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1000 Forms of Fear
1000 Forms of Fear is Sia's sixth studio album, released 8 July 2014 on RCA/Monkey Puzzle, produced by Greg Kurstin. Led by "Chandelier" (number eight on the Hot 100), it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and scored 76 on Metacritic.
1989 (album)
1989 is Taylor Swift's fifth studio album (October 27, 2014, Big Machine), her first full pop record, a synth-pop homage to the 1980s produced with Max Martin; it sold 1.2 million copies in week one, won the 2016 Grammy for Album of the Year, and was re-recorded as 1989 (Taylor's Version) in 2023.
4 (Beyoncé album)
4 (2011) is Beyoncé's fourth solo studio album on Columbia Records, her first after splitting from manager father Mathew Knowles. A retro R&B set of 12 tracks including "Run the World (Girls)", "Love on Top" and "Countdown", it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 310,000 first-week US copies.
A.K.A. (album)
A.K.A. (Also Known As) is Jennifer Lopez's eighth studio album, released June 13, 2014, on Capitol Records; RedOne executive-produced this urban-pop return, which debuted with 33,000 copies at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
Anti (album)
Anti (ANTI), Rihanna's eighth studio album, released January 27, 2016 on Westbury Road/Roc Nation; minimalist pop/R&B departure, Samsung-funded free Tidal release, Work her 14th US number one, first Black artist album with ten years on the Billboard 200.
Avril Lavigne (album)
Avril Lavigne (2013, Epic) is the Canadian singer's self-titled fifth studio album, co-written largely with husband Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, featuring "Here's to Never Growing Up," "Rock N Roll," the Kroeger duet "Let Me Go," and "Bad Girl" with Marilyn Manson; Metascore 65.
Bangerz
Bangerz is Miley Cyrus's fourth studio album, released October 8, 2013 on RCA Records, executive produced by Mike Will Made It. Her first non-Disney album with an R&B and hip-hop sound, it yielded "We Can't Stop" (No. 2) and "Wrecking Ball" (her first No. 1).
Beautiful Trauma
Beautiful Trauma, seventh studio album by American singer P!nk (Alecia Moore), released October 13, 2017 via RCA Records; 13 tracks co-written by P!nk with Max Martin, Jack Antonoff and others, featuring Eminem on Revenge; debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 408,000 equivalent units.
Beyoncé (album)
Beyoncé (BEYONCÉ), also called Self-Titled, is Beyoncé's fifth studio album, surprise-released on iTunes December 13, 2013: 14 songs, 17 videos, first visual album, 830,000 downloads in three days.
Bionic (Christina Aguilera album)
Bionic, Christina Aguilera's fourth studio album (RCA, June 8, 2010), an electro-pop departure after Back to Basics; Metascore 56, US Billboard 200 number three, UK number one, later reassessed as ahead of its time.
Britney Jean
Britney Jean is Britney Spears' eighth studio album, released December 3, 2013 on RCA. Promoted as her most personal record and executive-produced by will.i.am, it scored Metascore 50 and peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200.
Confident (album)
Confident is Demi Lovato's fifth studio album, released October 16, 2015 on Hollywood, Island, and Safehouse Records. An 11-track, 39-minute electropop record with Max Martin and Ryan Tedder, it peaked at number 6 in the UK.
Courage (Celine Dion album)
Courage is the 27th studio album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released November 15, 2019. It is her first English-language work since 2013, tackling themes of grief.
DNA (Backstreet Boys album)
DNA is the ninth studio album by the Backstreet Boys, released January 25, 2019 on RCA Records; it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, their first chart-topper since Black & Blue (2000), led by "Don't Go Breaking My Heart".
Egypt Station
Egypt Station is Paul McCartney's studio album of new songs, released 7 September 2018 on Capitol Records; produced mainly by Greg Kurstin except "Fuh You" (Ryan Tedder, Zach Skelton), titled after McCartney's 1988 painting, and his first number-one album in 36 years.
Femme Fatale (Britney Spears album)
Femme Fatale is Britney Spears' seventh studio album, a 2011 Jive Records dance-pop and EDM record executive produced by Max Martin and Dr. Luke, distinct from other albums titled Femme Fatale. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 276,000 copies, was certified platinum, and scored 67 on Metacritic.
Fortune (Chris Brown album)
Fortune is Chris Brown's fifth studio album, released July 3, 2012 on RCA Records. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 134,000 copies, gave Brown his first UK Number 1, scored 38 on Metacritic, and was Grammy-nominated for Best Urban Contemporary Album.
Four (One Direction album)
Four (stylized FOUR) is One Direction's fourth studio album, released 17 November 2014 by Syco and Columbia. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 387,000 copies, sold 3.2 million worldwide in 2014, and was the band's last album with Zayn Malik.
Glory (Britney Spears album)
Glory is Britney Spears' ninth studio album, released August 26, 2016 on RCA after Britney Jean, with Karen Kwak as executive producer; it debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, peaked at No. 2 in the UK, and remains her last studio album.
Glory Days (Little Mix album)
Glory Days is the fourth studio album by British girl group Little Mix, released November 18, 2016 on Syco/Columbia. Their first UK number 1 album, it sold 96,200 first-week copies, spent 89 weeks in the UK Top 40, and spawned five platinum UK singles including Shout Out to My Ex and Touch.
Golden (Kylie Minogue album)
Golden (2018) is Kylie Minogue's 14th studio album, her first on BMG, recorded mainly in Nashville with a country-pop sound; it topped the UK and Australian album charts and every track is co-written by Minogue.
Goodbye Lullaby
Goodbye Lullaby (再见摇篮曲) is Avril Lavigne's fourth studio album, released March 2011 on RCA/Sony: a stripped-down, piano-driven pop record co-written with Max Martin, Butch Walker, and Deryck Whibley, led by the Hot 100 No. 11 single "What The Hell."
Happiness Begins
Happiness Begins is the Jonas Brothers' fifth studio album, released June 7, 2019 on Republic Records after their 2013 split. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and spawned the Hot 100 chart-topper "Sucker."
Head Above Water (album)
Head Above Water is Avril Lavigne's sixth studio album, released February 15, 2019 on BMG. Written largely during her Lyme disease battle, it includes the singles Head Above Water, Tell Me It's Over, I Fell in Love with the Devil, and Dumb Blonde featuring Nicki Minaj.
Honeymoon (Lana Del Rey album)
Honeymoon, Lana Del Rey's third studio album (Interscope, September 18, 2015), a 14-track, 60-plus-minute jazz-tinged, orchestral record produced with Kieron Menzies and Rick Nowels, Metascore 78, US No. 2 debut.
Hurts 2B Human
Hurts 2B Human, P!nk's eighth studio album (April 26, 2019, RCA), 13 tracks featuring Khalid, Cash Cash, Wrabel, and Chris Stapleton; grew from 2018 Beautiful Trauma tour sessions.
Joanne (album)
Joanne is Lady Gaga's fifth studio album, released October 21, 2016 on Streamline/Interscope. Named for her late aunt, it pivots from Artpop's dance-pop to country, folk, and soft rock with Mark Ronson and BloodPop, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200.
Lemonade (album)
Lemonade, Beyoncé's sixth studio album, surprise-released April 23, 2016 on Tidal with an HBO visual film; twelve tracks in chapters from Intuition to Redemption, about infidelity and Black womanhood.
Liberation (Christina Aguilera album)
Liberation, Christina Aguilera's eighth studio album (also marketed as her sixth), released June 15, 2018 on RCA: first album since 2012's Lotus, 15 tracks, Kanye West and Anderson .Paak collaborations, Metacritic 71, user score 8.5.
LM5 (album)
LM5 is the fifth studio album by British girl group Little Mix, released 16 November 2018 on Syco/Columbia. Known for feminist themes, the Nicki Minaj single Woman Like Me, a UK Number 3 peak, and the group's split from Syco days before release.