What is the best classic pop album of the streaming era?

The streaming era ushered in a new golden age of pop — which album from this period will be remembered as a modern classic?

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Adele's 2011 heartbreak album that became streaming's first true mega-seller.

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1989

Taylor Swift's 2014 synth-pop blockbuster that dominated streaming and radio simultaneously.

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Future Nostalgia

Dua Lipa's 2020 disco-pop album already considered a timeless entry in the pop canon.

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folklore

Taylor Swift's 2020 indie-folk album that earned Album of the Year and streams in the billions.

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Anti

Rihanna's 2016 experimental left-turn that became her most streamed and critically beloved album.

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Lemonade

Beyoncé's 2016 album hailed as an immediate classic on release, now as studied as it is streamed.

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Melodrama

Lorde's 2017 album that critics have cemented as one of pop's greatest achievements of the streaming age.

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Rainbow

Kacey Musgraves' 2018 country-pop gem that won Album of the Year and crossed genre boundaries.

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25

Adele's 2015 album, a streaming phenomenon that still broke first-week physical sales records.

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When We All Fall Asleep

Billie Eilish's 2019 dark-pop debut, streaming's portrait of an entirely new kind of teen icon.

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SOUR

Olivia Rodrigo's 2021 debut instant-classic anchored by Driver's License and the album's emotional sweep.

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Harry's House

Harry Styles' 2022 Grammy Album of the Year, the streaming era's warmest pop embrace.

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30

Adele's 2021 album, a streaming-era emotional event that broke records even in the age of playlists.

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Midnights

Taylor Swift's 2022 album that broke Spotify's all-time single-day streaming records on release.

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