List of albums that will still be popular 50 years from now...

I think there will be many many artists whose work will still be regarded 50 years from now. 
Achtung Baby from U2 is a classic!
AcDc, Iron Maiden and Metallica will always be heard. 
Different styles like Morcheeba, Zero7, Thievery Corporation... will be around for many years. 
Music is something that is constantly being rediscovered by younger generations. If there is some quality in it, it will stick around. 
I'm 40 years old, I have some musical knowledge, played some instruments a long time ago and have been discovering new artists and styles since I was a child. From Nirvana to Vivaldi, Beethoven to Megadeth, I've always loved all kinds of music and I love to discover new artists everyday- some of them passed away more than 50 years ago...
Next week I'm going to watch a classical ballet: The Swan Lake. And in January I'm going to the Metallica concert in Hong Kong. And only a few years ago, at the age of 35, I started to listen to the Beatles. And I found them sooo good that I'm buying every record from them. 
Just to say that 50 years from now there will be people listening to what is being made today. 

Tostadosunidos,
Some hip-hop and rap is backed up with great instrumental and funky work!
Speaking of rap 

Bestie Boys -- "Lisence to Ill" has VERY good chance to live 50 years more from now as it's almost lived already half-the term so as albums down bellow:
Public Enemy -- "...Nation of Million..."
Run DMC -- "Raising Hell"

" Bestie Boys -- "Lisence to Ill" has VERY good chance to live 50 years more from now as it's almost lived already half-the term so as albums down bellow:"

You can't go 1 day in NYC without hearing at least one song from that album on the radio.

*L*  Well....the Beastie Boys got picked for 'Star Trek - Beyond", so it's kinda an open call.  Floyd will likely make the long run.  Dylan might make it with the historians, as might some of the Beatles.  'Ell, predicting the future is subject to the wild guess, Van Halen might make the cut. *LOL*  "Hot for Teacher" opening drum solo reminds me of the idle of a AA fuel dragster; it might be used as an example to a post-petroleum era of what they sounded like, and what we liked to listen to when 'at the drags'.
You could be pro-active about it...burn some CD's with your picks, box them up with a player (Don't forget to add the instructions), and create your own time capsule.  Leave it in a vault of some sort, create a 'do not open until XXXX', and forget about it....
'Course, you won't know what happens unless you include instructions on how to retrieve and reboot your frozen head....;)
I like threads like this....network time wasters, but fun.... 

From the very current bright stars, I'd nominate 

Sona Jobarteh
Melody Gardot
Alison Krauss

Identical to Brittney Spears, that almost faded away, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and Beiber and other super-popular artists will less likely make it there...