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Unapologetic
Unapologetic is Rihanna's seventh studio album (Def Jam, November 19, 2012). It became her first Billboard 200 number one with 238,000 first-week copies, led by the single "Diamonds", and won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the Grammys.
Unatoned
Unatøned is Machine Head's eleventh studio album, released April 25, 2025 on Nuclear Blast/Imperium Recordings. Known for its 41-minute length, Flynn's three songwriting rules, the piano ballad 'Scorn', and a divided critical reception (Metacritic 72).
Unbreakable (Janet Jackson album)
Unbreakable is Janet Jackson's eleventh studio album, released October 2, 2015 on Rhythm Nation/BMG, reuniting her with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis; it debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 with 109,000 first-week US sales.
Unbreakable (Scorpions album)
Unbreakable is the fifteenth studio album by German hard rock band Scorpions, released May 4, 2004 on BMG; a back-to-basics rock record produced by Erwin Musper and the first with bassist Paweł Mąciwoda.
Uncle Meat
Uncle Meat is the April 21, 1969 double album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, recorded October 1967–February 1968 as the soundtrack to an unfinished film finally released in 1987, featuring the King Kong variations and studio overdub experiments.
Under a Blood Red Sky
Under a Blood Red Sky is U2's 1983 live mini-album, its first live release, drawn from three War Tour shows including Red Rocks and Rockpalast; UK No. 2, RIAA multi-platinum, remastered 2008 and 2023.
Under My Skin (Avril Lavigne album)
Under My Skin is Avril Lavigne's second studio album, released May 25, 2004 on Arista. Darker and more rock-oriented than Let Go, it was made with Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida after dropping The Matrix, debuted at No. 1 in six countries, and scored 65 on Metacritic.
Under Pressure (album)
Under Pressure is Logic's 2014 debut studio album on Def Jam/Visionary Music Group, executive-produced by No I.D. and largely produced by 6ix. Featureless standard edition, No. 4 Billboard 200 debut, RIAA platinum, Metascore 72; followed by sequel No Pressure.
Under the Mistletoe
Under the Mistletoe is Justin Bieber's 2011 Island Christmas album, mixing originals like "Mistletoe" with covers and a Mariah Carey duet. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the first Christmas album by a male artist to do so in the US, and is 2x Platinum.
Under Wraps (Jethro Tull album)
Under Wraps (1984) is Jethro Tull's fifteenth studio album on Chrysalis, built on synthesizers and drum machines, reaching UK #76; reissued in 2026 as Under Wraps: The Unwrapped Edition remixed by Bruce Soord.
Underclass Hero
Underclass Hero is Sum 41's fifth studio album (July 2007, Island Records), produced by Deryck Whibley and recorded as a trio after Dave Baksh's departure; a pop-punk return with Bush-bashing and family-themed lyrics, Metascore 50, Billboard 200 peak 7.
Undertow (Tool album)
Undertow, Tool's 1993 debut studio album on Zoo Entertainment, an alternative metal record produced by Sylvia Massy with singles "Sober" and "Prison Sex"; it peaked at No. 50 on the Billboard 200, reached No. 19 on a 2019 re-entry, and is certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA.
Undisputed Attitude
Undisputed Attitude, Slayer's seventh studio album (May 28, 1996, American Recordings), is a 14-track, 33-minute set of punk and hardcore covers plus one original, "Gemini".
Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins
Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins is the 1968 debut experimental album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono on Apple Records, recorded 19-20 May 1968 at Kenwood; famous for its nude cover, brown-bag packaging, and EMI's refusal to distribute it.
Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions
Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions, aka Life With the Lions, is John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1969 Zapple Records experimental album: live Cambridge feedback improvisation plus hospital tapes including Baby's Heartbeat and Radio Play.
Unhappy Refrain (アンハッピーリフレイン)
Unhappy Refrain (アンハッピーリフレイン) is a 2011 Vocaloid song by wowaka featuring Hatsune Miku, posted to Niconico on May 2, 2011, and the title track of his first album on BALLOOM, which peaked at No. 6 on Oricon.
Unheard (EP)
Unheard is a 2024 four-track EP by Irish singer-songwriter Hozier (Andrew Hozier-Byrne), released March 22 via Rubyworks. Its songs are Unreal Unearth offcuts tied to Dante's Inferno circles, and lead track Too Sweet became his first Billboard Hot 100 number one.
Union (Yes album)
Union (Yes album), 1991 Arista release, thirteenth Yes studio album merging the Big Generator lineup with Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe as an octet; produced by Elias, Howe, Rabin, Offord; 84-date revolving-stage tour.
United Abominations
United Abominations (2007) is Megadeth's eleventh studio album and first for Roadrunner Records, with Mustaine, the Drover brothers, and James LoMenzo; includes the Cristina Scabbia duet re-recording of À Tout le Monde.
Unknown Pleasures
Unknown Pleasures is the 1979 debut album by English post-punk band Joy Division, released on Factory Records (FACT 10), produced by Martin Hannett at Strawberry Studios, with Peter Saville's pulsar cover, peaking at UK number 5 in 2019.
Unlimited Love
Unlimited Love, Red Hot Chili Peppers' twelfth studio album (April 1, 2022, Warner Records), produced by Rick Rubin, 17 tracks, first with John Frusciante since 2006's Stadium Arcadium; debuted No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and UK charts.
Unmusique
Unmusique is the debut mixtape by American musician Lucy Bedroque, released through deadAir Records on May 16, 2025, a 17-track blend of rage and digicore praised by critics.
Unorthodox Jukebox
Unorthodox Jukebox is Bruno Mars's second studio album, released December 2012 on Atlantic Records; a genre-spanning 10-song set produced with The Smeezingtons, Mark Ronson, and Jeff Bhasker that topped the Billboard 200 and won the 2014 Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album.
Unplugged (Alice in Chains album)
Unplugged (MTV Unplugged) is Alice in Chains' live acoustic album, recorded April 10, 1996 at Brooklyn's Majestic Theatre and released July 30, 1996. It captures Layne Staley's final era-defining performance with the band's original lineup.
Unplugged (Eric Clapton album)
Unplugged is a live album by Eric Clapton, recorded acoustically in January 1992 for MTV Unplugged; it won six Grammys and sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions is a 2014 Rhino live compilation by R.E.M. collecting both MTV Unplugged appearances, 33 tracks including 11 unaired, first issued on Record Store Day vinyl.
Unquestionable Presence
Unquestionable Presence, Atheist's 1991 second album on Active Records, is a landmark technical death metal record recorded at Morrisound with Scott Burns, dedicated to late bassist Roger Patterson, blending death metal with jazz fusion and shifting time signatures.
Unreleased Prince projects
Unreleased Prince projects: the shelved albums, songs and films (Dream Factory, Camille, Crystal Ball) left in Prince's Paisley Park vault, and posthumous releases from it, including Piano & a Microphone 1983, Originals, Welcome 2 America, and the 2026 collection Timeless.
Unshatter Film Soundtrack (Live in São Paulo)
Unshatter Film Soundtrack (Live in São Paulo) is Linkin Park's 2026 Warner Records live album, recorded November 2024 at Allianz Parque, São Paulo, companion to the Joe Hahn documentary Unshatter; 20 tracks, 65:27, released September 25, 2026.
Until the Sun Explodes
Until the Sun Explodes is Sublime's fourth studio album, released June 12, 2026 on Atlantic Records, the band's first since 1996, fronted by Jakob Nowell with Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh, produced by Jon Joseph.