Here is "The Definitive 200," as listed by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 1 The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967

 
2 Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon 1973
3 Michael Jackson Thriller 1982
4 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV 1971
5 U2 The Joshua Tree 1987
6 The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street 1972
7 Carole King Tapestry 1971
8 Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited 1965
9 The Beach Boys Pet Sounds 1966
10 Nirvana Nevermind 1991
11 Pearl Jam Ten 1991
12 The Beatles Abbey Road 1969
13 Santana Supernatural 1999
14 Metallica Metallica 1991
15 Bruce Springsteen Born to Run 1975
16 Prince Purple Rain 1984
17 AC/DC Back in Black 1980
18 The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed 1969
19 The Doors The Doors 1967
20 The Grateful Dead American Beauty 1970
21 Shania Twain Come On Over 1997
22 The Who Who's Next 1971
23 Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life 1976
24 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 1977
25 Pink Floyd The Wall 1979
26 Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill 1995
27 Norah Jones Come Away with Me 2002
28 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2000
29 Outkast Speakerboxx-Love Below 2003
30 Dr. Dre The Chronic 1992
31 The Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill 1986
32 Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction 1987
33 The Dixie Chicks Wide Open Spaces 1998
34 Miles Davis Kind of Blue 1959
35 The Eagles Hotel California 1976
36 Def Leppard Hysteria 1987
37 Soundtrack: Grease 1978
38 Marvin Gaye What's Going On 1971
39 The Beatles The White Album 1968
40 Soundtrack: Saturday Night Fever 1977
41 Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced? 1967
42 The Beatles Revolver 1966
43 Boston Boston 1976
44 Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet 1986
45 U2 Achtung Baby 1991
46 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston 1985
47 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II 1969
48 Dave Matthews Band Crash 1996
49 The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers 1971
50 Green Day Dookie 1994
51 Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy 1973
52 Joni Mitchell Blue 1971
53 Elvis Presley Elvis Presley at Sun 2004
54 Aerosmith Toys in the Attic 1975
55 Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 1998
56 Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. 1984
57 50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin' 2003
58 AC/DC Highway to Hell 1979
59 Notorious B.I.G. Life After Death 1997
60 Van Halen Van Halen 1978
61 Green Day American Idiot 2004
62 Black Sabbath Paranoid 1971
63 Eminem The Eminem Show 2002
64 Jewel Pieces of You 1995
65 Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head 2002
66 Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell 1977
67 Usher Confessions 2004
68 Kid Rock Devil Without a Cause 1998
69 George Harrison All Things Must Pass 1970
70 Billy Joel The Stranger 1977
71 The Eagles Hell Freezes Over 1994
72 Van Morrison Moondance 1970
73 R.E.M. Automatic for the People 1992
74 Phil Collins No Jacket Required 1985
75 Metallica Master of Puppets 1986
76 Faith Hill Breathe 1999
77 Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison 1968
78 John Coltrane A Love Supreme 1964
79 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 1975
80 Michael Jackson Off The Wall 1979
81 Marvin Gaye Let's Get It On 1973
82 Bob Seger Night Moves 1976
83 Paul Simon Graceland 1986
84 Linkin Park Hybrid Theory 2000
85 Prince 1999 1983
86 Def Leppard Pyromania 1983
87 Janet Jackson Control 1986
88 Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik 1991
89 Dire Straits Brothers in Arms 1985
90 Tupac All Eyez on Me 1996
91 Matchbox Twenty Yourself or Someone Like You 1996
92 Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication 1999
93 Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti 1975
94 Nelly Country Grammar 2000
95 Creed Human Clay 1999
96 Clash London Calling 1979
97 Celine Dion Falling Into You 1996
98 Neil Young Harvest 1972
99 Soundtrack: Dirty Dancing 1987
100 Dixie Chicks Home 2002
101 Tom Petty Full Moon Fever 1989
102 Van Halen 1984 1984
103 Soundtrack: Titanic 1997
104 Crosby Stills & Nash Deja Vu 1970
105 TLC Crazysexycool 1999
106 Beck Odelay 1994
107 Kenny G Breathless 1992
108 NWA Straight Outta Compton 1989
109 The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks 1977
110 The Beatles Rubber Soul 1965
111 Radiohead O.K. Computer 1993
112 Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water 1970
113 Dixie Chicks Fly 1999
114 Metallica And Justice for All 1988
115 Michael Jackson Dangerous 1992
116 Mariah Carey Daydream 1995
117 Soundtrack: Top Gun 1986
118 Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 1973
119 The Police Synchronicity 1983
120 No Doubt Tragic Kingdom 1995
121 The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet 1968
122 R Kelly R 1998
123 Tool Lateralus 2001
124 Oasis What's the Story Morning Glory 1995
125 Bob Marley Exodus 1977
126 Journey Escape 1981
127 Christina Aguilera Christina Aguilera 1999
128 Jay-Z The Blueprint 2001
129 Alicia Keys Diary of Alicia Keys 2003
130 Soundtrack: O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000
131 The Cars The Cars 1978
132 Enya Day Without Rain 2000
133 Natalie Cole Unforgettable: With Love 1991
134 Soundtrack: Footloose 1984
135 Lionel Richie Can't Slow Down 1983
136 Sarah McLachlan Surfacing 1997
137 Bonnie Raitt Nick of Time 1989
138 Metallica Ride The Lightning 1984
139 Sheryl Crow Tuesday Night Music Club 1993
140 Frank Sinatra In the Wee Small Hours 1954
141 Earth Wind & Fire Gratitude 1975
142 ZZ Top Eliminator 1983
143 Willie Nelson Red Headed Stranger 1975
144 John Lennon Imagine 1971
145 Toni Braxton Toni Braxton 1993
146 Etta James At Last 1961
147 Elvis Presley Elvis Presley 1956
148 Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman 1970
149 Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness 1995
150 Dave Brubeck Time Out 1959
151 Janet Jackson Janet 1993
152 Queen A Night at the Opera 1975
153 Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz 1980
154 Will Smith Big Willie Style 1997
155 Prince Sign o' the Times 1987
156 Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 1988
157 Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks 1975
158 George Michael Faith 1987
159 Boyz II Men Cooleyhighharmony 1993
160 Destiny's Child Writing's on the Wall 1999
161 Jay-Z The Black Album 2003
162 Avril Lavigne Let Go 2002
163 The Fugees The Score 1996
164 Madonna Like a Virgin 1984
165 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 1969
166 Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood 1983
167 Stone Temple Pilots Core 1992
168 Original Cast: Phantom of the Opera 1988
169 Jethro Tull Aqualung 1971
170 Tupac Me Against the World 1995
171 David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust 1972
172 Shakira Laundry Service 1998
173 Soundtrack: Forrest Gump 1994
174 Al Green Call Me 1973
175 Curtis Mayfield Superfly 1972
176 Live Throwing Copper 1994
177 George Benson Breezin' 1976
178 The White Stripes White Blood Cells 2001
179 Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Erd 1973
180 Sade Diamond Life 1984
181 Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac 1975
182 Paul McCartney & Wings Band on the Run 1973
183 Beyonc Dangerously in Love 2003
184 Anita Baker Rapture 1986
185 Nas Illmatic 1994
186 Barbra Streisand A Star is Born 1976
187 Earth Wind & Fire That's the Way of the World 1975
188 Anita Baker Rhythm of Love 1994
189 Jay-Z In My Lifetime Vol. 1 1997
190 Ll Cool J Mama Said Knock You Out 1990
191 Steely Dan Aja 1977
192 Willie Nelson Stardust 1978
193 Aretha Franklin Sparkle 1976
194 Andrea Bocelli Andrea 2004
195 Bob Dylan Bringing it All Back Home 1965
196 Luther Vandross Never Too Much 1981
197 U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind 2000
198 Rush 2112 1976
199 Outkast Aquemini 1998
200 Grand Funk Railroad We're an American Band 1973