you just can’t plan these things but
sometimes a certain year overwhelms us
with the sheer amount of great music
that comes out just get the P welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 years in
music for this list we’ve selected years
based on important album releases
memorable hit songs
band debuts and musical or cultural
revolutions don’t stop our picks from
each year touch on only very significant
albums and songs and are in no way meant
as an all-encompassing history
if your favorite song album or artist
didn’t make the cut that’s okay just
crank it up later and jams always number
10 1995 there’s no way I can pay you
back but the plan is to show you that I
understand flourishing in this year
Tupac became the first artist to have a
number one album while in prison
kiss semi reunited and Def Leppard
played three shows on three continents
in a single day
can’t step inside
well
The Beatles dominated our musical
attention with the anthology collection
but more contemporary Canadian women
also dominated with Alanis Morissette’s
Jagged Little Pill peaking at number one
on the Billboard 200
and Shania Twain’s the woman in me
peaking at number five
I’m outta here
number 9 2001 h2o my des Baux used to
dribble down there PA 2001 began with a
major game changer for the music
industry iTunes was introduced followed
by the iPod in October
although the year started off well by
building on the pop new metal and rap
rock scenes that had come of age in the
previous decade
the tail end of the year was marred by
heavy radio censorship from Clear
Channel Communications following the
September 11th attacks this year also
saw the release of The Strokes popular
single last night
signaling a shift in mainstream rock
music away from new metal and rap rock
you
number eight 1999
1999 marked the year of returns
Santana returned to the top of the
charts with supernatural
the Red Hot Chili Peppers reunited with
guitarist John Frusciante made a
comeback with Californication
and Bruce Dickinson yes the Bruce
Dickinson returned to Iron Maiden after
a six-year absence
the year also marked the beginning of
digital piracy with the appearance of
Napster which divided both music fans
and the music industry
number seven 1970 1970 was a year of
changes not the least of which was Paul
McCartney announcing his departure from
the Beatles in April of that year
and the deaths of both Jimi Hendrix and
Janis Joplin a number of high-profile
musicians had solo releases this year
including Eric Clapton Curtis Mayfield
of the impressions Randy Bachman from
The Guess Who and Pink Floyd founder Syd
Barrett
Black Sabbath also released both their
eponymous first album and paranoid
within the year
number six 1984
1984 was a socially conscious year with
the band-aid charity song do they know
it’s Christmas becoming one of the
biggest selling singles in history
in theaters spinal tap turned it to
eleven lampooning heavy metal arena rock
and Prince’s Purple Rain won an Academy
Award
later that year bruce springsteen earned
his most successful album with born in
the USA
and Madonna nabbed her first number-one
record with like a virgin number 5 1977
1977 was the year that Punk blew up and
Elvis died which is probably symbolic of
something right
although disliked by younger punk fans
big arena rock bands only got bigger in
1977 with Pink Floyd releasing their
monumental Animals album
the Eagles Hotel California won the 1977
Grammy Award for record of the year
Fleetwood Mac’s rumours was also
released in 77 and spent 31
non-consecutive weeks at the top of the
Billboard 200
number four 1979 by 1979 disco had
reached an apex with the infamous disco
demolition night causing a near riot at
a major league baseball game this year
also saw the arrival of the first rap
song to gain widespread recognition
rapper’s delight’ by the Sugar Hill Gang
now what you hear is not a test
rabbit to be Punk meanwhile spawned new
wave with both the police and blondie
scoring major hits in 79
the year also saw the first major use of
digital recording with Stephen Stills
and Rui cooter each taking advantage of
the new technology
number three 1991 1991 saw the
irreversible replacement of hair metal
as the most popular form of hard rock as
Nirvana crashed the music scene with
their timeless single smells like teen
spirit
and alt-rock fans celebrated the first
Lollapalooza tour
country music expanded in mainstream
popularity and sparked a line dancing
craze in don’t rock juice bars wanna
hear George Joe and boy bands lost a bit
of innocence when new kid on the block
Donnie Wahlberg was arrested for
allegedly setting fire to a hotel room
so get the hell out we do it all wait
who gives a damn about what critics say
instead we wouldn’t last set-up time
will pass so just a flash but we’re
still kicking
number two 1987
after a bit of a slump in the 80s proper
guitar-based rock was back thanks to
Guns and Roses whose 1987 debut Appetite
for Destruction would go on to sell 18
million copies
meanwhile you choose the Joshua Tree
released in 1987 as well sold 14 million
copies by the end of 1988
Michael Jackson released bad and album
that produced five number one singles
but it was Pink Floyd’s world tour this
year that made sixty million dollars
which was more than u2’s and MJ’s
touring incomes combined
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
we do put that someone loved him back
the knife oops-a-daisy how you drove me
crazy but I guess it doesn’t matter
anymore sobbing my
ground control to Major Tom number 1
1969 though 1967 was also notable for
its music
two years later we saw the occurrence of
two legendary festivals Woodstock and
the Isle of Wight Festival
the latter of which saw the return of
Bob Dylan after his 1966 motorcycle
accident elsewhere fans were stabbed to
death by Hells Angels at a Rolling
Stones concert in Altamont California
that means everybody just cool out John
Lennon asked us to give peace a chance
notable debuts came from Elton John Led
Zeppelin the Jackson 5 and the Stooges
highlighting the diverse sounds Rock
would take in the next decade do you
agree with our list what’s your favorite
year in music for more musical top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
sometimes a certain year overwhelms us
with the sheer amount of great music
that comes out just get the P welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 years in
music for this list we’ve selected years
based on important album releases
memorable hit songs
band debuts and musical or cultural
revolutions don’t stop our picks from
each year touch on only very significant
albums and songs and are in no way meant
as an all-encompassing history
if your favorite song album or artist
didn’t make the cut that’s okay just
crank it up later and jams always number
10 1995 there’s no way I can pay you
back but the plan is to show you that I
understand flourishing in this year
Tupac became the first artist to have a
number one album while in prison
kiss semi reunited and Def Leppard
played three shows on three continents
in a single day
can’t step inside
well
The Beatles dominated our musical
attention with the anthology collection
but more contemporary Canadian women
also dominated with Alanis Morissette’s
Jagged Little Pill peaking at number one
on the Billboard 200
and Shania Twain’s the woman in me
peaking at number five
I’m outta here
number 9 2001 h2o my des Baux used to
dribble down there PA 2001 began with a
major game changer for the music
industry iTunes was introduced followed
by the iPod in October
although the year started off well by
building on the pop new metal and rap
rock scenes that had come of age in the
previous decade
the tail end of the year was marred by
heavy radio censorship from Clear
Channel Communications following the
September 11th attacks this year also
saw the release of The Strokes popular
single last night
signaling a shift in mainstream rock
music away from new metal and rap rock
you
number eight 1999
1999 marked the year of returns
Santana returned to the top of the
charts with supernatural
the Red Hot Chili Peppers reunited with
guitarist John Frusciante made a
comeback with Californication
and Bruce Dickinson yes the Bruce
Dickinson returned to Iron Maiden after
a six-year absence
the year also marked the beginning of
digital piracy with the appearance of
Napster which divided both music fans
and the music industry
number seven 1970 1970 was a year of
changes not the least of which was Paul
McCartney announcing his departure from
the Beatles in April of that year
and the deaths of both Jimi Hendrix and
Janis Joplin a number of high-profile
musicians had solo releases this year
including Eric Clapton Curtis Mayfield
of the impressions Randy Bachman from
The Guess Who and Pink Floyd founder Syd
Barrett
Black Sabbath also released both their
eponymous first album and paranoid
within the year
number six 1984
1984 was a socially conscious year with
the band-aid charity song do they know
it’s Christmas becoming one of the
biggest selling singles in history
in theaters spinal tap turned it to
eleven lampooning heavy metal arena rock
and Prince’s Purple Rain won an Academy
Award
later that year bruce springsteen earned
his most successful album with born in
the USA
and Madonna nabbed her first number-one
record with like a virgin number 5 1977
1977 was the year that Punk blew up and
Elvis died which is probably symbolic of
something right
although disliked by younger punk fans
big arena rock bands only got bigger in
1977 with Pink Floyd releasing their
monumental Animals album
the Eagles Hotel California won the 1977
Grammy Award for record of the year
Fleetwood Mac’s rumours was also
released in 77 and spent 31
non-consecutive weeks at the top of the
Billboard 200
number four 1979 by 1979 disco had
reached an apex with the infamous disco
demolition night causing a near riot at
a major league baseball game this year
also saw the arrival of the first rap
song to gain widespread recognition
rapper’s delight’ by the Sugar Hill Gang
now what you hear is not a test
rabbit to be Punk meanwhile spawned new
wave with both the police and blondie
scoring major hits in 79
the year also saw the first major use of
digital recording with Stephen Stills
and Rui cooter each taking advantage of
the new technology
number three 1991 1991 saw the
irreversible replacement of hair metal
as the most popular form of hard rock as
Nirvana crashed the music scene with
their timeless single smells like teen
spirit
and alt-rock fans celebrated the first
Lollapalooza tour
country music expanded in mainstream
popularity and sparked a line dancing
craze in don’t rock juice bars wanna
hear George Joe and boy bands lost a bit
of innocence when new kid on the block
Donnie Wahlberg was arrested for
allegedly setting fire to a hotel room
so get the hell out we do it all wait
who gives a damn about what critics say
instead we wouldn’t last set-up time
will pass so just a flash but we’re
still kicking
number two 1987
after a bit of a slump in the 80s proper
guitar-based rock was back thanks to
Guns and Roses whose 1987 debut Appetite
for Destruction would go on to sell 18
million copies
meanwhile you choose the Joshua Tree
released in 1987 as well sold 14 million
copies by the end of 1988
Michael Jackson released bad and album
that produced five number one singles
but it was Pink Floyd’s world tour this
year that made sixty million dollars
which was more than u2’s and MJ’s
touring incomes combined
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
we do put that someone loved him back
the knife oops-a-daisy how you drove me
crazy but I guess it doesn’t matter
anymore sobbing my
ground control to Major Tom number 1
1969 though 1967 was also notable for
its music
two years later we saw the occurrence of
two legendary festivals Woodstock and
the Isle of Wight Festival
the latter of which saw the return of
Bob Dylan after his 1966 motorcycle
accident elsewhere fans were stabbed to
death by Hells Angels at a Rolling
Stones concert in Altamont California
that means everybody just cool out John
Lennon asked us to give peace a chance
notable debuts came from Elton John Led
Zeppelin the Jackson 5 and the Stooges
highlighting the diverse sounds Rock
would take in the next decade do you
agree with our list what’s your favorite
year in music for more musical top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
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