Adele

It had massive hits and huge sales, but Celine Dion’s “Falling Into You” seems more like a punch line these days, especially since it beat out landmark albums from Beck, The Fugees and Smashing Pumpkins in 1997.

During the band’s acceptance speech, Bono praised should-be winner Kanye West (“Late Registration”) saying his time will come. That time should have been 2006, when U2’s boring, forgettable 11^th album served more as a lifetime achievement award than anything else.

It’s one of the most influential soft rock albums of all time, for what that’s worth. Yet, Christopher Cross’ self-titled debut is probably best known for stealing 1981’s Album of the Year from Pink Floyd’s “The Wall.”

Sinatra had already won two Album of the Year trophies heading into 1967 when “A Man and His Music,” an album featuring mostly re-recorded tunes, beat out The Beatles’ “Revolver,” arguably the greatest album of all time.