"The kicky, 23-year-old British singer released her second album, the break-up requiem 21, in February, but it wasn't just heartbreak that made her popular," Billboard wrote in December 2011. "In contemporary music,

Taylor Swift has earned the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Top Artist of the 21st Century chart based on her stellar performance.

What have been the biggest rock albums of the 21st Century so far? Billboard has now released their list of the Top 200 Albums of the Decade and there’s one rock album that’s managed to crack the Top 10.

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?

There was a time when Rolling Stone intentionally sought to be an antidote to the fluff of pop culture. It fought against war and the generally approved way to be. It went about it the right way with well-conceived articles and well-researched ideas.

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,

The Double Album, has been crowned Billboard's Top Album of the 21st Century, with the ranking based on Billboard 200 data since 2000. It's a colossal achievement from the Sneedville megastar, with Dangerous beating out competition from other iconic,