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Queen (Nicki Minaj album)
Queen is Nicki Minaj's fourth studio album, released August 10, 2018 on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic. 19 tracks with Eminem, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd; debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 behind Astroworld, sparking a bundling controversy.
Queen (Queen album)
Queen (1973) is the British rock band Queen's self-titled debut album, recorded 1971-1972 at Trident and De Lane Lea Studios, released on EMI/Elektra, peaking at No. 83 US and No. 32 UK, gold in both markets; reissued remixed as Queen I in 2024.
Queen Forever
Queen Forever is a 2014 Queen compilation album of ballads and love songs, released 10 November on Virgin/Hollywood Records, featuring three unreleased Freddie Mercury tracks including the Michael Jackson duet There Must Be More to Life Than This.
Queens of the Stone Age (album)
Queens of the Stone Age (1998) is the American rock band's self-titled debut album, released on Loosegroove, co-produced by Josh Homme and Joe Barresi, featuring Regular John, Avon, and Mexicola.
R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
R U Still Down? (Remember Me) is 2Pac's first posthumous album of unreleased material, released November 25, 1997 by Afeni Shakur's Amaru Entertainment on Interscope, a 26-song double album of 1992–1994 recordings that sold 549,000 copies in its first week and went multi-platinum.
Raaz (राज़) (soundtrack)
Soundtrack album of the 2002 Hindi horror film Raaz, composed by Nadeem-Shravan with lyrics by Sameer, released 2002 on Tips Music; 8-9 tracks sung mainly by Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan, a 2002 chart success with a Filmfare nomination for Aapke Pyaar Mein.
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.
Radio K.A.O.S.
Radio K.A.O.S. is Roger Waters' second solo album, a June 1987 EMI/Columbia concept record about Billy, a Welsh boy who hears radio waves, contacts an L.A. station, and fakes a nuclear attack; it peaked at No. 50.
Raditude
Raditude is Weezer's seventh studio album, released October-November 2009 on DGC/Geffen/Interscope, named by actor Rainn Wilson, featuring Lil Wayne and Dr. Luke collaborators, and scoring 57 on Metacritic.
Rage Against the Machine (album)
Rage Against the Machine is the 1992 debut album by the American rock band of the same name, blending rap vocals, heavy metal riffs, and political lyrics.
Rain Dogs
Rain Dogs is Tom Waits' eighth studio album, released September 30, 1985 on Island Records; the second of his Frank trilogy, recorded in New York with Marc Ribot and Keith Richards, best known for Downtown Train. Also an HBO/BBC 2023 series named after it.
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.
Rainbow (Mariah Carey album)
Rainbow (1999) is Mariah Carey's seventh studio album, her last for Columbia, recorded in Capri in three months. It yielded the Hot 100 number-ones Heartbreaker and Thank God I Found You, sold about eight million copies, and peaked at US number two.
Rainier Fog
Rainier Fog is Alice in Chains' sixth studio album, released August 24, 2018 on BMG. Named for Mount Rainier, it was largely recorded at Seattle's Studio X, the band's first Seattle-recorded album in over 20 years, with a Metascore of 73.
Raised on Radio
Raised on Radio is Journey's ninth studio album (April 1986, Columbia), produced solely by Steve Perry after Valory and Smith left; it peaked at #4, went double platinum, and preceded the band's decade-long hiatus.
Raising Sand
Raising Sand is the 2007 Rounder Records collaborative album by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, produced by T Bone Burnett; it reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and won five Grammys including Album of the Year.
Ram (album)
Ram (1971), Paul and Linda McCartney's Apple Records album, the only one credited to both; second post-Beatles LP, recorded in New York and Los Angeles, UK No. 1, US No. 2, home of "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey".
Ram It Down
Ram It Down (1988) is Judas Priest's eleventh studio album, produced by Tom Allom on Columbia. Born from the split Twin Turbos project, largely drum-machine-driven, gold in the US, and the last album with drummer Dave Holland.
Ramones (album)
Ramones (album): Ramones, American punk rock band's self-titled 1976 debut on Sire Records, recorded in a week for $6,400; 14 songs, peaked at 111, later gold and Rolling Stone's #1 punk album.
Rancid (1993 album)
Rancid (1993) is the punk band Rancid's debut full-length album, released May 10, 1993 on Epitaph Records. Fifteen tracks in 34:06, recorded at Westbeach Recorders, distinct from the 1992 EP and Rancid 2000.
Random Access Memories
Random Access Memories, Daft Punk's fourth and final studio album released 17 May 2013, a live-instrument, 1970s-inspired record with Get Lucky; sold over four million copies and won the 2014 Grammy Album of the Year.
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.
Rastaman Vibration
Rastaman Vibration is a roots reggae album by Bob Marley & The Wailers, released April 30, 1976 on Island Records and reaching No. 8 on the Billboard 200.
Rat Wars
Rat Wars (stylized RAT WARS) is the 2023 studio album by Los Angeles industrial band HEALTH, released December 7 on Loma Vista Recordings; its 12-track, roughly 41-minute follow-up Conflict DLC (2025) is its sequel.
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.
Rattle That Lock
Rattle That Lock is David Gilmour's fourth solo studio album, released 18 September 2015 on Columbia Records: 10 tracks, 51 minutes, produced with Phil Manzanera, lyrics mostly by Polly Samson, title track inspired by Milton's Paradise Lost Book 2 and a French train-station chime.
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.
Ready to Die
Ready to Die is The Notorious B.I.G.'s debut studio album, released September 13, 1994 on Bad Boy Records, executive produced by Sean Combs; 6x Platinum, with hits "Juicy," "Big Poppa," and "One More Chance," and inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2024.
Real Gone (album)
Real Gone is Tom Waits' 2004 studio album on Anti, his first with no piano, built on voice percussion and turntables, written with Kathleen Brennan; known for the political songs Hoist That Rag and The Day After Tomorrow.
Reality Awaits
Reality Awaits is the seventh studio album by The Strokes, released July 24, 2026 on Cult/RCA Records, produced by Rick Rubin, recorded in Costa Rica, with nine tracks led by "Going Shopping" and noted for heavy Auto-Tune.