3Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill
Now you may be a little surprised to find Alanis Morissette in this list but this album is one of the biggest selling rock albums out there and thus deserves a spot on this list. She was one of the more refreshing female singers of that time and provided a lot of solid tunes for the generation to rock to.
Alanis Morissette at the time was also the youngest musician to receive a Grammy award for her album.