“Dangerous” in the top 40 Official Most Streamed 90s Albums Chart

The UK’s Official Top 40 most streamed albums of the 90s have been revealed by BBC Radio 2.

Turning back the clock to celebrate the 2023 National Album Day on 14th October with a full schedule of throwback shows centred around the year’s theme of the 1990s, Radio 2’s programming centrepiece is the Official Most Streamed 90s Albums Chart, presented by Steve Wright and compiled by Official Charts. The programme is available now on BBC Sounds and will be broadcast on Radio 2 on National Album Day from 1pm.

The Official Most Streamed Albums of the 90s chart features the Top 40 most-streamed albums from the decade, based on UK streams, as compiled exclusively by the Official Charts Company for National Album Day.

The Official Top 40 Most Streamed albums of the 90s
POS TITLE ARTIST YEAR
1 WHAT’S THE STORY MORNING GLORY OASIS 1995
2 DEFINITELY MAYBE OASIS 1994
3 2001 DR DRE 1999
4 NEVERMIND NIRVANA 1991
5 IN UTERO NIRVANA 1993
6 BAT OUT OF HELL 2 – BACK INTO HELL MEAT LOAF 1993
7 THE LION KING ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 1994
8 CALIFORNICATION RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 1999
9 METALLICA METALLICA 1991
10 READY TO DIE NOTORIOUS BIG 1994
11 ALL EYEZ ON ME 2PAC 1996
12 COME ON OVER SHANIA TWAIN 1997
13 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 1992
14 OK COMPUTER RADIOHEAD 1997
15 URBAN HYMNS VERVE 1997
16 JAGGED LITTLE PILL ALANIS MORISSETTE 1995
17 THE SLIM SHADY LP EMINEM 1999
18 BE HERE NOW OASIS 1997
19 THE BENDS RADIOHEAD 1995
20 THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL 1998
21 THE GREAT ESCAPE BLUR 1995
22 WHITE LADDER DAVID GRAY 1998
23 LIFE AFTER DEATH NOTORIOUS BIG 1997
24 SPICE SPICE GIRLS 1996
25 EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT SO WHY CAN’T CRANBERRIES 1993
26 ENEMA OF THE STATE BLINK 182 1999
27 ENTER THE WU-TANG (36 CHAMBERS) WU-TANG CLAN 1993
28 TEN PEARL JAM 1991
29 LISTEN WITHOUT PREJUDICE – VOL 1 GEORGE MICHAEL 1990
30 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – OST ALAN MENKEN 1991
31 DOOKIE GREEN DAY 1994
32 PERFORMANCE AND COCKTAILS STEREOPHONICS 1999
33 THE FAT OF THE LAND PRODIGY 1997
34 THE COLOUR AND THE SHAPE FOO FIGHTERS 1997
35 USE YOUR ILLUSION 2 GUNS N’ ROSES 1991
36 WESTLIFE WESTLIFE 1999
37 ILLMATIC NAS 1994
38 THE WRITING’S ON THE WALL DESTINY’S CHILD 1999
39 DANGEROUS MICHAEL JACKSON 1992
40 AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE REM 1992

BBC Radio 2’s National Album Day collection goes live on Monday 9th October and will be rolled out through the week. Search ‘Radio 2 90s’ to listen.