with “Cowboy Carter” scoring the top prize where four previously nominated albums in the category had not. “I just feel very full and very honored. It’s been many, many years,” said ...

Album of the year, also called the "big award," is given to full-length releases that exceed artistic achievement and quality in the industry, regardless of chart position or sales numbers.

Every nominee at the Grammy Awards hopes to clinch the top prize of the night: album of the year. The coveted prize has previously gone to Hollywood icons like Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand ...

Beyoncé finally got her Grammy for album of the year ... “I just feel very full and very honored. It’s been many, many years, and I just want to thank the Grammys, every songwriter, every ...

Sometimes, you’ll get a single, or even a tracklist, while the full album release date remains obscured. For our 2025 music preview at The A.V. Club, we decided to focus most heavily on albums ...

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR WORLD MUSIC ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR JAZZ ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

Those vinyl discs lining your shelf – are they a record collection or an album collection? Does Taylor Swift have 11 hit records or albums? Did Adele’s “Hello” win record of the year or ...

peak positions on this chart also relate to midweek chart positions. Official Albums Chart Update data available on officialcharts.com goes back to October 2014.

Will BTS roll out a record just months after all seven members are scheduled to complete enlistment? Across genres and styles, we’ll be keeping tabs on must-hear albums as the year continues on. The ...

Those bands are among the acts featured on our list of the Most Anticipated Heavy Albums of 2025, a year that promises major full-length releases from across the spectrum of metal, hard rock, punk, ...