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- Jay-Z and Kanye West's collaborative album “Watch the Throne” reached No. 1 on the US Billboard 200. It also reached the top in Norway, Canada, Switzerland, Australia and the UK.
- Electronic trio Nero reached No. 1 on the UK album chart with their album “Welcome Reality”.
- Will Young reached No. 1 on the UK chart with his fifth studio album, Echoes.
- Red Hot Chili Peppers reached number one with the album I'm With You.
- Roadrunner Records released Lynyrd Skynyrd's fourteenth studio album “Last of a Dyin' Breed” in the US. Guitarist John Lowery, better known by his stage name John 5, contributed to several songs. The album reached No. 14 on the Billboard 200, No. 3 on the Top Rock Albums chart and No. 83 in the UK.
- Imagine Dragons released their debut album Night Visions, which gained popularity through prominent rock songs such as “Radioactive” and “Demons.”
- Luke Bryan released the album Crash My Party, which was later named Billboard Album of the Year for 2014.
- The band Alabama reunited to mark the 40th anniversary of their founding for the album “Alabama & Friends”, a tribute album featuring some of their biggest hits performed by contemporary country artists such as Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith and Jason Aldean.
- Heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold reached No. 1 on the UK album chart with their sixth studio album Hail to the King. The album also topped the charts in the US, Canada, Brazil, Finland and Ireland that year.
- Tommy Roe released the four-track mini-album Memphis Me, his first new music since the late 1990s.
- 5 Seconds of Summer reached No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 with their debut studio album, “5 Seconds of Summer.” The album was an international hit and reached No. 1 in fourteen countries.
- The soundtrack to the superhero film “Guardians of the Galaxy”, assembled from prominent hits of the 1970s, reached number one on the US Billboard 200 and remained there for two weeks. It featured songs by various artists, including Blue Swede, David Bowie, The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye and The Runaways.
- The album Step Back was released less than two months after Johnny Winter’s death at the age of 70. The project features a number of guest musicians, including Eric Clapton, Joe Perry of Aerosmith and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. Winter received his only Grammy Award for the album, winning in the Best Blues Album category.
- The debut album by British rock duo Royal Blood reached No. 1 on the UK album chart.
- Wiz Khalifa's fifth studio album, "Blacc Hollywood", reached No. 1 on the U.S. album chart. The album also topped the chart in Canada.
- Fleetwood Mac's album Rumours received Double Diamond certification from the RIAA 37 years after its release for sales of more than 20 million copies in the US. It became only the ninth album to achieve this distinction.
- Weezer released their ninth studio album Everything Will Be Alright in the End, which reached No. 5 in the US. It was the band's first album on Republic Records and marked the return of producer Ric Ocasek, who had produced the 1994 debut album The Blue Album and the 2001 Green Album.
- Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's collaborative album Cheek to Cheek reached No. 1 on the US Billboard 200. The album was successful worldwide, and the duo won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.
- She released her solo album Midnight, marking the end of her group Grace Potter And The Nocturnals. Her current and future husbands played on the album: Matt Burr, whom she married in 2013, and Eric Valentine, whom she married in 2017.
- Her fifth studio album “Woman” reached No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 and became her second album to reach the top spot.
- The soundtrack album to the musical fantasy adventure comedy film “Descendants” reached No. 1 in the United States.
- Dr. Dre’s album “Compton” was released internationally.
- Jess Glynne reached No. 1 on the UK album chart with her debut studio album I Cry When I Laugh.
- The Arcs released the album Yours, Dreamily.
- Travis Scott, already known for his mixtapes, released his debut album Rodeo, a psychedelic trap recording featuring guests including Kanye West, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Future and Swae Lee.
- The soundtrack album to the superhero film “Suicide Squad” reached No. 1 on the US album chart. It included songs by artists such as Eminem, Skylar Grey, Lil Wayne, Imagine Dragons, CCR and Wiz Khalifa.
- Sum 41 released the album 13 Voices, their first album in five years. Much of the album deals with singer Deryck Whibley's journey from alcoholism to sobriety.
- The album Following My Intuition debuted at number one on the UK chart. It was Craig David's first chart-topping album since his 2000 debut, Born to Do It.
- Arcade Fire reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart with their fifth studio album “Everything Now.” The album also reached No. 1 in Belgium, Ireland, Portugal and the US that year.
- Queens of the Stone Age's album “Villains” was released.
- With her third studio album “Rainbow”, she reached number one on the US Billboard 200.
- American rock band Queens of the Stone Age reached No. 1 on the UK album chart with their seventh studio album Villains.
- The album Orchestral Christmas Elvis was released, the third album in the series produced by Priscilla Presley.
- Travis Scott released his third studio album, “Astroworld.”
- Ariana Grande's fourth studio album "Sweetener" reached No. 1 on the UK album chart. The album featured Pharrell Williams, Nicki Minaj, and Missy Elliott, also reached No. 1 in the US, and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Grande's first Grammy win.
- Eminem released his tenth studio album, “Kamikaze”, without prior announcement. The album features guest appearances by Joyner Lucas, Royce da 5'9", and Jessie Reyez, among others. It reached number one on the charts in 21 countries and became the best-selling hip-hop album of 2018.
- The soundtrack to the musical film "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" reached No. 1 on the UK album chart.
- Country singer Kathy Mattea ended a six-year recording hiatus with the release of the folk album “Pretty Bird”, which includes cover versions of “St. Teresa” by Joan Osborne, “Mercy Now” by Mary Gauthier and “Ode To Billie Joe” by Bobbie Gentry. The album also introduced a new vocal style for the singer, whose characteristically husky voice and vocal problems had led her to learn to use a lower register.
- Lenny Kravitz released his eleventh studio album Raise Vibration, which features vocals by the late Michael Jackson on the single “Low”. Kravitz had also worked with Jackson on his song “(I Can't Make It) Another Day” from the posthumously released album Michael.
- Twenty One Pilots released the album Trench, their first album since 2015's Blurryface. The concept album follows the character Clancy in the dystopian city of Dema. Notable tracks include “Jumpsuit” and “Chlorine.”
- The album Tha Carter V reached number one on the US Billboard 200.
- Skillet released their tenth studio album, “Victorious,” featuring, among other tracks, “Legendary” and “Save Me.”