Kanye West, Billie Eilish and the Beatles highlight Apple Music 100 Best Albums Nos. 30-21

James Powel and Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY
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Kanye West performs during the closing ceremony for the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Ceremonies Venue Jul 26, 2015 in Toronto / Billie Eilish performs "What Was I Made For?" from Barbie during the 96th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles on March 10, 2024.
Kanye West performs during the closing ceremony for the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Ceremonies Venue Jul 26, 2015 in Toronto / Billie Eilish performs "What Was I Made For?" from Barbie during the 96th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles on March 10, 2024.

Apple Music's 100 Best Albums of all-time list is nearing the best of the best.

The streaming service released the 30-21 spots Monday highlighting another array of iconic records. Rock staples like Pink Floyd and Led Zepplein can be found on this section of the list as well as hip-hop legends Kanye West and A Tribe Called Quest.

The Beatles have made their way to the sacred list with their 1966 album "Revolver" which fused rock, psychedelia and R&B. David Bowie also broke into the list with "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars," the 1972 record that featured the breakout "Starman."

Two-time Oscar-winner Billie Eilish also landed a spot on the list with "WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?" which won album of the year the 2020 Grammy awards when she was 19.

Here are the latest entries in Apple Music's 100 Best Albums list.

Apple Music Top 100 Albums 30-21

  • 30: "WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?" - Billie Eilish

  • 29: "Low End Theory" - A Tribe Called Quest

  • 28: "The Dark Side of the Moon" - Pink Floyd

  • 27: "Led Zepplein II" - Led Zepplein

  • 26: "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" - Kanye West

  • 25: "Kind of Blue" - Miles Davis

  • 24: "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" - David Bowie

  • 23: "Discovery" - Daft Punk

  • 22: "Born to Run" - Bruce Springsteen

  • 21: "Revolver" - The Beatles

Apple Music 100 Best Albums: Beyoncé, Radiohead and Carole King highlight entries 40-31

Apple Music 100 Best Albums: Drake, Outkast, U2 in top half with entries 50-41

Apple Music 100 Best Albums: See numbers 60-51

Apple Music 100 Best Albums: See numbers 70-61

Apple Music 100 Best Albums: See numbers 80-71

Apple Music 100 Best Albums: See numbers 90-81

Apple Music 100 Best Albums: See the first albums that made the cut.

What is the Apple 100 Best Albums list?

In a news release, Apple said that the list was chosen by a committee that included artists, Apple Music employees, and industry insiders and that it is a "love letter to the records that have shaped the world we live and listen in." The California-based company said that it did not factor in streaming statistics when compiling the list.

Notable albums that have not made an appearance in Apple's list, yet, include "Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and "Bad", The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Harts Club Band" and Frank Sinatra's "In the Wee Small Hours."

Artist Nile Rodgers and Maggie Rogers will take part in a roundtable discussion with Zane Lowe, Apple Music’s global creative director, and radio personality Ebro Darden when the top 10 are revealed on May 22. Apple has a website to help fans keep track of the countdown and has produced shoulder content on Apple Music Radio.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Apple Music 100 Best Album list: Kanye West, Billie Eilish break in

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