386) Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers

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East-coast hip-hop made a return in 1993, thanks to a troupe of Staten Island, New York, MCs with a fascination for Hong Kong martial-arts mythology and producer RZA's love of menacing atmospherics. Hip-hop had been harder, but it had rarely been this dirty.

Total album sales: 1,849,000

Peak chart position: 41

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