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5 Seconds of Summer (album)
Self-titled 2014 debut album by Australian pop-rock band 5 Seconds of Summer (ファイヴ・セカンズ・オブ・サマー) on Capitol; US Billboard 200 No. 1 with 259,000 first-week copies, UK No. 2, produced with John Feldmann.
All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend
All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend is AURORA's debut studio album, released March 11, 2016, with 13 tracks including Runaway and Murder Song; the debut-era archive The Moth Tapes follows in 2026.
Animal (Kesha album)
Animal is Kesha's debut studio album, released January 5, 2010 on RCA. Also known as Ke$ha's debut, it topped the Billboard 200 with 152,000 first-week copies behind the nine-week Hot 100 No. 1 "TiK ToK".
Badlands (Halsey album)
Badlands is Halsey's debut studio album, released August 28, 2015: a dystopian concept album of electropop and dark pop, triple platinum, with every track RIAA certified, peaking at UK number 9.
Blue Neighbourhood
Blue Neighbourhood is Troye Sivan's debut album, released December 4, 2015 on Capitol; synth-pop about first love and coming out, with singles WILD and YOUTH, platinum in the US and Australia, reissued as Ten Years On in 2026.
Camila (album)
Camila is the 2018 debut solo album by Camila Cabello, released by Epic/Syco after her Fifth Harmony exit. Originally titled The Hurting. The Healing. The Loving, it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, driven by the hit "Havana."
Cry Baby (Melanie Martinez album)
Cry Baby is Melanie Martinez's 2015 Atlantic debut concept album about her alter ego Cry Baby, using childhood imagery for adult themes; 13 tracks, number six on the Billboard 200, 2x-Platinum, with a music video for every song.
Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent is Lewis Capaldi's 2019 debut album (Vertigo/Capitol), titled from a lyric in the unreleased song Figure It Out. It topped the UK chart for ten weeks, was Britain's best-selling album of 2019 and 2020, and spawned Someone You Loved.
Doo-Wops & Hooligans
Doo-Wops & Hooligans is Bruno Mars's debut studio album, released October 2010 on Elektra and produced by The Smeezingtons. Ten tracks including "Just the Way You Are" and "Grenade"; peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 in the UK.
Dua Lipa (album)
Dua Lipa (album): self-titled 2017 debut album by English-Albanian pop singer Dua Lipa, released June 2, 2017 on Warner Bros. Dance-pop record with New Rules, IDGAF, Be the One; UK peak No. 3, Metascore 72.
Handwritten (Shawn Mendes album)
Handwritten is the 2015 debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes, which debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 and includes the single "Stitches".
Harry Styles (album)
Harry Styles is the 2017 debut solo album by English singer Harry Styles, featuring the lead single "Sign of the Times" and reaching number 1 in over 55 countries.
In the Lonely Hour
In the Lonely Hour is Sam Smith's 2014 debut album on Capitol, a ballad-driven neo-soul record about unrequited love, with Stay With Me; later 6x Platinum, Grammy-winning, and reissued in 2024.
Know-It-All (album)
Know-It-All is the 2015 debut album by Canadian singer Alessia Cara, released November 13 on Def Jam; 10 tracks, 35 minutes, includes the Four Pink Walls EP, peaked at number 9 on the Billboard 200, Metascore 70, RIAA 2x platinum.
Lana Del Ray (album)
Lana Del Ray, subtitled a.k.a. Lizzy Grant, is the 2010 debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Elizabeth Grant, released digitally and withdrawn after two months.
Mind of Mine
Mind of Mine is Zayn's debut solo album (RCA, March 25, 2016), released a year after he left One Direction. Lead single PILLOWTALK and the album both hit No. 1 in the US and UK; Malay produced half, and FLoWer is sung in Urdu.
Mini World (album)
Mini World, 2014 debut and only studio album by French singer Indila, produced by Skalpovich on Capitol Music France; diamond in France and Poland, 850,000 sold, 2015 Victoires winner.
My World 2.0
My World 2.0 is Justin Bieber's 2010 debut studio album on Island Records, second half of a two-part debut after the My World EP. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 283,000 copies, led by "Baby" featuring Ludacris.
Nine Track Mind
Nine Track Mind is Charlie Puth's debut studio album (Atlantic, January 29, 2016), 12 tracks, 41 minutes, including "One Call Away," "Marvin Gaye" with Meghan Trainor, and "We Don't Talk Anymore" with Selena Gomez; it scored 37 on Metacritic and was later certified Double Platinum in Canada.
Reflection (Fifth Harmony album)
Reflection is the 2015 debut studio album by American girl group Fifth Harmony (Epic/Syco), featuring "BO$$", "Sledgehammer", and "Worth It"; RIAA Gold then Platinum, Canada Gold, 2.3 billion Spotify streams.
Stars Dance
Stars Dance is Selena Gomez's 2013 debut solo album on Hollywood Records, her fourth overall and first without The Scene. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, led by the double-platinum single "Come & Get It."
Up All Night (One Direction album)
Up All Night is the 2011 debut studio album by One Direction, led by "What Makes You Beautiful," with 13 songs on its standard edition.
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? is Billie Eilish's 2019 debut album, written and produced with Finneas O'Connell in a bedroom studio; 14 tracks, Grammy sweep, about 10 million copies sold.