MTV's Greatest Album Ever Top 20

The list was compiled by music industry experts, artists, and bosses from the network's three UK channels - MTV2, VH1 and MTV Base.

More than 40,000 votes were cast by fans asked to choose their favorite album since 1981 from a shortlist of 26 LPs.

MTV's "Greatest Album Ever: The Results" will be broadcast on MTV1, MTV2, MTV Base and VH1 on April 11 at 9pm.

Here is the list of the Top 20 "MTV's Greatest Album Ever":

1. Michael Jackson - 'Thriller'

2. Craig David - 'Born To Do It'

3. Guns N' Roses - 'Appetite For Destruction'

4. Radiohead - 'OK Computer'

5. Nirvana - 'Nevermind'

6. Oasis - '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?'

7. Oasis - 'Definitely Maybe'

8. U2 - 'The Joshua Tree'

9. Arctic Monkeys - 'Whatever People say I Am, That's What I'm Not'

10. Amy Winehouse - 'Back to Black'

11. The Strokes - 'Is This It?'

12. Kanye West - 'The College Drop Out'

13. The Stone Roses - 'The Stone Roses'

14. Eminem - 'The Marshall Mathers LP'

15. The Smiths - 'The Queen Is Dead'

16. Rage Against The Machine - 'Rage Against The Machine'

17. Prince and The Revolution - 'Purple Rain'

18. REM - 'Automatic For The People'

19. Usher - '8701'

20. Pixies - 'Doolittle'

21. The Notorious B.I.G - 'Ready To Die'

22. Lauryn Hill - 'The Mis-education of Lauryn Hill'

23. Human League - 'Dare'

24. Jay-Z - 'Blueprint'

25. Dizzee Rascal - 'Boy In Da Corner'

26. Mary J. Blige - 'What's the 411?'