Overall Chart

Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 52,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!

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Year of Release:
1966
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45,432
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Year of Release:
1971
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44,928
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Year of Release:
1968
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43,614
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Year of Release:
1991
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42,311
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2004
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41,955
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1998
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39,618
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1986
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39,345
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Year of Release:
1989
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37,827
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Year of Release:
2015
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37,409
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Year of Release:
1979
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36,687
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 2 of 1,000

Overall Chart composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 2 0%
1940s 25 0%
1950s 293 3%
1960s 737 7%
1970s 1,467 15%
1980s 1,458 15%
1990s 1,693 17%
2000s 1,796 18%
2010s 2,061 21%
2020s 468 5%
Artist Albums %


Bob Dylan 38 0%
The Rolling Stones 33 0%
David Bowie 32 0%
The Beatles 29 0%
Miles Davis 27 0%
Various Artists 26 0%
Neil Young 23 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 5,009 50%
United Kingdom 2,655 27%
Canada 443 4%
Mixed Nationality 299 3%
Australia 228 2%
Germany 166 2%
France 138 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 9,720 97%
Yes 280 3%
Live? Albums %
No 9,719 97%
Yes 281 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 9,887 99%
Yes 113 1%
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6. A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead
7. Lonerism by Tame Impala
8. Blond by Frank Ocean
9. ★ (Blackstar) by David Bowie
10. Modern Vampires Of The City by Vampire Weekend
11. High Violet by The National
12. Teen Dream by Beach House
13. Currents by Tame Impala
14. Channel Orange by Frank Ocean
15. Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs
16. Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
17. Bon Iver, Bon Iver by Bon Iver
18. AM by Arctic Monkeys
19. Random Access Memories by Daft Punk
20. This Is Happening by LCD Soundsystem
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