This is a record of every single rock and metal album that went No. 1 in the ’90s.

The decade observed a significant quantity of modify in significant tunes, from the fizzling out of ’80s hair metallic and the rise of substitute rock and grunge, all the way to the nu-metallic explosion about the conclusion of the millennium.

And even as new subgenres became nicely-recognized, there ended up nonetheless some legacy acts from preceding quite a few years coming out on prime, such as Van Halen, Aerosmith, U2 and a handful of of other individuals.

To showcase how the developments shifted about time, we went by means of every single album that accomplished No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart through the ’90s, and compiled all of the rock and metal ones into a gallery below. The year the record came out is outlined subsequent to the title, and the release and peak dates are talked about beneath every and every single album defend.

Some of these releases peaked at the top of the chart additional than when, reappearing at No. 1 a handful of months or even years later, so we just gave the date that they reached the best for the initial time.

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We only integrated studio albums in the roundup, so reside albums, greatest hits compilations and other sorts of non-studio releases are not detailed. There is 1 EP that we talked about, nevertheless, for the cause that it was the initial EP in record to ever best the chart.

See the whole checklist beneath.