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1. Preacher's Wife [1997] (1996)
by Whitney Houston
Like The Bodyguard and Waiting to Exhale before it, The Preacher's Wife is a soundtrack that also functions as a Whitney Houston album, but that's ... More
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2. The Definitive Collection (2002)
by Stevie Wonder
When you're putting together a 21-song collection of a major artist who's had more than 40 Top 40 hits, inevitably there's going to be a lot of good ... More
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3. Merry Christmas (1994)
by Mariah Carey
A couple of missteps aside, Mariah Carey's co-penned "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a well-crafted Phil Spector tribute, with Beach Boys-style ... More
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4. The Essential Michael Jackson (2005)
by Michael Jackson
There are several Michael Jackson greatest-hits compilations out there, each one its own take on what should be the definitive portrait of the gloved ... More
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5. The Bodyguard (1992)
by Original Soundtrack
The main draw of The Bodyguard soundtrack is the biggest single of all time, "I Will Always Love You" (14 weeks at number one!), surrounded by other ... More
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6. Merry Christmas II You (2010)
by Mariah Carey
Merry Christmas was released in 1994, and 16 years later Mariah Carey delivers a sequel, appropriately titled Merry Christmas II You and also ... More
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7. This Is Christmas (1995)
by Luther Vandross
The pop/soul community, so prevalent in 1994, coughed up just one other slick, highly polished production piece for 1995: Luther Vandross, This Is ... More
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8. Greatest Hits [Legacy] (1998)
by Earth, Wind & Fire
Columbia's 1998 collection of Earth, Wind & Fire's Greatest Hits in many ways stands as the group's definitive compilation. Even though there have ... More
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9. #1's (1998)
by Mariah Carey
Protest as she may -- and she does, claiming in the liner notes that #1's is "not a greatest hits album! It's too soon, I haven't been recording long ... More
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10. Stripped (2002)
by Christina Aguilera
According to Christina Aguilera, the title of her second album, Stripped, refers to her emotions and not her body, but the topless photograph of her ... More
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11. One Wish: The Holiday Album (2003)
by Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston delivered One Wish: The Holiday Album, her first Christmas record, a year after her 2002 comeback, Just Whitney. If it seemed like ... More
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12. Funhouse (2008)
by P!nk
Richard Thompson compared his bumpy marriage to Linda Thompson to a roller coaster named "the Wall of Death" and Pink picks up this carnivalesque ... More
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13. Purple Rain (1984)
by Prince & the Revolution
Prince designed Purple Rain as the project that would make him a superstar, and, surprisingly, that is exactly what happened. Simultaneously more ... More
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15. Flashdance [Original Soundtrack] (1983)
by Original Soundtrack
Giorgio Moroder's score for this dance fantasy album turned into a blockbuster (over 20 million copies sold worldwide) due to the title track sung by ... More
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16. HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995)
by Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson's double-disc HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I is a monumental achievement of ego. The first disc is a collection of his ... More
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17. Back to Basics (2006)
by Christina Aguilera
When Christina Aguilera released her garish, sexually charged sophomore effort, Stripped, in 2002, it seemed that she pushed her obsessions with ... More
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18. Greatest Hits [Jive] (1989)
by Billy Ocean
Billy Ocean's Greatest Hits packs nearly all of the singer's charted singles that were on the Jive record label. Ocean scored an impressive run of ... More
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19. Joyful Noise [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (2012)
by Original Soundtrack
The soundtrack for Joyful Noise, an inspirational, music-driven ensemble piece from director Todd Graff (Bandslam, Camp), features 12 stirring cuts ... More
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20. The Best of Sade (1994)
by Sade
It's easy to dismiss Sade as makeout music for Calvin Klein Obsession models, but she created an impressive body of work over the course of a decade, ... More
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21. Whitney Houston (1985)
by Whitney Houston
As big a hit as it was -- and it was a multi-platinum blockbuster, spinning off several chart-toppers -- it's not easy to think of Whitney Houston's ... More
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22. Can't Take Me Home (2000)
by Pink
It may be hard to listen to Pink's debut album Can't Take Me Home without hearing TLC, specifically their 1999 album Fanmail. After all, L.A. Reid ... More
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23. Diamond Life (1984)
by Sade
Former model Sade made an immediate and huge impact with her 1984 debut album, Diamond Life. Her sound and approach were deliberately icy, her ... More
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24. Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1998)
by George Michael
When George Michael was riding high on the charts, only a handful of critics acknowledged that he was a brilliant mainstream pop singer/songwriter ... More
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25. Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996)
by Maxwell
Maxwell's debut offers up a sophisticated and stylized take on late-'60s and early-'70 soul. Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, and the like are ... More
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