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Please Please Me
Please Please Me is the Beatles' debut album, released by Parlophone on 22 March 1963. Ten of its fourteen tracks were recorded in one day at Abbey Road; it topped the UK chart for 30 weeks.
Popstar (Tinashe album)
Popstar is Tinashe's eighth studio album, released September 25, 2026 on Nice Life/Atlantic; 16 tracks in 39 minutes, no features, promoted by "Too Easy," "Crash Out," and "Melatonin," and awarded Pitchfork's 9.0 Best New Music.
Positions (album)
Positions is Ariana Grande's sixth studio album, released October 30, 2020 on Republic Records; a lockdown-recorded, R&B-focused 14-track set with Doja Cat, The Weeknd, and Ty Dolla $ign that debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
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.
Pretty. Odd.
Pretty. Odd. (2008) is Panic! At The Disco's second album, a Beatles- and Beach Boys-inspired psychedelic pop record produced by Rob Mathes, released without the band's exclamation point, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and later certified platinum.
Princess of Power (album)
Princess of Power is MARINA's sixth studio album, released June 6, 2025 on her own Queenie Records via BMG; her first fully independent release, a 13-track disco-pop album that peaked at number 7 on the UK albums chart.
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.
Radical Optimism
Radical Optimism is Dua Lipa's third studio album, released 3 May 2024 on Warner Records; a psychedelic electro-pop record with Kevin Parker and Danny L Harle that debuted at UK Number 1. Distinct from the philosophical term and Bruteau's 1993 book of the same name.
Rainbow (Kesha album)
Rainbow (Kesha album, 雨後彩虹 in Taiwan release) is Kesha's 2017 third studio album on Kemosabe/RCA, first since Warrior, with Praying, Dolly Parton, Eagles of Death Metal; Billboard 200 No. 1, Metascore 81, two 2018 Grammy nominations.
Rare (Selena Gomez album)
Rare (2020) is the third solo studio album by Selena Gomez, released January 10, 2020 on Interscope, 13 songs in 41 minutes. Follows 2015's Revival; lead single "Lose You to Love Me" was her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1.
Rated R (Rihanna album)
Rated R (2009) is Rihanna's fourth studio album on Def Jam, a dark pop/R&B record made after the Chris Brown assault; Rude Boy hit No. 1 on the Hot 100, Metacritic 75, 998,000 US copies sold by late 2010.
Ray of Light
Ray of Light is Madonna's seventh studio album, released in 1998 by Warner Bros. and produced principally with William Orbit, marking her move into electronic dance music.
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.
Reckless (Bryan Adams album)
Reckless (1984) is Bryan Adams' fourth studio album, produced with Bob Clearmountain and written with Jim Vallance; it hit #1 on Billboard in 1985, sold about 12 million copies, and launched "Summer of '69" and "Heaven".
Recovery (Aaron Carter album)
Recovery is a 2024 posthumous album by American singer Aaron Carter, collecting previously unheard music assembled by his family after his death in November 2022.
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 (Taylor's Version)
Red (Taylor's Version) is Taylor Swift's 2021 Republic Records re-recording of her 2012 album Red, second in the Taylor's Version project: 30 tracks, nine vault songs, and the 10-minute All Too Well.
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.
Red Rose Speedway
Red Rose Speedway is the 1973 second album by Paul McCartney and Wings on Apple, featuring the US number-one single "My Love", originally planned as a double album and reconstructed in the 2018 Archive Collection reissue.
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.
Renaissance (Beyoncé album)
Renaissance (stylized RENAISSANCE) is Beyoncé's seventh studio album, released July 29, 2022 on Parkwood/Columbia; Act I of a trilogy, a 16-track house, disco, and ballroom celebration of Black queer club culture that won the 2023 Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album.
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.
Revival (Selena Gomez album)
Revival is Selena Gomez's second solo studio album, released October 9, 2015 on Interscope after leaving Hollywood Records; it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 117,000 units and spawned "Good for You" and "Hands to Myself".
Ring Ring (album)
Ring Ring, ABBA's 1973 debut album, released in Sweden March 26, 1973 as Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida; recorded 1972–73; title track third in the 1973 Swedish Eurovision selection.
Ringo (album)
Ringo (album): Ringo Starr's third studio album, Apple Records, 1973, produced by Richard Perry. Only post-breakup album featuring all four ex-Beatles; No. 2 Billboard 200, US No. 1 singles "Photograph" and "You're Sixteen", RIAA platinum.
River of Dreams
River of Dreams (1993) is Billy Joel's twelfth and final pop studio album, released on Columbia, produced mainly by Danny Kortchmar with cover art by Christie Brinkley. It topped the Billboard 200 for three weeks, earned four Grammy nominations, and closes with the farewell song "Famous Last Words."
Romance (Camila Cabello album)
Romance is Camila Cabello's second studio album, released December 6, 2019 on Epic/Syco. Built around her Shawn Mendes relationship, it features "Señorita", debuted at No. 1 in Canada and No. 3 in the US, and scored 71 on Metacritic.
Room for Squares
Room for Squares is John Mayer's debut studio album, released June 5, 2001 on Aware Records and re-released by Columbia on September 18, 2001; 13 tracks, 54 minutes, produced by John Alagía.
Room Under the Stairs
Room Under the Stairs is the fourth studio album by Zayn, released May 17, 2024, on Mercury Records. Co-produced with Dave Cobb and recorded in a shoe cupboard at his rural Pennsylvania home, it shifts from R&B toward stripped-back, country-inspired material.