So where does that Top 20 list come from?

EDIT: found it!

Edited Wednesday at 18:121 day by ben08

On 13/07/2026 at 17:16, gasman449 said:

1980s

1. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)

2. Bad - Michael Jackson (1987)

3. Thriller - Michael Jackson (1982)

4. Back In Black - AC/DC (1980)

5. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N Roses (1987)

6. The Joshua Tree - U2 (1987)

7. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits (1985)

8. Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen (1984)

9. Tango In The Night - Fleetwood Mac (1987)

10. Super Trouper - ABBA (1980)

11. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths (1986)

12. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (1988)

13. Reckless - Bryan Adams (1984)

14. Graceland - Paul Simon (1986)

15. Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi (1986)

16. Hysteria - Def Leppard (1987)

17. Straight Outta Compton - NWA (1989)

18. The Works - Queen (1984)

19. Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears (1985)

20. Kick - INXS (1987)

Also revealed:

28. Once Upon A Time - Simple Minds (1985)

34. Like A Virgin - Madonna (1984)

38. Whitney - Whitney Houston (1987)

36 Faith George Michael

40 Make it Big Wham!

1 hour ago, ben08 said:

So where does that Top 20 list come from?

EDIT: found it!

Link?

Use https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002yxrf

as previously given, and play the programme. Fast forward and you will get the top 20 albums.

The OCC will publish the list on Sunday.

On 13/07/2026 at 17:16, gasman449 said:

1980s

1. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)

2. Bad - Michael Jackson (1987)

3. Thriller - Michael Jackson (1982)

4. Back In Black - AC/DC (1980)

5. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N Roses (1987)

6. The Joshua Tree - U2 (1987)

7. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits (1985)

8. Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen (1984)

9. Tango In The Night - Fleetwood Mac (1987)

10. Super Trouper - ABBA (1980)

11. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths (1986)

12. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (1988)

13. Reckless - Bryan Adams (1984)

14. Graceland - Paul Simon (1986)

15. Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi (1986)

16. Hysteria - Def Leppard (1987)

17. Straight Outta Compton - NWA (1989)

18. The Works - Queen (1984)

19. Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears (1985)

20. Kick - INXS (1987)

Also revealed:

28. Once Upon A Time - Simple Minds (1985)

34. Like A Virgin - Madonna (1984)

38. Whitney - Whitney Houston (1987)

How is it possible that The Stone Roses are ahead of Michael Jackson?

6 minutes ago, ben08 said:

Use https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002yxrf

as previously given, and play the programme. Fast forward and you will get the top 20 albums.

The OCC will publish the list on Sunday.

Thank you it’s not working in my country I need to register

16 minutes ago, Yog1963 said:

How is it possible that The Stone Roses are ahead of Michael Jackson?

You’re right - that is bizarre. I’m sure they haven’t been in the streaming charts, at least not significantly.

Edit: to be fair, I’ve just checked the streaming numbers on Spotify, and they are huge particularly for a band that were probably mostly popular in the UK.

Edited Wednesday at 19:561 day by GreyAsh

9 minutes ago, GreyAsh said:

You’re right - that is bizarre. I’m sure they haven’t been in the streaming charts, at least not significantly.

Edit: to be fair, I’ve just checked the streaming numbers on Spotify, and they are huge particularly for a band that were probably mostly popular in the UK.

Only 821k streams in total on Kworb

Do you see other numbers?

15 hours ago, Yog1963 said:

Only 821k streams in total on Kworb

Do you see other numbers?

Kworb gave me this:

As the majority of these are probably in the UK, those numbers are quite high. Michael Jackson’s numbers would be global.

Edited yesterday at 12:041 day by GreyAsh

The Official most-streamed albums of the 1990s:

TITLE ARTIST PEAK

1 (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? OASIS 1

2 DEFINITELY MAYBE OASIS 1

3 NEVERMIND NIRVANA 5

4 2001 DR DRE 4

5 IN UTERO NIRVANA 1

6 THE LION KING ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 4

7 OK COMPUTER RADIOHEAD 1

8 ALL EYEZ ON ME 2PAC 32

9 CALIFORNICATION RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 5

10 THE BENDS RADIOHEAD 4

11 METALLICA METALLICA 1

12 COME ON OVER SHANIA TWAIN 1

13 READY TO DIE NOTORIOUS BIG NC

14 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 17

15 STARS SIMPLY RED 1

16 JAGGED LITTLE PILL ALANIS MORISSETTE 1

17 BE HERE NOW OASIS 1

18 THE SLIM SHADY LP EMINEM 10

19 THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL 2

20 YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY FATBOY SLIM 1

21 WHITE LADDER DAVID GRAY 1

22 LIFE AFTER DEATH NOTORIOUS BIG 23

23 SPICE SPICE GIRLS 1

24 DOOKIE GREEN DAY 13

25 EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT, SO WHY CAN'T WE? CRANBERRIES 1

26 ENEMA OF THE STATE BLINK-182 15

27 TEN PEARL JAM 18

28 THE GREAT ESCAPE BLUR 1

29 GRACE JEFF BUCKLEY 31

30 ENTER THE WU-TANG (36 CHAMBERS) WU-TANG CLAN 83

31 THE FAT OF THE LAND PRODIGY 1

32 DANGEROUS MICHAEL JACKSON 1

33 LISTEN WITHOUT PREJUDICE – VOL 1 GEORGE MICHAEL 1

34 USE YOUR ILLUSION 2 GUNS N' ROSES 1

35 OLDER GEORGE MICHAEL 1

36 WESTLIFE WESTLIFE 2

37 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – OST ALAN MENKEN 19

38 PERFORMANCE AND COCKTAILS STEREOPHONICS 1

39 ILLMATIC NAS 57

40 AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE R.E.M. 1

On 06/07/2026 at 03:08, reissus123 said:

Pretty sure Oasis have now overtaken Adele

FFS I hope not! 🤢

On 13/07/2026 at 15:38, gasman449 said:

The other decades and the top 20 of all time are also on BBC Sounds!

What are they!? 🥰 I can't hear podcasts so I'd love to see a list!?

EDIT - I see you have posted them thanks! 😊

Edited 21 hours ago21 hr by Spiceboy