Overall Chart
Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 53,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com!
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Year of Release:
1978
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Rank Score:
6,284
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Year of Release:
2009
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Rank Score:
6,275
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Year of Release:
1970
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Rank Score:
6,259
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Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
6,240
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Year of Release:
1998
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Rank Score:
6,218
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Year of Release:
1976
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6,204
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Year of Release:
2001
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6,191
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Year of Release:
2000
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6,190
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Year of Release:
2015
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Rank Score:
6,174
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Year of Release:
1972
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6,166
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Total albums: 10,000. Page 29 of 1,000
Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 25 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 297 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 741 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,468 | 15% | |
| 1980s | 1,457 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,681 | 17% | |
| 2000s | 1,795 | 18% | |
| 2010s | 2,059 | 21% | |
| 2020s | 475 | 5% |
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| Bob Dylan | 38 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 33 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 24 | 0% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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5,003 | 50% | |
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2,655 | 27% | |
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445 | 4% | |
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303 | 3% | |
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226 | 2% | |
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168 | 2% | |
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140 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of the 2000s | |
|---|---|
| 1. Radiohead | |
| 2. Arcade Fire | |
| 3. The Strokes | |
| 4. Coldplay | |
| 5. Sufjan Stevens | |
| 6. Arctic Monkeys | |
| 7. Wilco | |
| 8. Animal Collective | |
| 9. Muse | |
| 10. The White Stripes | |
| 11. Kanye West | |
| 12. Phil Elverum | |
| 13. Interpol | |
| 14. Modest Mouse | |
| 15. Queens Of The Stone Age | |
| 16. Madvillain | |
| 17. Godspeed You! Black Emperor | |
| 18. LCD Soundsystem | |
| 19. The National | |
| 20. The Flaming Lips |