 |  |
2022 | Taylor Swift | Midnights |