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Illuminate (Shawn Mendes album)
Illuminate is Shawn Mendes' second studio album, released September 23, 2016 on Island Records; it debuted at No. 1, produced Treat You Better, Mercy, and There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back, and was certified 3x-Platinum.
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.
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.
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Lizzy Grant, is the 2010 debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Elizabeth Grant, released digitally and withdrawn after two months.
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.
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.
Melodrama (Lorde album)
Melodrama, Lorde's second studio album (2017, Republic Records), an 11-track breakup-and-house-party record produced mainly with Jack Antonoff; Metacritic 91, Grammy Album of the Year nominee, Billboard 200 and ARIA number 1.
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.
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.
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.