Rolling Stone has updated its list of 500 best-selling albums.
The heavily debated list of releases was first created in 2003, and now contains 154 new additions that were not listed on the original or 2012 versions of the list.
According to the updated article, to make this list, the outlet “lists the top 50 albums from more than 300 artists, producers, critics and music-industry figures.”
The Beatles’ fifth place this time is “Abbey Road.” The outlet states that the album was recorded while the iconic band was “on the verge of breakup”.
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The Beatles (left: Ringo Starrer, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison) live with Abbey Road, one of Rolling Stone’s best-selling 50,000 albums. (AP photo, file)
The record includes some of the Beatles’ most iconic numbers, including “The Sun Comes Here,” “Come Too Rate,” and “Something.”
Stevie Wonder’s “Songs in the Key of Life” is number four on the new list.
The iconic album, one of Wonder’s most recognizable and acclaimed, features popular tunes such as “Isn’t Sheet Lovely”, “AS” and “I Wish”.
At number three is Johnny Mitchell’s “Blue,” which the outlet said “might be the final breakup album.”
Known for embracing both romance and sexuality, the album includes tracks such as “California,” “Carrie” and perhaps his most successful film, “River.”
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Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds” takes second slot.
The album “Rock and Roll Music is a newly developed identity in itself,” Rolling Stone said.
“Win It It Be Nice” and “God Only Knows” are among the record breakers.
Marvin Gay tops the list with his album “What’s Going On”.
Marvin Ganey’s ‘What’s Going On’ tops Rolling Stone’s updated list. (Photo by Jim Britt / Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images)
The outlet reports that the album originally began as a “reaction to police brutality” as the title track for Tops was written by bass singer Ronaldo “OB” Benson, when he broke police protests.
Mottown founder Barry Gordy was reluctant to release the song, but once it was successful, Gay was asked to complete the album.
Other popular tunes featured on this record are “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” and “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler).”
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In 2003 and 2012, the top five lists were filled by the Beatles ‘”Rubber Soul”, “Bob Dylan’s” Highway 61 Revisited, “The Beatles'” Revolver, “Beach Boys” “Pet Sounds” and “The Beatles” Sergeant. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band “comes first.
