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Lotus (Christina Aguilera album)
Lotus is the 2012 RCA studio album by Christina Aguilera, marketed as a rebirth after Bionic. 13 tracks, guests CeeLo Green and Blake Shelton, production by Max Martin, Shellback, and Alex da Kid; peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, Metacritic 56.
Loud (Rihanna album)
Loud is Rihanna's fifth studio album, released November 2010 on Def Jam. A dance-pop and R&B return to fun after Rated R, it spawned seven singles including the Hot 100 chart-toppers Only Girl (In the World), What's My Name?, and S&M.
Lover (album)
Lover is Taylor Swift's seventh studio album, released August 23, 2019 on Republic Records, her first post-Big Machine release. 18 tracks; debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 867,000 units; Metacritic 79; Grammy-nominated Best Pop Vocal Album.
Lust for Life (Lana Del Rey album)
Lust for Life (Lana Del Rey album): fifth studio album by Lana Del Rey, released July 21, 2017 via Interscope/Polydor; 16 tracks, mostly recorded at Rick Nowels' The Green Building; guests include The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky, Stevie Nicks, Sean Ono Lennon.
Madame X (album)
Madame X is Madonna's fourteenth studio album, released June 14, 2019 on Interscope; a Lisbon-inspired, multilingual art-pop record with Maluma, Anitta, Quavo, and Swae Lee that debuted at US #1 and scored 70 on Metacritic.
Made in the A.M.
Made in the A.M. is One Direction's fifth and final studio album, released November 13, 2015, its first without Zayn Malik and last before the 2016 hiatus; it topped the UK chart as 2015's fastest-selling album.
Man of the Woods
Man of the Woods is Justin Timberlake's fifth solo studio album (RCA, February 2, 2018), a Tennessee-inspired Americana-with-808s record named after his son Silas; it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 but scored a mixed 55 on Metacritic.
MDNA (album)
MDNA is Madonna's twelfth studio album, released March 2012 on Interscope/Live Nation, her first outside Warner Bros. Produced by William Orbit, Martin Solveig and the Benassi brothers, it scored 64 on Metacritic and supported the lucrative MDNA Tour.
Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse
Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse (2014) is Mariah Carey's studio album on Def Jam, her first new-material album since 2009. Executive produced by Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox, titled after a childhood self-portrait, with guests Miguel, Nas, and DemBabies; Metascore 67.
Meaning of Life (album)
Meaning of Life is Kelly Clarkson's eighth studio album, released October 27, 2017 on Atlantic Records, her first after leaving RCA; a soul/R&B record of 14 tracks that debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz
Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz is Miley Cyrus's fifth studio album, a 23-track experimental psych-pop record surprise-released free online on August 30, 2015 after the VMAs, co-produced with the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne outside her RCA contract.
Norman Fucking Rockwell!
Norman Fucking Rockwell! (NFR!) is Lana Del Rey's sixth studio album, released 30 August 2019 on Polydor/Interscope. Produced mainly with Jack Antonoff, its 14 tracks include a Sublime "Doin' Time" cover and won Pitchfork's 9.4 Best New Music.
Origins (Imagine Dragons album)
Origins is the fourth studio album by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons, released November 9, 2018 on Interscope/KIDinaKORNER. Sister album to Evolve; debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 91,000 units, RIAA Platinum, Metacritic 59.
Overexposed (album)
Overexposed is the fourth studio album by American pop rock band Maroon 5, released on June 26, 2012 and executive produced by Max Martin. It peaked at No. 2 in the US and UK.
Piece by Piece (Kelly Clarkson album)
Piece by Piece is Kelly Clarkson's seventh studio album, released March 3, 2015, her first since 2011. Produced largely by Greg Kurstin, with Sia and John Legend collaborations, it closed her Idol-era RCA contract.
Pray for the Wicked
Pray for the Wicked, sixth studio album by Panic! at the Disco (Brendon Urie), released June 22, 2018 on Fueled by Ramen and DCD2; 11 tracks, produced by Jake Sinclair, with singles Say Amen (Saturday Night), High Hopes, and Hey Look Ma, I Made It.
Prism (Katy Perry album)
Prism is Katy Perry's third studio album, released October 21, 2013 on Capitol Records; 13 tracks including Roar, Dark Horse, and Unconditionally, largely about her divorce from Russell Brand.
Purpose (Justin Bieber album)
Purpose is Justin Bieber's fourth studio album, released in 2015. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and earned four Grammy nominations for its content.
Rebel Heart
Rebel Heart is Madonna's 13th studio album, released March 10, 2015 on Interscope after demo leaks. Producers include Diplo, Avicii, Kanye West, and Ariel Rechtshaid; 19-track standard, Metascore 68.
Red (Taylor Swift album)
Red (2012), Taylor Swift's fourth studio album on Big Machine Records, sold 1.2 million copies in week one and bridged country and pop via Max Martin and Shellback, preceding 1989 and the 2021 re-recording Red (Taylor's Version).
Red Pill Blues
Red Pill Blues is Maroon 5's sixth studio album, released November 3, 2017 on 222/Interscope; a minimal, electronic R&B-pop record titled after The Matrix, featuring SZA, Kendrick Lamar, Future, and the Diamond-certified hit Girls Like You with Cardi B.
Reputation (album)
Reputation (stylized reputation) is Taylor Swift's sixth studio album, released November 2017 on Big Machine; 15 tracks with Max Martin, Shellback, and Jack Antonoff; darker post-2016-feud pop; no Grammy nominations; masters repurchased in 2025, no Taylor's Version.
Sweetener (album)
Sweetener is Ariana Grande's fourth studio album, released August 17, 2018 on Republic Records. Produced half by Pharrell Williams and half by Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh, it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and won her first Grammy, Best Pop Vocal Album.
Talk That Talk
Talk That Talk is Rihanna's sixth studio album, released November 18, 2011 on Def Jam; recorded in under two months on tour, led by "We Found Love" with Calvin Harris, ten weeks at US No. 1.
Tell Me You Love Me (album)
Tell Me You Love Me is Demi Lovato's sixth studio album, released September 29, 2017 on Island/Hollywood; a soul and R&B-leaning pop record featuring Sorry Not Sorry and Lil Wayne's guest verse on Lonely.
Thank U, Next
thank u, next is Ariana Grande's fifth studio album, also called Thank U, Next, released February 8, 2019 on Republic Records five months after Sweetener; 12 songs, no guest vocalists, Metascore 86, with the title track and 7 Rings as number-one singles.
The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2
The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 is Justin Timberlake's fourth studio album (RCA, September 30, 2013), the second half of his two-volume 2013 project, scoring Metascore 60 versus part one's 75.
The Search for Everything
The Search for Everything is John Mayer's seventh studio album, released April 14, 2017 on Columbia. A breakup album about Katy Perry, it was issued via two four-song EP waves, recorded over three years at Capitol Studios with Pino Palladino and Steve Jordan, scoring 61 on Metacritic.
This Is Acting
This Is Acting is Sia's seventh studio album (RCA/Monkey Puzzle, January 29, 2016), collecting songs she wrote for Adele, Rihanna, and Beyoncé that were rejected; it reached No. 16 on the Billboard 200, went RIAA Platinum, and received a 24-track 10th anniversary edition in 2026.
Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!
Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! is the fourth studio album by Panic! at the Disco, released on DCD2 and Fueled by Ramen in 2013.