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What is the best pop album by a group or duo?

By YPB Team

Duos and groups have crafted some of pop's most beloved records — which group or duo album stands above the rest?

  1. Arrival — ranked #11
    Arrival
    ABBA's 1976 album containing Dancing Queen, one of the most beloved pop songs ever.
  2. Super Trouper — ranked #22
    Super Trouper
    ABBA's 1980 farewell-era album balancing sunny pop with melancholy undercurrents.
  3. Make It Big — ranked #33
    Make It Big
    Wham!'s 1984 album spawning Careless Whisper and Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.
  4. Actually — ranked #44
    Actually
    Pet Shop Boys' 1987 synth-pop second album with It's a Sin and What Have I Done to Deserve This?
  5. Songs from the Big Chair — ranked #55
    Songs from the Big Chair
    Tears for Fears' 1985 arena synth-pop masterwork with Everybody Wants to Rule the World.
  6. Touch — ranked #66
    Touch
    Eurythmics' 1983 album with Here Comes the Rain Again and Who's That Girl, defining New Wave duo pop.
  7. Look Sharp! — ranked #77
    Look Sharp!
    Roxette's 1988 debut containing the classic The Look, launching Sweden's biggest pop duo.
  8. The Sign — ranked #88
    The Sign
    Ace of Base's 1993 international breakthrough mixing reggae-pop and Europop hooks.
  9. Affirmation — ranked #99
    Affirmation
    Savage Garden's 1999 polished pop-rock album, the bestselling Australian record of 1999.
  10. Bridge Over Troubled Water — ranked #1010
    Bridge Over Troubled Water
    Simon & Garfunkel's 1970 farewell album blending folk pop with orchestral grandeur.
  11. Heartbeat City — ranked #1111
    Heartbeat City
    The Cars' 1984 synth-pop powerhouse containing Drive, one of the decade's most emotional songs.
  12. Rumours — ranked #1212
    Rumours
    Fleetwood Mac's 1977 pop-rock classic born from real heartbreak, one of history's best-selling albums.
  13. Talk on Corners — ranked #1313
    Talk on Corners
    The Corrs' 1997 Irish folk-pop album that went multi-platinum across Europe.
  14. Heartthrob — ranked #1414
    Heartthrob
    Tegan and Sara's 2013 synth-pop breakthrough, their most commercially successful and lush record.

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