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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.
Unchained (Johnny Cash album)
Unchained (American II: Unchained), Johnny Cash's 1996 album on American Recordings, produced by Rick Rubin with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers; covers Beck and Soundgarden, won the 1998 Grammy for Best Country Album.
Unchained Melody
Unchained Melody: 1955 Alex North/Hy Zaret song from the prison film Unchained, first sung by Todd Duncan; famously covered by the Righteous Brothers (1965) and revived by Ghost (1990), with over 1,500 recordings.
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, Paul and Linda McCartney medley from Ram (1971), first post-Beatles US Billboard Hot 100 number one for McCartney; Grammy-winning, flugelhorn-featured, unreleased as a UK single.
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
Under Pressure, a 1981 duet by Queen and David Bowie recorded at Mountain Studios, Montreux, built on John Deacon's seven-note bass riff; UK number one from Hot Space, later central to the Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby" dispute.
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 Bridge
Under the Bridge: 1991 Red Hot Chili Peppers ballad from Blood Sugar Sex Magik, written by Kiedis, Flea, Frusciante, Smith, produced by Rick Rubin; about Kiedis's heroin addiction in Los Angeles; US No. 2, All Saints 1998 UK No. 1 cover. Distinct from the 2024 Hulu miniseries, 1983 Chinese film, and 2022 compilation album of the same name.
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".
Undressed (Sombr song)
Undressed is a 2025 single by American singer-songwriter sombr (Shane Michael Boose), released March 21, 2025 via Warner Records, written solo and co-produced with Tony Berg. It peaked at UK No. 4 and Billboard Hot 100 No. 16 and appears on I Barely Know Her.
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.
Unforgettable (French Montana song)
Unforgettable is a 2017 single by French Montana featuring Swae Lee, from Jungle Rules, produced by Jaegen, 1Mind, and CP Dubb; it peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was filmed in Uganda with the Triplets Ghetto Kids.
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.
Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras song)
"Unholy" is a 2022 single by Sam Smith and Kim Petras, released 22 September 2022 as the lead single from Gloria. Written by seven writers, recorded in Jamaica, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and UK chart and won the 2023 Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
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.