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The Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album has a contiguous history of little more than three decades, but it actually goes back a lot further. It was founded in 1968 under the name “Best Contemporary ...

Stacker set out to find the best albums of the 21st century, compiling data from Metacritic. We ranked albums according to their Metascore, which represents an aggregation of critic reviews. - Gus ...

Then there are the album’s many moments of hip-pop excellence, including the western-touched “Chains & Whips,” the electronic spiral of of “P.O.V.” (featured among KTLA’s 50 best songs of 2025), and ...