Pop for background

The 40 pop albums with the highest Background suitability values — the same occasion suitabilities published on each album's page, best first.

All genres PopClassical Jazz

No.	Artist	Album	Year	Suitability
1	Claire Martin	Devil May Care	1993	90
2	Stacey Kent	Breakfast on the Morning Tram	2007	90
3	Cleo Sol	Rose in the Dark	2020	88
4	Katie Melua	Call Off the Search	2003	88
5	Rumer	Seasons of My Soul	2010	88
6	Sade	Diamond Life	1984	88
7	Sade	Love Deluxe	1992	88
8	Sade	Lovers Rock	2000	88
9	Corinne Bailey Rae	Corinne Bailey Rae	2006	86
10	Sade	Promise	1985	86
11	Everything but the Girl	Amplified Heart	1994	85
12	Everything but the Girl	Eden	1984	85
13	Lianne La Havas	Lianne La Havas	2020	85
14	Vashti Bunyan	Just Another Diamond Day	1970	85
15	Annie Lennox	Diva	1992	84
16	Celeste	Not Your Muse	2021	84
17	Everything but the Girl	Idlewild	1988	84
18	Fairground Attraction	The First of a Million Kisses	1988	84
19	Olivia Dean	Messy	2023	84
20	Amy Winehouse	Back to Black	2006	82
21	Beth Orton	Central Reservation	1999	82
22	Clare Teal	A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald	2016	82
23	Duffy	Rockferry	2008	82
24	Goldfrapp	Seventh Tree	2008	82
25	Lucy Rose	Something's Changing	2017	82
26	Morcheeba	Big Calm	1998	82
27	Sade	Soldier of Love	2010	82
28	Sandy Denny	Sandy	1972	82
29	The Staves	If I Was	2015	82
30	Annie Lennox	Medusa	1995	80
31	Barb Jungr	Every Grain of Sand	2017	80
32	Beth Orton	Trailer Park	1996	80
33	Beth Rowley	Gota Fría	2018	80
34	Dido	No Angel	1999	80
35	Dusty Springfield	Dusty in Memphis	1969	80
36	Elkie Brooks	Pearls	1981	80
37	Goldfrapp	Tales of Us	2013	80
38	Joan Armatrading	Joan Armatrading	1976	80
39	Joan Armatrading	Show Some Emotion	1977	80
40	Joss Stone	The Soul Sessions	2003	80

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