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Born This Way (album)

Born This Way is Lady Gaga's second studio album (Interscope, May 23, 2011), an electronic rock and techno-pop record whose title track was the 1000th Billboard Hot 100 number one and an LGBTQ+ anthem.

Born to Die

Born to Die is Lana Del Rey's major-label debut album, released 27 January 2012 on Interscope/Polydor. Produced mainly by Emile Haynie, led by "Video Games", it hit UK Number 1, scored 62 on Metacritic, and became a defining influence on 2010s pop.

Born to Die: The Paradise Edition

Born to Die: The Paradise Edition is a 2012 reissue of Lana Del Rey's album Born to Die, adding the eight tracks of the Paradise EP.

Born to Kill (album)

Born to Kill is Social Distortion's eighth studio album, released May 8, 2026 on Epitaph. Produced by Dave Sardy and Mike Ness, it is the band's first album in 15 years, delayed by Ness's 2023 tonsil cancer treatment, with guests Lucinda Williams and Benmont Tench. Not to be confused with The Damned's 1997 compilation of the same name.

Born to Run

Born to Run names Bruce Springsteen's career-saving 1975 album and title track, his 2016 autobiography, and Christopher McDougall's 2009 Tarahumara running bestseller; distinct works sharing one title.

Bossanova (Pixies album)

Bossanova (Pixies album): third studio album by Pixies, released August 13, 1990 on 4AD; surf rock and space rock sound with alien and UFO themes; mixed reviews, later reissued with unreleased tracks.

Boston (album)

Boston (1976) is the debut album by American rock band Boston on Epic Records, recorded mainly by Tom Scholz in his Watertown basement; fastest-selling American debut, 17 times Platinum, with "More Than a Feeling".

Bottomless Pit (album)

Bottomless Pit is Death Grips' fifth studio album, released May 6, 2016 on Third Worlds/Harvest; 13 tracks in 39 minutes, following Interview 2016, with Nick Reinhart guitars, free stems, and a Metacritic score of 80.

Bouquet (Gwen Stefani album)

Bouquet is Gwen Stefani's fifth studio album, released November 15, 2024 on Interscope. A 10-track, 33-minute soft rock and country-tinged record about her marriage to Blake Shelton, produced by Scott Hendricks, with the duet Purple Irises and mixed reviews.

Box for Buddy, Box for Star

Box for Buddy, Box for Star is the 2024 debut album by Nate Amos as This Is Lorelei, his 67th release, on Double Double Whammy; a recovery-themed indie rock and country record later issued in Deluxe and Super Deluxe editions.

Boy (album)

Boy is U2's debut studio album, released 20 October 1980 on Island Records, produced by Steve Lillywhite at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin; an 11-track post-punk record with "I Will Follow" that peaked at 52 in the UK and 63 in the US.

Boys Don't Cry (The Cure album)

Boys Don't Cry is The Cure's February 1980 Fiction Records compilation, a reworked US/Canada version of the 1979 debut Three Imaginary Boys with the singles Killing an Arab, Boys Don't Cry, and Jumping Someone Else's Train added; UK chart peak 71.

Brain Salad Surgery

Brain Salad Surgery is the fourth studio album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1973 on their Manticore label, featuring Karn Evil 9, Jerusalem, Toccata, and H.R. Giger's iconic cover art and ELP logo.

Brainwashed (George Harrison album)

Brainwashed is George Harrison's twelfth and final studio album, released posthumously on 18 November 2002, completed by Dhani Harrison, Jeff Lynne, and Jim Keltner from Harrison's instructions, fifteen years after Cloud Nine.

Brand New Eyes

Brand New Eyes (stylized brand new eyes) is Paramore's third studio album, released September 29, 2009 on Fueled by Ramen; produced by Rob Cavallo, it hit #2 on the Billboard 200, topped UK charts, and preceded the Farro brothers' 2010 exit.

Brandy (album)

Brandy (album) is the self-titled 1994 Atlantic debut by Brandy Norwood, released at age 15; produced mainly by Keith Crouch, it went quadruple platinum and spawned "I Wanna Be Down", "Baby", and "Brokenhearted".

Brat (album)

Brat (brat) is the sixth studio album by British pop artist Charli XCX, released June 7, 2024 on Atlantic Records; its lime-green cover sparked "brat summer", Collins' 2024 word of the year, and three Grammy wins.

Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat

Brat and it's completely different but also still brat is Charli XCX's October 11, 2024 Atlantic remix album of Brat, with new vocals on every track and guests including Lorde, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, and Robyn; it pushed Brat to UK Number 1.

Brat Summer

Brat summer: 2024 cultural phenomenon from Charli XCX's album brat (June 7, 2024), its lime-green Pantone 3570-C cover, viral TikTok spread, Kamala Harris 'kamala IS brat' moment, and remix album.

Brave New World (Iron Maiden album)

Brave New World is Iron Maiden's twelfth studio album, released 29 May 2000 on EMI. First album with Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith back and three guitars; recorded live at Guillaume Tell Studios, Paris, produced by Kevin Shirley; UK number 7.

Breach (Twenty One Pilots album)

Breach (2025) is the eighth studio album by Twenty One Pilots, released on Fueled by Ramen; its 13 tracks close the Dema lore begun on Blurryface, with singles The Contract, Drum Show, and City Walls.

Breakfast in America

Breakfast in America is Supertramp's sixth studio album, released March 1979 on A&M. Recorded over eight months in Los Angeles, it topped the US chart for six weeks, sold over 18 million copies, and spawned The Logical Song, Goodbye Stranger, and Take the Long Way Home.

Breakout (Miley Cyrus album)

Breakout is the second studio album by Miley Cyrus, released by Hollywood Records on July 22, 2008, and her first album credited to Miley Cyrus alone, outside the Hannah Montana franchise.

Brian Wilson Presents Smile

Brian Wilson Presents Smile is a 2004 studio album by Brian Wilson that completes SMiLE, the legendary Beach Boys project abandoned in 1967, released by Nonesuch Records.

Bridge over Troubled Water

Bridge over Troubled Water: Simon & Garfunkel's fifth and final studio album (Columbia, January 26, 1970). 10 weeks at US number 1, 33 UK weeks, 25 million sold, six Grammys; produced with Roy Halee and LA session players.

Bright as Blasphemy

Bright as Blasphemy is Chevelle's tenth studio album, released August 15, 2025 on Alchemy Recordings/BMG. Self-produced by Pete and Sam Loeffler after leaving Epic Records, its nine 39-minute tracks critique government, religion, and technology.

Bright Future (Adrianne Lenker album)

Bright Future (2024) is Adrianne Lenker's fifth solo album, on 4AD, recorded fully analogue on tape at Double Infinity with Philip Weinrobe, Mat Davidson, Josefin Runsteen, and Nick Hakim; Metascore 87.

Brilliant Trees

Brilliant Trees, the 1984 debut solo album by David Sylvian (former Japan frontman), released on Virgin Records, produced with Steve Nye, featuring Sakamoto, Czukay, Hassell and Wheeler; peaked at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart.

Bring On the Psychics

Bring On the Psychics is the fifth studio album by New York post-hardcore band Quicksand, released July 17, 2026 on Equal Vision Records. Produced by Jon Markson in 10 days, it bridges the band's 1990s sound and reunion-era output.

British Steel (album)

British Steel is Judas Priest's sixth studio album, released April 1980 on CBS/Columbia. Recorded in about four weeks at Ringo Starr's Tittenhurst Park with producer Tom Allom, it peaked at UK number 4 and broke the band into the US Top 40.