Rolling Stone Album Rankings (Posit Data Table Contest 2024 - Winner of Best Static Table)

The ‘New’ greatest albums of all time in comparison with the ones appearing in the Top 500 list released in 2003

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Album Rankings by Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums in ascending order based on the rankings released in 2020 (See Top 500)
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Album	Artist	Genre	Release Year	Rank (2003)	Rank (2012)	Rank (2020)	Change (2003-2020)	Peak Position	Weeks on Billboard	Popularity Index
What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	Soul/Gospel/R&B	1971	6	6	1	5	6		68
Pet Sounds	The Beach Boys	Other	1966	2	2	2	0	10		62
Blue	Joni Mitchell	Country/Folk/Country Rock/Folk Rock	1971	30	30	3	27	15		Not on Spotify
Songs in the Key of Life	Stevie Wonder	Soul/Gospel/R&B	1976	56	57	4	52	1		70
Abbey Road	The Beatles	Other	1969	14	14	5	9	1		79
Nevermind	Nirvana	Indie/Alternative Rock	1991	17	17	6	11	1		77
Rumours	Fleetwood Mac	Singer-Songwriter/Heartland Rock	1977	25	26	7	18	1		79
Purple Rain	Prince	Other	1984	72	76	8	64	1		71
Blood on the Tracks	Bob Dylan	Country/Folk/Country Rock/Folk Rock	1975	16	16	9	7	1		59
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	Lauryn Hill	Hip-Hop/Rap	1998	312	314	10	302	1		75
Revolver	The Beatles	Other	1966	3	3	11	-8	1		73
Thriller	Michael Jackson	Soul/Gospel/R&B	1982	20	20	12	8	1		77
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You	Aretha Franklin	Soul/Gospel/R&B	1967	83	84	13	70	2		67
Exile on Main St.	Rolling Stones	Blues/Blues Rock	1972	7	7	14	-7	1		61
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back	Public Enemy	Hip-Hop/Rap	1988	48	48	15	33	42		31
London Calling	The Clash	Punk/Post-Punk/New Wave/Power Pop	1979	8	8	16	-8	27		68
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	Kanye West	Hip-Hop/Rap	2010	Outside Top 500	353	17	484	1		85
Highway 61 Revisited	Bob Dylan	Country/Folk/Country Rock/Folk Rock	1965	4	4	18	-14	3		64
To Pimp a Butterfly	Kendrick Lamar	Hip-Hop/Rap	2015	Outside Top 500	Outside Top 500	19	482	1		78
Kid A	Radiohead	Indie/Alternative Rock	2000	428	67	20	408	1		70
Born to Run	Bruce Springsteen	Singer-Songwriter/Heartland Rock	1975	18	18	21	-3	3		65
Ready to Die	The Notorious B.I.G.	Hip-Hop/Rap	1994	133	134	22	111	15		76
The Velvet Underground & Nico	The Velvet Underground	Punk/Post-Punk/New Wave/Power Pop	1967	13	13	23	-10	171		65
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	The Beatles	Other	1967	1	1	24	-23	1		71
Tapestry	Carole King	Singer-Songwriter/Heartland Rock	1971	36	36	25	11	1		68
Horses	Patti Smith	Punk/Post-Punk/New Wave/Power Pop	1975	44	44	26	18	47		33
Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers	Wu-Tang Clan	Other	1993	386	387	27	359	41		41
Voodoo	D'Angelo	Soul/Gospel/R&B	2000	488	481	28	460	1		59
The Beatles	The Beatles	Other	1968	10	10	29	-19	1		76
Are You Experienced	Jimi Hendrix Experience	Blues/Blues Rock	1967	15	15	30	-15	5		69
Kind of Blue	Miles Davis	Big Band/Jazz	1959	12	12	31	-19	201		52
Lemonade	Beyonce	Other	2016	Outside Top 500	Outside Top 500	32	469	1		73
Back to Black	Amy Winehouse	Soul/Gospel/R&B	2006	Outside Top 500	451	33	468	2		67
Innervisions	Stevie Wonder	Funk/Disco	1973	23	24	34	-11	4		62
Rubber Soul	The Beatles	Other	1965	5	5	35	-30	1		76
Off the Wall	Michael Jackson	Funk/Disco	1979	68	68	36	32	3		73
The Chronic	Dr. Dre	Hip-Hop/Rap	1992	137	138	37	100	3		71
Blonde on Blonde	Bob Dylan	Country/Folk/Country Rock/Folk Rock	1966	9	9	38	-29	9		54
Remain in Light	Talking Heads	Punk/Post-Punk/New Wave/Power Pop	1980	126	129	39	87	19		50
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars	David Bowie	Other	1972	35	35	40	-5	75		73
Let It Bleed	Rolling Stones	Blues/Blues Rock	1969	32	32	41	-9	3		46
OK Computer	Radiohead	Indie/Alternative Rock	1997	162	162	42	120	21		79
The Low End Theory	A Tribe Called Quest	Hip-Hop/Rap	1991	154	153	43	111	45		64
Illmatic	Nas	Hip-Hop/Rap	1994	400	402	44	356	12		71