The Annual

The Annual is a series of compilation albums currently published annually by London-based electronic dance music brand Ministry of Sound. Described as Ministry of Sound's "flagship" series, the popular albums feature house, big beat and trance tracks popular in nightclubs, especially those in the United Kingdom.

From 1995-1999, the individual releases of The Annual were denoted by roman numerals, from The Annual to The Annual IV. In 1999, the series' titling was reorganized and all following albums were named by year, beginning with The Annual 1999 - Millennium Edition. Starting in 2001, the album was named for the year following the fall release date instead of the year of release, thus there is no album assigned to 2001.

As the series became more popular in the early 2000s, similar (though not identical) albums of the same name were licensed to Ultra Records in the United States, Ministry of Sound subsidiary labels in Australia and Germany, and Universal Music in many countries worldwide, including Italy, Mexico, Argentina, Portugal and the Philippines. These albums share many tracks with the (original) UK releases, though they are mixed in a different order and replace some songs with more local songs in the track listing.

Albums

Note: These refer to the albums released in the UK under the Ministry of Sound label, and not any of the alternate releases from other countries or labels.

Album	Year	DJ(s)
The Annual	1995	Boy George and Pete Tong
The Annual II	1996	Boy George and Pete Tong
The Annual III	1997	Boy George and Pete Tong
The Annual IV	1998	Boy George and Judge Jules
The Annual 1999 - Millennium Edition	1999	Judge Jules and Tall Paul
The Annual 2000	2000	Boy George and Judge Jules
The Annual 2002	2001	Steve Canueto
The Annual 2003	2002
The Annual 2004	2003
The Annual 2005	2004	Dipesh Parmar
The Annual 2006	2005	Dipesh Parmar
The Annual 2007	2006	Dipesh Parmar and Kev & Cass
The Annual 2008	2007	Dipesh Parmar, Kev & Cass and Cut Up Boys
The Annual 2009	2008

References

• "Ministry of Sound". Homepage. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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