Some of the genre's most iconic artists and applauded trailblazers released great music in the past 25 years. These are the albums that ranked among the best of the century so far:

Billboard is ranking the Top 200 Albums of the 21st Century, and we're sharing our some albums in the top five and how they broke records on the Billboard 200. What's your favorite album of all time?

In the 21st century, music became more universal, immediate, and accessible than ever before. On Jan. 1, 2000, the average cost of a CD was about $18, which meant if you wanted to legally own 250 albums,